"Hairdresser, Hairstyliss, and Cosmetologist"

Job Description - Part 4 - Abilities Needed

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Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

Abilities Needed for: "Hairdresser, Hairstyliss, and Cosmetologist"

1) Arm-Hand Steadiness -- The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

2) Manual Dexterity -- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.


3) Finger Dexterity -- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.


4) Oral Comprehension -- The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.


5) Oral Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

6) Originality -- The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.


7) Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).


8) Speech Recognition -- The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.


9) Visualization -- The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

10) Speech Clarity -- The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.


11) Trunk Strength -- The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

12) Fluency of Ideas -- The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).


13) Problem Sensitivity -- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

14) Multilimb Coordination -- The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.


15) Selective Attention -- The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.


16) Visual Color Discrimination -- The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Job Description for "Hairdresser, Hairstyliss, and Cosmetologist" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

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