"Hoist and Winch Operator"

Job Description - Part 4 - Abilities Needed

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

Abilities Needed for: "Hoist and Winch Operator"

1) 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.

2) 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.


3) Control Precision -- The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.


4) Reaction Time -- The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.


5) Depth Perception -- The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

6) 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.


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


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


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

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


11) 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.

12) Deductive Reasoning -- The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.


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

14) Hearing Sensitivity -- The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.


15) Perceptual Speed -- The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.


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


17) Inductive Reasoning -- The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).


18) Rate Control -- The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.


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


20) Far Vision -- The ability to see details at a distance.


21) Extent Flexibility -- The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.


22) Gross Body Equilibrium -- The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.


23) 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.


24) Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Job Description for "Hoist and Winch Operator" continued here...

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

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