"Maintenance and Repair Workers, General"

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: "Maintenance and Repair Workers, General"

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) 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).


3) 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.


4) 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.


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

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


7) 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.


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


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

10) 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.


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

12) Static Strength -- The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.


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

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


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


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

Job Description for "Maintenance and Repair Workers, General" continued here...

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

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