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"Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment 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: "Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment 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) Control Precision -- The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.


3) 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.


4) 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.


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


6) 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.


7) 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.


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


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


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


11) 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).


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


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


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


15) 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.


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


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


18) 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.


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


20) 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.


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


Job Description for "Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator" continued here...

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


"Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  R-C-E        SOC:  47-2071.00


 

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