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"Purchasing Agent and Buyer"
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: "Purchasing Agent and Buyer"

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


2) Written Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.


3) Number Facility -- The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.


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


5) Written Comprehension -- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.


6) Memorization -- The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.


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


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


9) Category Flexibility -- The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.


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


11) Mathematical Reasoning -- The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.


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Job Description for "Purchasing Agent and Buyer" continued here...

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


"Purchasing Agent and Buyer"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  E-C-R        SOC:  13-1021.00


 

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