"Transportation Vehicle Equipment Inspectors"

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: "Transportation Vehicle Equipment Inspectors"

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

2) 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.


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


4) 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.


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

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


7) 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.


8) 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.


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

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) Flexibility of Closure -- The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

12) 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.


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

14) 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.


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


16) 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.


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


18) 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.

Job Description for "Transportation Vehicle Equipment Inspectors" continued here...

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

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