Sign-In | Cart The Career Test Store

"Word Processors and Typist"
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: "Word Processors and Typist"

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


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


3) 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).


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


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


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


7) 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.


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


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


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


11) 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.


Is being a "Word Processors and Typist" your very best career choice?

Our Career Interest Test will show you which careers match your interests.

Our Free Personality Test will show you which careers match your personality and why.

Job Description for "Word Processors and Typist" continued here...

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


"Word Processors and Typist"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  C-R-E        SOC:  43-9022.00


 

Click here for "Word Processors and Typist" Jobs

See the Future Outlook and Educational Requirements for "Word Processors and Typist"