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| Job Requirements |
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Experience:
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified. |
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Education:
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. |
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Training:
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training. |
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| Top 5 Skills |
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Top 5 Abilities |
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| Mathematics —
Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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| Critical Thinking —
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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| Reading Comprehension —
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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| Active Listening —
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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| Complex Problem Solving —
Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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| Mathematical Reasoning —
The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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| Deductive Reasoning —
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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| 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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| Written Comprehension —
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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| 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. |
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| Knowledge |
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| Mathematics —
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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| Computers and Electronics —
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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| Engineering and Technology —
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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| English Language —
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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| Geography —
Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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| Physics —
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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| Education and Training —
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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| Administration and Management —
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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| Design —
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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| Public Safety and Security —
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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| Interesting Fact |
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| 007-star Pierce Brosnan once drove a taxi for a living. |
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| Did you know... |
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| The MyPlan.com Jr. College Database provides detailed profiles on more than 1,100 different community colleges in the U.S. |
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