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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public79
2.Getting Information73
3.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events69
4.Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others64
5.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships63
6.Selling or Influencing Others61
Performing General Physical Activities61
8.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings59
9.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates58
10.Handling and Moving Objects56
* Importance out of 100

Score Key
  Importance for success in this profession
  Level of proficiency needed

Job Activity Scores

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
79
52
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
73
43
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
69
52
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
64
40
Exchange information during a shift changeOrganize the cleanup crew after a major sporting eventAct as general contractor for building a large industrial complex
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
63
50
Exchange greetings with a coworkerMaintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clientsGain cooperation from a culturally diverse group of executives hostile to your company
Selling or Influencing Others
Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
61
35
Convince a coworker to assist with an assignmentDeliver standard arguments or sales pitches to convince others to buy popular productsDeliver major sales campaign in a new market
Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
61
34
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
59
35
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
58
38
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
56
62
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line