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Ability Areas

Learn about the most important abilities for Commercial Divers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each ability.

Importance*More Info
1.Gross Body Coordination85
Spatial Orientation85
3.Stamina75
Manual Dexterity75
5.Far Vision70
6.Night Vision65
Control Precision65
Flexibility of Closure65
Information Ordering65
Problem Sensitivity65
* Importance out of 100

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

Gross Body Coordination
The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
85
50
Get in and out of a truckSwim the length of a poolPerform a ballet dance
Spatial Orientation
The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
85
46
Use the floor plan to locate a store in a mallFind your way through a dark room without hitting anythingNavigate an ocean voyage using only the positions of the sun and stars
Stamina
The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
75
45
Walk 1/4 mileClimb 6 flights of stairsRun 10 miles
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.
75
48
Screw a light bulb into a light socketPack oranges in crates as quickly as possiblePerform open heart surgery with surgical instruments
Far Vision
The ability to see details at a distance.
70
46
Read a roadside billboardFocus a slide projectorDetect differences in ships on the horizon
Night Vision
The ability to see under low light conditions.
65
27
Read street signs at dusk (just after sunset)Take notes during a slide presentationFind your way through the woods on a moonless night
Control Precision
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
65
50
Adjust a room light with a dimmer switchAdjust farm tractor controlsDrill a tooth
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.
65
54
Tune in a radio in a noisy truckLook for a golf ball in the roughIdentify camouflaged tanks from a high-speed airplane
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).
65
48
Put things in numerical orderFollow the correct steps to make changeAssemble a nuclear warhead
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.
65
52
Recognize that an unplugged lamp won't workRecognize from the mood of prisoners that a prison riot is likely to occurRecognize an illness at an early stage of a disease when there are only a few symptoms