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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Etchers and Engravers. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Getting Information79
2.Handling and Moving Objects71
3.Controlling Machines and Processes67
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material67
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events67
6.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates60
7.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships58
8.Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People57
9.Processing Information56
10.Communicating with Persons Outside Organization54
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
79
54
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
71
68
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
67
61
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
67
50
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
67
52
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
60
46
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
58
51
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
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
57
52
Determine whether to remove a tree that has been damagedDetermine the value of property lost in a fireEstablish the value of a recently discovered ancient art work
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
56
44
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
54
50
Have little contact with people outside the organizationMake standard presentations about available servicesPrepare or deliver press releases