Miscellaneous Personal Appearance Workers

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Teaching others how to do something.

Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Writing computer programs for various purposes.

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

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.

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

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.

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.

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

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.

Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

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).

The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

The ability to see details at a distance.

The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

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.

The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.

The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.

The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.

The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.

The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.

The ability to see under low-light conditions.

The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.

The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.

The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.

The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.

Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.

Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

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.

Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.

Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.

Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.

Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.

Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.

Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.

Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

A tendency to cope and function effectively in stressful situations at work.

A tendency to establish and maintain personally challenging work-related goals, set high work-related standards, and exert high effort toward meeting those goals and standards.

A tendency to exhibit determination and resolve to perform or complete tasks in the face of difficult circumstances or obstacles at work.

A tendency to be open to and comfortable with change, new experiences, or ideas at work.

A tendency to be inventive, to be imaginative, and to adopt new perspectives on ways to accomplish work.

A tendency to be proactive and take on extra responsibilities and tasks that may fall outside of one's required work role.