Agricultural Engineers

64%

Reading work related information.

63%

Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

61%

Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

61%

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

59%

Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

57%

Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.

55%

Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

55%

Using maths to solve problems.

55%

Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.

54%

Talking to others.

52%

Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.

52%

Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

50%

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

50%

Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

48%

Teaching people how to do something.

46%

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

46%

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

45%

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

45%

Understanding why people react the way they do.

43%

Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.

82%

Detailing and describing how devices, parts or equipment are to be made, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.

82%

Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.

81%

Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

80%

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

80%

Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.

78%

Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.

77%

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

76%

Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.

73%

Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.

73%

Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.

72%

Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.

70%

Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.

70%

Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

70%

Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.

67%

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

67%

Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.

65%

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

65%

Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.

64%

Helping people to understand and use information.

63%

Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

95%

Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

90%

Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

62%

Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

43%

Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.

43%

Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

19%

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

81%

Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

81%

Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.

76%

Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.

67%

Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.

52%

Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.

48%

Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.