Metal Polishers

52%

Controlling equipment or systems.

52%

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

50%

Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.

43%

Using maths to solve problems.

43%

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

41%

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

41%

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

41%

Reading work related information.

39%

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

37%

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

37%

Figuring out why a machine or system went wrong and working out what to do about it.

36%

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

36%

Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.

36%

Talking to others.

36%

Fixing machines or systems.

32%

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

32%

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

32%

Understanding why people react the way they do.

32%

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

30%

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

81%

Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).

78%

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

59%

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

58%

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

56%

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

56%

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

55%

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

54%

Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment.

52%

Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

52%

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

51%

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

51%

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

50%

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

49%

Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.

49%

Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.

48%

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

47%

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

46%

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

44%

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

40%

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

100%

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

33%

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

24%

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

24%

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

14%

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

14%

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

57%

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.

43%

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.

43%

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.

38%

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

24%

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

24%

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.