Other Food and Drink Factory Workers

50%

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

43%

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

43%

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

43%

Controlling equipment or systems.

41%

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

39%

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

39%

Reading work related information.

39%

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

37%

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

37%

Talking to others.

37%

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

37%

Teaching people how to do something.

36%

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

36%

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

36%

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

36%

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

34%

Understanding why people react the way they do.

34%

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

32%

Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

29%

Looking for ways to help people.

64%

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

59%

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

57%

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

51%

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

48%

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

46%

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

44%

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

43%

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

42%

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

41%

Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.

40%

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

39%

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

39%

Guiding and directing staff, including setting and monitoring performance standards.

36%

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

35%

Handling complaints and disagreements, and negotiating with people.

34%

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

34%

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

31%

Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.

28%

Doing day-to-day office work such as filing and processing paperwork.

28%

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

100%

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

43%

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

29%

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

24%

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

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.

67%

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.

36%

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

33%

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.

29%

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

29%

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.