Toolmakers and Engineering Patternmakers

50%

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

46%

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

45%

Controlling equipment or systems.

43%

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

43%

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

43%

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

43%

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

43%

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

43%

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

43%

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

43%

Understanding needs and product requirements to create a design.

43%

Reading work related information.

43%

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

41%

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

41%

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

41%

Designing and improving equipment and technology.

36%

Talking to others.

36%

Using maths to solve problems.

34%

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

29%

Understanding why people react the way they do.

89%

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

76%

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

72%

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

70%

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

68%

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

68%

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

65%

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

65%

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

62%

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

61%

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

61%

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

58%

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

57%

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

57%

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

56%

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

53%

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

50%

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

49%

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

47%

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

44%

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

95%

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

71%

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

62%

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

48%

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

19%

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

14%

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

71%

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.

55%

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

52%

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.

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.

43%

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

33%

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.