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Skill Areas

Skill Areas & Required Proficiency Explanation

Learn what skills are most important in the selected profession. Do you need to be able to tackle complex problems or juggle a number of activities? Will you be required to repair and maintain machines or teach others how to do a given task?

Each skill is given two scores of 0-100. The first score indicates how important a given skill is for success in the profession. The second score indicates the level of skill needed. The second score is accompanied by a scale that helps you interpret the score.

Skill Area Scores

Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Take a customer's order	Answer inquiries regarding credit references	Preside as judge in a complex legal disagreement

Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Schedule appointments for a medical clinic	Work with others to put a new roof on a house	Work as director of a consulting project calling for interaction with multiple subcontractors

Monitoring
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Proofread and correct a letter	Monitor a meeting's progress and revise the agenda to ensure that important topics are discussed	Review corporate productivity and develop a plan to increase productivity

Active Learning
Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Think about the implications of a newspaper article for job opportunities	Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements	Identify the implications of a new scientific theory for product design

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

Add oil to an engine as indicated by a gauge or warning light	Clean moving parts in production machinery	Conduct maintenance checks on an experimental aircraft

Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Determine whether a subordinate has a good excuse for being late	Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses	Write legal brief challenging a federal law

Time Management
Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Keep a monthly calendar of appointments	Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week	Allocate the time of scientists to multiple research projects

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

Select a screwdriver to use in adjusting a vehicle's carburetor	Choose a software application to use to complete a work assignment	Identify the equipment needed to produce a new product line