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Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere.
Sample of reported job titles:
Driver Examiner, Driver License Agent, Driver License Examiner, Examiner, License Examiner, License Registration Examiner, Licensing Analyst, Motor Vehicle Clerk, Public Service Representative (PSR), Transportation Services Representative (TSR)
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Tasks
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Warn violators of infractions or penalties.
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Evaluate applications, records, or documents to gather information about eligibility or liability issues.
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Advise licensees or other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations.
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Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, or decisions.
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Report law or regulation violations to appropriate boards or agencies.
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Confer with or interview officials, technical or professional specialists, or applicants to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions.
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Issue licenses to individuals meeting standards.
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Collect fees for licenses.
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Administer oral, written, road, or flight tests to license applicants.
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Visit establishments to verify that valid licenses or permits are displayed and that licensing standards are being upheld.
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Score tests and observe equipment operation and control to rate ability of applicants.
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Prepare correspondence to inform concerned parties of licensing decisions or appeals processes.
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Identify compliance issues that require follow-up or investigation.
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Keep informed regarding pending industry changes, trends, or best practices.
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Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews.
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Verify that all firm and regulatory policies and procedures have been documented, implemented, and communicated.
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Technology Skills
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Computer based training software — Driving simulators
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Data base user interface and query software — Commercial driver's license information system CDLIS; Database software; Microsoft Access
![Hot technology](/shared/image/logos/hot_tech.svg)
; Traffic record databases
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Electronic mail software — Microsoft Outlook
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Graphics or photo imaging software — Digital imaging system software
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Office suite software — Microsoft Office software
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Operating system software — Microsoft Windows
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Optical character reader OCR or scanning software — Document scanning software
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Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
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Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
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Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technologies are requirements most frequently included across all employer job postings.
In Demand skills are frequently included in employer job postings for this occupation.
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Work Activities
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Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
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Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
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Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
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Communicating with People Outside the Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
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Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
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Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
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Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
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Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
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Working with Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
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Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
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Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
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Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
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Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
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Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
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Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
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Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
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Providing Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
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Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
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Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
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Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
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Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
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Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
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Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
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Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
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Detailed Work Activities
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Review license or permit applications.
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Collect payments for goods or services.
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Inform individuals or organizations of status or findings.
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Administer personnel recruitment or hiring activities.
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Examine financial records.
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Inspect facilities, equipment or supplies to ensure conformance to standards.
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Advise others on legal or regulatory compliance matters.
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Prepare research reports.
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Communicate with government agencies.
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Conduct eligibility or selection interviews.
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Communicate organizational policies and procedures.
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Evaluate information related to legal matters in public or personal records.
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Implement organizational process or policy changes.
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Maintain knowledge of current developments in area of expertise.
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Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization.
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Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends.
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Verify accuracy of records.
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Work Context
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Contact With Others — How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
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Deal With External Customers — How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
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Face-to-Face Discussions — How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
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Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
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Telephone — How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
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Work With Work Group or Team — How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
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Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People — How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
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Electronic Mail — How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
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Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
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Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting?
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Physical Proximity — To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
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Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
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Frequency of Decision Making — How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
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Freedom to Make Decisions — How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
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Letters and Memos — How often does the job require written letters and memos?
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In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment — How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
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Coordinate or Lead Others — How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
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Frequency of Conflict Situations — How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
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Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
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Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
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Consequence of Error — How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
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Outdoors, Exposed to Weather — How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
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Time Pressure — How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
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Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting — How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?
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Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
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Structured versus Unstructured Work — To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
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Exposed to Contaminants — How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
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Exposed to Disease or Infections — How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?
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Job Zone
- Title
- Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
- Related Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Job Zone Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- SVP Range
- (6.0 to < 7.0)
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Training & Credentials
- State training
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- Local training
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- Certifications
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- State licenses
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Apprenticeship Opportunities
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Skills
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Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
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Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
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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.
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Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
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Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
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Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
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Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
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Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
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Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
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Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
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Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
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Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
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Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
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Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
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Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
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Knowledge
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Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
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English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
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Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
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Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
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Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
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Administrative — Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
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Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
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Abilities
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Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
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Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
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Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
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Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
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Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
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Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
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Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
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Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
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Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
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Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
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Interests
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Conventional — Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
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Enterprising — Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
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Work Values
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Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
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Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
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Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
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Work Styles
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Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
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Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
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Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
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Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
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Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
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Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
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Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
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Self-Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
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Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
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Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
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Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
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Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
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Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
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Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
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Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
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Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
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Wages & Employment Trends
- Median wages (2023)
- $36.38 hourly, $75,670 annual
- State wages
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- Local wages
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- Employment (2022)
- 377,500 employees
- Projected growth (2022-2032)
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Faster than average (5% to 8%)
- Projected job openings (2022-2032)
- 31,000
- State trends
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- Top industries (2022)
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023 wage data
external site and 2022-2032 employment projections
external site.
“Projected growth” represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2022-2032). “Projected job openings” represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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Job Openings on the Web
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- Local job openings
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