Job Description: Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.
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Importance | Skills |
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Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |
Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |
Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |
Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |
Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. | |
Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |
Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |
Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |
Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |
Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. | |
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. | |
Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |
Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |
Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |
Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. | |
Installation - Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. | |
Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |
Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |
Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |
Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |
Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |
Instructing - Teaching others how to do something. | |
Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |
Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |
Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems. | |
Science - Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |
Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |
Programming - Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
Importance | Knowledge |
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Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |
Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |
Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |
English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |
Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |
Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |
Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |
Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. | |
Physics - Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes. | |
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. |
Importance | Styles |
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Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. | |
Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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. | |
Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. | |
Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. | |
Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. | |
Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |