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Examine and analyze accounting records to determine financial status of establishment and prepare financial reports concerning operating procedures.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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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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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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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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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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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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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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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 there is a problem. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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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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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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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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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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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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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Multilimb Coordination| | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Trunk Strength| | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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Interests
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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Knowledge
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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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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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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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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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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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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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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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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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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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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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. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Fine Arts| | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
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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. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $59,520.00 |
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| North Carolina | $49,990.00 |
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| South Carolina | $43,790.00 |
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| Virgin Islands | $35,770.00 |
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Related Careers
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Accountants| | Analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities within an organization. |
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Budget Analysts| | Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports for the purpose of maintaining expenditure controls. |
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Economists| | Conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to aid in solution of economic problems arising from production and distribution of goods and services. May collect and process economic and statistical data using econometric and sampling techniques. |
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Financial Analysts| | Conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions. |
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Financial Managers, Branch or Department| | Direct and coordinate financial activities of workers in a branch, office, or department of an establishment, such as branch bank, brokerage firm, risk and insurance department, or credit department. |
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Personal Financial Advisors| | Advise clients on financial plans utilizing knowledge of tax and investment strategies, securities, insurance, pension plans, and real estate. Duties include assessing clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, and financial objectives to establish investment strategies. |
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Purchasing Managers| | Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of buyers, purchasing officers, and related workers involved in purchasing materials, products, and services. |
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Treasurers, Controllers, & Chief Financial Officers| | Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization. |
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Skills
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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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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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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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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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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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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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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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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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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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. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Tasks
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| Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies. |
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| Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities. |
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| Prepare detailed reports on audit findings. |
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| Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity. |
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| Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions. |
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| Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures. |
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| Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required. |
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| Prepare, analyze, and verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning. |
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| Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters. |
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| Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate. |
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| Direct activities of personnel engaged in filing, recording, compiling and transmitting financial records. |
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| Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries. |
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| Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives. |
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| Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations. |
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| Produce up-to-the-minute information, using internal computer systems, to allow management to base decisions on actual, not historical, data. |
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| Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned. |
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| Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office. |
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| Evaluate taxpayer finances to determine tax liability, using knowledge of interest and discount rates, annuities, valuation of stocks and bonds, and amortization valuation of depletable assets. |
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| Examine records, tax returns, and related documents pertaining to settlement of decedent's estate. |
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| Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws. |
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Tools
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| Adding machines |
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| 10-key calculators |
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| Desktop computers |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Personal computers |
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| Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers |
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| Personal digital assistant PDAs |
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| Scanners |
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| Tablet computers |
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Technology
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| Analytical or scientific software |
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| SAS software |
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| Compliance software |
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| Accounting compliance software |
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| Bi3 Audit Intelligence |
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| Corporate Responsibility System Technologies Limited Compliance Positioning System |
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| FLS eDP PAYROLLtax |
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| Intrax ProcedureNet |
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| Lumigent Entegra |
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| Paisley Cardmap |
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| Paisley Focus Control Assurance |
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| Paisley RiskNavigator |
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| Tax compliance property tax management software |
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| TrendTracker Compliance Solution |
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| Data base user interface and query software |
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| Microsoft Access |
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| Financial analysis software |
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| Accounting fraud detection software |
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| ACL Business Assurance Analytics |
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| Audit management software |
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| Audit planning and control environment software |
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| AuditTracker software |
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| AuditWare CaseWare Examiner |
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| AuditWare software |
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| Automated auditors fraud detector software |
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| Bi3 Financial Statement Fraud Analysis |
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| BizBench Benchmarking Software |
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| BNA Corporate Tax Audit Analyzer |
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| Brentmark Estate Planning Quickview |
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| Cammack Computations Inter-Est |
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| CaseWare International IDEA |
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| CaseWare International IDEA SmartAnalyzer |
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| CaseWare Working Papers |
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| CashFlow Guardian |
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| Cebos MQ1 Audit System |
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| Choice Technologies PowerBill + |
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| D'Arcangelo Galileo |
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| Datavantage software |
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| Digital analysis tests and statistics DATAS for Excel |
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| Digital analysis tests and statistics DATAS for SAS |
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| Financial Competence |
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| IAD Audit Leverage |
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| InformationActive ActiveData for Excel |
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| Internal audit software |
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| Kirix ProffiPoint |
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| MethodWare ProAudit Advisor |
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| OSI TrustWise |
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| Paisley AutoAudit |
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| Paisley IssueTrack |
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| Palisade @Risk |
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| Payables Tests Sets for ACL software |
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| Pentana audit work system PAWS |
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| Pleier Audit Management System |
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| PricewaterhouseCoopers TeamMate |
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| PSI software |
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| Recovery audit software |
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| RSM McGladrey Advanced Practice Solutions Paperless Audit |
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| RSM McGladrey Auditor Assistant |
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| Sampson Data Pattern Index software |
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| Solutions Technology & Software HR Premier |
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| Star Software Fixed Asset Depreciation |
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| Star Software Materiality Calculator |
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| TimeValue software |
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| Tropics software |
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| Spreadsheet software |
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| Microsoft Excel |
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| Time accounting software |
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| Workforce Time and Attendance Software |
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Career Activities
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| Analyzing Data or Information |
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| analyze financial data |
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| conduct financial investigations |
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| determine tax liability according to prescribed laws |
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| perform general financial analysis |
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| Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards |
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| inspect account books or system for efficiency, effectiveness, or acceptability |
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| Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge |
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| follow tax laws or regulations |
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| use accounting terminology |
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| use cost benefit analysis techniques |
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| Processing Information |
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| compile data for financial reports |
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| compute financial data |
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| note discrepancies in financial records |
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| verify bank or financial transactions |
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| Getting Information |
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| gather relevant financial data |
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| interview client to obtain additional tax information |
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| obtain financial information from individuals |
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| Provide Consultation and Advice to Others |
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| advise clients on financial matters |
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| prepare audit reports or recommendations |
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| Communicating with Persons Outside Organization |
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| confer with taxpayer or representative |
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| make presentations on financial matters |
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| write business correspondence |
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| Interacting With Computers |
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| use accounting or bookkeeping software |
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| use computers to enter, access and retrieve financial data |
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| use spreadsheet software |
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| Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others |
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| direct and coordinate financial activities |
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| Performing Administrative Activities |
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| fill out business or government forms |
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| prepare correspondence relating to financial discrepancies |
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| prepare financial reports |
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| write administrative procedures services manual |
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Career Context
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| Telephone |
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| Face-to-Face Discussions |
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| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled |
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| Work With Work Group or Team |
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| Frequency of Decision Making |
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| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate |
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| Contact With Others |
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| Electronic Mail |
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| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results |
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| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls |
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| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks |
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| Letters and Memos |
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| Spend Time Sitting |
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| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions |
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| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment |
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| Freedom to Make Decisions |
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| Time Pressure |
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| Coordinate or Lead Others |
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| Responsibility for Outcomes and Results |
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| Deal With External Customers |
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| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment |
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| Responsible for Others' Health and Safety |
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| Consequence of Error |
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| Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable |
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| Exposed to Contaminants |
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| Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting |
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Career Styles
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Analytical Thinking| | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
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