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Combined Food Preparation & Serving Workers, Including Fast Food
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Combined Food Preparation & Serving Workers, Including Fast Food
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Perform duties which combine both food preparation and food service.
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Degrees
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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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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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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 Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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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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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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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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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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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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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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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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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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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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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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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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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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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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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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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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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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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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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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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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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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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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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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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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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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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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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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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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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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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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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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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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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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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Peripheral Vision| | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
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Interests
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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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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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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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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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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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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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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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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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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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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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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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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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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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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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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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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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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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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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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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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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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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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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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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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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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $19,070.00 |
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| North Carolina | $13,660.00 |
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| South Carolina | $13,730.00 |
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| Virgin Islands | $15,760.00 |
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Related Careers
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Bartenders| | Mix and serve drinks to patrons, directly or through waitstaff. |
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Cashiers| | Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. Usually involves use of electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. Often involved in processing credit or debit card transactions and validating checks. |
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Cooks, Short Order| | Prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. May take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables. |
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Counter & Rental Clerks| | Receive orders for repairs, rentals, and services. May describe available options, compute cost, and accept payment. |
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Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, & Coffee Shop| | Serve food to diners at counter or from a steam table. |
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Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers| | Facilitate food service. Clean tables, carry dirty dishes, replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food, and serve water, butter, and coffee to patrons. |
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Food Preparation Workers| | Perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking, such as preparing cold foods and shellfish, slicing meat, and brewing coffee or tea. |
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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant| | Serve food to patrons outside of a restaurant environment, such as in hotels, hospital rooms, or cars. |
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Waiters & Waitresses| | Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment. |
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Skills
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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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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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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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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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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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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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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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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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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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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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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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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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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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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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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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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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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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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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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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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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Accept payment from customers, and make change as necessary. |
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| Request and record customer orders, and compute bills using cash registers, multicounting machines, or pencil and paper. |
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| Clean and organize eating and service areas. |
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| Serve customers in eating places that specialize in fast service and inexpensive carry-out food. |
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| Relay food orders to cooks. |
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| Prepare and serve cold drinks, or frozen milk drinks or desserts, using drink-dispensing, milkshake, or frozen custard machines. |
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| Select food items from serving or storage areas and place them in dishes, on serving trays, or in takeout bags. |
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| Prepare simple foods and beverages such as sandwiches, salads, and coffee. |
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| Distribute food to servers. |
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| Notify kitchen personnel of shortages or special orders. |
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| Cook or re-heat food items such as french fries. |
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| Wash dishes, glassware, and silverware after meals. |
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| Collect and return dirty dishes to the kitchen for washing. |
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| Serve food and beverages to guests at banquets or other social functions. |
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| Provide caterers with assistance in food preparation or service. |
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| Pack food, dishes, utensils, tablecloths, and accessories for transportation from catering or food preparation establishments to locations designated by customers. |
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| Arrange tables and decorations according to instructions. |
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Tools
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| Bar code reader equipment |
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| Barcode scanners |
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| Linear imaging scanners |
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| Long range charged coupled device CCD barcode scanners |
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| Point of service scanners |
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| Belt conveyors |
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| Food conveyor belts |
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| Carbonated beverage dispenser |
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| Carbonated beverage dispensers |
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| Cash registers |
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| Commercial use broilers |
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| Broilers |
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| Commercial use coffee or iced tea makers |
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| Coffee makers |
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| Commercial use convection ovens |
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| Convection ovens |
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| Commercial use cutlery |
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| Chefs' knives |
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| Commercial use deep fryers |
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| Deep fat fryers |
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| Deep wells |
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| Fryers |
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| Commercial use dishwashers |
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| Commercial dishwashers |
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| Commercial use dough machines |
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| Pastry makers |
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| Commercial use electric can openers |
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| Can openers |
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| Commercial use food choppers or cubers or dicers |
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| Automatic dicers |
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| Choppers |
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| Commercial use food grinders |
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| Meat grinders |
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| Commercial use food processors |
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| Food processors |
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| Commercial use food slicers |
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| Automatic slicers |
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| Vertical cutters |
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| Commercial use food warmers |
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| Electric warming tables |
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| Steam counters |
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| Steam tables |
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| Commercial use graters |
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| Grating equipment |
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| Commercial use grills |
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| Grills |
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| Commercial use mixers |
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| Mixers |
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| Commercial use molds |
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| Patty making machines |
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| Commercial use ovens |
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| Ovens |
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| Commercial use peelers |
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| Automatic peelers |
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| Commercial use ranges |
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| Stoves |
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| Commercial use scales |
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| Scales |
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| Commercial use steamers |
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| Steam cookers |
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| Commercial use toasters |
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| Toasters |
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| Ice dispensers |
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| Ice machines |
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| Magnetic card readers |
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| Credit card readers |
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| Milk dispensers |
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| Milk dispensing machines |
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| Milkshake machines |
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| Non carbonated beverage dispenser |
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| Non-carbonated beverage dispensers |
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| Point of sale POS receipt printers |
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| Point of sales POS printers |
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| Point of sale POS terminal |
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| Point of service workstations |
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| Point of service/sales POS terminals and interfaces |
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| Slush machines |
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| Soft serve machines |
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| Ice cream/yogurt machines |
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| Touch screen monitors |
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Technology
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| Data base user interface and query software |
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| Menu and nutrition database software |
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| Point of sale POS software |
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| Compris software |
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| ICVERIFY software |
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| Intuit QuickBooks Point of Sale |
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| MICROS Systems HSI Profits Series |
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| NCR Advanced Checkout Solution |
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| NCR NeighborhoodPOS |
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| Point of sales POS software |
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| The General Store software |
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Career Activities
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| Handling and Moving Objects |
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| cook food requiring short preparation time |
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| distribute food to waiters or waitresses to serve to customers |
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| package goods for shipment or storage |
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| perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking |
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| place food on dishes or trays or in takeout bags |
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| prepare appetizers, salads, or cold dishes |
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| prepare beverages |
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| wash dishes, glassware, or related utensils |
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| Performing for or Working Directly with the Public |
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| collect payment |
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| provide customer service |
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| serve food or beverages |
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| Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events |
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| understand government health, hotel or food service regulations |
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| Getting Information |
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| obtain information from individuals |
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| Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates |
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| notify kitchen personnel of food orders, shortages, or special orders |
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| Communicating with Persons Outside Organization |
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| request customer order |
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| Performing General Physical Activities |
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| arrange decorations or furniture for banquets or social functions |
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| clean rooms or work areas |
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| Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information |
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| cook in quantity |
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| Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge |
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| use knowledge of food handling rules |
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| use oral or written communication techniques |
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| Controlling Machines and Processes |
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| operate cooking equipment |
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| operate food preparation equipment |
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| use cash registers |
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| Processing Information |
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| calculate monetary exchange |
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| prepare bill or check in restaurant or related food establishment |
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Career Context
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| Contact With Others |
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| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled |
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| Spend Time Standing |
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| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls |
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| Spend Time Walking and Running |
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| Deal With External Customers |
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| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions |
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| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results |
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| Work With Work Group or Team |
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| Face-to-Face Discussions |
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| Frequency of Decision Making |
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| Telephone |
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| Structured versus Unstructured Work |
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| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings |
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| Physical Proximity |
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| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets |
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| Freedom to Make Decisions |
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| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate |
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| Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People |
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| Time Pressure |
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| Very Hot or Cold Temperatures |
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| Responsible for Others' Health and Safety |
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