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Network & Computer Systems Administrators
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Network & Computer Systems Administrators
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Install, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet system or a segment of a network system. Maintain network hardware and software. Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability. May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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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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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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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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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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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 Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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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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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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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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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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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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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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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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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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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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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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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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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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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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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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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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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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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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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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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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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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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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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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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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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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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. |
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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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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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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications 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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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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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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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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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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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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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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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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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $64,540.00 |
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| North Carolina | $57,010.00 |
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| South Carolina | $49,950.00 |
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| Virgin Islands | $50,680.00 |
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Skills
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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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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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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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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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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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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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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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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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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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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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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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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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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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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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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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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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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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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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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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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Tasks
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| Diagnose hardware and software problems, and replace defective components. |
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| Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations. |
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| Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations. |
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| Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware. |
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| Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use. |
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| Perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures, and maintain control records. |
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| Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software. |
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| Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes. |
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| Confer with network users about how to solve existing system problems. |
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| Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future. |
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| Train people in computer system use. |
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| Load computer tapes and disks, and install software and printer paper or forms. |
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| Analyze equipment performance records to determine the need for repair or replacement. |
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| Gather data pertaining to customer needs, and use the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements. |
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| Maintain logs related to network functions, as well as maintenance and repair records. |
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| Research new technology, and implement it or recommend its implementation. |
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| Maintain an inventory of parts for emergency repairs. |
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| Coordinate with vendors and with company personnel to facilitate purchases. |
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Tools
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| Cable accessories |
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| Cable verifiers |
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| Desktop computers |
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| Hard disk arrays |
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| Redundant array of independent disks RAID systems |
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| Interferometers |
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| Optical spectrum analyzers |
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| Mainframe computers |
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| Network analyzers |
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| Asynchronous transfer mode ATM analyzers |
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| Bit error rate BER testers |
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| Communications analyzers |
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| Synchronous optical network SONET analyzers |
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| T-Birds |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Power meters |
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| Powerline monitors |
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| Protocol analyzers |
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| Reflectometers |
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| Optical time domain reflectometers |
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| Server load balancer |
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| Load balancers |
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| Tape arrays |
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| Tape libraries |
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Technology
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| Access software |
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| Access management software |
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| Administration software |
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| Cisco Systems CiscoWorks |
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| Element management software |
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| Hewlett Packer Network Node Manager |
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| Network address management software |
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| Network documentation software |
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| Network management software |
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| Network shutdown software |
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| Simple network management protocol SNMP software |
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| Analytical or scientific software |
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| Root cause analysis software |
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| Authentication server software |
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| Password management software |
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| Backup or archival software |
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| Backup and archival software |
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| System and data disaster recovery software |
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| VERITAS Backup Exec |
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| Compiler and decompiler software |
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| Command interpreters |
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| Computer based training software |
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| Configuration management software |
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| Application management software |
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| Automated installation software |
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| Patch and update management software |
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| Systems and applications migration software |
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| Data base reporting software |
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| ReCrystallize Crystal Reports |
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| Desktop communications software |
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| Secure shell SSH software |
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| Development environment software |
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| Enterprise application integration software |
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| Enterprise application integration EAI software |
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| Systems integration software |
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| Gateway software |
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| Microsoft Windows Terminal Services Access Manager |
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| Graphical user interface development software |
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| Tk software |
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| Helpdesk or call center software |
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| Help desk software |
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| Internet directory services software |
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| Active directory software |
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| Berkeley Internet Domain Name BIND software |
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| Domain name system DNS software |
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| Network addressable storage NAS software |
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| Network monitoring software |
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| Ethereal |
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| IBM Director |
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| IBM NetView |
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| Lavalys Everest |
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| Micromuse NetCool |
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| Multi-router traffic grapher MRTG software |
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| Nagios software |
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| Network and application load and performance testing software |
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| Network and component performance analysis software |
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| Network availability monitoring software |
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| Network modeling, mapping, and analysis software |
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| Network traffic flow monitoring and analysis software |
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| Network traffic probe software |
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| Novell Netware Management Station |
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| Online traffic calculator software |
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| Packet tracing software |
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| Quest BigBrother |
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| Quest Foglight |
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| Remote monitoring software |
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| Sun Microsystems NetManage |
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| Tcpdump software |
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| Veritas NerveCenter |
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| ZABBIX software |
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| Network operating system enhancement software |
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| Management information base MIB software |
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| Network, server and operating system optimization software |
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| Operating system process control software |
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| Network security or virtual private network VPN management software |
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| Citrix MetaFrame |
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| Intrusion prevention system IPS software |
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| Network and system vulnerability assessment software |
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| Network intrusion detection software |
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| OpenService Open NerveCenter |
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| Security incident handling software |
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| Virtual local area network management software |
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| Object or component oriented development software |
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| Practical extraction and reporting language Perl |
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| Python |
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| Operating system software |
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| Kornshell |
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| Shell script |
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| Optical network management software |
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| Pattern design software |
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| Diagramming software |
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| Platform interconnectivity software |
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| Virtual network computing VNC software |
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| Program testing software |
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| Computer system diagnostics software |
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| Mercury Interactive LoadRunner |
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| Requirements analysis and system architecture software |
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| Requirements management software |
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| Storage networking software |
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| Storage area network SAN software |
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| Transaction security and virus protection software |
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| Encryption software |
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| Honeypot |
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| Packet filter software |
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| Ping software |
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| Root kit detection software |
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Career Context
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| Electronic Mail |
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| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled |
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| Telephone |
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| Face-to-Face Discussions |
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| Contact With Others |
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| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate |
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| Freedom to Make Decisions |
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| Structured versus Unstructured Work |
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| Work With Work Group or Team |
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| Consequence of Error |
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| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks |
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| Spend Time Sitting |
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| Frequency of Decision Making |
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| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results |
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| Time Pressure |
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| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls |
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| Coordinate or Lead Others |
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| Physical Proximity |
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| Responsibility for Outcomes and Results |
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| Letters and Memos |
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| Deal With External Customers |
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| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions |
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| Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People |
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| Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable |
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| Frequency of Conflict Situations |
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| Exposed to Radiation |
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| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions |
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| Responsible for Others' Health and Safety |
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| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment |
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| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment |
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| Level of Competition |
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| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled |
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| Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting |
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| Exposed to Contaminants |
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| Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance |
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| Public Speaking |
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| Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions |
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| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings |
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| Spend Time Walking and Running |
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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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| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment |
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| Outdoors, Exposed to Weather |
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| Exposed to Disease or Infections |
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| Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body |
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| Very Hot or Cold Temperatures |
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| Spend Time Standing |
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| Exposed to High Places |
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Career Styles
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Dependability| | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
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Attention to Detail| | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
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Analytical Thinking| | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
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Cooperation| | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
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