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Pharmacy Technicians
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Pharmacy Technicians
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Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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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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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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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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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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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing 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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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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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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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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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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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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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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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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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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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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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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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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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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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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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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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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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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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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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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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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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/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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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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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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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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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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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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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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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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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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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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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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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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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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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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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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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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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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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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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $30,120.00 |
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| North Carolina | $22,840.00 |
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| South Carolina | $22,370.00 |
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| Virgin Islands | $22,160.00 |
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Related Careers
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Animal Breeders| | Breed animals, including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, dogs, cats, or pet birds. Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. May require a knowledge of artificial insemination techniques and equipment use. May involve keeping records on heats, birth intervals, or pedigree. |
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Cardiovascular Technologists & Technicians| | Conduct tests on pulmonary or cardiovascular systems of patients for diagnostic purposes. May conduct or assist in electrocardiograms, cardiac catheterizations, pulmonary-functions, lung capacity, and similar tests. |
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Dental Assistants| | Assist dentist, set up patient and equipment, and keep records. |
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Medical Records & Health Information Technicians| | Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system. Process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health requirements and standards. |
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Medical Secretaries| | Perform secretarial duties utilizing specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence. |
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Opticians, Dispensing| | Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. |
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Skills
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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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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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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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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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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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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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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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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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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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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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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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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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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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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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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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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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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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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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| Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques. |
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| Add measured drugs or nutrients to intravenous solutions under sterile conditions to prepare intravenous (IV) packs under pharmacist supervision. |
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| Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate. |
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| Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests. |
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| Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs. |
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| Fill bottles with prescribed medications and type and affix labels. |
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| Supply and monitor robotic machines that dispense medicine into containers, and label the containers. |
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| Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records. |
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| Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information. |
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| Mix pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions. |
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| Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers. |
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| Price and file prescriptions that have been filled. |
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| Clean, and help maintain, equipment and work areas, and sterilize glassware according to prescribed methods. |
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| Establish and maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients. |
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| Compute charges for medication and equipment dispensed to hospital patients, and enter data in computer. |
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| Deliver medications and pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations or surgery. |
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| Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and enter inventory data into computer. |
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| Price stock and mark items for sale. |
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| Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages. |
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| Maintain and merchandise home health-care products and services. |
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Tools
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| Benchtop centrifuges |
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| Centrifuges |
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| Bi distillation units |
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| Water distillation equipment |
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| Cash registers |
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| Compact disc CD or labeling printers |
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| Label printers |
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| Desktop computers |
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| Dry heat or hot air sterilizers |
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| Sterilizing equipment |
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| Filling or sealing auger dose machines |
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| Automatic unit dose-strip packaging machines |
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| Tube filling and crimping machines |
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| Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators |
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| Incubators |
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| Fume hoods or cupboards |
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| Horizontal and vertical flow hoods |
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| Gas burners |
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| Bunsen burners |
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| Hydrometers |
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| Specific gravity testing equipment |
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| Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits |
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| Intravenous IV supplies |
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| Laboratory balances |
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| Double-beam balances |
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| Equal-arm balances |
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| Single-beam balances |
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| Torsion balances |
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| Unequal-arm balances |
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| Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers |
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| Blending/agitating machines |
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| Laboratory graduated cylinders |
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| Graduated cylinders |
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| Laboratory mills |
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| Benchtop colloid mills |
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| Colloid mills |
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| Grinding and shearing colloid mills |
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| Laboratory vacuum pumps |
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| Vacuum pumps |
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| Laboratory washing machines |
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| Flask washers |
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| Laminar flow cabinets or stations |
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| Laminar flow hoods |
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| Laser printers |
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| Computer laser printers |
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| Medical syringes without needles |
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| Syringes |
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| Medication or pill dispensers or accessories |
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| Robotic dispensing systems |
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| Microscope slides |
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| Agar slides |
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| Multipurpose or general test tubes |
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| Test tubes |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Personal computers |
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| Petri plates or dishes |
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| Petri dishes |
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| Pharmaceutical filters or ultra filters |
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| Filtering devices |
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| Point of sale POS terminal |
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| Point of sales POS terminals |
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| Steam autoclaves or sterilizers |
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| Autoclaves |
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| Sterile or aseptic processing or filling machines |
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| Automatic bottle filling machines |
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| Computer-based dispensing equipment |
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| Semi-automatic sterile solution transferring devices |
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| Tablet counters |
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| Tablet/capsule counting machines |
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| Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers |
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| Evacuated containers |
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Technology
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| Accounting software |
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| Billing and reimbursement software |
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| Data base user interface and query software |
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| Cardinal Health Pyxis CII Safe software |
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| Database software |
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| Drug compatibility software |
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| Patient record maintenance software |
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| Enterprise resource planning ERP software |
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| Pharmacy management software |
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| Inventory management software |
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| Label making software |
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| Label-making software |
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| Medical software |
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| Compounder software |
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| Pharmaceutical software |
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| Prescription processing software |
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| Point of sale POS software |
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| Point of sales POS software |
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Career Activities
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| Performing for or Working Directly with the Public |
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| answer customer or public inquiries |
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| collect payment |
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| provide customer service |
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| Getting Information |
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| accept prescriptions for filling |
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| obtain information from clients, customers, or patients |
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| Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events |
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| distinguish colors |
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| stock or organize goods |
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| understand drug products |
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| understand government health, hotel or food service regulations |
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| understand properties or composition of drugs |
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| Handling and Moving Objects |
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| mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications |
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| prepare sterile solutions, infusions, or intravenous packs |
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| price merchandise |
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| sterilize or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment |
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| store pharmaceutical supplies or filled prescriptions |
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| Processing Information |
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| compute financial data |
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| measure, weigh, or count products or materials |
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| Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge |
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| follow safe waste disposal procedures |
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| use clinical sterilizing technique |
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| use health or sanitation standards |
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| use interpersonal communication techniques |
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| use knowledge of medical terminology |
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| use knowledge of metric system |
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| use quality assurance techniques |
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| use sanitation practices in health care settings |
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| use telephone communication techniques |
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| Interacting With Computers |
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| use computers to enter, access or retrieve data |
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| Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings |
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| monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems |
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| Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards |
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| adhere to safety procedures |
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| maintain established procedures concerning quality assurance |
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| verify completeness or accuracy of data |
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| Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others |
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| interpret prescriptions |
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| Documenting/Recording Information |
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| inventory medical supplies or instruments |
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| inventory stock to ensure adequate supplies |
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| label pharmaceutical supplies |
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| maintain customer records |
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| maintain dental or medical records |
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| post medical insurance billings |
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| Communicating with Persons Outside Organization |
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| communicate technical information |
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| Performing Administrative Activities |
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| maintain records, reports, or files |
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| process medical records |
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| Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information |
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| compound pharmaceuticals or medical preparations |
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| Performing General Physical Activities |
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| clean rooms or work areas |
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| deliver or obtain mail, messages, records, food or other items |
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| Selling or Influencing Others |
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| sell merchandise |
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| Controlling Machines and Processes |
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| use cash registers |
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| use laboratory equipment |
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| use precision measuring tools or equipment |
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| Monitoring and Controlling Resources |
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| dispense prescribed medications and pharmaceuticals |
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| maintain record of medication or equipment dispensed to patient |
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| order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment |
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