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Rotary Drill Operators, Oil & Gas
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Rotary Drill Operators, Oil & Gas
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Set up or operate a variety of drills to remove petroleum products from the earth and to find and remove core samples for testing during oil and gas exploration.
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Abilities
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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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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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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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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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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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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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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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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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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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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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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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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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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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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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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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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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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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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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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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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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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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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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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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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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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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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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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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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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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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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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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 Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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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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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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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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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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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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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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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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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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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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Explosive Strength| | The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. |
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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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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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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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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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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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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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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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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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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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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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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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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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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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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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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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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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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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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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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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Related Careers
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Continuous Mining Machine Operators| | Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the face and load it onto conveyors or into shuttle cars in a continuous operation. |
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Derrick Operators, Oil & Gas| | Rig derrick equipment and operate pumps to circulate mud through drill hole. |
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Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining| | Operate underground loading machine to load coal, ore, or rock into shuttle or mine car or onto conveyors. Loading equipment may include power shovels, hoisting engines equipped with cable-drawn scraper or scoop, or machines equipped with gathering arms and conveyor. |
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Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators| | Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties. |
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Paving, Surfacing, & Tamping Equipment Operators| | Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways, or equipment used for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators. |
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Rail-Track Laying & Maintenance Equipment Operators| | Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Includes ballast cleaning machine operators and road bed tamping machine operators. |
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Skills
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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 Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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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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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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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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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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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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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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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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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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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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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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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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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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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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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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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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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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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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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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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 Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Train crews, and introduce procedures to make drill work more safe and effective. |
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| Observe pressure gauge and move throttles and levers in order to control the speed of rotary tables, and to regulate pressure of tools at bottoms of boreholes. |
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| Count sections of drill rod in order to determine depths of boreholes. |
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| Push levers and brake pedals in order to control gasoline, diesel, electric, or steam draw works that lower and raise drill pipes and casings in and out of wells. |
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| Connect sections of drill pipe, using hand tools and powered wrenches and tongs. |
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| Maintain records of footage drilled, location and nature of strata penetrated, materials and tools used, services rendered, and time required. |
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| Maintain and adjust machinery in order to ensure proper performance. |
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| Start and examine operation of slush pumps in order to ensure circulation and consistency of drilling fluid or mud in well. |
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| Locate and recover lost or broken bits, casings, and drill pipes from wells, using special tools. |
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| Direct rig crews in drilling and other activities, such as setting up rigs and completing or servicing wells. |
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| Weigh clay, and mix with water and chemicals to make drilling mud. |
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| Monitor progress of drilling operations, and select and change drill bits according to the nature of strata, using hand tools. |
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| Repair or replace defective parts of machinery, such as rotary drill rigs, water trucks, air compressors, and pumps, using hand tools. |
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| Cap wells with packers, or turn valves, in order to regulate outflow of oil from wells. |
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| Clean and oil pulleys, blocks, and cables. |
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| Line drilled holes with pipes, and install all necessary hardware, in order to prepare new wells. |
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| Bolt together pump and engine parts, and connect tanks and flow lines. |
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| Position and prepare truck-mounted derricks at drilling areas that are specified on field maps. |
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| Remove core samples during drilling in order to determine the nature of the strata being drilled. |
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| Plug observation wells, and restore sites. |
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| Lower and explode charges in boreholes in order to start flow of oil from wells. |
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| Dig holes, set forms, and mix and pour concrete, for foundations of steel or wooden derricks. |
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Career Activities
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| Handling and Moving Objects |
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| assemble detonation units for construction or extraction work |
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| connect sections of drill pipe |
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| detonate blasting charges for construction or extraction work |
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| Performing General Physical Activities |
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| charge blasting holes with explosives |
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| remove or retrieve tools, equipment, casings or pipe from wells |
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| Controlling Machines and Processes |
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| drill blasting holes |
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| extract core sample or drill rod from well hole |
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| use hand or power tools |
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| use measuring devices in construction or extraction work |
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| Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material |
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| inspect material moving equipment |
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| Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment |
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| maintain or repair construction machinery or equipment |
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| set up heavy construction equipment |
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| Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings |
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| monitor operation of drilling equipment |
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| Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment |
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| drive truck with capacity greater than 3 tons |
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| operate earth-moving or other heavy construction equipment |
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| Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events |
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| inspect core samples to determine nature of strata |
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| Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards |
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| perform safety inspections in construction or resource extraction setting |
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| Processing Information |
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| measure, weigh, or count products or materials |
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| Documenting/Recording Information |
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| record drilling progress or geological data |
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| Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information |
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| determine amount or kind of explosive needed to complete job |
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| determine locations, angles, and depths of blast holes |
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| Performing Administrative Activities |
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| maintain records, reports, or files |
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Career Context
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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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| Outdoors, Exposed to Weather |
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| Face-to-Face Discussions |
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| Responsible for Others' Health and Safety |
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| Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable |
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| Work With Work Group or Team |
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| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results |
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| Very Hot or Cold Temperatures |
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| Exposed to Contaminants |
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| Responsibility for Outcomes and Results |
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| Consequence of Error |
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| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate |
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| Contact With Others |
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| Exposed to Hazardous Equipment |
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| Frequency of Decision Making |
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| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls |
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| Spend Time Standing |
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| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks |
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| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions |
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| Level of Competition |
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| Exposed to Whole Body Vibration |
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| Outdoors, Under Cover |
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| Coordinate or Lead Others |
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| Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting |
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| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings |
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| Freedom to Make Decisions |
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| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled |
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| Time Pressure |
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| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment |
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| Exposed to High Places |
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| In an Open Vehicle or Equipment |
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| Structured versus Unstructured Work |
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| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions |
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| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment |
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| Telephone |
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| Deal With External Customers |
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| Frequency of Conflict Situations |
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| Physical Proximity |
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| Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles |
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| Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection |
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| Spend Time Walking and Running |
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| Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body |
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| Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People |
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| Electronic Mail |
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| Letters and Memos |
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| Public Speaking |
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| Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions |
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| Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance |
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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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Leadership| | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
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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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Initiative| | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
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Stress Tolerance| | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. |
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Integrity| | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
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Analytical Thinking| | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
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Self Control| | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
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Adaptability/Flexibility| | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
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Persistence| | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
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Achievement/Effort| | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
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Concern for Others| | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
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Innovation| | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Independence| | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
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Social Orientation| | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Career Needs
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Moral Values| | Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong. |
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Company Policies and Practices| | Workers on this job are treated fairly by the company. |
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Compensation| | Workers on this job are paid well in comparison with other workers. |
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Supervision, Human Relations| | Workers on this job have supervisors who back up their workers with management. |
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Activity| | Workers on this job are busy all the time. |
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Supervision, Technical| | Workers on this job have supervisors who train their workers well. |
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Achievement| | Workers on this job get a feeling of accomplishment. |
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Co-workers| | Workers on this job have co-workers who are easy to get along with. |
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Independence| | Workers on this job do their work alone. |
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Advancement| | Workers on this job have opportunities for advancement. |
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Ability Utilization| | Workers on this job make use of their individual abilities. |
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Autonomy| | Workers on this job plan their work with little supervision. |
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Creativity| | Workers on this job try out their own ideas. |
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Security| | Workers on this job have steady employment. |
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Variety| | Workers on this job have something different to do every day. |
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Responsibility| | Workers on this job make decisions on their own. |
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Social Status| | Workers on this job are looked up to by others in their company and their community. |
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Recognition| | Workers on this job receive recognition for the work they do. |
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Authority| | Workers on this job give directions and instructions to others. |
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Working Conditions| | Workers on this job have good working conditions. |
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Social Service| | Workers on this job have work where they do things for other people. |
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Career Values
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Support| | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Achievement| | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
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Relationships| | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Working Conditions| | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
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Independence| | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employs to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Recognition| | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
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