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Structural Iron & Steel Workers
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Structural Iron & Steel Workers
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Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.
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Degrees
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Abilities
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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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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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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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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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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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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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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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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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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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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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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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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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 Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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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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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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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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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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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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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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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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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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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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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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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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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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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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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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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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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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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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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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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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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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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Interests
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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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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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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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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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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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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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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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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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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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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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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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Fine Arts| | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
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Wages
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| North Carolina | $32,610.00 |
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| South Carolina | $35,890.00 |
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Related Careers
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Aircraft Mechanics & Service Technicians| | Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul aircraft engines and assemblies, such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems. |
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Commercial Divers| | Work below surface of water, using scuba gear to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, or photograph structures or marine life. |
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Construction Carpenters| | Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools. |
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Helpers--Carpenters| | Help carpenters by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment. |
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Pipelayers| | Lay pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. Perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints. |
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Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons| | Build or repair furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits, ovens, etc., using refractory materials. |
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Riggers| | Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry. |
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Skills
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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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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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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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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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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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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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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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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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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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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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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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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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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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 Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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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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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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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Read specifications and blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required. |
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| Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural-steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, and/or levels. |
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| Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors. |
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| Hoist steel beams, girders, and columns into place, using cranes, or signal hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural-steel members. |
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| Bolt aligned structural-steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place. |
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| Ride on girders or other structural-steel members to position them, or use rope to guide them into position. |
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| Fabricate metal parts such as steel frames, columns, beams, and girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors. |
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| Pull, push, or pry structural-steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place. |
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| Cut, bend, and weld steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, and welding equipment. |
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| Fasten structural-steel members to hoist cables, using chains, cables, or rope. |
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| Assemble hoisting equipment and rigging, such as cables, pulleys, and hooks, to move heavy equipment and materials. |
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| Force structural-steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, and hand tools. |
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| Erect metal and precast concrete components for structures such as buildings, bridges, dams, towers, storage tanks, fences, and highway guard rails. |
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| Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting as needed. |
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| Insert sealing strips, wiring, insulating material, ladders, flanges, gauges, and valves, depending on types of structures being assembled. |
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| Drive drift pins through rivet holes in order to align rivet holes in structural-steel members with corresponding holes in previously placed members. |
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| Catch hot rivets in buckets, and insert rivets in holes, using tongs. |
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| Dismantle structures and equipment. |
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| Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors. |
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| Hold rivets while riveters use air-hammers to form heads on rivets. |
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Tools
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| Adjustable widemouth pliers |
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| Widemouth Pliers |
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| Adjustable wrenches |
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| Air compressors |
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| Below the hook device |
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| Spreader beams |
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| Blow torches |
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| Bolt cutters |
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| C clamps |
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| Chalk lines |
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| Cold chisels |
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| Ear plugs |
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| End cut pliers |
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| Side cutting pliers |
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| Fall protection lanyard |
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| Safety lanyards |
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| Files |
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| Fire extinguishers |
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| Forging tooling |
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| Forges |
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| Form tools or toolbits |
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| Bull pins |
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| Hammers |
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| Sledgehammers |
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| Hard hats |
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| Hoists |
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| Tuggers |
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| Hydraulic pumps |
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| Jacks |
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| Stressing jacks |
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| Ladders |
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| Levels |
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| Laser levels |
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| Torpedo levels |
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| Life vests or preservers |
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| Life preservers |
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| Lifts |
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| Power lifts |
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| Lighters |
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| Strikers |
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| Locking pliers |
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| Vise grip pliers |
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| Mallets |
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| Rubber mallets |
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| Open end wrenches |
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| Pipe wrenches |
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| Plaster or mortar mixers |
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| Grout mixers |
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| Platform lift |
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| Swing stages |
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| Plumb bobs |
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| Pneumatic hammers |
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| Power drills |
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| Electric drills |
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| Power grinders |
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| Power saws |
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| Cutoff saws |
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| Protective coveralls |
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| Protective gloves |
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| Safety gloves |
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| Welding gloves |
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| Pry bars |
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| Crowbars |
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| Punches or nail sets or drifts |
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| Center punches |
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| Drift pins |
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| Respirators |
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| Rivet tools |
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| Rivet busters |
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| Rivet guns |
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| Safety boots |
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| Safety glasses |
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| Safety harnesses or belts |
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| Protective harnesses |
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| Safety belts |
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| Saws |
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| Hacksaws |
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| Scaffolding |
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| Screwdrivers |
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| Flat screwdrivers |
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| Phillips head screwdrivers |
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| Robertson screwdrivers |
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| Scribers |
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| Slings |
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| Socket sets |
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| Socket wrench sets |
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| Specialty wrenches |
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| Spud wrenches |
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| Squares |
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| Combination squares |
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| Staple guns |
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| Tape measures |
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| Tinners snips |
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| Tin snips |
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| Tongs |
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| Rivet tongs |
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| Two way radios |
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| Utility knives |
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| Welders |
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| Welding machines |
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| Welding masks |
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| Welding helmets |
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| Welding or cutting tips |
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| Welding tips |
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| Welding tools |
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| Rod ovens |
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| Winches |
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| Wire brushes |
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| Workshop cranes |
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Career Activities
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| Handling and Moving Objects |
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| cut metal or plastic |
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| fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand |
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| file, sand, grind, or polish metal or plastic objects |
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| Performing General Physical Activities |
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| build or repair structures in construction, repair, or manufacturing setting |
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| erect scaffold |
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| install insulating materials |
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| move or fit heavy objects |
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| Controlling Machines and Processes |
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| burn (cut), trim, or scarf metal objects |
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| operate hoist, winch, or hydraulic boom |
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| use acetylene welding/cutting torch |
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| use arc welding equipment |
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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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| use precision measuring tools or equipment |
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| use turnbuckle in structural repair or assembly work |
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| weld together metal parts, components, or structures |
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| Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge |
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| use combination welding procedures |
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| Making Decisions and Solving Problems |
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| determine project methods and procedures |
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| make independent judgment in assembly procedures |
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| Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events |
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| identify base metals for welding |
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| identify properties of metals for repair or fabrication activities |
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| recognize characteristics of alloys |
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| recognize characteristics of metals |
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| Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards |
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| adhere to safety procedures |
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| perform safety inspections in construction or resource extraction setting |
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| perform safety inspections in industrial, manufacturing or repair setting |
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| Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships |
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| work as a team member |
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| Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment |
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| maintain welding machines or equipment |
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| position, align, or level machines, equipment, or structures |
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| set up specialized rigging |
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| Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates |
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| signal directions or warnings to coworkers |
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| Processing Information |
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| verify levelness or verticality, using level or plumb bob |
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| Getting Information |
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| read blueprints |
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| read specifications |
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