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.
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.
Administrative
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.
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.
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.
Operations Analysis
Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.
Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
Speaking
Talking to others.
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
Quality Control Analysis
Testing how well a product or service works.
English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Law and Government
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.