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.
Transportation
Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
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.
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.
English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.
Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Law and Government
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
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.
Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.
Speaking
Talking to others.