Mechanical
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
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.
Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.
Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
Speaking
Talking to others.
Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
Operations Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
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.
English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.
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.
Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.
Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
Management of Material Resources
Managing equipment and materials.