Compare Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary & Epidemiologists District Of Columbia

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Salary

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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary $123,400
Epidemiologists Not Available

Similar skills & knowledge

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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.

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.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

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.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

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.

Biology
Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Sociology and Anthropology
Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Science Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Medium
Science Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists
High

Science
Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Very Low
Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists
Medium

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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Mathematics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Medium
Mathematics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists
High

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

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Systems Evaluation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Low
Systems Evaluation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists
Medium

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Systems Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Low
Systems Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists
Medium

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Mathematics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Low
Mathematics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists
Medium

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.


Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Doctoral or professional degree

Typical level Of training for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists

Licensing

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Licensing for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

7 related certifications

Certification for Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists

3 related certifications

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