Bulk Materials Handling Plant Operators

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Controlling equipment or systems.

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.

Reading work related information.

Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.

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

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

Talking to others.

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

Figuring out why a machine or system went wrong and working out what to do about it.

Teaching people how to do something.

Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.

Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.

Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.

Understanding why people react the way they do.

Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.

Fixing machines or systems.

Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.

Listen to and understand what people say.

Communicate by speaking.

Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Pay attention to a certain sound when there are other distracting sounds.

See details that are up-close (within a few feet).

Pay attention to something without being distracted.

Read and understand written information.

Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.

Decide which thing is closer or further away from you, or decide how far away it is.

Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.

Write in a way that people can understand.

See details that are far away.

Speak clearly so others can understand you.

Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Keep your hand or arm steady.

Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.

Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).

Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.

Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.

Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.

Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.

Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.

Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.

Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.

Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Running, manoeuvring, navigating, or driving things like forklifts, vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.

Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.

Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.

Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.

Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.

Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.

Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.

Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.

Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.

Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.

Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.