Concrete Batching Plant Operators

Controlling equipment or systems.

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

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

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

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

Reading work related information.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

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

Fixing machines or systems.

Understanding why people react the way they do.

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Talking to others.

Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.

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

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

Listen to and understand what people say.

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

Notice differences between colours, including shades of colour and brightness.

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

Quickly move your hand, finger, or foot when a sound, light, picture or something else appears.

Keep your hand or arm steady.

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

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

Put together small parts with your fingers.

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

Read and understand written information.

Come up with different ways of grouping things.

Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

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

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

Communicate by speaking.

Change when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.

See details that are far away.

Quickly choose the right movement of the hand, foot, or other body part when there are two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures).

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

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

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.

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

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment.

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

Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.

Guiding and directing staff, including setting and monitoring performance standards.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.