Child Care Centre Managers

Reading work related information.

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

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

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.

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

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

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

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.

Teaching people how to do something.

Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.

Looking for ways to help people.

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

Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

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

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

Communicate by speaking.

Listen to and understand what people say.

Read and understand written information.

Write in a way that people can understand.

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

Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

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

Come up with unusual or clever ideas, or creative ways to solve a problem.

Speak clearly so others can understand you.

Identify and understand the speech of another person.

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

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

Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.

Come up with different ways of grouping things.

Pay attention to something without being distracted.

Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.

Do two or more things at the same time.

Quickly make sense of and organize things you can see like letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

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

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

Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.

Handling complaints and disagreements, and negotiating with people.

Doing day-to-day office work such as filing and processing paperwork.

Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.

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

Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.

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

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

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

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees.

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

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

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

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

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

Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

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

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

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

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