Overview
All Other Medical Practitioners
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Unavailable Weekly Pay
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Strong Future Growth
Medical Practitioners (not covered elsewhere)
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1,100 workers Employment Size
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Very high skill Skill level rating
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74% Full-Time Full-Time Share
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48 hours Average full-time
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44 years Average age
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44% female Gender Share
Medical Practitioners (not covered elsewhere) includes jobs like Nuclear Medicine Physician, and Sports Physician.
This group includes jobs that might have different study pathways.
Tasks
- Examines patients and carries out or arranges special tests.
- Prescribes medicine and advises patients on regimen to preserve and restore health and/or fitness.
- May administer dugs as required.
- Maintains medical records.
Prospects
The number of Medical Practitioners (not covered elsewhere) grew very strongly over 5 years:
from 740 in 2011 to 1,100 in 2016.
Caution: These estimates do not take account of the impact of COVID-19. They may not reflect the current jobs market and should be used and interpreted with caution.
- Size: This is a very small occupation.
- Location: Medical Practitioners (not covered elsewhere) work in many regions of Australia.
- Industries: Most work in Health Care and Social Assistance; Public Administration and Safety; and Wholesale Trade.
- Full-time: Many work full-time (74%, higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 48 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 44 years (compared to the average of 40 years).
- Gender: 44% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Pathways
This group includes jobs that might have different study pathways.
Registration with the Medical Board of Australia is required.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- Course Seeker to search and compare higher education courses.
- ComparED to compare undergraduate and postgraduate student experiences and outcomes.
Skills & Knowledge
Employers look for Other Medical Practitioners who are caring and empathetic and can work well in a team, with the ability to communicate with a diverse range of people.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
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Medicine and dentistry
Diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities, including preventive health-care measures.
-
Biology
Plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, how they rely on and work with each other and the environment.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
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Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
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Therapy and counselling
Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and career counselling and guidance.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
-
Foreign language
Foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
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Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
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Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
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Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
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Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
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Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
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Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
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Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Science
Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
-
Systems evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
-
Systems analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
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Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
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Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
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Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
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Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
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Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
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Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
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Flexibility of closure
See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.
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Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
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Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
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Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
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Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
-
Perceptual speed
Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Working with numbers
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
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Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
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Speed of recognition
Quickly make sense of and organize things you can see like letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
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Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
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Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Making sense of information and ideas
Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Explaining things to people
Helping people to understand and use information.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Giving expert advice
Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Guiding and directing staff
Guiding and directing staff, including setting and monitoring performance standards.
-
Assessing and evaluating things
Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Communicating with the public
Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Documenting or recording information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
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Working with computers
Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 29-1069.05 - Nuclear Medicine Physicians.
Work Environment
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
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Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
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Radiation
Be exposed to radiation.
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Telephone
Talk on the telephone.
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Electronic mail
Use electronic mail.
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Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
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Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
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Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
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Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
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Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
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Disease or infection
Be exposed to disease or infections.
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Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Contact with the public
Work with customers or the public.
-
Health and safety of others
Take responsibility for the health and safety of others.
-
Consequence of error
Work where mistakes have serious consequences.
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Letters and memos
Write letters and memos.
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Responsible for outcomes
Take responsibility for the results of other people's work.
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Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
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Spend time sitting
Spend time sitting at work.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
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Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
Independence
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.
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Recognition
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.
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Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
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Support
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.
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Relationships
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.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
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Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
-
Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 29-1069.05 - Nuclear Medicine Physicians.
All Other Medical Practitioners
-
Unavailable Weekly Pay
-
Strong Future Growth
Medical Practitioners (not covered elsewhere)
-
1,100 workers Employment Size
-
Very high skill Skill level rating
-
74% Full-Time Full-Time Share
-
48 hours Average full-time
-
44 years Average age
-
44% female Gender Share
Medical Practitioners (not covered elsewhere) includes jobs like Nuclear Medicine Physician, and Sports Physician.
This group includes jobs that might have different study pathways.
Tasks
- Examines patients and carries out or arranges special tests.
- Prescribes medicine and advises patients on regimen to preserve and restore health and/or fitness.
- May administer dugs as required.
- Maintains medical records.
The number of Medical Practitioners (not covered elsewhere) grew very strongly over 5 years:
from 740 in 2011 to 1,100 in 2016.
Caution: These estimates do not take account of the impact of COVID-19. They may not reflect the current jobs market and should be used and interpreted with caution.
- Size: This is a very small occupation.
- Location: Medical Practitioners (not covered elsewhere) work in many regions of Australia.
- Industries: Most work in Health Care and Social Assistance; Public Administration and Safety; and Wholesale Trade.
- Full-time: Many work full-time (74%, higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 48 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 44 years (compared to the average of 40 years).
- Gender: 44% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
This group includes jobs that might have different study pathways.
Registration with the Medical Board of Australia is required.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- Course Seeker to search and compare higher education courses.
- ComparED to compare undergraduate and postgraduate student experiences and outcomes.
Employers look for Other Medical Practitioners who are caring and empathetic and can work well in a team, with the ability to communicate with a diverse range of people.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Medicine and dentistry
Diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities, including preventive health-care measures.
-
Biology
Plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, how they rely on and work with each other and the environment.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Therapy and counselling
Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and career counselling and guidance.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
-
Foreign language
Foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Science
Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
-
Systems evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
-
Systems analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Flexibility of closure
See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
-
Perceptual speed
Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Working with numbers
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Speed of recognition
Quickly make sense of and organize things you can see like letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Making sense of information and ideas
Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Explaining things to people
Helping people to understand and use information.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Giving expert advice
Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Guiding and directing staff
Guiding and directing staff, including setting and monitoring performance standards.
-
Assessing and evaluating things
Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Communicating with the public
Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Documenting or recording information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
-
Working with computers
Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 29-1069.05 - Nuclear Medicine Physicians.
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Radiation
Be exposed to radiation.
-
Telephone
Talk on the telephone.
-
Electronic mail
Use electronic mail.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Disease or infection
Be exposed to disease or infections.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Contact with the public
Work with customers or the public.
-
Health and safety of others
Take responsibility for the health and safety of others.
-
Consequence of error
Work where mistakes have serious consequences.
-
Letters and memos
Write letters and memos.
-
Responsible for outcomes
Take responsibility for the results of other people's work.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Spend time sitting
Spend time sitting at work.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
Independence
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.
-
Recognition
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.
-
Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
-
Support
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.
-
Relationships
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.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
-
Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 29-1069.05 - Nuclear Medicine Physicians.