Overview
All Registered Nurses
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$1,909 Weekly Pay
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Strong Future Growth
Nurse Practitioners
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1,700 workers Employment Size
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Very high skill Skill level rating
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63% Full-Time Full-Time Share
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43 hours Average full-time
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48 years Average age
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84% female Gender Share
Nurse Practitioners provide advanced and extended nursing care to patients, such as ordering diagnostic tests, undertaking diagnosis and health assessments, prescribing patient care management, medicines and therapies, as authorised in relevant nursing legislation, and referring to specialist Medical Practitioners and other Health Professionals in a range of health, welfare and community settings.
You usually need a masters degree in nursing or a relevant health field and three years experience at the clinical advanced nursing practice level to work as a Nurse Practitioner.
Tasks
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for patients according to accepted nursing practice and standards.
- Works in consultation with other health professionals and members of health teams, and co-ordinating the care of patients.
- Provides interventions, treatments and therapies such as medications, and monitors responses to treatment and care plans.
- Promotes health and assists in preventing ill health by participating in health education and other health promotion activities.
- Answers questions and providing information to patients and families about treatment and care.
- Supervises and co-ordinating the work of enrolled nurses and other health care workers.
Prospects
The number of people working as Nurse Practitioners (in their main job) stayed about the same over 5 years:
from 1,700 in 2011 to 1,700 in 2016.
Caution: The Australian jobs market is changing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 extreme caution.
- Size: This is a very small occupation.
- Location: Nurse Practitioners work in many regions of Australia.
- Industries: Most work in the Health Care and Social Assistance industry.
- Full-time: Many work full-time (63%, similar to the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 43 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 48 years (compared to the average of 40 years). Many workers are 45 years or older (61%).
- Gender: 84% 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
You usually need a masters degree in nursing or a relevant health field and three years experience at the clinical advanced nursing practice level to work as a Nurse Practitioner.
Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery 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 Registered Nurses who are caring, empathetic, reliable, with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Therapy and counselling
Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and career counselling and guidance.
-
Medicine and dentistry
Diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities, including preventive health-care measures.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
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.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Philosophy and theology
Philosophical systems and religions, including their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and impact on society.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
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.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Science
Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
-
Systems evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
-
Systems analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.
-
Negotiation
Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Brainstorming
Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.
-
Flexibility of closure
See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.
-
Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Perceptual speed
Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Speed of recognition
Quickly make sense of and organize things you can see like letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
-
Memorization
Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Documenting or recording information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Coaching and developing others
Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.
-
Making sense of information and ideas
Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Explaining things to people
Helping people to understand and use information.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Leading and encouraging a team
Encouraging and building trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Communicating with the public
Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
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, 29-1171.00 - Nurse Practitioners.
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.
-
Telephone
Talk on the telephone.
-
Electronic mail
Use electronic mail.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Consequence of error
Work where mistakes have serious consequences.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Disease or infection
Be exposed to disease or infections.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Lead or coordinate a team
Lead others to do work activities.
-
Letters and memos
Write letters and memos.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Health and safety of others
Take responsibility for the health and safety of others.
-
Wear common protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets.
-
Angry or unpleasant people
Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
-
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.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

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, 29-1171.00 - Nurse Practitioners.
All Registered Nurses
-
$1,909 Weekly Pay
-
Strong Future Growth
Nurse Practitioners
-
1,700 workers Employment Size
-
Very high skill Skill level rating
-
63% Full-Time Full-Time Share
-
43 hours Average full-time
-
48 years Average age
-
84% female Gender Share
Nurse Practitioners provide advanced and extended nursing care to patients, such as ordering diagnostic tests, undertaking diagnosis and health assessments, prescribing patient care management, medicines and therapies, as authorised in relevant nursing legislation, and referring to specialist Medical Practitioners and other Health Professionals in a range of health, welfare and community settings.
You usually need a masters degree in nursing or a relevant health field and three years experience at the clinical advanced nursing practice level to work as a Nurse Practitioner.
Tasks
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for patients according to accepted nursing practice and standards.
- Works in consultation with other health professionals and members of health teams, and co-ordinating the care of patients.
- Provides interventions, treatments and therapies such as medications, and monitors responses to treatment and care plans.
- Promotes health and assists in preventing ill health by participating in health education and other health promotion activities.
- Answers questions and providing information to patients and families about treatment and care.
- Supervises and co-ordinating the work of enrolled nurses and other health care workers.
The number of people working as Nurse Practitioners (in their main job) stayed about the same over 5 years:
from 1,700 in 2011 to 1,700 in 2016.
Caution: The Australian jobs market is changing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 extreme caution.
- Size: This is a very small occupation.
- Location: Nurse Practitioners work in many regions of Australia.
- Industries: Most work in the Health Care and Social Assistance industry.
- Full-time: Many work full-time (63%, similar to the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 43 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 48 years (compared to the average of 40 years). Many workers are 45 years or older (61%).
- Gender: 84% 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.
You usually need a masters degree in nursing or a relevant health field and three years experience at the clinical advanced nursing practice level to work as a Nurse Practitioner.
Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery 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 Registered Nurses who are caring, empathetic, reliable, with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Therapy and counselling
Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and career counselling and guidance.
-
Medicine and dentistry
Diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities, including preventive health-care measures.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
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.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Philosophy and theology
Philosophical systems and religions, including their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and impact on society.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
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.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Science
Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
-
Systems evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
-
Systems analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.
-
Negotiation
Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Brainstorming
Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.
-
Flexibility of closure
See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.
-
Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Perceptual speed
Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Speed of recognition
Quickly make sense of and organize things you can see like letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
-
Memorization
Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Documenting or recording information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Coaching and developing others
Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.
-
Making sense of information and ideas
Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Explaining things to people
Helping people to understand and use information.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Leading and encouraging a team
Encouraging and building trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Communicating with the public
Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
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, 29-1171.00 - Nurse Practitioners.
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.
-
Telephone
Talk on the telephone.
-
Electronic mail
Use electronic mail.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Consequence of error
Work where mistakes have serious consequences.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Disease or infection
Be exposed to disease or infections.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Lead or coordinate a team
Lead others to do work activities.
-
Letters and memos
Write letters and memos.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Health and safety of others
Take responsibility for the health and safety of others.
-
Wear common protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets.
-
Angry or unpleasant people
Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
-
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.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

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