Overview
All Gallery, Library and Museum Technicians
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$1,346 Weekly Pay
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Decline Future Growth
Library Technicians
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6,300 workers Employment Size
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High skill Skill level rating
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44% Full-Time Full-Time Share
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38 hours Average full-time
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51 years Average age
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88% female Gender Share
Library Technicians assist Librarians and other information managers in organising and operating systems for handling recorded material and files.
You can work as a Library Technician without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. Most Library Technicians have either a Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualification in librarianship and information management.
Tasks
- Orders new library materials and maintains library records and circulation systems.
- Catalogues printed and recorded material.
- Enters data into databases and edits computer records.
- Operates audio-visual and reprographic equipment.
- Searches and verifies bibliographic data.
Prospects
The number of people working as Library Technicians (in their main job) fell over 5 years:
from 6,900 in 2011 to 6,300 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 small occupation.
- Location: Library Technicians work in many parts of Australia. Victoria and Western Australia have a large share of workers.
- Industries: Most work in Education and Training; Public Administration and Safety; and Information Media and Telecommunications.
- Full-time: Less than half work full-time (44%, less than the average of 66%), showing there are many opportunities to work part-time.
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 38 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 51 years (compared to the average of 40 years). Many workers are 45 years or older (69%).
- Gender: 88% 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 can work as a Library Technician without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. Most Library Technicians have either a Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualification in librarianship and information management.
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.
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Creative Arts and Culture VET training pathways.
Skills & Knowledge
Employers look for Gallery, Library and Museum Technicians who can interact well with others, are efficient and can communicate clearly.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
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.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Economics and accounting
Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
-
History and archeology
Events of the past, their causes, how we learn about them, and how they influence the way we live today.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Philosophy and theology
Philosophical systems and religions, including their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and impact on society.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Fine arts
Compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
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.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
-
Negotiation
Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Flexibility of closure
See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.
-
Perceptual speed
Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Memorization
Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-
Multilimb coordination
Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.
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.
-
Handling and moving objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Documenting or recording information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Working with computers
Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
-
Communicating with the public
Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Scheduling work and activities
Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
-
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.
-
Thinking creatively
Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Doing physically active work
Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.
-
Making sense of information and ideas
Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.
-
Explaining things to people
Helping people to understand and use 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, 25-4031.00 - Library Technicians.
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.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Electronic mail
Use electronic mail.
-
Telephone
Talk on the telephone.
-
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.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Letters and memos
Write letters and memos.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
-
Spend time sitting
Spend time sitting at work.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
-
Making repetitive motions
Spend time making repetitive motions.
-
Repeating same tasks
Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.
-
Automation of tasks
Do tasks that are mostly automated.
-
Consequence of error
Work where mistakes have serious consequences.
-
Angry or unpleasant people
Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other 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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
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.
-
Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

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, 25-4031.00 - Library Technicians.
All Gallery, Library and Museum Technicians
-
$1,346 Weekly Pay
-
Decline Future Growth
Library Technicians
-
6,300 workers Employment Size
-
High skill Skill level rating
-
44% Full-Time Full-Time Share
-
38 hours Average full-time
-
51 years Average age
-
88% female Gender Share
Library Technicians assist Librarians and other information managers in organising and operating systems for handling recorded material and files.
You can work as a Library Technician without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. Most Library Technicians have either a Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualification in librarianship and information management.
Tasks
- Orders new library materials and maintains library records and circulation systems.
- Catalogues printed and recorded material.
- Enters data into databases and edits computer records.
- Operates audio-visual and reprographic equipment.
- Searches and verifies bibliographic data.
The number of people working as Library Technicians (in their main job) fell over 5 years:
from 6,900 in 2011 to 6,300 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 small occupation.
- Location: Library Technicians work in many parts of Australia. Victoria and Western Australia have a large share of workers.
- Industries: Most work in Education and Training; Public Administration and Safety; and Information Media and Telecommunications.
- Full-time: Less than half work full-time (44%, less than the average of 66%), showing there are many opportunities to work part-time.
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 38 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 51 years (compared to the average of 40 years). Many workers are 45 years or older (69%).
- Gender: 88% 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 can work as a Library Technician without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. Most Library Technicians have either a Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualification in librarianship and information management.
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.
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Creative Arts and Culture VET training pathways.
Employers look for Gallery, Library and Museum Technicians who can interact well with others, are efficient and can communicate clearly.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
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.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Economics and accounting
Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
-
History and archeology
Events of the past, their causes, how we learn about them, and how they influence the way we live today.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Philosophy and theology
Philosophical systems and religions, including their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and impact on society.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Fine arts
Compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
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.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
-
Negotiation
Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Flexibility of closure
See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.
-
Perceptual speed
Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Memorization
Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-
Multilimb coordination
Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.
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.
-
Handling and moving objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Documenting or recording information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Working with computers
Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
-
Communicating with the public
Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Scheduling work and activities
Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
-
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.
-
Thinking creatively
Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Doing physically active work
Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.
-
Making sense of information and ideas
Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.
-
Explaining things to people
Helping people to understand and use 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, 25-4031.00 - Library Technicians.
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.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Electronic mail
Use electronic mail.
-
Telephone
Talk on the telephone.
-
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.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Letters and memos
Write letters and memos.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
-
Spend time sitting
Spend time sitting at work.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
-
Making repetitive motions
Spend time making repetitive motions.
-
Repeating same tasks
Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.
-
Automation of tasks
Do tasks that are mostly automated.
-
Consequence of error
Work where mistakes have serious consequences.
-
Angry or unpleasant people
Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other 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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
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.
-
Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

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, 25-4031.00 - Library Technicians.