Overview
All Private Tutors and Teachers
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$1,122 Weekly Pay
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Strong Future Growth
Other Private Tutors and Teachers
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11,400 workers Employment Size
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Very high skill Skill level rating
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19% Full-Time Full-Time Share
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44 hours Average full-time
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35 years Average age
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67% female Gender Share
Other Private Tutors and Teachers includes jobs like Dressmaking Teacher (Private Tuition), Handicrafts Teacher (Private Tuition), Language Tutor (Private Tuition), and Maths Tutor (Private Tuition).
This group includes jobs that might have different study pathways.
Tasks
- Plans programmes of study for students and groups.
- Prepares and presents material on the theory of the subject area.
- Instructs and demonstrates practical aspects of the subject area.
- Assigns problems and exercises relative to students' training needs and talents.
- Assesses students and offers advice, criticism and encouragement.
- Revises curricula, course content, materials and methods of instruction.
- Prepares students for examinations, performances and assessments.
- Keeps abreast of developments in the subject area by attending conferences, seminars and courses, reading current literature, and talking with colleagues.
- May arrange visits and tours to professional exhibitions and performances.
- May organise exhibitions or performances of students' work.
Prospects
The number of people working as Other Private Tutors and Teachers (in their main job) grew very strongly over 5 years:
from 8,800 in 2011 to 11,400 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 medium sized occupation.
- Location: Other Private Tutors and Teachers work in many parts of Australia. New South Wales has a large share of workers.
- Industries: Most work in Education and Training; Health Care and Social Assistance; and Other Services.
- Full-time: Less than half work full-time (19%, less than the average of 66%), showing there are many opportunities to work part-time.
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 44 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 35 years (compared to the average of 40 years). Many workers are under 25 years of age (35%).
- Gender: 67% 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.
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 Training and Education and Community Services VET training pathways.
Skills & Knowledge
Employers look for Private Tutors and Teachers 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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English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
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.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Biology
Plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, how they rely on and work with each other and the environment.
-
Philosophy and theology
Philosophical systems and religions, including their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and impact on society.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Geography
Describing land, sea, and air, including their physical characteristics, locations, how they work together, and the location of plant, animal, and human life.
-
History and archeology
Events of the past, their causes, how we learn about them, and how they influence the way we live today.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Therapy and counselling
Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and career counselling and guidance.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
-
Negotiation
Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.
-
Systems analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Originality
Come up with unusual or clever ideas, or creative ways to solve a problem.
-
Brainstorming
Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
-
Memorization
Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
-
Flexibility of closure
See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.
-
Multitasking
Do two or more things at the same time.
-
Working with numbers
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Coaching and developing others
Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.
-
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.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Thinking creatively
Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
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.
-
Giving expert advice
Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.
-
Guiding and directing staff
Guiding and directing staff, including setting and monitoring performance standards.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Coming up with systems and processes
Deciding on goals and figuring out what you need to do to achieve them.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Providing office support
Doing day-to-day office work such as filing and processing paperwork.
-
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, 25-3099.02 - Tutors.
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.
-
Electronic mail
Use electronic mail.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Spend time sitting
Spend time sitting at work.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Telephone
Talk on the telephone.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Lead or coordinate a team
Lead others to do work activities.
-
Contact with the public
Work with customers or the public.
-
Letters and memos
Write letters and memos.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Angry or unpleasant people
Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.
-
Public speaking
Talk to a group of people.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
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.
-
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.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

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, 25-3099.02 - Tutors.
All Private Tutors and Teachers
-
$1,122 Weekly Pay
-
Strong Future Growth
Other Private Tutors and Teachers
-
11,400 workers Employment Size
-
Very high skill Skill level rating
-
19% Full-Time Full-Time Share
-
44 hours Average full-time
-
35 years Average age
-
67% female Gender Share
Other Private Tutors and Teachers includes jobs like Dressmaking Teacher (Private Tuition), Handicrafts Teacher (Private Tuition), Language Tutor (Private Tuition), and Maths Tutor (Private Tuition).
This group includes jobs that might have different study pathways.
Tasks
- Plans programmes of study for students and groups.
- Prepares and presents material on the theory of the subject area.
- Instructs and demonstrates practical aspects of the subject area.
- Assigns problems and exercises relative to students' training needs and talents.
- Assesses students and offers advice, criticism and encouragement.
- Revises curricula, course content, materials and methods of instruction.
- Prepares students for examinations, performances and assessments.
- Keeps abreast of developments in the subject area by attending conferences, seminars and courses, reading current literature, and talking with colleagues.
- May arrange visits and tours to professional exhibitions and performances.
- May organise exhibitions or performances of students' work.
The number of people working as Other Private Tutors and Teachers (in their main job) grew very strongly over 5 years:
from 8,800 in 2011 to 11,400 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 medium sized occupation.
- Location: Other Private Tutors and Teachers work in many parts of Australia. New South Wales has a large share of workers.
- Industries: Most work in Education and Training; Health Care and Social Assistance; and Other Services.
- Full-time: Less than half work full-time (19%, less than the average of 66%), showing there are many opportunities to work part-time.
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 44 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 35 years (compared to the average of 40 years). Many workers are under 25 years of age (35%).
- Gender: 67% 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.
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 Training and Education and Community Services VET training pathways.
Employers look for Private Tutors and Teachers 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.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
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.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Sociology and anthropology
Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Biology
Plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, how they rely on and work with each other and the environment.
-
Philosophy and theology
Philosophical systems and religions, including their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and impact on society.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Geography
Describing land, sea, and air, including their physical characteristics, locations, how they work together, and the location of plant, animal, and human life.
-
History and archeology
Events of the past, their causes, how we learn about them, and how they influence the way we live today.
-
Communications and media
Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Therapy and counselling
Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and career counselling and guidance.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Serving others
Looking for ways to help people.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.
-
Negotiation
Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.
-
Systems analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Mathematics
Using maths to solve problems.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Written comprehension
Read and understand written information.
-
Written expression
Write in a way that people can understand.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Speech clarity
Speak clearly so others can understand you.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Originality
Come up with unusual or clever ideas, or creative ways to solve a problem.
-
Brainstorming
Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Inductive reasoning
Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
-
Mathematics
Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.
-
Memorization
Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
-
Flexibility of closure
See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.
-
Multitasking
Do two or more things at the same time.
-
Working with numbers
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Building good relationships
Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Coaching and developing others
Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.
-
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.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Thinking creatively
Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
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.
-
Giving expert advice
Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.
-
Guiding and directing staff
Guiding and directing staff, including setting and monitoring performance standards.
-
Collecting and organising information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.
-
Coming up with systems and processes
Deciding on goals and figuring out what you need to do to achieve them.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Helping and caring for others
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Providing office support
Doing day-to-day office work such as filing and processing paperwork.
-
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, 25-3099.02 - Tutors.
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.
-
Electronic mail
Use electronic mail.
-
Indoors, heat controlled
Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Spend time sitting
Spend time sitting at work.
-
Physically close to people
Work physically close to other people.
-
Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Telephone
Talk on the telephone.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Lead or coordinate a team
Lead others to do work activities.
-
Contact with the public
Work with customers or the public.
-
Letters and memos
Write letters and memos.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Angry or unpleasant people
Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.
-
Public speaking
Talk to a group of people.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
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.
-
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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Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

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