Rehabilitation Counsellors

Understanding why people react the way they do.

Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

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

Talking to others.

Reading work related information.

Looking for ways to help people.

Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

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

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

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

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

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

Understanding needs and product requirements to create a design.

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

Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.

Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

Teaching people how to do something.

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

Listen to and understand what people say.

Communicate by speaking.

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

Write in a way that people can understand.

Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

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

Speak clearly so others can understand you.

Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Read and understand written information.

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

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

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

See details that are far away.

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

Come up with different ways of grouping things.

Pay attention to something without being distracted.

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

Do two or more things at the same time.

Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

Put together small parts with your fingers.

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

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional support.

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

Handling complaints and disagreements, and negotiating with people.

Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.

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

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

Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.

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

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

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

Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.

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

Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.

Deciding on goals and figuring out what you need to do to achieve them.

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

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

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

Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

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

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.

Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.

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

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

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

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

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

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

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