Sterilisation Technicians

Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.

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

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

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

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

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

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

Reading work related information.

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

Talking to others.

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

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.

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

Controlling equipment or systems.

Understanding why people react the way they do.

Figuring out why a machine or system went wrong and working out what to do about it.

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

Looking for ways to help people.

Providing the right equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do work.

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

Listen to and understand what people say.

Put together small parts with your fingers.

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

Keep your hand or arm steady.

Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

Communicate by speaking.

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

Read and understand written information.

Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

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.

Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

Lift, push, pull, or carry things.

Use your abdominal and lower back muscles a number of times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Identify and understand the speech of another person.

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

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

Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.

Write in a way that people can understand.

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

Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.

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

Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.

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

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

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

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

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 value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

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

Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).

Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.

Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

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

Helping people to understand and use information.

Providing personal assistance, medical attention, or emotional 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

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