Yarn Carding and Spinning Machine Operators

Controlling equipment or systems.

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

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

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

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

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

Teaching people how to do something.

Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

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

Fixing machines or systems.

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

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

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

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

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

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.

Understanding why people react the way they do.

Talking to others.

Reading work related information.

Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Keep your hand or arm steady.

Put together small parts with your fingers.

Quickly move your hand, finger, or foot when a sound, light, picture or something else appears.

Notice differences between colours, including shades of colour and brightness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pay attention to a certain sound when there are other distracting sounds.

See details that are far away.

Tell the difference between sounds.

Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed.

Change when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.

Come up with different ways of grouping things.

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

Lift, push, pull, or carry things.

Move your arms, legs, and body together.

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

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.

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

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

Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

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

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

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

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

Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

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

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

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

Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.

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

Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.

Encouraging and building trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.