Career Planning Job Research

By Tom Kolasinski

Automotive Body And Related Repairs

Tasks

Main Task- to follow your supervisors directions on how to fix the car and how long it should take

You must plan out your work so you know how long it is going to take and what materials you will need

Fill small dents, file, grind, sand, and smooth repaired surfaces so they can be painted.

What You Need To Know

You must have a mechanical knowledge of the tools you will be using

Public Safety- should be one of your main concerns to keep yourself and other around you safe

Wages

Between $13.74 and $23.57 and hour

Skills

Repairing machines and using the needed tools to get the job done

Complex Problem Solving- identifying the problems and reviewing related information in order to come up with a solution.

Interests

Do you like doing hands on work?

Do you like working outside?

Arm-Hand Steadiness

VisualizationControl Precision-

the ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls to a machine or a vehicle to the exact positions.

Abilities

Middle School Teacher Middle School Teacher

Tasks Tasks

Find new methods for teaching Find new methods for teaching

Establish and enforce rules in Establish and enforce rules in classroom to keep children in orderclassroom to keep children in order

Knowledge Knowledge

Public Safety and Security Public Safety and Security

Education and Training Education and Training

Wages

Annual mean wage: 80, 820 for suffolk/ nassau teachers

Your SkillsYour Skills Speaking Speaking

Social Social Perceptiveness Perceptiveness

Active Active Listening Listening

Abilities Speech Clarity

Deductive reasoning- applying general rules to solve problems

Writing Expression

Interests Interests

Interest code: Interest code: SASA

Social Social ArtisticArtistic

Related Occupations

Health Educators

Elementary School Teacher

Instructional Coordinators

Automotive Master MechanicAutomotive Master Mechanic

TasksTasks

Test drive vehicles and test components using Test drive vehicles and test components using special equipment special equipment

Tear down repair and rebuild faulty assembliesTear down repair and rebuild faulty assemblies Test and adjust repaired systems Test and adjust repaired systems

Your KnowledgeYour Knowledge

Computers and electronics- knowledge of Computers and electronics- knowledge of circuit boards computer chips, electronic circuit boards computer chips, electronic equipment, etc…equipment, etc…

Customer and personal service- must know the Customer and personal service- must know the principles and processes for providing customer principles and processes for providing customer and personal service.and personal service.

Wages

Between $12.44 and $22.64 an hour

Skills AbilitiesSkills Abilities

Equipment MaintenanceEquipment Maintenance

Repairing Machines or Repairing Machines or systemssystems

Equipment SelectionEquipment Selection

Problem Sensitivity- to Problem Sensitivity- to tell when something is tell when something is about to go wrongabout to go wrong

Hearing SensitivityHearing Sensitivity

Near VisionNear Vision

Interests Interests

Interest Code: R I Interest Code: R I Realistic and Investigative Realistic and Investigative

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Automotive Specialty Technicians

Farm equipment Mechanics

Aircraft Mechanics