Commercial Divers

People in this career often have these skills:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Physics - Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
• Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Extent Flexibility - The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
• Maintain work equipment or machinery.
• Monitor work areas or procedures to ensure compliance with safety procedures.
• Communicate with coworkers to coordinate installations or repairs.
• Travel to work sites to perform installation, repair or maintenance work.

• Inspect systems to determine if they are operating properly.
• Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Gather information about work conditions or locations.
• Record images needed to address work issues.
• Repair non-engine automotive or vehicle components.
• Operate welding equipment.
• Train others in operational procedures.
• Supervise employees.
• Respond to emergencies to provide assistance.
• Attach rigging to objects so they can be moved.
• Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
• Install piping for installation or maintenance activities.
• Repair pipes to stop leaking.
• Install structural foundations.
• Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
• Decontaminate equipment or sites to remove hazardous or toxic substances.
• Survey land or bodies of water to measure or determine features.
• Repair production equipment or tools.
• Repair structural components.
• Harvest agricultural products.
• Perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks.
• Operate farming equipment.

• Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

• Ship Engineers

• Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

• Boilermakers

• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay

• Firefighters

• Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

• Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels