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Summary Job Description Education Skills, Abilities and Interests More Information
Skills, Abilities & Interests

Interest Area
ArtisticInvolves a degree of self-expression and working with forms, designs, and patterns and without a clear set of rules.

Work Values
AchievementGet a feeling of accomplishment.
CreativityTry out your own ideas.
Ability UtilizationMake use of individual abilities.
Working ConditionsGood working conditions.
ResponsibilityMake decisions on your own.

Skills
Learning StrategiesUse multiple approaches when learning or teaching new things.
Active ListeningListen to what other people are saying and ask questions as appropriate.
WritingCommunicate effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
Time ManagementManage one's own time and the time of others.
Active LearningWork with new material or information to grasp its implications.
Reading ComprehensionUnderstand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Abilities
Written ComprehensionAble to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Near VisionAble to see details of objects at a close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Written ExpressionAble to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Oral ComprehensionAble to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.