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Nuclear Engineers

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% Subject Description
100.00 Electronic Mail How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
99.00 Face-to-Face Discussions How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
93.60 Telephone How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
89.00 Indoors, Environmentally Controlled How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
86.40 Importance of Being Exact or Accurate How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
86.40 Work With Work Group or Team How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
84.60 Responsible for Others' Health and Safety How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
80.00 Spend Time Sitting How much does this job require sitting?
79.00 Contact With Others How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
79.00 Letters and Memos How often does the job require written letters and memos?
79.00 Freedom to Make Decisions How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
78.20 Structured versus Unstructured Work To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
78.20 Responsibility for Outcomes and Results How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
74.60 Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results How do the decisions an employee makes impact the results of co-workers, clients or the company?
73.60 Time Pressure How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
72.80 Exposed to Radiation How often does this job require exposure to radiation?
71.80 Coordinate or Lead Others How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
69.00 Consequence of Error How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
67.20 Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
66.40 Frequency of Decision Making How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
64.60 Level of Competition To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
58.00 Frequency of Conflict Situations How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
57.20 Physical Proximity To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
57.20 Deal With External Customers How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
54.60 Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
52.80 Degree of Automation How automated is the job?
51.80 Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection?
51.00 Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
50.00 Importance of Repeating Same Tasks How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?



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