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Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

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% Subject Description
95.20 Face-to-Face Discussions How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
88.00 Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
80.00 Exposed to Contaminants How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
79.00 Work With Work Group or Team How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
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?
77.00 Importance of Being Exact or Accurate How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
76.60 Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
76.20 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?
75.40 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?
73.60 Coordinate or Lead Others How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
73.00 Freedom to Make Decisions How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
68.20 Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
67.60 Spend Time Standing How much does this job require standing?
66.40 Physical Proximity To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
64.40 Exposed to Hazardous Conditions How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
64.20 Deal With External Customers How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
61.80 Telephone How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
59.00 Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
58.00 Electronic Mail How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
57.20 Time Pressure How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
56.40 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?
55.80 Indoors, Environmentally Controlled How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
54.80 Letters and Memos How often does the job require written letters and memos?
53.20 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?
51.60 Spend Time Sitting How much does this job require sitting?
49.80 Level of Competition To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?



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