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Materials Engineers

Work Context

%	Subject	Description
100.00	Electronic Mail	How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
93.40	Face-to-Face Discussions	How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
90.40	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled	How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
88.60	Work With Work Group or Team	How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
85.00	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?
83.80	Telephone	How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
83.80	Freedom to Make Decisions	How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
82.80	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?
82.00	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate	How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
77.20	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?
74.20	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety	How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
73.40	Responsibility for Outcomes and Results	How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
72.00	Spend Time Sitting	How much does this job require sitting?
70.40	Coordinate or Lead Others	How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
70.40	Time Pressure	How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
69.60	Level of Competition	To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
69.00	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?
66.60	Letters and Memos	How often does the job require written letters and memos?
61.00	Deal With External Customers	How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
58.00	Exposed to Hazardous Conditions	How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
58.00	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?
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	Exposed to Hazardous Equipment	How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
56.20	Public Speaking	How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job?
55.20	Consequence of Error	How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
55.00	Exposed to Contaminants	How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
54.20	Frequency of Conflict Situations	How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
54.20	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?
51.40	Spend Time Standing	How much does this job require standing?
50.40	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?
49.60	Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled	How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?

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