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Materials Scientists

Work Context

%	Subject	Description
99.00	Electronic Mail	How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
96.20	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled	How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
92.40	Face-to-Face Discussions	How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
84.80	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate	How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
83.80	Work With Work Group or Team	How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
83.80	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?
82.80	Freedom to Make Decisions	How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
82.00	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?
77.20	Telephone	How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
77.20	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety	How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
73.40	Level of Competition	To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
73.40	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?
70.40	Spend Time Sitting	How much does this job require sitting?
70.00	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?
69.60	Coordinate or Lead Others	How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
65.80	Time Pressure	How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
64.80	Responsibility for Outcomes and Results	How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
62.00	Letters and Memos	How often does the job require written letters and memos?
62.00	Exposed to Hazardous Conditions	How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
62.00	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?
59.00	Consequence of Error	How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
56.20	Public Speaking	How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job?
56.20	Exposed to Contaminants	How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
54.20	Deal With External Customers	How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
54.20	Physical Proximity	To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
53.40	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?
50.40	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?
50.40	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?

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