Ambulance Drivers & Attendants

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $47,120.00
Average: $33,570.00
Hourly
Average: $16.14

What they do:

Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.

On the job, you would:

  • Remove and replace soiled linens or equipment to maintain sanitary conditions.
  • Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.
  • Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

86% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
85% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
84% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
83% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
79% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
77% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
76% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
73% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
72% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
70% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
68% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
67% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
66% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
66% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
59% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
57% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
78% Social  -  Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

78% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
67% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

72% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
72% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
69% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
56% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
56% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
56% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
53% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
53% Multilimb Coordination  -  The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
53% Response Orientation  -  The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
53% Reaction Time  -  The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
53% Static Strength  -  The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
53% Far Vision  -  The ability to see details at a distance.
53% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
53% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
53% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
53% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
53% Spatial Orientation  -  The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
53% Time Sharing  -  The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Job Details

Responsibilities
Maintain vehicles in good working condition.
Clean vehicles or vehicle components.
Drive passenger vehicles.
Clean vehicles or vehicle components.
Provide first aid or rescue assistance in emergencies.
Provide first aid or rescue assistance in emergencies.
Maintain professional knowledge or certifications.
Stock medical or patient care supplies.
Notify others of emergencies, problems, or hazards.
Provide first aid or rescue assistance in emergencies.
Hold patients to ensure proper positioning or safety.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

94% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
92% 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?
90% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
85% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
85% 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?
83% 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?
83% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
82% 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?
81% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
79% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
78% 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% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
77% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
76% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
75% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
73% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
72% Exposed to Disease or Infections  -  How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?
72% 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?
71% 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?
70% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
70% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
65% Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People  -  How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
65% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
64% Outdoors, Under Cover  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)?
62% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
61% Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body  -  How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
60% Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions  -  How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions?
59% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
57% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
56% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
54% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
52% 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% Level of Competition  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
51% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
54% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

85% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
83% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
82% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
81% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
80% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
76% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
74% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
73% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
69% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
67% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
66% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
66% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
66% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
66% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
63% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
60% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
60% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
59% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
59% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
56% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
56% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
55% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
52% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
52% Monitoring and Controlling Resources  -  Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
52% Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.

Getting Started

Education:
56%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
23%
Some College Courses

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