Data Warehousing Specialists

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: Bachelor's degree
Salary
High: $197,350.00
Average: $136,540.00
Hourly
Average: $65.65

What they do:

Design, model, or implement corporate data warehousing activities. Program and configure warehouses of database information and provide support to warehouse users.

On the job, you would:

  • Develop data warehouse process models, including sourcing, loading, transformation, and extraction.
  • Verify the structure, accuracy, or quality of warehouse data.
  • Map data between source systems, data warehouses, and data marts.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

98% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
88% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
84% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
82% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
79% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
79% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
78% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
76% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
76% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
74% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
71% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
65% 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.
61% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
56% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

78% Investigative  -  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
61% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

83% Achievement  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
72% Working Conditions  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
67% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

72% 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).
72% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
69% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
69% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
69% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
66% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
63% Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
63% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
63% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
63% Category Flexibility  -  The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
60% 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.
60% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
53% Mathematical Reasoning  -  The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
53% Fluency of Ideas  -  The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
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Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

57% Reading Comprehension  -  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
55% Critical Thinking  -  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
54% Programming  -  Writing computer programs for various purposes.
52% Active Listening  -  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
52% Speaking  -  Talking to others to convey information effectively.
52% Judgment and Decision Making  -  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Test software performance.
Evaluate project designs to determine adequacy or feasibility.
Troubleshoot issues with computer applications or systems.
Document operational procedures.
Modify software programs to improve performance.
Design software applications.
Write computer programming code.
Evaluate data quality.
Develop performance metrics or standards related to information technology.
Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables.
Design software applications.
Write computer programming code.
Develop diagrams or flow charts of system operation.
Develop procedures for data management.
Develop procedures for data management.
Create databases to store electronic data.
Develop diagrams or flow charts of system operation.
Document operational procedures.
Develop testing routines or procedures.
Develop models of information or communications systems.
Develop models of information or communications systems.
Develop procedures for data management.
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Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

100% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
97% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
96% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
86% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
86% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
83% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
83% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
77% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
73% 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?
61% 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?
60% 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?
57% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
56% 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?
52% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
51% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
74% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
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Tasks & Values

99% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
89% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
87% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
86% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
81% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
76% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
74% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
74% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
73% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
69% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
68% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
63% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
61% Providing Consultation and Advice to Others  -  Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
59% 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.
56% Developing Objectives and Strategies  -  Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
53% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Getting Started

Education:
78%
Bachelor's Degree
4%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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