Education:
68%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
17%
Bachelor's Degree
Office Machine Operators
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High:
$51,210.00
Average:
$38,300.00
Hourly
Average:
$18.41
What they do:
Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.
On the job, you would:
- Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed.
- Deliver completed work.
- Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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85% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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81% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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69% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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68% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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67% | Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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62% | 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. | |
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62% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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61% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
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60% | Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. | |
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55% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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52% | Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. | |
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51% | Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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83% | 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. | |
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78% | 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 |
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56% | 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 |
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66% | Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |
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66% | Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |
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56% | 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). | |
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53% | Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |
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53% | Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Read work orders to determine material or setup requirements.
Operate office equipment.
Operate office equipment.
Calculate costs of goods or services.
Provide information to coworkers.
Collect deposits, payments or fees.
Sort materials or products.
Compile data or documentation.
Adjust office equipment to ensure proper operation.
Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
Adjust office equipment to ensure proper operation.
Operate office equipment.
Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
Store records or related materials.
Clean facilities or equipment.
Maintain office equipment in proper operating condition.
Report maintenance or equipment problems to appropriate personnel.
Operate office equipment.
Record production information.
Deliver items.
Compile data or documentation.
Attach identification information to products, items or containers.
Clean facilities or equipment.
Maintain office equipment in proper operating condition.
Adjust office equipment to ensure proper operation.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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88% | Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job? | |
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85% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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78% | Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? | |
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76% | 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? | |
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73% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? | |
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71% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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70% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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69% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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67% | Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? | |
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65% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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58% | Coordinate or Lead Others - How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? | |
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57% | 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? | |
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56% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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56% | Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? | |
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55% | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment - How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) | |
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55% | 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? |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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75% | Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. | |
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68% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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64% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | |
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62% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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60% | Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). | |
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57% | Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. | |
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56% | Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. | |
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56% | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. | |
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56% | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. | |
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56% | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. | |
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54% | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. | |
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54% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | |
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53% | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. | |
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52% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |