Lens Grinders and Polishers

Skills

People in this career need to:

Communicate

• Listen to others, understand, and ask questions.
• Read and understand work-related materials.
• Express ideas clearly when speaking.

Reason and Problem Solve

• Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them.
• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
• Identify problems and review information. Develop, review, and apply solutions.
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
• Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
• Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.

Use Math and Science

• Use math skills to solve problems.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide quickly and correctly.

Manage Oneself, People, Time and Things

• Manage the time of self and others.
• Check how well one is learning or doing something.

Work with People

• Use several methods to learn or teach others how to do something.
• Be aware of others' reactions and change behavior in relation to them.
• Look for ways to help people.

Work with Things

• Repair machines or systems.
• Test and inspect products, services, or processes. Evaluate quality or performance.
• Determine the tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Knowledge

People in this career need knowledge in the following areas:

• Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of providing special services to customers based on their needs.
• Mathematics: Knowledge of the rules and uses of numbers. Areas of knowledge include arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics.

Interests

People in this career are people who tend to:

• Consider support from their employer important. They like to be treated fairly and have supervisors who will back them up. They prefer jobs where they are trained well.
• Have realistic interests. They like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like to work with plants, animals, and physical materials such as wood, tools, and machinery. They often prefer to work outside.
• Have conventional interests. They like work activities that follow set procedures, routines, and standards. They like to work with data and detail. They prefer working where there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education.