Computer User Support Specialists


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Computer User Support Specialists

Computer User Support Specialists - Skills and Abilities

Computer user support specialists need to:

Communicate

  • Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
  • Understand written information.
  • Read and understand work-related materials.
  • Listen to others and ask questions.
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  • Understand spoken information.
  • Write clearly so other people can understand.

Reason and Problem Solve

  • Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Recognize the nature of a problem.
  • Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
  • Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
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  • Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
  • Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusions.
  • Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
  • Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them.
  • Think of new ideas about a topic.
  • Develop rules that group items in various ways.
  • Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.
  • Recognize when important changes happen or are likely to happen in a system.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

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

Work with People

  • Look for ways to help people.
  • Be aware of others’ reactions and understand the possible causes.
  • Use several methods to learn or teach new things.
  • Teach others how to do something.

Work with Things

  • Determine the causes of technical problems and find solutions for them.
  • Watch gauges, dials, and output to make sure a machine is working properly.

Perceive and Visualize

  • Quickly and accurately compare letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns.
Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.