Tank car, truck, and ship loaders need to:

Communicate

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

Reason and Problem Solve

• Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.
• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
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• Recognize the nature of a problem.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

• Manage the time of self and others.
• Go back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information without becoming confused.
• Check how well one is learning or doing something.

Work with Things

• Watch gauges, dials, and output to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operate and control equipment.

Perceive and Visualize

• Quickly and accurately compare letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns.
• Identify a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in distracting material.
• Imagine how something will look if it is moved around or its parts are rearranged.