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Compliance Officers

$71.69K Median Salary 30K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 6.2% Job Growth

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About This Career

Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere.

Reported Job Titles

Driver Examiner, Driver License Agent, Driver License Examiner, Examiner, License Examiner, License Registration Examiner, Licensing Analyst, Motor Vehicle Clerk, Public Service Representative (PSR), Transportation Services Representative (TSR)

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Comprehension

Speech Clarity

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Speech Recognition

Written Expression

Deductive Reasoning

Problem Sensitivity

Far Vision

Information Ordering

Category Flexibility

Fluency of Ideas

Knowledge

Law and Government

English Language

Customer and Personal Service

Public Safety and Security

Computers and Electronics

Administration and Management

Administrative

Education and Training

Skills

Active Listening

Reading Comprehension

Speaking

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Social Perceptiveness

Writing

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Monitoring

Service Orientation

Time Management

Coordination

Negotiation

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Computer based training software

Office suite software

Operating system software

Word processing software

Tools

Biometric identification equipment

Multi function printers

Mainframe console or dumb terminals

Eye charts or vision cards

Bar code reader equipment

Scanners

Typewriters

Magnetic stripe readers and encoders

Magnifiers

Vision testing stereoscopes

Ultraviolet UV lamps

Point of sale POS receipt printers

Digital cameras

Desktop computers

Abilities

Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
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).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
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).

Knowledge

Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Skills

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.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software: Text scanning software
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Computer based training software: BrainTrain IVA+Plus; Language arts educational software; Math educational software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word

Tools

Biometric identification equipment: Bio-sensors
Multi function printers: Check validation printers; Journal printers; Passbook printers
Mainframe console or dumb terminals: Computer terminals
Eye charts or vision cards: Snellen eye charts; Visual acuity testing cards
Bar code reader equipment: Bar code readers
Scanners: Data input scanners
Typewriters: Electric typewriters
Magnetic stripe readers and encoders: Credit card readers
Magnifiers: Hand lenses
Vision testing stereoscopes: Titmus vision screeners
Ultraviolet UV lamps: Inspection lamps
Point of sale POS receipt printers: Point of sale POS printers
Digital cameras:
Desktop computers:

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