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Helpers--Production Workers

$34.67K Median Salary 31.8K Job Openings (Annual Projection) -4.5% Job Growth

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About This Career

Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Reported Job Titles

Helper, Material Handler, Press Helper

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Near Vision

Control Precision

Manual Dexterity

Static Strength

Trunk Strength

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Finger Dexterity

Information Ordering

Multilimb Coordination

Problem Sensitivity

Extent Flexibility

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Perceptual Speed

Stamina

Knowledge

Mechanical

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Electronic mail software

Data base user interface and query software

Document management software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Desktop publishing software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Computer aided design CAD software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Tools

Screwdrivers

Jacks

Ladders

Tape measures

Slings

Hoists

Vacuum cleaners

Soldering iron

Planes

Hand trucks or accessories

Pneumatic hammer

Hydraulic truck cranes

Precision file

Label making machines

Box end wrenches

Pressure or steam cleaners

Open end wrenches

Saws

Winches

Claw hammer

Floor or platform scales

Staple guns

Grease guns

Razor knives

Utility knives

Forklifts

Power drills

Power grinders

Locking pliers

Power nail guns

Adjustable wrenches

Personal computers

Pipe wrenches

Power sanders

Power saws

Skid steer loaders

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
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).
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
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.
Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
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.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

Knowledge

Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr