Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________salvage covers, smoke ejectors, and deodorants. Par-
ticipate in physical training activities to maintain
a high level of physical fi tness. Salvage property by
removing broken glass, pumping out water, and ven-
tilating buildings to remove smoke. Participate in fi re
drills and demonstrations of fi re fi ghting techniques.
Clean and maintain fi re stations and fi re fi ghting
equipment and apparatus. Collaborate with police to
respond to accidents, disasters, and arson investiga-
tion calls. Establish fi relines to prevent unauthorized
persons from entering areas near fi res. Inform and
educate the public on fi re prevention. Inspect build-
ings for fi re hazards and compliance with fi re preven-
tion ordinances, testing and checking smoke alarms
and fi re suppression equipment as necessary.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 12. Law and Public
Safety. Work Group: 12.06. Emergency Respond-
ing. Other Jobs in! is Work Group: Emergency
Medical Technicians and Paramedics; Fire Fighters;
Forest Fire Fighters.
Skills: Equipment Maintenance; Equipment Selec-
tion; Service Orientation; Operation Monitoring;
Science; Social Perceptiveness; Coordination; Com-
plex Problem Solving.
Education and Training Programs: Fire Science/
Firefi ghting; Fire Protection, Other. Related Knowl-
edge/Courses: Medicine and Dentistry; Physics;
Customer and Personal Service; Building and Con-
struction; Chemistry; Public Safety and Security.
Work Env ironment : More often outdoors than
indoors; noisy; contaminants; disease or infections;
hazardous equipment.
Operating Engineers and Other
Construction Equipment Operators
! Personality Code: RCI
! Education/Training Required: Moderate-
term on-the-job training
! Annual Earnings: $38,130
! Beginning Wage: $24,840
! Earnings Growth Potential: Low
! Growth: 8.4%
! Annual Job Openings: 55,468
! Self-Employed: 5.7%
! Part-Time: 2.1%Operate one or several types of power construc-
tion equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers,
scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels,
tractors, or front-end loaders, to excavate, move,
and grade earth; erect structures; or pour concrete
or other hard-surface pavement. May repair and
maintain equipment in addition to other duties.
Learn and follow safety regulations. Take actions to
avoid potential hazards and obstructions such as util-
ity lines, other equipment, other workers, and fall-
ing objects. Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to
control attachments such as blades, buckets, scrap-
ers, and swing booms. Start engines; move throttles,
switches, and levers; and depress pedals to operate
machines such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road
graders, and backhoes. Locate underground services,
such as pipes and wires, prior to beginning work.
Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety
standards are met. Align machines, cutterheads, or
depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guide-
lines or ground or position equipment by follow-
ing hand signals of other workers. Load and move
dirt, rocks, equipment, and materials, using trucks,
crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, and
related equipment. Drive and maneuver equipment
equipped with blades in successive passes over work-
ing areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, and rocks and
to distribute and level earth or terrain. Coordinate
machine actions with other activities, positioning or
moving loads in response to hand or audio signals