
Child Care Center Building Maintenance

Skills
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Equipment Maintenance — Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
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Repairing — Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
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Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
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Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
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Equipment Selection — Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
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Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
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Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
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Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
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Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
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Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
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Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
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Installation — Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
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Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
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Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
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Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
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Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
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Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Knowledge
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Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
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Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
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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.
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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.
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English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Ability
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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.
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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.
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Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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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).
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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 there is a problem.
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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.
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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.
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Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
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Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
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Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
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Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
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Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
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Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
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Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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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.
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Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
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Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
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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.
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Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
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Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
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Gross Body Coordination — The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
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Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
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Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
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Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Education
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High school diploma or equivalent
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Post-secondary certificate
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Less than a high school diploma