According to o*net, what are some common work styles electrical engineers need? select four options.

• Electronic Mail — 14% responded “Once a week or more but not every day.”

• Freedom to Make Decisions — 70% responded “A lot of freedom.”

• Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 85% responded “Every day.”

• Work With Work Group or Team — 25% responded “Very important.”

• Spend Time Sitting — 41% responded “Continually or almost continually.”

• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 58% responded “Very important.”

• Structured versus Unstructured Work — 58% responded “Some freedom.”

• Contact With Others — 43% responded “Contact with others about half the time.”

• Telephone — 26% responded “Every day.”

• Duration of Typical Work Week — 31% responded “40 hours.”

• Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 29% responded “Important results.”

• Time Pressure — 38% responded “Once a month or more but not every week.”

• Physical Proximity — 60% responded “Slightly close (e.g., shared office).”

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Education — Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Related Experience — A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Job Training — Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Job Zone Examples — Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.

SVP Range — 2-4 years of preparation (7.0 to < 8.0)

• Electronic Mail — How often do you use electronic mail in this job?

• Face-to-Face Discussions — How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?

• Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?

• Freedom to Make Decisions — How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?

• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?

• Structured versus Unstructured Work — To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?

• Telephone — How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?

• Work With Work Group or Team — How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?

• Contact With Others — How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?

• Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?

• Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?

• Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting?

• Coordinate or Lead Others — How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?

• Time Pressure — How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?

• Frequency of Decision Making — How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?

• Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?

• Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?

• Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?

• Letters and Memos — How often does the job require written letters and memos?

• Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?

• Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?

• Consequence of Error — How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?

• Physical Proximity — To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?

• Electronic Mail — 98% responded “Every day.”

• Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 89% responded “Every day.”

• Face-to-Face Discussions — 72% responded “Every day.”

• Telephone — 62% responded “Every day.”

• Work With Work Group or Team — 64% responded “Extremely important.”

• Duration of Typical Work Week — 68% responded “More than 40 hours.”

• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 64% responded “Very important.”

• Freedom to Make Decisions — 49% responded “A lot of freedom.”

• Contact With Others — 44% responded “Constant contact with others.”

• Structured versus Unstructured Work — 44% responded “A lot of freedom.”

• Spend Time Sitting — 49% responded “More than half the time.”

• Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 59% responded “Important results.”

• Frequency of Decision Making — 34% responded “Once a week or more but not every day.”

• Coordinate or Lead Others — 32% responded “Very important.”

• Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 32% responded “Very high responsibility.”

• Time Pressure — 58% responded “Once a month or more but not every week.”

• Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 40% responded “Every day.”

• Letters and Memos — 28% responded “Every day.”

• Deal With External Customers — 26% responded “Very important.”

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