Office Machine Operators
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent
Details
Education Details
68%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
17%
Bachelor's Degree
9%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
6%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Salary
High:
$51,210.00
Average:
$38,300.00
Hourly
Average:
$18.41
Summary of What they do:
Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.
Responsibilities
Tasks On The Job
- Clean and file master copies or plates.
- Clean machines, perform minor repairs, and report major repair needs.
- Complete records of production, including work volumes and outputs, materials used, and any backlogs.
- Compute prices for services and receive payment, or provide supervisors with billing information.
- Cut copies apart and write identifying information, such as page numbers or titles, on copies.
- Deliver completed work.
- File and store completed documents.
- Load machines with materials such as blank paper or film.
- Maintain stock of supplies, and requisition any needed items.
- Monitor machine operation, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper operation.
- Move heat units and clamping frames over screen beds to form Braille impressions on pages, raising frames to release individual copies.
- Operate auxiliary machines such as collators, pad and tablet making machines, staplers, and paper punching, folding, cutting, and perforating machines.
- Operate office machines such as high speed business photocopiers, readers, scanners, addressing machines, stencil-cutting machines, microfilm readers or printers, folding and inserting machines, bursters, and binder machines.
- Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.
- Prepare and process papers for use in scanning, microfilming, and microfiche.
- Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed.
- Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies.
- Sort, assemble, and proof completed work.
Personality Strengths:
Determined by your work personality assessment.
Strength:
Determined by your Aptitude Aversion Assessment (A3).
Caution:
Potentially negative impact as a result of your A3.
Warning:
Likely negative impact as a result of your A3.
Potential Strength:
A characteristic you could perform competently, but may not come naturally.
PERSONALITY
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IMPORTANT STRENGTHS
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93% | Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources. | |
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59% | Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. | |
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WORK VALUES
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56% | Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. | |
APTITUDES
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ABILITIES | SKILLS
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66% | Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |
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66% | Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |
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56% | 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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53% | Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |
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53% | Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |
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TASKS | ACTIVITIES
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75% | Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. | |
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68% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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64% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | |
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62% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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60% | Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). | |
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57% | Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. | |
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57% | Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. | |
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56% | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. | |
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56% | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. | |
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56% | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. | |
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54% | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. | |
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54% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | |
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53% | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. | |
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52% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. | |
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CONTEXT | ATTRIBUTES
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88% | E-Mail - How frequently does your job require you to use E-mail? | |
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85% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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78% | Telephone Conversations - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? | |
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77% | 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? | |
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73% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in an environmentally controlled environment (like a warehouse with air conditioning)? | |
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71% | Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams - How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams? | |
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70% | Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with or contribute to a work group or team in this job? | |
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69% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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67% | Deal With External Customers or the Public in General - How important is it to deal with external customers (as in retail sales) or the public in general (as in police work) in this job? | |
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65% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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58% | Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities - How important is it to coordinate or lead others (not as a supervisor or team leader) in accomplishing work activities in this job? | |
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57% | Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals - How much freedom does the worker have in determining the tasks, priorities, or goals of the job? | |
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56% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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56% | Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks physically close to other people? | |
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55% | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment - How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) | |
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55% | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important are continuous, repetitive, physical activities (like key entry) or mental activities (like checking entries in a ledger) to performing this job? | |