Skills:
Painters and Illustrators ( 2 yrs 3 mos ) 1. Applies select solvents and cleaning agents to clean surface of painting and remove accretions, discolorations, and deteriorated varnish. Training only 2. Assembles, leads, and solders finished glass to fabricate stained glass article. Training only 3. Brushes or sprays protective or decorative finish on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished painting. Less than 1 year 4. Confers with professional personnel or client to discuss objectives of artwork, develop illustration ideas, and theme to be portrayed. Less than 1 year 5. Develops drawings, paintings, diagrams, and models of medical or biological subjects for use in publications, exhibits, consultations, research, and teaching. Less than 1 year 6. Etches, carves, paints, or draws artwork on material, such as stone, glass, canvas, wood, and linoleum. 1 to 2 years 7. Examines surfaces of paintings and proofs of artwork, using magnifying device, to determine method of restoration or needed corrections. 1 to 2 years 8. Installs finished stained glass in window or door frame. Training only 9. Integrates and develops visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective to produce desired effect. Less than 1 year 10. Paints scenic backgrounds, murals, and portraiture for motion picture and television production sets, glass artworks, and exhibits. 1 to 2 years 11. Performs tests to determine factors, such as age, structure, pigment stability, and probable reaction to various cleaning agents and solvents. Training only 12. Removes painting from frame or paint layer from canvas to restore artwork, following specified technique and equipment. Training only 13. Renders drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, or reference materials. Training only 14. Studies style, techniques, colors, textures, and materials used by artist to maintain consistency in reconstruction or retouching procedures. Training only Floral Designers ( 2 yrs 3 mos ) 1. Conducts classes, demonstrations, or trains other workers. Less than 1 year 2. Confers with client regarding price and type of arrangement desired. 3 to 4 years 3. Decorates buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities where events are planned. 3 to 4 years 4. Estimates costs and prices arrangements. 3 to 4 years 5. Packs and wraps completed arrangements. 1 to 2 years 6. Plans arrangement according to client's requirements, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or selects appropriate standard design pattern. 1 to 2 years 7. Selects flora and foliage for arrangement. 1 to 2 years 8. Trims material and arranges bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items using trimmers, shapers, wire, pin, floral tape, foam, and other materials. 1 to 2 years Exhibit Designers ( 4 yrs 3 mos ) 1. Arranges for acquisition of specimens or graphics, or building of exhibit structures by outside contractors to complete exhibit. Less than 1 year 2. Confers with client or staff regarding theme, interpretative or informational purpose, planned location, budget, materials, or promotion. 1 to 2 years 3. Designs display to decorate streets, fairgrounds, building or other places for celebrations, using paper, cloth, plastic, or other materials. Less than 1 year 4. Designs, draws, paints, or sketches backgrounds and fixtures for use in windows or interior displays. 1 to 2 years 5. Inspects installed exhibit for conformance to specifications and satisfactory operation of special effects components. 1 to 2 years 6. Oversees preparation of artwork, construction of exhibit components, and placement of collection to ensure intended interpretation of concepts and conformance to specifications. Less than 1 year 7. Prepares preliminary drawings of proposed exhibit, including detailed construction, layout, material specifications, or special effects diagrams. Training only 8. Submits plans for approval, and adapts plan to serve intended purpose or to conform to budget or fabrication restrictions. 1 to 2 years Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks ( 2 yrs 5 mos ) 1. Computes amounts, such as space available, and shipping, storage, and demurrage charges, using calculator or price list. 1 to 2 years 2. Confers and corresponds with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, and nonconformance to specifications. 1 to 2 years 3. Contacts carrier representative to make arrangements and to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials. 3 to 4 years 4. Delivers or routes materials to departments, using work devices, such as handtruck, conveyor, or sorting bins. 3 to 4 years 5. Determines shipping method for materials, using knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates. 1 to 2 years 6. Examines contents and compares with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment. 1 to 2 years 7. Packs, seals, labels, and affixes postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools, power tools, and postage meter. 1 to 2 years 8. Prepares documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, and shipping orders to route materials. 1 to 2 years 9. Records shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, and damages and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, and record-keeping purposes. 1 to 2 years 10. Requisitions and stores shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock. 1 to 2 years Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters ( 1 yrs 7 mos ) Construction and Related Workers, All Other ( 2 yrs 0 mos ) Production Laborers ( 5 yrs 0 mos ) 1. Attaches slings, ropes, cables, or identification tags to objects, such as pipes, hoses, and bundles. 1 to 2 years 2. Breaks up defective products for reprocessing. 1 to 2 years 3. Carries or handtrucks supplies to work stations. 1 to 2 years 4. Counts finished product to determine completion of production order. 1 to 2 years 5. Cuts or breaks flashing from materials or products. 1 to 2 years 6. Examines product to verify conformance to company standards. Less than 1 year 7. Feeds item into processing machine. 1 to 2 years 8. Folds parts of product and final product during processing. 1 to 2 years 9. Inserts parts into partial assembly, during various stages of assembly to complete product. 1 to 2 years 10. Lifts raw materials, final products, and items packed for shipment, manually, or using hoist. 1 to 2 years 11. Loads and unloads items from machines, conveyors, and conveyance. 1 to 2 years 12. Mixes ingredients, according to formula. 1 to 2 years 13. Places product in equipment or on worksurface for further processing, inspecting, or wrapping. 1 to 2 years 14. Positions spout or chute of storage bin to fill containers, during processing. 1 to 2 years 15. Records information, such as number of product tested, meter readings, and date and time product placed in oven. 1 to 2 years 16. Separates product according to weight, grade, size, and composition of material used to produced product. 1 to 2 years 17. Threads ends of items, such as thread, cloth, and lace through needles, rollers, and around takeup tube. 1 to 2 years 18. Ties product in bundles for further processing or shipment, following prescribed procedure. 1 to 2 years 19. Washes machines, equipment, vehicles and products, such as prints, rugs, and table linens. 1 to 2 years 20. Weighs raw materials for distribution. 1 to 2 years Production Workers, All Other ( 1 yrs 7 mos ) Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels ( 1 yrs 0 mos ) Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand ( 5 yrs 0 mos ) 1. Adjusts or replaces equipment parts, such as rollers, belts, plugs and caps, using hand tools. 1 to 2 years 2. Assembles product containers and crates, using hand tools and precut lumber. 1 to 2 years 3. Attaches identifying tags or marks information on containers. 1 to 2 years 4. Bundles and bands material, such as fodder and tobacco leaves, using banding machines. 1 to 2 years 5. Cleans work area, using brooms, rags, and cleaning compounds. 1 to 2 years 6. Directs spouts and positions receptacles, such as bins, carts, and containers, to receive loads. 1 to 2 years 7. Installs protective devices, such as bracing, padding or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported. 1 to 2 years 8. Loads and unloads materials to and from designated storage areas, such as racks and shelves, or vehicles, such as trucks. 1 to 2 years 9. Reads work orders or receives and listens to oral instructions to determine work assignment. 1 to 2 years 10. Records number of units handled and moved, using daily production sheet or work tickets. 1 to 2 years 11. Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination, using crane or hoist. 1 to 2 years 12. Shovels materials, such as gravel, ice or spilled concrete, into containers, bins or onto conveyors. 1 to 2 years 13. Sorts and stores items according to specifications. 1 to 2 years 14. Stacks or piles materials, such as lumber, boards, or pallets. 1 to 2 years 15. Transports receptacles to and from designated areas, by hand or using dollies, handtrucks, and wheelbarrows. 1 to 2 years Computer Skills Typing Speed: 30 Words Per Minute Database Software (Oracle, Access, etc) Desktop Publishing Software (InDesign, etc) EMail Software (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) Graphics or Drawing Software (Photoshop, etc) Internet Browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc) Peripheral Devices (Scanners, Printers, etc) Personal Computers Utility Software (Virus, File Compression, etc) Additional Computer Skills: Basically have learn the workings of windows [] home and xp pro. on my own but have had training in " micro computer apps. and business computer apps. Also have your basic hardware installation for most home base computers.