College of Liberal Arts

Position Duties:

• Inspect layouts and advertising copy and edit scripts, audio and video tapes, and other promotional material for adherence to specifications.
• Plan and prepare advertising and promotional material to increase sales of products or services, working with customers, company officials, sales departments, and advertising agencies.
• Gather and organize information to plan advertising campaigns.
• Confer with clients to provide marketing or technical advice.
• Direct, motivate, and monitor the mobilization of a campaign team to advance campaign goals.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Social Perceptiveness
• Speaking
• Time Management
• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Write to customers in their terms and on their level so that the advertiser's sales message is more readily received.
• Discuss with the client the product, advertising themes and methods, and any changes that should be made in advertising copy.
• Write advertising copy for use by publication, broadcast, or internet media to promote the sale of goods and services.
• Present drafts and ideas to clients.
• Vary language and tone of messages based on product and medium.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments.
• Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.
• Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus based on a combination of factors such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
• Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.
• Manipulate and enhance scanned or digital images to create desired effects, using computers and specialized software.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Service Orientation
• Social Perceptiveness
• Active Learning

Position Duties:

• Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.
• Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
• Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.
• Apply story development, directing, cinematography, and editing to animation to create storyboards that show the flow of the animation and map out key scenes and characters.
• Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Critical Thinking
• Time Management
• Coordination

Position Duties:

• Prepare scale drawings or architectural designs, using computer-aided design or other tools.
• Plan or design structures such as residences, office buildings, theatres, factories, or other structural properties in accordance with environmental, safety, or other regulations.
• Direct activities of technicians engaged in preparing drawings or specification documents.
• Prepare contract documents for building contractors.
• Prepare information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimated costs, or construction time.

Skills:

• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• Active Listening
• Complex Problem Solving
• Judgment and Decision Making

Position Duties:

• Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.
• Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
• Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities.
• Present final layouts to clients for approval.
• Review and approve art materials, copy materials, and proofs of printed copy developed by staff members.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Time Management
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Talk with clients during art or other therapy sessions to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to the artistic process.
• Conduct art therapy sessions providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from or cope with cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments.
• Design art therapy sessions or programs to meet client's goals or objectives.
• Write treatment plans, case summaries, or progress or other reports related to individual clients or client groups.
• Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to art therapy.

Skills:

• Social Perceptiveness
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Judgment and Decision Making

Position Duties:

• Analyze patrons' requests to determine needed information and assist in furnishing or locating that information.
• Search standard reference materials, including online sources and the Internet, to answer patrons' reference questions.
• Teach library patrons basic computer skills, such as searching computerized databases.
• Plan and teach classes on topics such as information literacy, library instruction, and technology use.
• Review and evaluate materials, using book reviews, catalogs, faculty recommendations, and current holdings to select and order print, audio-visual, and electronic resources.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Writing
• Monitoring

Position Duties:

• Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
• Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
• Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
• Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.
• Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.

Skills:

• Active Learning
• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Organize and string together raw footage into a continuous whole according to scripts or the instructions of directors and producers.
• Review assembled films or edited videotapes on screens or monitors to determine if corrections are necessary.
• Trim film segments to specified lengths and reassemble segments in sequences that present stories with maximum effect.
• Determine the specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete films.
• Set up and operate computer editing systems, electronic titling systems, video switching equipment, and digital video effects units to produce a final product.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Time Management

Position Duties:

• Direct and coordinate workers involved in drawing and cutting patterns and constructing samples or finished garments.
• Examine sample garments on and off models, modifying designs to achieve desired effects.
• Sketch rough and detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, and write specifications such as color schemes, construction, material types, and accessory requirements.
• Confer with sales and management executives or with clients to discuss design ideas.
• Identify target markets for designs, looking at factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Coordination
• Judgment and Decision Making

Position Duties:

• Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
• Select flora and foliage for arrangements, working with numerous combinations to synthesize and develop new creations.
• Order and purchase flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.
• Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.
• Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Service Orientation
• Social Perceptiveness
• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
• Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
• Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design.
• Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Web sites.
• Review final layouts and suggest improvements as needed.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Operations Analysis
• Speaking
• Writing
• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Verify dimensions or check the quality or fit of pieces to ensure adherence to specifications.
• Produce or assemble components of articles, such as store fixtures, office equipment, cabinets, or high-grade furniture.
• Measure and mark dimensions of parts on paper or lumber stock prior to cutting, following blueprints, to ensure a tight fit and quality product.
• Set up or operate machines, including power saws, jointers, mortisers, tenoners, molders, or shapers, to cut, mold, or shape woodstock or wood substitutes.
• Establish the specifications of articles to be constructed or repaired or plan the methods or operations for shaping or assembling parts, based on blueprints, drawings, diagrams, or oral or written instructions.

Skills:

• Operation Monitoring
• Quality Control Analysis
• Monitoring
• Operation and Control
• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Follow blueprints and building plans to meet the needs of clients
• Install structures and fixtures, such as windows and molding
• Construct building frameworks, including walls, floors, and doorframes
• Inspect and replace damaged framework or other structures and fixtures

Skills:

• Mechanical 
• Mathematical
• Detail Oriented
• Critical Thinking .
• Physical Strength
• Communication

Position Duties:

• Determine map content and layout, as well as production specifications such as scale, size, projection, and colors, and direct production to ensure that specifications are followed.
• Inspect final compositions to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Revise existing maps and charts, making all necessary corrections and adjustments.
• Compile data required for map preparation, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, reports, and original maps.
• Prepare and alter trace maps, charts, tables, detailed drawings, and three-dimensional optical models of terrain using stereoscopic plotting and computer graphics equipment.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Active Learning

Position Duties:

• Maintain a safe play environment.
• Dress children and change diapers.
• Observe and monitor children's play activities.
• Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
• Sanitize toys and play equipment.

Skills:

• Monitoring
• Service Orientation
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Social Perceptiveness

Position Duties:

• Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in how to use dance steps, and in techniques to achieve desired effects.
• Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements.
• Design dances for individual dancers, dance companies, musical theatre, opera, fashion shows, film, television productions and special events, and for dancers ranging from beginners to professionals.
• Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance.
• Advise dancers on how to stand and move properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Coordination
• Instructing
• Monitoring

Position Duties:

• Plan and organize the acquisition, storage, and exhibition of collections and related materials, including the selection of exhibition themes and designs, and develop or install exhibit materials.
• Write and review grant proposals, journal articles, institutional reports, and publicity materials.
• Plan and conduct special research projects in area of interest or expertise.
• Confer with the board of directors to formulate and interpret policies, to determine budget requirements, and to plan overall operations.
• Train and supervise curatorial, fiscal, technical, research, and clerical staff, as well as volunteers or interns.

Skills:

• Speaking
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Writing
• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
• Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
• Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
• Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal.
• Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Quality Control Analysis

Position Duties:

• Prepare rough drafts and scale working drawings of sets, including floor plans, scenery, and properties to be constructed.
• Read scripts in order to determine location, set, and design requirements.
• Develop set designs based on evaluation of scripts, budgets, research information, and available locations.
• Attend rehearsals and production meetings in order to obtain and share information related to sets.
• Confer with clients and staff in order to gather information about exhibit space, proposed themes and content, timelines, budgets, materials, and/or promotion requirements.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Coordination
• Operations Analysis

Position Duties:

• Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
• Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
• Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
• Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.

Skills:

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Position Duties:

• Test patterns by making and fitting sample garments.
• Draw details on outlined parts to indicate where parts are to be joined, as well as the positions of pleats, pockets, buttonholes, and other features, using computers or drafting instruments.
• Determine the best layout of pattern pieces to minimize waste of material, and mark fabric accordingly.
• Create a master pattern for each size within a range of garment sizes, using charts, drafting instruments, computers, or grading devices.
• Draw outlines of pattern parts by adapting or copying existing patterns, or by drafting new patterns.

Skills:

• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Time Management
• Active Learning
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Mix finish ingredients to obtain desired colors or shades.
• Brush, spray, or hand-rub finishing ingredients, such as paint, oil, stain, or wax, onto and into wood grain and apply lacquer or other sealers.
• Smooth, shape, and touch up surfaces to prepare them for finishing, using sandpaper, pumice stones, steel wool, chisels, sanders, or grinders.
• Select appropriate finishing ingredients such as paint, stain, lacquer, shellac, or varnish, depending on factors such as wood hardness and surface type.
• Fill and smooth cracks or depressions, remove marks and imperfections, and repair broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws.

Skills:

• Monitoring
• Quality Control Analysis
• Coordination
• Critical Thinking
• Operation Monitoring

Position Duties:

• Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.
• Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers.
• Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.
• Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.
• Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.

Skills:

• Operation and Control
• Operation Monitoring
• Quality Control Analysis
• Monitoring
• Active Listening

Position Duties:

• Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools such as scissors and combs.
• Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.
• Analyze patrons' hair and other physical features to determine and recommend beauty treatment or suggest hair styles.
• Schedule client appointments.
• Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Service Orientation
• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• Active Learning

Position Duties:

• Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, and purpose and function.
• Advise client on interior design factors such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
• Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
• Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
• Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Reading Comprehension
• Service Orientation
• Social Perceptiveness

Position Duties:

• Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.
• Prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development.
• Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.
• Develop marketing materials, proposals, or presentation to generate new work opportunities.
• Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials or work, or advise clients or construction personnel.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Coordination
• Speaking
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Fit and align fabricated parts to be welded or assembled.
• Plan and develop layouts from blueprints and templates, applying knowledge of trigonometry, design, effects of heat, and properties of metals.
• Lay out and fabricate metal structural parts such as plates, bulkheads, and frames.
• Mark curves, lines, holes, dimensions, and welding symbols onto workpieces, using scribes, soapstones, punches, and hand drills.
• Compute layout dimensions, and determine and mark reference points on metal stock or workpieces for further processing, such as welding and assembly.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking 
• Complex Problem Solving
• Monitoring
• Operation Monitoring

Position Duties:

• Prepare reports of findings, illustrating data graphically and translating complex findings into written text.
• Seek and provide information to help companies determine their position in the marketplace.
• Gather data on competitors and analyze their prices, sales, and method of marketing and distribution.
• Collect and analyze data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits to identify potential markets and factors affecting product demand.
• Devise and evaluate methods and procedures for collecting data, such as surveys, opinion polls, or questionnaires, or arrange to obtain existing data.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Complex Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking
• Judgment and Decision Making

Position Duties:

• Cut and file pieces of jewelry such as rings, brooches, bracelets, and lockets.
• Solder parts together or fill holes and cracks with metal solder, using gas torches.
• Polish articles by hand or by using a polishing wheel.
• Pierce and cut open designs in ornamentation, using hand drills and scroll saws.
• Position and align auxiliary parts in jigs and join parts, using solder and blowtorches.

Skills:

• Critical Thinking

Position Duties:

• Pose for artists and photographers.
• Gather information from agents concerning the pay, dates, times, provisions, and lengths of jobs.
• Follow strict routines of diet, sleep, and exercise to maintain appearance.
• Record rates of pay and durations of jobs on vouchers.
• Report job completions to agencies and obtain information about future appointments.

Skills:

• Social Perceptiveness

Position Duties:

• Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
• Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
• Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up.
• Direct and supervise curatorial, technical, and student staff in the handling, mounting, care, and storage of art objects.
• Perform tests and examinations to establish storage and conservation requirements, policies, and procedures.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Writing
• Complex Problem Solving

Position Duties:

• Collect and inspect random samples during print runs to identify any necessary adjustments.
• Examine job orders to determine quantities to be printed, stock specifications, colors, or special printing instructions.
• Verify that paper and ink meet the specifications for a given job.
• Start presses and pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density, alignment, and registration.
• Change press plates, blankets, or cylinders, as required.

Skills:

• Quality Control Analysis
• Operation Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension

Position Duties:

• Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
• Shape, trim, face and cut marble or stone preparatory to setting, using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools.
• Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
• Mix mortar or grout and pour or spread mortar or grout on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
• Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.

Skills:

• Critical Thinking
• Coordination
• Time Management
• Complex Problem Solving
• Judgment and Decision Making

Position Duties:

• Remove defects in cloth by cutting and pulling out filling.
• Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
• Observe woven cloth to detect weaving defects.
• Thread yarn, thread, and fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines for weaving, knitting, or other processing.
• Examine looms to determine causes of loom stoppage, such as warp filling, harness breaks, or mechanical defects.

Skills:

• Operation Monitoring 
• Monitoring
• Operation and Control 

Position Duties:

• Describe tour points of interest to group members, and respond to questions.
• Escort individuals or groups on cruises, sightseeing tours, or through places of interest such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.
• Conduct educational activities for school children.
• Monitor visitors' activities to ensure compliance with establishment or tour regulations and safety practices.
• Provide directions and other pertinent information to visitors.

Skills:

• Speaking
• Active Listening
• Social Perceptiveness
• Service Orientation
• Coordination

Position Duties:

• Operate television or motion picture cameras to record scenes for television broadcasts, advertising, or motion pictures.
• Compose and frame each shot, applying the technical aspects of light, lenses, film, filters, and camera settings to achieve the effects sought by directors.
• Edit video for broadcast productions, including non-linear editing.
• Adjust positions and controls of cameras, printers, and related equipment to change focus, exposure, and lighting.
• Confer with directors, sound and lighting technicians, electricians, and other crew members to discuss assignments and determine filming sequences, desired effects, camera movements, and lighting requirements.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Coordination
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Operation and Control

Position Duties:

• Fit, install, and secure material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, or staples.
• Build furniture up with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, or foam padding to form smooth, rounded surfaces.
• Examine furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects.
• Attach fasteners, grommets, buttons, buckles, ornamental trim, and other accessories to covers or frames, using hand tools.
• Remove covering, webbing, padding, or defective springs from workpieces, using hand tools such as hammers and tack pullers.

Skills:

• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Operation and Control
• Operation Monitoring

Position Duties:

• Plan commercial displays to entice and appeal to customers.
• Arrange properties, furniture, merchandise, backdrops, or other accessories, as shown in prepared sketches.
• Change or rotate window displays, interior display areas, or signage to reflect changes in inventory or promotion.
• Place prices or descriptive signs on backdrops, fixtures, merchandise, or floor.
• Consult with store managers, buyers, sales associates, housekeeping staff, or engineering staff to determine appropriate placement of displays or products.

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Coordination

Position Duties:

• Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
• Perform or direct Web site updates.
• Write, design, or edit Web page content, or direct others producing content.
• Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
• Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems.

Skills:

• Programming
• Critical Thinking
• Operations Analysis
• Active Listening
• Complex Problem Solving