Education:
48%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
29%
Less than a High School Diploma
Fence Erectors
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
No formal educational credential
Salary
High:
$61,710.00
Average:
$43,780.00
Hourly
Average:
$21.05
What they do:
Erect and repair fences and fence gates, using hand and power tools.
On the job, you would:
- Establish the location for a fence, and gather information needed to ensure that there are no electric cables or water lines in the area.
- Set metal or wooden posts in upright positions in postholes.
- Measure and lay out fence lines and mark posthole positions, following instructions, drawings, or specifications.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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83% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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80% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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80% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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76% | Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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76% | Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. | |
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75% | Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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72% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
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71% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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71% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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69% | Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. | |
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66% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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100% | 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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61% | 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. |
Aptitude
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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69% | 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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69% | 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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66% | 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. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Determine appropriate locations for operations or installations.
Verify alignment of structures or equipment.
Position structural components.
Measure work site dimensions.
Mark reference points on construction materials.
Dig holes or trenches.
Position structural components.
Communicate with clients about products, procedures, and policies.
Mix substances or compounds needed for work activities.
Pour materials into or on designated areas.
Cut wood components for installation.
Install wooden structural components.
Install fencing or other barriers.
Install metal structural components.
Install wooden structural components.
Install fencing or other barriers.
Install metal structural components.
Install metal structural components.
Install fencing or other barriers.
Install wooden structural components.
Install fencing or other barriers.
Weld metal components.
Install fencing or other barriers.
Operate detonation equipment.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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99% | 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? | |
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94% | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather - How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? | |
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94% | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? | |
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93% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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89% | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? | |
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88% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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88% | 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? | |
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87% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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84% | Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? | |
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84% | 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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84% | 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? | |
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81% | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment - How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? | |
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81% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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79% | 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? | |
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78% | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions? | |
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78% | Consequence of Error - How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? | |
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77% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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76% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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74% | Spend Time Walking and Running - How much does this job require walking and running? | |
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74% | Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? | |
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74% | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body - How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? | |
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71% | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment - How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? | |
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71% | Exposed to High Places - How often does this job require exposure to high places? | |
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69% | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures - How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? | |
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69% | Coordinate or Lead Others - How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? | |
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69% | Level of Competition - To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? | |
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68% | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment - How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? | |
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67% | Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? | |
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66% | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling - How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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73% | 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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72% | Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. | |
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70% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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68% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | |
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67% | 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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66% | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment - Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |