Proofreaders & Copy Markers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: Bachelor's degree
Salary
High: $72,660.00
Average: $48,770.00
Hourly
Average: $23.45

What they do:

Read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors. Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. Includes proofreaders of braille.

On the job, you would:

  • Mark copy to indicate and correct errors in type, arrangement, grammar, punctuation, or spelling, using standard printers' marks.
  • Read corrected copies or proofs to ensure that all corrections have been made.
  • Correct or record omissions, errors, or inconsistencies found.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

100% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
91% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
86% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
79% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
76% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
69% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
66% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

95% 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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Values of the Work Environment

72% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

85% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
72% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
69% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
66% Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Collaborate with others to determine production details.
Search information sources to find specific data.
File documents or records.
Report news to the public.
Proofread documents, records, or other files to ensure accuracy.
Proofread documents, records, or other files to ensure accuracy.
Proofread documents, records, or other files to ensure accuracy.
Proofread documents, records, or other files to ensure accuracy.
Verify accuracy of financial or transactional data.
Search files, databases or reference materials to obtain needed information.
Coordinate operational activities.
Proofread documents, records, or other files to ensure accuracy.
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Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

97% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
96% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
94% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
93% 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?
93% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
93% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
92% 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?
88% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
87% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
81% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
75% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
70% 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?
69% 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?
66% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
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Tasks & Values

84% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
77% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
77% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
70% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
69% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Getting Started

Education:
47%
Bachelor's Degree
23%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

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