Salary Level
Title Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
Experience Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Education Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Job Training Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Examples These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include librarians, lawyers, aerospace engineers, wildlife biologists, school psychologists, surgeons, treasurers, and controllers.
SVP Range (8.0 and above)
  • Majority (75.36) percent of respondents had : Post-Doctoral Training
  • Some (20.71) percent of respondents had :Doctoral Degree
  • Some (3.92) percent of respondents had :High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)

Interest Code : ISR

  • Investigative-Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
  • Social-Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
  • Realistic-Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
  • Oral Comprehension-The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Inductive Reasoning-The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
  • Near Vision-The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
  • Written Comprehension-The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
  • Oral Expression-The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Problem Sensitivity-The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
  • Integrity-Job requires being honest and ethical.
  • Attention to Detail-Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
  • Dependability-Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
  • Concern for Others-Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
  • Achievement/Effort-Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
  • Stress Tolerance-Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Top 3 Values

  • Achievement-Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
  • Independence-Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
  • Recognition-Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
  • Critical Thinking-Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Active Listening-Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Reading Comprehension-Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Speaking-Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Social Perceptiveness-Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
  • Coordination-Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
  • Medicine and Dentistry-Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
  • English Language-Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Biology-Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
  • Education and Training-Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  • Customer and Personal Service-Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Therapy and Counseling-Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
  • Perform ophthalmic surgeries such as cataract, glaucoma, refractive, corneal, vitro-retinal, eye muscle, or oculoplastic surgeries.
  • Perform comprehensive examinations of the visual system to determine the nature or extent of ocular disorders.
  • Diagnose or treat injuries, disorders, or diseases of the eye and eye structures including the cornea, sclera, conjunctiva, or eyelids.
  • Document or evaluate patients' medical histories.
  • Provide or direct the provision of postoperative care.
  • Perform, order, or interpret the results of diagnostic or clinical tests.
  • Develop treatment plans based on patients' histories and goals, the nature and severity of disorders, and treatment risks and benefits.
  • Prescribe or administer topical or systemic medications to treat ophthalmic conditions and to manage pain.
  • Perform laser surgeries to alter, remove, reshape, or replace ocular tissue.
  • Provide ophthalmic consultation to other medical professionals.
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems-Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
  • Assisting and Caring for Others-Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
  • Getting Information-Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  • Analyzing Data or Information-Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge-Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
  • Processing Information-Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
  • Face-to-Face Discussions-Mostly you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
  • Contact With Others-This job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled-Mostly this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions
  • Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results-The decisions an employee makes impact the results of co-workers, clients or the company
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate-Required to be very exact or highly accurate in performing this job
  • Deal With External Customers-Important to work with external customers or the public in this job
  • Telephone-Mostly you have telephone conversations in this job
  • Letters and Memos-Mostly the job require written letters and memos
  • Medical software e.g. Allscripts PM
  • Electronic mail software e.g. Email software
  • Medical software e.g. Epic Practice Management
  • Spreadsheet software e.g. Microsoft Excel
  • Word processing software e.g. Microsoft Word
  • Medical software e.g. Modernizing Medicine Practice Management
  • Analytical or scientific software e.g. Ophthalmic imaging software
  • Medical software e.g. simplifyMD
  • Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles e.g.Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Combination refractor keratometers e.g.Autorefractors
  • Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets e.g.Binocular indirect ophthalmoscopes
  • Ophthalmic surgical knives or blades or scissors or accessories e.g.Conjunctival sac scissors
  • Ophthalmic surgical knives or blades or scissors or accessories e.g.Corneal scissors
  • Corneal topographers
  • Exophthalmometers e.g.Diagnostic exophthalmometers
  • Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets e.g.Diagnostic ophthalmoscope sets
  • Digital cameras e.g.Digital still cameras
  • Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment e.g.Electrosurgical coagulation units
Industries
Health Care and Social Assistance (77%)
Self-Employed (12%)
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