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Response Orientation

Ability

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

Quick Facts

Category

Ability

Used in

25+ careers

Avg. Importance

3.5 / 5

Careers Using Response Orientation

Ranked by how important Response Orientation is to each occupation, based on O*NET data.

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Transportation and Material Moving · $226,600/yr

4.9

Locomotive Engineers

Transportation and Material Moving · $77,400/yr

4.0

Commercial Pilots

Transportation and Material Moving · $122,670/yr

4.0

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Transportation and Material Moving · $57,440/yr

3.9

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

Construction and Extraction · $52,550/yr

3.8

Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers

Transportation and Material Moving · $58,030/yr

3.6

Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

Transportation and Material Moving · $57,440/yr

3.6

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Transportation and Material Moving · $46,390/yr

3.6

Subway and Streetcar Operators

Transportation and Material Moving · $84,830/yr

3.6

Crane and Tower Operators

Transportation and Material Moving · $66,370/yr

3.5

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair · $41,080/yr

3.5

Logging Equipment Operators

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · $49,210/yr

3.5

Roof Bolters, Mining

Construction and Extraction · $76,640/yr

3.4

Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers

Transportation and Material Moving · $65,480/yr

3.4

Pile Driver Operators

Construction and Extraction · $70,510/yr

3.4

Agricultural Equipment Operators

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · $42,580/yr

3.3

Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas

Construction and Extraction · $62,740/yr

3.3

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Production · $48,630/yr

3.3

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Construction and Extraction · $58,710/yr

3.3

Motorboat Operators

Transportation and Material Moving · $51,880/yr

3.3

Bus Drivers, School

Transportation and Material Moving · $47,040/yr

3.1

Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

Construction and Extraction · $67,370/yr

3.1

Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians

Transportation and Material Moving · $34,330/yr

3.1

Fallers

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · $53,900/yr

3.1

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Construction and Extraction · $62,700/yr

3.1

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