Response Orientation
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
Locomotive Engineers
Transportation and Material Moving · $77,400/yr
Commercial Pilots
Transportation and Material Moving · $122,670/yr
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Transportation and Material Moving · $57,440/yr
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
Construction and Extraction · $52,550/yr
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
Transportation and Material Moving · $58,030/yr
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
Transportation and Material Moving · $57,440/yr
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Transportation and Material Moving · $46,390/yr
Subway and Streetcar Operators
Transportation and Material Moving · $84,830/yr
Crane and Tower Operators
Transportation and Material Moving · $66,370/yr
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair · $41,080/yr
Logging Equipment Operators
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · $49,210/yr
Roof Bolters, Mining
Construction and Extraction · $76,640/yr
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers
Transportation and Material Moving · $65,480/yr
Pile Driver Operators
Construction and Extraction · $70,510/yr
Agricultural Equipment Operators
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · $42,580/yr
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
Construction and Extraction · $62,740/yr
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Production · $48,630/yr
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Construction and Extraction · $58,710/yr
Motorboat Operators
Transportation and Material Moving · $51,880/yr
Bus Drivers, School
Transportation and Material Moving · $47,040/yr
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Construction and Extraction · $67,370/yr
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
Transportation and Material Moving · $34,330/yr
Fallers
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry · $53,900/yr
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Construction and Extraction · $62,700/yr
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