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Mental Abilities

Mental Abilities

Ability to reason or think something through. Mental abilities include general learning ability, verbal ability, and numerical ability.

General Learning Ability

General Learning Ability

Mental Abilities

With a general learning ability, you can reason. You can make judgements. You understand instructions. Principles make sense.

Verbal Ability

Verbal Ability

Mental Abilities

This is the ability to understand the meaning of words and the ideas associated with them. It is the ability to use words effectively. With this ability, you comprehend language. You use it to understand relationships between words, sentences and paragraphs. With this ability you can and present information or ideas clearly.

Numerical Ability

Numerical Ability

Mental Abilities

Ability to quickly and accurately carry out arithmetical processes.

Visual Abilities

Visual Abilities

Ability to perceive or become aware of something by using sight. Visual abilities include spatial perception, form perception, and clerical perception.

Spatial Perception

Spatial Perception

Visual Abilities

Ability to think visually about geometric forms and comprehend the two dimensional representation of three-dimensional objects and recognize the relationships resulting from the movement of objects in space. May be used in such tasks as blueprint reading and in solving geometry problems. Frequently described as the ability to visualize objects of two or three dimensions.

Form Perception

Form Perception

Visual Abilities

This is the ability to form an understanding about details in objects and graphics. With this ability, you can make visual comparisons, such as seeing slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures, and widths and lengths of lines.

Clerical Perception

Clerical Perception

Visual Abilities

This is the ability to find the important details in words or charts. An example would be to see differences in copies of text. You would use this ability to proofread words and numbers. It would help you to avoid errors in mathematics.

Physical Abilities

Physical Abilities

Ability to move your hands, feet, and the rest of your body. Physical abilities include motor coordination, finger dexterity, and manual dexterity.

Motor Coordination

Motor Coordination

Physical Abilities

Ability to coordinate eyes, hands and fingers rapidly and accurately when required to respond with precise movements.

Finger Dexterity

Finger Dexterity

Physical Abilities

Ability to move the fingers and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly and accurately.

Manual Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

Physical Abilities

Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully and work with the hands in placing and turning motions.

What is this?

The Find Your Fit filter helps you focus on Alberta job postings that match closely with your ability levels. If you aren’t sure how to score your abilities, try using the abilities exercise in CAREERinsite. Results from the exercise can be used to set the scoring of the 9 different types of abilities.

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Date Posted
Results Found 53 job listings matching your criteria
Golby Family Farm
Posted May 16, 2023 | Closes June 15, 2023
  • Location: Bloomsbury, AB
  • Position: Seasonal Full Time
Freshi Greenhouses Ltd
Posted May 11, 2023 | Closes June 10, 2023
  • Location: Waskatenau, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
DS Farms
Posted May 27, 2023 | Closes June 26, 2023
  • Location: Coalhurst, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
Nathan Macklin
Posted April 19, 2023 | Closes June 14, 2023
  • Location: DeBolt, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
1301286 ALBERTA LTD.
Posted May 30, 2023 | Closes June 13, 2023
  • Location: Genesee, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
MILLET FARMS INC
Posted April 20, 2023 | Closes June 17, 2023
  • Location: Millet, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
FROESE BROS FARMS INC.
Posted March 01, 2023 | Closes June 23, 2023
  • Location: Edberg, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
Triple B Ventures
Posted February 16, 2023 | Closes June 16, 2023
  • Location: Deadwood, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
FRANK REID & SONS
Posted May 05, 2023 | Closes June 29, 2023
  • Location: Airdrie, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
NWST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Posted April 17, 2023 | Closes June 22, 2023
  • Location: Radway, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time
2313553 Alberta Inc.
Posted March 21, 2023 | Closes June 14, 2023
  • Location: Rocky View, AB
  • Position: Temporary Full Time
MBJ Farms Ltd
Posted May 29, 2023 | Closes June 12, 2023
  • Location: Taber, AB
  • Position: Permanent Full Time