Realistic
The doers: tools, machines, plants, animals and physical work
Realistic interests are for work with things you can touch: building, repairing, operating, growing and moving. People high on this type like practical problems with visible results, prefer doing to discussing, and are usually happiest outdoors or in a workshop rather than at a desk. It is the type most men score highest on, and the one with the widest range of routes in without a degree.
The activities it describes
- Building and repairing with tools and machines
- Operating vehicles, plant and equipment
- Growing plants and keeping animals
- Physical work outdoors or on site
- Testing, installing and maintaining things
- Responding to fires and emergencies
Twenty UK jobs
Each links to its National Careers Service profile, with pay, hours and routes in.
| UK job title | Mapped from the O*NET occupation |
|---|---|
| Electrician | Electricians |
| Plumber | Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters |
| Carpenter | Carpenters |
| Bricklayer | Brickmasons and Blockmasons |
| Welder | Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
| Large goods vehicle driver | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers |
| Firefighter | Firefighters |
| Farmer | Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers |
| Gardener | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
| Locksmith | Locksmiths and Safe Repairers |
| CNC machinist | Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators |
| Plasterer | Plasterers and Stucco Masons |
| Roofer | Roofers |
| Train driver | Locomotive Engineers |
| Forklift driver | Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators |
| Scaffolder | Structural Iron and Steel Workers |
| Tree surgeon | Tree Trimmers and Pruners |
| Gas service technician | Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers |
| Painter and decorator | Painters, Construction and Maintenance |
| Construction plant operator | Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators |
Types that combine with it
- Investigative (RI): practical work that needs understanding, such as engineering technicians and electronics.
- Conventional (RC): practical work to a procedure, such as quality control and plant operation.
- Social (RS): practical work for people, such as paramedics and sports coaching.
Your three highest areas make your code; twenty Holland codes and UK jobs lists the commonest codes with jobs for each.
Sources and licence
Interest types from Holland's RIASEC model as used by the O*NET Interest Profiler; UK job titles mapped by hand from O*NET occupations with this type as the first letter of their interest code, and linked to the National Careers Service (Department for Education) job profiles.
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