Competencies General Agent, Railway Transport in the Northwest Region
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Find out what competencies you typically need to work as a general agent, railway transport in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Managers in transportation (NOC 70020).

Skills Help - Skills

  • Transportation managers, freight traffic
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Time Management 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Material Resources 5 - Highest Level
    Coordinating 4 - High Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 4 - High Level
    Negotiating 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
    Problem Solving 4 - High Level
    Management of Financial Resources 4 - High Level
  • Transportation managers, operations
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Time Management 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Material Resources 5 - Highest Level
    Coordinating 4 - High Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 4 - High Level
    Negotiating 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
    Problem Solving 4 - High Level
    Management of Financial Resources 4 - High Level

Skills

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  • Transportation managers, freight traffic
    Importance
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Leadership 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Analytical Thinking 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 3 - Important
  • Transportation managers, operations
    Importance
    Stress Tolerance 5 - Extremely important
    Leadership 5 - Extremely important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Analytical Thinking 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important

Personal Attributes

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Realistic jobs

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Investigative jobs

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Artistic jobs

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Social jobs

Social jobs are all about working with people. This often involves interacting with others to help, care, teach, or inform them.

Enterprising jobs

Enterprising jobs are all about taking action to achieve goals for a group or for yourself. This often involves starting and completing projects. People in those jobs often have to influence, lead and mobilize others. They sometimes also have to take risks and decisions or deal with business.

Conventional jobs

Conventional jobs are all about following procedures and routines. This may involve tasks like keeping records, filing paperwork and copying documents. It may also involve working with data to organize and process it in a planned way. People in those jobs often have to report to a clear chain of command. They tend to focus more on data and details than ideas.

Interest

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Knowledge Help - Knowledge

  • Transportation managers, freight traffic
    Knowledge level
    Performance Measurement 3 - Advanced Level
    Logistics 3 - Advanced Level
    Business Management 3 - Advanced Level
    Clerical 3 - Advanced Level
    Accounting 2 - Intermediate Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 2 - Intermediate Level
    Languages 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level
    Public Safety and Security 2 - Intermediate Level
    Manufacturing, Processing and Production 1 - Basic Level
  • Transportation managers, operations
    Knowledge level
    Performance Measurement 3 - Advanced Level
    Logistics 3 - Advanced Level
    Business Management 3 - Advanced Level
    Clerical 3 - Advanced Level
    Accounting 2 - Intermediate Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 2 - Intermediate Level
    Languages 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level
    Public Safety and Security 2 - Intermediate Level
    Manufacturing, Processing and Production 1 - Basic Level

Knowledge

Knowledge refers to the understanding of different theories and practices. Different jobs require different knowledge. You need specific knowledge to do tasks and activities in a specific field.

Source Occupational and Skills Information System

Labour Market Information Survey
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