Logistician: "The Important Skills, Knowledge and Abilities"

01. Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

02. Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

03. Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

04. Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

05. Time Management — Managing one’s own time and the time of others.

06. Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

07. Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.

08. Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

09. Programming — Writing computer programs for various purposes.

10. Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.

11. Logistics and Production Planning — Knowledge of the concepts involved in supply-chain theory (“just-in-time,” materials requirement planning, etc.) and their applications.

12. Statistics — Knowledge of the science (and art) of using arithmetic and probability theory to work out how likely an association between sets of measurements or between sets of observations is to have happened by chance alone.

13. Managing Coworkers — Ability to manage, lead, and instruct people.

14. Prioritization — Ability to establish a hierarchy of importance to a number of tasks or needs and to organize work accordingly.

15. Adaptability — Ability to react to change in an efficient manner.

16. Coolness Under Fire — Ability to work under pressure.

Retrieval: Logisticians/ California EDD/ Labour Market Information Division