Competencies Educational Sociologist in the Northwest Region

Find out what competencies you typically need to work as an educational sociologist in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Other professional occupations in social science, n.e.c. (NOC 41409).

Skills Help - Skills

  • Anthropologists
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Social Perceptiveness 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
  • Geographers
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
    Problem Solving 4 - High Level
    Critical Thinking 4 - High Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 4 - High Level
    Systems Analysis 4 - High Level
  • Archaeologists
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
    Problem Solving 4 - High Level
  • Linguists
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
    Problem Solving 4 - High Level
    Critical Thinking 4 - High Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 4 - High Level
  • Historians
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Critical Thinking 4 - High Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 4 - High Level
    Coordinating 3 - Moderate Level
    Monitoring 3 - Moderate Level
    Time Management 3 - Moderate Level
  • Psychometricians
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Numeracy 5 - Highest Level
    Reading Comprehension 5 - Highest Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 5 - Highest Level
    Social Perceptiveness 5 - Highest Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Writing 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
  • Political scientists
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
    Social Perceptiveness 4 - High Level
  • Other social science professionals
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Social Perceptiveness 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Numeracy 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Problem Solving 4 - High Level
  • Sociologists
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 5 - Highest Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 5 - Highest Level
    Social Perceptiveness 5 - Highest Level
    Learning and Teaching Strategies 5 - Highest Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Numeracy 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level

Skills

Skills are capabilities that you develop over time. Different jobs require different skills. You will need them to do a good job in your roles, tasks, and duties.

Personal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes

  • Anthropologists
    Importance
    Active Learning 5 - Extremely important
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
    Creativity 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important
  • Geographers
    Importance
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
    Creativity 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important
    Social Orientation 3 - Important
  • Archaeologists
    Importance
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Leadership 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
  • Linguists
    Importance
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 3 - Important
  • Historians
    Importance
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Leadership 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Analytical Thinking 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
  • Psychometricians
    Importance
    Service Orientation 5 - Extremely important
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
  • Political scientists
    Importance
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
    Creativity 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important
    Social Orientation 3 - Important
    Stress Tolerance 3 - Important
    Leadership 3 - Important
  • Other social science professionals
    Importance
    Independence 5 - Extremely important
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Leadership 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
    Creativity 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important
    Social Orientation 3 - Important
  • Sociologists
    Importance
    Independence 5 - Extremely important
    Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important
    Social Orientation 3 - Important
    Stress Tolerance 3 - Important
    Leadership 3 - Important

Personal Attributes

Personal attributes are the traits that you are born with. You can develop them through your social context and personal experiences. Different jobs require different personal attributes. Personal attributes are important at work because they influence how you are, and how you do things.

Interest Help - Interest

Realistic jobs

Realistic jobs are all about handling objects, tools, machines, or animals in a standard way. Many of these jobs don’t involve a lot of paperwork or teamwork.

Investigative jobs

Investigative jobs are all about studying things in an organized or creative way. These things can be physical, natural, or cultural. People in those jobs must think a lot, work with ideas, search for facts and solve problems.

Artistic jobs

Artistic jobs are all about expressing yourself in a creative way to make visual, performing, written, or applied art. They often involve working with forms, designs and patterns. Most of the time, people in those jobs don’t have to follow clear rules.

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

Interests reflect your preferences for work environments and outcomes. Different jobs require different interests.

Knowledge Help - Knowledge

  • Anthropologists
    Knowledge level
    Humanities 3 - Advanced Level
    Library, Conservation, and Heritage 3 - Advanced Level
    Theology and Philosophy 3 - Advanced Level
    Arts 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level
    Agriculture and Horticulture 1 - Basic Level
  • Geographers
    Knowledge level
    Humanities 3 - Advanced Level
    Geoscience 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Water Resources 2 - Intermediate Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Theology and Philosophy 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level
    Law 2 - Intermediate Level
  • Archaeologists
    Knowledge level
    Humanities 3 - Advanced Level
    Library, Conservation, and Heritage 3 - Advanced Level
    Theology and Philosophy 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Arts 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level
    Law 2 - Intermediate Level
  • Linguists
    Knowledge level
    Humanities 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Arts 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Communications and Media 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Theology and Philosophy 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level
  • Historians
    Knowledge level
    Humanities 3 - Advanced Level
    Library, Conservation, and Heritage 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Theology and Philosophy 2 - Intermediate Level
    Arts 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Law 2 - Intermediate Level
    Public Affairs and Government Relations 2 - Intermediate Level
  • Psychometricians
    Knowledge level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Mathematics 3 - Advanced Level
    Mental Health 3 - Advanced Level
    Humanities 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Biology 1 - Basic Level
    Theology and Philosophy 1 - Basic Level
    Computer, Technology and Information Systems 1 - Basic Level
    Business Management 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
  • Political scientists
    Knowledge level
    Humanities 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Law 3 - Advanced Level
    Public Affairs and Government Relations 3 - Advanced Level
    Public Safety and Security 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Theology and Philosophy 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level
  • Other social science professionals
    Knowledge level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Humanities 2 - Intermediate Level
    Library, Conservation, and Heritage 2 - Intermediate Level
    Arts 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level
    Theology and Philosophy 1 - Basic Level
    Business Management 1 - Basic Level
  • Sociologists
    Knowledge level
    Humanities 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Public Affairs and Government Relations 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Theology and Philosophy 2 - Intermediate Level
    Arts 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level
    Law 2 - Intermediate 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.

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