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Daily Tasks
| Advise government agencies, private organizations, and communities regarding proposed programs, plans, and policies and their potential impacts on cultural institutions, organizations, and communities. | | Analyze and characterize user experiences and institutional settings to assist consumer product developers, technology developers, and software engineers with the design of innovative products and services. | | Apply systematic sampling techniques to ensure the accuracy, completeness, precision, and representativeness of individuals selected for sample surveys. | | Apply traditional ecological knowledge and assessments of culturally distinctive land and resource management institutions to assist in the resolution of conflicts over habitat protection and resource enhancement. | | Build and use text-based database management systems to support the analysis of detailed first-hand observational records, or "field notes." | | Build geographic information systems (GIS) to record, analyze, and cartographically represent the distribution of languages, cultural and natural resources, land use, and settlement patterns of specific populations. | | Collaborate with economic development planners to decide on the implementation of proposed development policies, plans, and programs based on culturally institutionalized barriers and facilitating circumstances. | | Collect information and make judgments through observation, interviews, and the review of documents. | | Conduct participatory action research in communities and organizations to assess how work is done, and to design work systems, technologies, and environments. | | Construct and test data collection methods. | | Create data records for use in describing and analyzing social patterns and processes, using photography, videography, and audio recordings. | | Develop intervention procedures, utilizing techniques such as individual and focus group interviews, consultations, and participant observation of social interaction. | | Enhance the cultural sensitivity of elementary and secondary curricula and classroom interactions in collaboration with educators and teachers. | | Examine museum collections of hominid fossils to classify anatomical and physiological variations, and to determine how they fit into evolutionary theory. | | Explain the origins and physical, social, or cultural development of humans, including physical attributes, cultural traditions, beliefs, languages, resource management practices, and settlement patterns. | | Formulate general rules that describe and predict the development and behavior of cultures and social institutions. | | Gather and analyze artifacts and skeletal remains in order to increase knowledge of ancient cultures. | | Identify culturally-specific beliefs and practices affecting health status and access to services for distinct populations and communities, in collaboration with medical and public health officials. | | Identify key individual cultural collaborators, using reputational and positional selection techniques. | | Observe and measure bodily variations and physical attributes of different human groups. | | Observe the production, distribution, and consumption of food to identify and mitigate threats to food security. | | Organize public exhibits and displays to promote public awareness of diverse and distinctive cultural traditions. | | Participate in forensic activities such as tooth and bone structure identification, in conjunction with police departments and pathologists. | | Plan and direct research to characterize and compare the economic, demographic, health care, social, political, linguistic, and religious institutions of distinct cultural groups, communities, and organizations. | | Study archival collections of primary historical sources to help explain the origins and development of cultural patterns. | | Train others in the application of ethnographic research methods to solve problems in organizational effectiveness, communications, technology development, policy-making, and program planning. | | Write about and present research findings for a variety of specialized and general audiences. |
Daily Work Activities
| Analyze scientific research data or investigative findings. | | Analyze artifacts to determine age or cultural identity. | | Use current social research. | | Use interpersonal communication techniques. | | Use interviewing procedures. | | Use nutrition research techniques. | | Use oral or written communication techniques. | | Use scientific research methodology. | | Collect scientific or technical data. | | Collect statistical data. | | Communicate technical information. | | Conduct field research or investigative studies. | | Analyze social or economic data. | | Explain complex mathematical information. | | Interpret charts or tables for social or economic research. | | Direct and coordinate scientific research or investigative studies. | | Compile numerical or statistical data. | | Create mathematical or statistical diagrams or charts. | | Prepare reports. | | Understand second language. | | Recognize interrelationships among individuals or social groups. | | Recognize interrelationships among social statistics or indicators. | | Use public speaking techniques. | | Use computers to enter, access or retrieve data. | | Collect social or personal information. | | Use knowledge of investigation techniques. | | Use mathematical or statistical methods to identify or analyze problems. | | Use quantitative research methods. | | Use relational database software. | | Use spreadsheet software. | | Use word processing or desktop publishing software. | | Work as a team member. | | Write research or project grant proposals. | | Write scholarly or technical research papers. | | Describe artifacts. | | Use library or online Internet research techniques. | | Edit written material. | | Prepare technical reports or related documentation. | | Make presentations. | | Develop tables depicting data. | | Develop or maintain databases. | | Develop policies, procedures, methods, or standards. | | Obtain information from individuals. | | Translate written or spoken language. | | Develop plans for programs or projects. | | Develop scientific or mathematical hypotheses, theories, or laws. | | Compile information through interviews. | | Compile data on human physique, social customs, or artifacts. | | Solve problems in human relations. | | Record historical information. | | Forecast or predict phenomena based upon research data. | | Study artifacts, architectural features, or structures. | | Reconstruct record of past human life. | | Interpret artifacts, architectural features, or types of structures. | | Catalog or classify materials or artifacts. | | Recommend further study or action based on research data. | | Classify plants, animals, or other natural phenomena. | | Advise governmental or industrial personnel. | | Plan scientific research or investigative studies. |
Other Work Activities
| Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. | | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. | | Communicating with Persons Outside Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. | | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. | | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. | | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. | | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. | | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. | | Interacting With Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. | | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. | | Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. | | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. | | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. | | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. | | Provide Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. | | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. | | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. | | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. | | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. | | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
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