GAPS Questionnaire Skills Checklist

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS1. To Design (put together blueprints and diagrams ) things : Buildings, clothing, roads, systems

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS2. Visualize (see the finished product in my mind) things : cars, office space, airplanes

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS3.  Making Artifacts (actually shaped by the human hand) model, tool, weapon

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS4.   Mental Agility (ability to solve riddles or puzzles) crosswords

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS5.  Risk Taking ( make a calculated decision to move forward

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS6.  Curiosity ( tendency to ask questions to learn)

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS7.   Generating New Ideas (Imagining different ways of seeing and doing things)

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS8.  Using Imagination ( forming a mental image or picture before it is a reality)

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS9.   Illustrating (drawing a picture, diagram or physical demonstration of a concept)

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS10.   Originality (being the first to portrait a concept)

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS11.   Pro-activeness (Acting in advance to deal with an  expectation)

CAT: CREATIVE SKILLS
CS12. Writing (putting a concept, idea, or thought in  written format)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N1.  Calculating (mathematical or arithmetic manipulation of numbers)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N2. Preparing Budgets (a balanced presentation of expenses and revenue)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N3.  Interpreting Statistical Data (Making practical use if the numerical representation of items, people or events)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N4.  Accuracy (The exact conformity to a true numerical standard)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N5.   Analytical (The ability to break down complex items into components to study them)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N6.   Methodical (An organized or systematic way of doing things, using a given method)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N7.  Estimating Cost ( The ability to determine the rough cost of an item or process)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N8.   Accounting (A system of recording and analyzing financial transactions)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N9.   Logic ( a method of human thought that involves thinking in a step-by-step manner of reasoning)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N10.  Problem Solving (the process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N11.   Attention to Details (Being aware of small things which might escape casual notice)

CAT: NUMERICAL
N12.  Consistency (arriving at the same results each time attempted)

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC1.  Writing (placing thoughts, visual and verbal presentations in a symbolic format)

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC2.   Editing  (changing text of a document to an accepted standard)

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC3. Summarizing Ideas  (placing thoughts, visual and verbal presentations in a symbolic format)

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC4.  Interpretation (the go between act of explaining a language or concept that is not understood)

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC5.  Explaining (to make the meaning of something plain, clear or intelligible)

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC6. Informing (to transfer knowledge)

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC7.  Reporting (describing or retelling learned information)

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC8.  Paraphrasing: Express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken); using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC9.  Written Accuracy: Refers to how correct learners’ use of the language system is, including their use of grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC10. Proofreading: Read (printer’s proofs or other written or printed material) and mark any errors.

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC11. Promoting:  Further the progress of (something, especially a cause, venture or aim); support or actively encourage

CAT: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
WC12. Translating:  The process of translating words or texts from one language into another

CAT: PRACTICAL
P1. Using Equipment:  Becoming proficient in operating any mechanical, electrical or electro-mechanical equipment

CAT: PRACTICAL
P2. Working Physically Using the energy and manual components of the human body to accomplish and tasks and work

CAT: PRACTICAL
P3.  Assembling Components:  The act of fitting together smaller parts into a complete and functional whole

CAT: PRACTICAL
P4.  Fixing Things:  Repairing a broken item and restoring it to its original operational capacity

CAT: PRACTICAL
P5.  Maintaining:  Using knowledge and tools to keep anything operating at peak performance

CAT: PRACTICAL
P6.  Driving:  Operating a transportation vehicle

CAT: PRACTICAL
P7.  Materials Handling:  The movement, protection, storage and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption and disposal

CAT: PRACTICAL
P8.  Making or Constructing:  The act of building an item from a predefined plan

CAT: PRACTICAL
P9.  Extracting:  The act of drawing or digging something out from the original item or substance

CAT: PRACTICAL
P10.  Conserving:  Protect (something especially an   environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction

CAT: PRACTICAL
P11. Treating:  Providing care or attention for  something, especially medical care

CAT: PRACTICAL
P12.  Installing:  place or fix (equipment or machinery) in position, ready for use

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS1. Analyzing Information:  Studying information and data closely in a methodical manner

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS2. Finding Solutions:  The ability to define a problem, generate alternative, evaluate the alternatives and select the best alternative

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS3.  Diagnosing Technical Faults:  Using tools or techniques to find th root cause of a problem

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS4.  Testing and Proving:  To examine an item to see if it produces expected or desired results

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS5.  Troubleshooting:  Methodically trace and correct faults in a mechanical or electronic or intellectual system

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS6.  Interpreting Data:  Reviewing data with the purpose of arriving at an informed conclusion

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS7.  Thinking Laterally:  The ability to think in a creative manner or think outside the box

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS8.  Constructing Models:  The ability to visualize and develop simulated representations of an item or concept

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS9.  Defining:  To express the essential nature of something

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS10.  Questioning: The act of wondering,doubting and      interrogating

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS11.  Intuiting:  The ability to know something without a conscious rational process

CAT: PROBLEM SOLVING
PS12. Conceptualizing:  The presentation of generalized or abstract ideas before their manifestation

CAT: ORGANIZING
O1. Event Planning:  Defining and correlating all the tasks associated with the execution of an event

CAT: ORGANIZING
O2. Setting Priorities:  To arrange or group a list of things in order of importance

CAT: ORGANIZING
O3. Scheduling Activities:  Timing events to take place at the most opportune time

CAT: ORGANIZING
O4. Reviewing:  The second assessment of anything

CAT: ORGANIZING
O5. Delegating:  Committing a task and authority to a subordinate

CAT: ORGANIZING
O6.  Purchasing:  The act or process of obtaining something through a financial transition

CAT: ORGANIZING
O7. Working to Deadlines: The act of meeting the date or time on or before which something must be completed

CAT: ORGANIZING
O8.  Managing Meetings:  The orderly and purposeful coordinating of a gathering

CAT: ORGANIZING
O9.  Administering: The orderly and purposeful governing of people and resources

CAT: ORGANIZING
O10.  Selecting:  The choosing of one or more elements from a set of options

CAT: ORGANIZING
O11.  Inventorying:  The act of counting stocked items on hand at a particular location

CAT: ORGANIZING
O12.  Project Management:  The act of coordinating a planned endeavor with a specific goal in severl steps or stages

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI1.  Listening: Paying intentional attention to sound or speech

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI2.  Showing Understanding: Expressing the mental and emotional process of comprehension and assimilation of knowledge

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI3.  Coaching Others: Temporal training or instructing someone in areas of mental, emotional and physical weakness

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI4.  Counseling: Providing professional assistance in the resolution of personal difficulties

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI5.  Cooperative: Working or acting together with others for a common purpose pr benefit

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI6.   Approachable: Easy to work with and easy to talk to

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI7.  Responding Assertively: Being bold, self-assured and confident without being aggressive

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI8.   Advising: Giving opinion, recommendation or offers as something worthy to be followed

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI9.   Initiating: To introduce, begin or start something

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI10.  Politically Aware:  To be sensitive to the needs  and desires of the general public

CAT: SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL
SI11.  Empathizing:  The act of understanding another person’s point of view

CAT: INFLUENCING
I1.  Negotiating Agreement: The act of conferring with others to reach a mutual settlement

CAT: INFLUENCING
I2. Leading Others: Providing guidance or direction to others

CAT: INFLUENCING
I3.  Motivating Other People: Effectively providing an incentive to act

CAT: INFLUENCING
I4.  Persuading: The act of addressing an argument with the intent of changing the 
mind of point of view of others

CAT: INFLUENCING
I5.  Confident:  Very sure or positive of something

CAT: INFLUENCING
I6.  Coordinating: The act of making different people or things work together toward a goal

CAT: INFLUENCING
I7.  Selling a Product/Service: The convincing of someone to transfer goods or services in exchange for money

CAT: INFLUENCING
I8.  Maintaining Personal Contacts: Keeping in touch with all known acquaintances

CAT: INFLUENCING
I9.  Sharing: To provide or allot a portion of something to someone else

CAT: INFLUENCING
I10.  Setting an Example:  Establishing one’s self as a standard for emulation

CAT: INFLUENCING
I11.  Team Building:  Convincing a group of people to cooperate toward a mutual goal

CAT: INFLUENCING
I12.  Expressing Ideas:  Presenting the pure essence of a concept or thought  

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC1.  Explaining Facts or Instructions: Presenting pure an tangible observations

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC2.  Expressing Thoughts and Opinions: Expressing the essence of a person’s intangible belief

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC3.  Sense of Humor: The quality of finding things amusing, comical or funny

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC4.  Influencing: The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC5.   Requesting Information: The seeking of true knowledge or notification of knowledge

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC6.  Contributing to Discussions: Something given or offered that adds value to a larger whole

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC7.  Awareness of Audience: Sensitive to the needs of listeners or receivers

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC8.  Self Confidence: Very sure or positive of one’s self

CAT: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VC9.  Projection: The act of influencing others with your self-image