(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Health Educators
Job Description
Promote, maintain, and improve individual and community health by assisting individuals and communities to adopt healthy behaviors. Collect and analyze data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies and environments. May also serve as a resource to assist individuals, other professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
93
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Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted. |
91
|
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations. |
90
|
Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care. |
86
|
Prepare and distribute health education materials, including reports, bulletins, and visual aids such as films, videotapes, photographs, and posters. |
80
|
Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs. |
74
|
Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services. |
72
|
Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs. |
56
|
Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies. |
53
|
Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals. |
53
|
Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs. |
46
|
Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys. |
45
|
Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs. |
44
|
Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related web sites. |
40
|
Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
80
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
79
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
75
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
75
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
74
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
72
|
Thinking Creatively
|
69
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
68
|
Getting Information
|
65
|
Processing Information
|
64
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
63
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
61
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
61
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
60
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
59
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
59
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
58
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
58
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
55
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
53
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
53
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
53
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
52
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
52
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
52
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
51
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
51
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
49
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
48
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
46
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
38
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
36
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
35
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
28
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
28
|
Interacting With Computers
|
23
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
21
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
16
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
15
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
7
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
4
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|