What is Performing General Physical Activities?
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Occupations that perform the activity Performing General Physical Activities
Dancers
Perform dances. May perform on stage, for on-air broadcasting, or for video recording.
Work Category: Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
Commercial Divers
Work below surface of water, using scuba gear to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct t…
Work Category: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors
Instruct or coach groups or individuals in exercise activities. Demonstrate techniques and form, observe participants, and explain to them corrective measures necessary to improve their skills.
Work Category: Human Services
Stonemasons
Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.
Work Category: Architecture and Construction
Coaches and Scouts
Instruct or coach groups or individuals in the fundamentals of sports. Demonstrate techniques and methods of participation. May evaluate athletes' strengths and weaknesses as possible recruits or to improve the athletes' technique…
Work Category: Education and Training
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Lay and bind building materials, such as brick, structural tile, concrete block, cinder block, glass block, and terra-cotta block, with mortar and other substances to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and othe…
Work Category: Architecture and Construction
Carpet Installers
Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.
Work Category: Architecture and Construction
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.
Work Category: Architecture and Construction
Choreographers
Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.
Work Category: Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.
Work Category: Architecture and Construction
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities, such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.
Work Category: Manufacturing
Elevator Installers and Repairers
Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.
Work Category: Architecture and Construction
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
Using sophisticated climbing and rigging techniques, cut away dead or excess branches from trees or shrubs to maintain right-of-way for roads, sidewalks, or utilities, or to improve appearance, health, and value of tree. Prune or …
Work Category: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Millwrights
Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.
Work Category: Manufacturing
Upholsterers
Make, repair, or replace upholstery for household furniture or transportation vehicles.
Work Category: Manufacturing
Forest Firefighters
Control and suppress fires in forests or vacant public land.
Work Category: Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
Install, service, adjust, or repair coin, vending, or amusement machines including video games, juke boxes, pinball machines, or slot machines.
Work Category: Manufacturing
Paperhangers
Cover interior walls or ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, or attach advertising posters on surfaces such as walls and billboards. May remove old materials or prepare surfaces to be papered.
Work Category: Architecture and Construction
Transit and Railroad Police
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.
Work Category: Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
