Skill Registry

Use when a task needs the judgment of a structural iron and steel worker — deciding how many bolts and which pretensioning method a connection needs before a crane hook can release, setting fall-protection posture for a specific height band and role (connector vs. general worker) during steel erection, tracking which bays of a partially erected frame are still temporary-braced versus structurally complete, sizing or bounding a controlled decking zone, or diagnosing a double-connection/anchor-rod fit-up problem.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselor — classifying a use event as a lapse, relapse, or genuine treatment failure and choosing the corresponding clinical response, walking through ASAM (or equivalent) dimensions to justify a level-of-care decision, coordinating with a prescriber on medication-assisted treatment, building an individualized relapse prevention plan tied to a client's specific triggers, or managing a disclosure of substance use disorder treatment information under 42 CFR Part 2.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Short-Term Substitute Teacher — verifying an unfamiliar classroom's plans and safety information on arrival, deciding what to do when posted lesson plans don't fill the period, running a compressed behavior-escalation ladder with no relationship capital, or writing a handoff note the returning teacher can act on without a follow-up conversation.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Stationary Engineer/Boiler Operator — recalculating required blowdown rate after a steam production increase, deciding whether a safety valve or low-water cutoff test is overdue and non-negotiable, tuning combustion via flue gas O2/CO analysis rather than flame appearance, or recognizing that one safety system's recent test doesn't verify another.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Statistical Assistant — designing a data-collection form for consistency, running double-entry verification and reconciling discrepancies, applying range/consistency checks before data is released for analysis, maintaining a dataset codebook, or producing a basic tabulation/cross-tab under a researcher's specification.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Statistician — designing a sampling or experimental protocol, determining sample size or power, choosing and defending a hypothesis-testing or multiple-comparisons approach, or reviewing whether a study's statistical claims are actually supported by its design.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a sterile processing technician — deciding whether a tray is safe to release, running a biological-indicator failure recall, diagnosing wet-pack or count-discrepancy patterns, or sequencing decontamination/assembly/sterilization workflow under OR turnover pressure.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Structural Metal Fabricator/Fitter — checking root gap against a WPS's allowed tolerance before tacking, catching cumulative fit-up error that stacks across a multi-piece assembly even though every segment passed its own check, deciding whether to correct a fit-up gap or reject a compensating weld request, or accounting for mill camber/sweep before assembly.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Supply Chain Manager — designing or evaluating an end-to-end supply chain strategy, balancing efficiency against resilience, managing demand/supply planning, or deciding how to respond to a supply chain disruption. Broader, more strategic scope than transportation-storage-distribution-manager's physical execution focus or purchasing-manager's sourcing/negotiation focus.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) working directly in the operative field under a surgeon's direct supervision — providing retraction and exposure, controlling hemostasis, driving the laparoscopic/robotic camera, harvesting a conduit (saphenous vein, radial artery), closing tissue layers, or deciding when an intraoperative finding is a "tell the surgeon now" event versus a correctable one.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Certified Surgical Technologist — setting up and defending a sterile field, resolving a sponge/sharp/instrument count discrepancy, sequencing instruments for a procedure from a preference card, deciding whether immediate-use steam sterilization is appropriate, or handling a surgical specimen at the field.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Survey Researcher — designing a sampling frame and questionnaire for a public-opinion or market-research survey, diagnosing whether a topline number reflects opinion or measurement artifact, weighting a sample to population targets, or auditing a fielded survey's methodology for coverage/nonresponse/mode bias before the number ships.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Surveying and Mapping Technician — verifying RTK GNSS fix quality (PDOP, fixed vs. float, baseline length) before logging a control shot, running DR angle observations and checking traverse closure in the field before leaving a site, closing a differential leveling loop to a benchmark, verifying stakeout offset and cut/fill against design tolerance before setting a permanent hub, or flagging a field evidence anomaly to the party chief or licensed surveyor of record.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Sustainability Specialist — calculating Scope 1/2/3 greenhouse gas emissions with appropriate boundary and emission-factor choices, distinguishing location-based from market-based Scope 2 accounting, checking a proposed emissions-reduction target against science-based target trajectory requirements, running a materiality assessment for sustainability reporting, or flagging data-quality tiers in a footprint calculation.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a switchboard/PBX or telephone-answering-service operator — triaging an incoming call before routing it, drafting or fixing a call-answering script for a client account, deciding whether a call qualifies as an emergency escalation, building an on-call or overflow-surge protocol, or writing a call-volume/SLA exception report.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Synthetic/Glass Fiber Extruding and Forming Machine Operator — calculating take-up speed from actual throughput rate and target denier rather than reusing a prior product's setting, setting draw ratio within the polymer's documented breakage-safe range, checking individual filament uniformity when aggregate denier looks fine but downstream breakage occurs, or diagnosing fiber breakage to a specific process variable rather than broadly reducing speed.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Tailor/Dressmaker/Custom Sewer — diagnosing a specific fitting wrinkle pattern to a targeted pattern adjustment rather than uniform resizing, selecting ease allowance appropriate to a garment's style and fabric, adjusting construction approach for a stretch or bias-cut fabric, or verifying a garment's actual seam allowance before quoting an alteration.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a talent agent or business manager for artists, performers, or athletes — negotiating a representation or performance contract, structuring commission on a deal, checking whether a procurement act crosses into licensed-agent territory, tracking a contract's termination/renewal clock, or flagging a conflict-of-interest in how the agency gets paid.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loader — verifying bonding/grounding continuity before starting a flammable-liquid transfer, setting overfill-prevention trip points and outage volume for a compartment, connecting and confirming a vapor-recovery system before liquid flow starts, controlling initial fill rate on a switch-loaded compartment, or cross-checking shipping papers and placards against the actual loaded product before releasing a vehicle or vessel for transport.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a drywall taper — specifying the level of finish for a wall or ceiling, choosing joint compound and tape by climate and schedule, diagnosing joint banding/cracking/fastener pop-through after paint, sequencing coats and dry time on a tight schedule, or matching spray texture on a repair.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a paid individual/small-business tax return preparer — reconstructing income from client documents, choosing the right forms and schedules, computing tax liability including self-employment tax, running EITC/CTC/AOTC/HOH due-diligence checks, reconciling withholding against actual liability, or drafting a response to an IRS notice (CP2000, audit letter). Not a tax-strategy/CFO role (see financial-manager) — this is return-preparation and filing-compliance craft for the current filing season.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Tax Examiner or Revenue Agent — determining which statute of limitations applies to an audit (3-year, 6-year, or unlimited), reconstructing unreported income via a bank deposit or similar indirect method, applying the Cohan rule to estimate a substantiated-but-undocumented deduction, distinguishing an accuracy-related penalty from civil fraud based on badges of fraud, or verifying collection due process notice requirements before a lien or levy.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Taxi Driver — deciding whether to charge a filed flat rate or run the meter on an airport trip, screening and positioning for the next fare before dropping off the current passenger to cut deadhead miles, judging whether a late-night street hail is safe to accept, reconciling a shift's gross fares against total miles driven to find real profitability, or tracking medallion/vehicle-inspection and license renewal deadlines.

Use when a task needs the judgment of a K-12 teaching assistant — running a small-group rotation under a teacher's lesson plan, deciding how much to prompt a struggling student versus stepping back, logging behavior or academic data for an IEP/504 team, or handling a hallway or recess incident before it escalates.