Realistic Theme
Typical Work Activities
- Doing jobs that produce tangible results
- Fixing, building, and repairing
- Using tools that require fine motor coordination and manual dexterity (e.g. surgeon's scalpel, jeweler's tweezers, dentist's drill)
- Operating precision machinery (e.g. lathe, drill press)
- Operating or designing heavy equipment
- Usually more interested in action than thought
- Generally prefer concrete problems over ambiguous, abstract problems
Typical Hobbies
- Hunting, fishing, camping, and rock climbing
- Building and rebuilding
- Repairing old things (e.g. cars, machines, appliances)
- Reading magazines and books about outdoor sports, cars, boats, and airplanes
- Operating recreational vehicles (e.g. speedboats, jet skis, motorcycles, snowmobiles)
- Physically dangerous activities (e.g. skydiving, mountain climbing, auto racing)
Common self-concepts and values
- Emotionally stable and reliable
- Practical, thrifty, and persistent
- Shy, modest
- Likely to avoid being the center of attention
- Uncomfortable talking about themselves
- Inclined to take physical risks
- Likely to maintain traditional values
- Slow to accept radical new ideas
