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Clerical > Planner

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Short Description:

A Planner is responsible for developing and overseeing plans for infrastructure projects, including transportation, utilities, and land development. They analyze site data, zoning regulations, and environmental factors to ensure projects comply with legal and safety standards. Planners collaborate with engineers, architects, and government agencies to optimize project design and execution. They also assess future growth needs, prepare reports, and make recommendations to improve urban and regional planning. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Hold public meetings with government officials, social scientists, lawyers, developers, the public, or special interest groups to formulate, develop, or address issues regarding land use or community plans.
  • Design, promote, or administer government plans or policies affecting land use, zoning, public utilities, community facilities, housing, or transportation.
  • Advise planning officials on project feasibility, cost-effectiveness, regulatory conformance, or possible alternatives.
  • Recommend approval, denial, or conditional approval of proposals.
  • Discuss with planning officials the purpose of land use projects, such as transportation, conservation, residential, commercial, industrial, or community use.

Skills / Requirements / Qualifications

  • Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. 
  • Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. 
  • Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. 
  • Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. 
  • Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. 
  • Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. 
  • Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance relative to the system's goals. 
  • Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others. 
  • Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.

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  • Education: Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
  • Related Experience: Extensive skills, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. 
  • Job Training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, or training.
  • Job Zone Examples: These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include librarians, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, surgeons, and veterinarians.
  • Specific Vocational Preparation in years: 4 + years of preparation (8.0 and above)

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