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    Survivors Assessment of work abilities Understand your job characteristics

    Understand your job characteristics
    Author(s): Cancer and Work Team

    Listing your job characteristics helps to understand what is required of your job. Listing your job characteristics begins by determining the:

    • physical demands required for the various duties of your job
    • temperaments required for the various duties of your job
    • psychological and cognitive demands for the various duties of your job
    • environmental variables involved in your job