PipelineNC Career Profile for
Podiatrists
Career Description
Diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot. 
NC Salary
$86,250
$145,300
What It Takes
Required Level of Education - Post-Doctoral Training Related Work Experience - Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years On-Site or In-Plant Training - Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months On-the-Job Training - None or short demonstration 
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Sample Tasks
KnowledgeMedicine and Dentistry
Importance:
 Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Customer and Personal Service
Importance:
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Biology
Importance:
Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
English Language
Importance:
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Administration and Management
Importance:
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
AbilitiesProblem Sensitivity
Importance:
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Oral Comprehension
Importance:
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension
Importance:
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Oral Expression
Importance:
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning
Importance:
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Work Styles
Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. Self Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. ASSESS YOUR JOB SKILLS FOR THIS CAREER PATH
Listed below are the skills that are necessary for this career path. To select which skills you have, log in. Skill Category: Assisting and Caring for OthersImportance:
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