People who have athletic or mechanical ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or to be outdoors.
Hobbies
- Refinishing Furniture
- Growing Plants/Flowers
- Playing Sports
- Hunting/Fishing
- Woodworking
- Coaching Team Sports
- Building Models
- Repairing Cars and Equipment
- Target Shooting
- Landscaping
- Taking Exercise Classes
Are You?
- Practical
- Athletic
- Straightforward/Frank
- Mechanically Inclined
- A Nature Lover
- Thrifty
- Curious About the Physical World
- Stable
- Concrete
- Reserved
- Self-Controlled
- Independent
- Ambitious
- Systematic
- Persistent
Do You Like To?
- Tinker with Machines/Vehicles
- Work Outdoors
- Use Your Hands
- Be Physically Active
- Build Things
- Tend/Train Animals
- Work on Electronic Equipment
Can You?
- Fix Electrical Things
- Solve Electrical Problems
- Pitch a Tent
- Play a Sport
- Read a Blueprint
- Plant a Garden
- Operate Tools and Machinery
Career Possibilities For Realistic Types
(Holland Code is in parentheses)
- Mechanical Engineer (RIS)
- Metallurgical Technician (RIS)
- Oceanographer (RIE)
- Optician (REI)
- Painter (RES)
- Petroleum Engineer (RIE)
- Plumber (REI)
- Practical Nurse (RSE)
- Press Operator (REI)
- Property Manager (RES)
- Quality Control Manager (RSE)
- Radio/TV Repair (REI)
- Radio-Chemist (IRE)
- Sailor (REC)
- Sheet Metal Worker (R)
- Structural Steelworker (REI)
- Tailor (RES)
- Tool and Die Maker (RIE)
- Truck Driver (RSE)
- Upholsterer (RCS)
- Watchmaker (REC)
- Water Quality Specialist (REI)
- Welder (RES)
- Woodworking (RAE)
- Aerospace Physiologist (RSE)
- Air Conditioning Mechanic (RIE)
- Aircraft Mechanic (RIE)
- Appliance Mechanic (RIE)
- Aqua-Culturist (REI)
- Architectural Drafter (RCI)
- Automobile Body Repairer (RIE)
- Automotive Engineer (RIE)
- Automobile Mechanic (RIE)
- Baker/Chef (RSE)
- Bookbinder (RSE)
- Bricklayer (RSE)
- Bus Driver (RES)
- Butcher (RSE)
- Carpenter (RCI)
- Cement Worker (REC)
- Compositor (RSI)
- Construction Worker (REC)
- Corrections Officer (RES)
- Dental Assistant (REI)
- Diesel Mechanic (REI)
- Drafter (RCI)
- Drycleaner (RCE)
- Electrical Engineer (RIE)
- Electrician (REI)
- Electroplater (R)
- Exercise Careers (RES)
- Farm Equipment Manager (RES)
- Farmer (RIS)
- Farm Manager (RES)
- Fiber Optics Technician (RSE)
- Firefighter (RES)
- Fish and Game Warden (RES)
- Fish Hatchery Manager (RES)
- Floral Designer (RAE)
- Forester (RIS)
- Furnace Installer (RES)
- Geodetic Surveyor (RIE)
- Glazier (RES)
- Groundskeeper (RCE)
- Industrial Supervisor (REI)
- Instrument Repair (RIE)
- Jeweler (REC)
- Laboratory Technician (RIE)
- Line Installer (RSE)
- Logger (RES)
- Machinist (RIE)
- Maintenance Repairer (RES)