Residential Advisors
What They Do: Coordinate activities in resident facilities in secondary school and college dormitories, group homes, or similar establishments. Order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs, and furnishings. May maintain household records and assign rooms. May assist residents with problem solving or refer them to counseling resources.
Also Called: Hall CoordinatorResidence DirectorResidence Hall DirectorResidence Life CoordinatorResidence Life DirectorResident AdvisorResident AssistantResident DirectorResidential CoordinatorResidential Life Director
Resource Details
On The Job
- Communicate with other staff to resolve problems with individual students.
- Observe students to detect and report unusual behavior.
- Supervise, train, and evaluate residence hall staff, including resident assistants, participants in work-study programs, and other student workers.
- Provide emergency first aid and summon medical assistance when necessary.
- Make regular rounds to ensure that residents and areas are safe and secure.
Technology Skills
| Name | Example |
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| Electronic mail software |
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| Word processing software |
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| Spreadsheet software |
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| Accounting software |
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| Office suite software |
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Tools Used
| Name | Example |
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| Mobile medical services first aid kits |
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| Photocopiers |
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| Mobile phones |
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| Fire extinguishers |
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| Scanners |
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Knowledge
| Name | description |
|---|---|
| Customer and Personal Service | 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. |
| Administration and Management | 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. |
| Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
| Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
| English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar. |
Skills
| Name | description |
|---|---|
| Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
| Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
Abilities
| Name | description |
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| Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
| Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
| Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
Work Activities
| Name | description |
|---|---|
| Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
| Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
Detailed Work Activities
- Communicate with management or other staff to resolve problems.
- Monitor patron activities to identify problems or potential problems.
- Supervise service workers.
- Administer first aid.
- Evaluate employee performance.
Work Context
| Name | description |
|---|---|
| How frequently does your job require you to use E-mail? | |
| Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams? |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with or contribute to a work group or team in this job? |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
Job Zone
- Title:Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Education:Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
- Related Experience:Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training:Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Job Zone Examples:These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Specific Vocational Preparation Scale Range:(6.0 to < 7.0)
Education
- Some college, no degree
Percentage of Respondents:50
- Bachelor's degree
Percentage of Respondents:31
- Less than high school diploma
Percentage of Respondents:7
Interests
| Name | description |
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| Social | Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities. |
| Conventional | Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources. |
| Enterprising | Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law. |
Work Styles
| Name | description |
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| Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
| 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. |
| Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
| Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
Work Values
| Name | description |
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| Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
| Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
| Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
Related Occupations
Job Outlook
- Description : New job opportunities are likely in the future.
Category : Average
Salary :
| Annual 10th percentile | Annual median | Annual 90th percentile | Hourly 10th percentile | Hourly median | Hourly 90th percentile |
| $28490 | $39180 | $58350 | $13.7 | $18.84 | $28.05 |
13.7
18.84
28.05