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Complex Problem Solving
Needed by 648 occupations in O*NET. O*NET rates it for 910 occupations and it counts as needed where rated 3 (important) or more of 5.
Occupations that list it
Essential first, then O*NET-rated by importance, then optional. 910 in all, page 13 of 16.
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term
- Tax Preparers
- Team Assemblers
- Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
- Tellers
- Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
- Watch and Clock Repairers
- Weatherization Installers and Technicians
- Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
- Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
- Carpet Installers
- Construction Laborers
- Counter and Rental Clerks
- Craft Artists
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
- Dredge Operators
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Fallers
- Farm Labor Contractors
- Fishing and Hunting Workers
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
- Floor Sanders and Finishers
- Floral Designers
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Medical Equipment Preparers
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
- Model Makers, Wood
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- New Accounts Clerks
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Paperhangers
- Parking Enforcement Workers
- Passenger Attendants
- Pharmacy Aides
- Pile Driver Operators
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Postal Service Clerks
- Rail Car Repairers
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Receptionists and Information Clerks
- Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
- Retail Salespersons
- Rock Splitters, Quarry
- Roofers
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Technical Writers
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Transportation Security Screeners
- Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to an occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role. O*NET importance says how much a skill matters in an occupation, from 1 to 5; it is not a proficiency level.
Often appears with
Skills most often needed alongside it, with how many occupations need both.
Importance by Job Zone
Mean O*NET importance across the occupations rated at each Job Zone.
Where it shows up
O*NET occupations that rate it important (3 or more), by occupation group.
This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.