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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 3 of 16.
- Microsystems Engineers
- Nanosystems Engineers
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Naturopathic Physicians
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Nurse Midwives
- Penetration Testers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Pharmacists
- Physician Assistants
- Psychiatrists
- Public Relations Managers
- Range Managers
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Robotics Engineers
- Sales Engineers
- Search Marketing Strategists
- Social and Community Service Managers
- Soil and Plant Scientists
- Solar Energy Systems Engineers
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Statisticians
- Supply Chain Managers
- Survey Researchers
- Transportation Engineers
- Veterinarians
- Water/Wastewater Engineers
- Advertising and Promotions Managers
- Anthropologists and Archeologists
- Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Biologists
- Biomass Power Plant Managers
- Budget Analysts
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
- Clergy
- Climate Change Policy Analysts
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
- Credit Counselors
- Data Scientists
- Economists
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers
- Farm and Home Management Educators
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
- Gambling Managers
- Geodetic Surveyors
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
- Industrial Ecologists
- Information Security Analysts
- Investment Fund Managers
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.