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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 4 of 16.
- Lodging Managers
- Logisticians
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
- Mechanical Engineers
- Media Programming Directors
- Mental Health Counselors
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Podiatrists
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Private Detectives and Investigators
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
- Prosthodontists
- Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
- Quality Control Systems Managers
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
- Robotics Technicians
- Sales Managers
- Security Management Specialists
- Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
- Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
- Transit and Railroad Police
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Validation Engineers
- Water Resource Specialists
- Web Administrators
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
- Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
- Art Directors
- Audiologists
- Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Blockchain Engineers
- Chemists
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Commercial Pilots
- Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
- Community Health Workers
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Conservation Scientists
- Curators
- Customs Brokers
- Data Warehousing Specialists
- Document Management Specialists
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Environmental Economists
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Fashion Designers
- Financial Managers
- First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
- Forensic Science Technicians
- Fundraising Managers
- General and Operations 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.