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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 8 of 16.
- Traffic Technicians
- Training and Development Specialists
- Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
- Wind Energy Operations Managers
- Wind Turbine Service Technicians
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
- Advertising Sales Agents
- Agricultural Inspectors
- Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
- Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Biological Technicians
- Broadcast Technicians
- Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Chemical Technicians
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Commercial Divers
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary
- Customer Service Representatives
- Customs and Border Protection Officers
- Desktop Publishers
- Dietetic Technicians
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- Electricians
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
- Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
- Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Fire Inspectors and Investigators
- Firefighters
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
- Food Science Technicians
- Freight Forwarders
- Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
- Geothermal Technicians
- Graphic Designers
- Health Education Specialists
- Hearing Aid Specialists
- Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
- Home Appliance Repairers
- Human Resources Specialists
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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.