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Equipment Selection
Needed by 41 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 2 of 16.
- Riggers
- Roof Bolters, Mining
- Sailors and Marine Oilers
- Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
- Tree Trimmers and Pruners
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
- Audio and Video Technicians
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers
- Aviation Inspectors
- Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Biomass Plant Technicians
- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Carpenters
- Chemical Technicians
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
- Dredge Operators
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Helpers--Electricians
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
- Hoist and Winch Operators
- Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
- Logging Equipment Operators
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Mechanical Door Repairers
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Photonics Technicians
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Rail Car Repairers
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
- Solar Photovoltaic Installers
- Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
- Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
- Computer Network Architects
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
- Construction Laborers
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
- Fallers
- Fence Erectors
- Firefighters
- Fuel Cell Engineers
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Machinists
- Medical Appliance Technicians
- Motorboat Operators
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.