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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 4 of 16.
- Furniture Finishers
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Mechatronics Engineers
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- Respiratory Therapists
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
- Weatherization Installers and Technicians
- Wind Energy Operations Managers
- Biochemists and Biophysicists
- Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
- Carpet Installers
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Etchers and Engravers
- Facilities Managers
- First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists
- Gas Plant Operators
- Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
- Geothermal Production Managers
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
- Mechanical Engineers
- Microsystems Engineers
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Photographers
- Podiatrists
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
- Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Stonemasons
- Surgical Technologists
- Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Wellhead Pumpers
- Acute Care Nurses
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
- Audiologists
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.