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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 5 of 16.
- Biomass Power Plant Managers
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
- Chefs and Head Cooks
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
- Conveyor Operators and Tenders
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Electrical Engineers
- Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
- Floor Sanders and Finishers
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
- Forest and Conservation Technicians
- Forest and Conservation Workers
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
- Glaziers
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Histotechnologists
- Hydroelectric Production Managers
- Industrial Production Managers
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Model Makers, Wood
- Motion Picture Projectionists
- Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
- Opticians, Dispensing
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Parts Salespersons
- Pest Control Workers
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Physicists
- Pile Driver Operators
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Precision Agriculture Technicians
- Prepress Technicians and Workers
- Remote Sensing Technicians
- Roofers
- Software Developers
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Surveyors
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Tire Repairers and Changers
- Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Agricultural Technicians
- Aircraft Service Attendants
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Craft Artists
- Crane and Tower Operators
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Dental Assistants
- Energy Auditors
- Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
- Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers
- First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
- Forensic Science Technicians
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Foundry Mold and Coremakers
- Geodetic Surveyors
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.