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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 7 of 16.
- Highway Maintenance Workers
- Logistics Engineers
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists
- Neurodiagnostic Technologists
- Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric
- Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
- Petroleum Engineers
- Quality Control Analysts
- Registered Nurses
- Sales Engineers
- Security Management Specialists
- Set and Exhibit Designers
- Skincare Specialists
- Special Effects Artists and Animators
- Tapers
- Tire Builders
- Transportation Security Screeners
- Art Therapists
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Cooks, Private Household
- Cooks, Restaurant
- Coroners
- Cytogenetic Technologists
- Cytotechnologists
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
- Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Film and Video Editors
- First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
- Food Service Managers
- Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
- Health Informatics Specialists
- Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists
- Information Security Analysts
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Light Truck Drivers
- Log Graders and Scalers
- Materials Engineers
- Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Microbiologists
- Nuclear Engineers
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance
- Phlebotomists
- Physical Therapists
- Producers and Directors
- Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Surgical Assistants
- Veterinarians
- Water/Wastewater Engineers
- Web Administrators
- Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
- Acupuncturists
- Animal Caretakers
- Astronomers
- Athletic Trainers
- Cargo and Freight Agents
- Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
- Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
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.