Occupation AtlasSkillsJudgment and Decision Making
Skill · Occupation Atlas
Judgment and Decision Making
Needed by 696 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.
- Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Park Naturalists
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Precision Agriculture Technicians
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
- Real Estate Sales Agents
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
- Ship Engineers
- Social and Human Service Assistants
- Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
- Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Sound Engineering Technicians
- Statistical Assistants
- Stonemasons
- Surveyors
- Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
- Traffic Technicians
- Transit and Railroad Police
- Transportation Inspectors
- Tutors
- Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
- Weatherization Installers and Technicians
- Advertising Sales Agents
- Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
- Agricultural Technicians
- Animal Trainers
- Archivists
- Automotive Engineering Technicians
- Biological Technicians
- Biomass Plant Technicians
- Broadcast Technicians
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Chemical Technicians
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Climate Change Policy Analysts
- Commercial Divers
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Credit Analysts
- Cytotechnologists
- Dental Laboratory Technicians
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
- Dietetic Technicians
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
- Document Management Specialists
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
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.