Management of Material Resources

Needed by 31 occupations in O*NET. O*NET rates it for 910 occupations and it counts as needed where rated 3 (important) or more of 5.

Important (3+) in 31 O*NET occupations

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Occupations that list it

Essential first, then O*NET-rated by importance, then optional. 910 in all, page 9 of 16.

CoronersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Court, Municipal, and License ClerksImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Data Entry KeyersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Data Warehousing SpecialistsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Database AdministratorsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Dental HygienistsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Dental Laboratory TechniciansImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Diagnostic Medical SonographersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Digital Forensics AnalystsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Dredge OperatorsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Electrical and Electronics DraftersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Emergency Medicine PhysiciansImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Endoscopy TechniciansImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Energy AuditorsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Etchers and EngraversImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Farm Labor ContractorsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and IllustratorsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services WorkersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Flight AttendantsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Food Servers, NonrestaurantImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and AnalystsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Gem and Diamond WorkersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and TechniciansImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
GlaziersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Grinding and Polishing Workers, HandImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and CosmetologistsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and InspectorsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Health Specialties Teachers, PostsecondaryImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble SettersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Helpers--RoofersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Human Factors Engineers and ErgonomistsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Human Resources SpecialistsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal WorkersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground MiningImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Log Graders and ScalersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Logging Equipment OperatorsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Machine Feeders and OffbearersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Maids and Housekeeping CleanersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Maintenance Workers, MachineryImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Mechanical DraftersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Medical and Clinical Laboratory TechniciansImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Medical DosimetristsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Medical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
MidwivesImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Model Makers, Metal and PlasticImportance 1.9/5O*NET · Zone 3

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.

Zone 21.8 of 5 · 335
Zone 32.0 of 5 · 203
Zone 42.2 of 5 · 223
Zone 52.0 of 5 · 149

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.