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Operation and Control
Needed by 213 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 1 of 16.
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
- Commercial Pilots
- Locomotive Engineers
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- Pile Driver Operators
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Conveyor Operators and Tenders
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- Logging Equipment Operators
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
- Agricultural Equipment Operators
- Biomass Plant Technicians
- Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators
- Crane and Tower Operators
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Motorboat Operators
- Power Plant Operators
- Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
- Ship Engineers
- Subway and Streetcar Operators
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Wellhead Pumpers
- Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Boilermakers
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Dredge Operators
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Gas Plant Operators
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
- Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
- Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
- Tree Trimmers and Pruners
- Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
- Highway Maintenance Workers
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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.