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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 2 of 16.
- Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
- Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Roof Bolters, Mining
- Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
- Sailors and Marine Oilers
- Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
- Helpers--Extraction Workers
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
- Broadcast Technicians
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
- Geothermal Technicians
- Hoist and Winch Operators
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Millwrights
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
- Robotics Technicians
- Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
- Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Hydroelectric Production Managers
- Machinists
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
- Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Nuclear Technicians
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Printing Press Operators
- Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Riggers
- Rock Splitters, Quarry
- Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
- Sound Engineering Technicians
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
- Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
- Biofuels Production Managers
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying 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.