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Needed by 739 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 3 of 16.
- Automotive Engineers
- Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Biological Technicians
- Biostatisticians
- Blockchain Engineers
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Chemical Engineers
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemists
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Coaches and Scouts
- Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Compliance Managers
- Compliance Officers
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Computer Hardware Engineers
- Computer Network Architects
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Construction and Building Inspectors
- Coroners
- Cost Estimators
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary
- Critical Care Nurses
- Curators
- Customs Brokers
- Cytogenetic Technologists
- Dentists, General
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
- Electrical Engineers
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
- Emergency Management Directors
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Environmental Economists
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Exercise Physiologists
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Farm and Home Management Educators
- Financial Managers
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
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.