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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.

Important (3+) in 739 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 6 of 16.

Construction ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Credit CounselorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Customs and Border Protection OfficersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
CytotechnologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Data ScientistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Data Warehousing SpecialistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Database ArchitectsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
DermatologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Directors, Religious Activities and EducationImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Document Management SpecialistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and AdvisorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Eligibility Interviewers, Government ProgramsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Energy AuditorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except GamblingImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Environmental Engineering Technologists and TechniciansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Environmental Restoration PlannersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
File ClerksImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Fundraising ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and TechniciansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Geothermal Production ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Hydroelectric Production ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
HydrologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Industrial Production ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Interpreters and TranslatorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Loan Interviewers and ClerksImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Loan OfficersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Lodging ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
LogisticiansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation TherapistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Magnetic Resonance Imaging TechnologistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Marine Engineers and Naval ArchitectsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Marketing ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Mechanical EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Non-Destructive Testing SpecialistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 2
Occupational Health and Safety TechniciansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
OrthodontistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Paralegals and Legal AssistantsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Patient RepresentativesImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Photonics EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Precision Agriculture TechniciansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Private Detectives and InvestigatorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Purchasing ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Recreational TherapistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Registered NursesImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Rehabilitation CounselorsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 5
Respiratory TherapistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Robotics EngineersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Robotics TechniciansImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 3
Sales ManagersImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Search Marketing StrategistsImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 4
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and ExecutiveImportance 3.9/5O*NET · Zone 2

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 23.0 of 5 · 335
Zone 33.5 of 5 · 203
Zone 43.9 of 5 · 223
Zone 54.1 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.