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Needed by 151 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.
- Physicists
- Biochemists and Biophysicists
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists
- Biologists
- Microbiologists
- Astronomers
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
- Chemical Engineers
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemists
- Epidemiologists
- Geneticists
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Nuclear Engineers
- Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
- Aerospace Engineers
- Anesthesiologists
- Animal Scientists
- Atmospheric and Space Scientists
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Bioinformatics Scientists
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Biostatisticians
- Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
- Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
- General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Materials Engineers
- Materials Scientists
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
- Nanosystems Engineers
- Pediatricians, General
- Physicians, Pathologists
- Soil and Plant Scientists
- Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
- Allergists and Immunologists
- Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
- Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar
- Family Medicine Physicians
- Food Scientists and Technologists
- Hydrologists
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
- Veterinarians
- Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
- Biological Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Fuel Cell Engineers
- Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
- Mechanical Engineers
- Neurologists
- Nurse Practitioners
- Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Optometrists
- Preventive Medicine Physicians
- Radiologists
- Validation Engineers
- Dentists, General
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.