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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 4 of 16.
- Forest and Conservation Technicians
- Landscape Architects
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
- Mental Health Counselors
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Nuclear Technicians
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
- Occupational Therapists
- Quality Control Analysts
- Radiation Therapists
- Robotics Technicians
- Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Traffic Technicians
- Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Automotive Engineering Technicians
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Climate Change Policy Analysts
- Clinical Neuropsychologists
- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Commercial Pilots
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
- Embalmers
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
- Healthcare Social Workers
- Historians
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Logistics Engineers
- Medical Assistants
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Physical Therapists
- Political Scientists
- Remote Sensing Technicians
- Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
- Surgical Assistants
- Surveyors
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
- Biomass Power Plant Managers
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Commercial Divers
- Construction and Building Inspectors
- Data Scientists
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
- Health Education Specialists
- Medical and Health Services Managers
- Museum Technicians and Conservators
- Neurodiagnostic Technologists
- Photonics Technicians
- School Psychologists
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
- Athletic Trainers
- Blockchain Engineers
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
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.