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Needed by 811 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 11 of 16.
- Tellers
- Traffic Technicians
- Web Administrators
- Web Developers
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
- Audio and Video Technicians
- Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
- Barbers
- Bartenders
- Billing and Posting Clerks
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
- Bus Drivers, School
- Carpenters
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Childcare Workers
- Computer Programmers
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Costume Attendants
- Crossing Guards and Flaggers
- Cytotechnologists
- Document Management Specialists
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
- Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
- Endoscopy Technicians
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
- Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Helpers--Electricians
- Histology Technicians
- Hoist and Winch Operators
- Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
- Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- Light Truck Drivers
- Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
- Log Graders and Scalers
- Mechanical Drafters
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
- Medical Equipment Preparers
- Medical Records Specialists
- Motorcycle Mechanics
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Nursing Assistants
- Parking Enforcement Workers
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Photonics Technicians
- Prepress Technicians and Workers
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.