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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 6 of 16.
- Customs Brokers
- Demonstrators and Product Promoters
- Dermatologists
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
- Electrical Engineers
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
- Embalmers
- Energy Auditors
- Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Environmental Restoration Planners
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Facilities Managers
- Fashion Designers
- First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
- First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
- First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
- Food Scientists and Technologists
- Food Service Managers
- Gambling Managers
- Geothermal Production Managers
- Industrial Engineers
- Information Technology Project Managers
- Insurance Sales Agents
- Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
- Investment Fund Managers
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Logisticians
- Logistics Engineers
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
- Medical Assistants
- Medical Dosimetrists
- Microbiologists
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Neurodiagnostic Technologists
- Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Ophthalmic Medical Technologists
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Order Clerks
- Orthoptists
- Petroleum Engineers
- Physicians, Pathologists
- Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Police Identification and Records Officers
- Psychiatric Aides
- Psychiatric Technicians
- Quality Control Systems Managers
- Receptionists and Information Clerks
- Recycling Coordinators
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.