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Writing
Needed by 593 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.
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Dental Laboratory Technicians
- Disc Jockeys, Except Radio
- Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
- Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
- First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
- Food Batchmakers
- Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
- Home Health Aides
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
- Library Technicians
- Locomotive Engineers
- Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance
- Medical Appliance Technicians
- Medical Equipment Preparers
- Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
- Paramedics
- Personal Care Aides
- Photographers
- Postal Service Clerks
- Prepress Technicians and Workers
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
- Rail Car Repairers
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
- Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Signal and Track Switch Repairers
- Skincare Specialists
- Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
- Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
- Surgical Technologists
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
- Transportation Security Screeners
- Weatherization Installers and Technicians
- Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
- Wind Turbine Service Technicians
- Actors
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
- Aircraft Service Attendants
- Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
- Animal Breeders
- Animal Caretakers
- Athletes and Sports Competitors
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.