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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 13 of 16.
- Firefighters
- Floral Designers
- Forest and Conservation Workers
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
- Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
- Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
- Mechanical Door Repairers
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Model Makers, Wood
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Orderlies
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Passenger Attendants
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Segmental Pavers
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- Stockers and Order Fillers
- Stonemasons
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation
- Upholsterers
- Wellhead Pumpers
- Amusement and Recreation Attendants
- Baristas
- Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
- Costume Attendants
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Dancers
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
- Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
- Machinists
- Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Motorboat Operators
- Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
- Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
- Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- Sailors and Marine Oilers
- Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
- Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
- Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
- Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
- Telemarketers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tree Trimmers and Pruners
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers
- Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
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.