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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 6 of 16.
- Private Detectives and Investigators
- Procurement Clerks
- Project Management Specialists
- Proofreaders and Copy Markers
- Sales Managers
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
- Security Management Specialists
- Social and Human Service Assistants
- Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten
- Transportation Inspectors
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
- Treasurers and Controllers
- Tutors
- Accountants and Auditors
- Appraisers of Personal and Business Property
- Athletic Trainers
- Biofuels Production Managers
- Bioinformatics Technicians
- Biological Technicians
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Conservation Scientists
- Cost Estimators
- Data Scientists
- Dentists, General
- Dermatologists
- Digital Forensics Analysts
- Electrical and Electronics Drafters
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Fire Inspectors and Investigators
- First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
- Food Science Technicians
- General and Operations Managers
- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
- Hydroelectric Production Managers
- Information Security Analysts
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Precision Agriculture Technicians
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Search Marketing Strategists
- Statistical Assistants
- Veterinarians
- Airfield Operations Specialists
- Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
- Art Directors
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Computer and Information Research Scientists
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Critical Care Nurses
- Fashion Designers
- First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
- First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants
- Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians
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.