Equipment Selection Skills and Careers

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.3.c

Occupations reporting Equipment Selection

Importance and level are O*NET scale values. Ordered by reported importance. A skill rating does not indicate hiring outcomes.

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Biofuels Processing Technicians2.52.3$62,470
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.52.6$48,750
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders2.52.4$35,650
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists2.52.6$130,220
Sound Engineering Technicians2.52.5$73,130
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators2.52.4$78,620
Computer Hardware Engineers2.52.8$161,740
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators2.52.1$53,340
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters2.52.4$61,390
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining2.52.4$74,500
Fishing and Hunting Workers2.51.8—
Media Technical Directors/Managers2.52.8$90,360
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer2.51.8$40,960
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.52.3$47,720
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.52.0$46,550
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators2.52.1$70,070
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers2.52.3$53,710
Chemists2.52.5$91,240
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers2.52.0$76,170
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers2.51.9$96,710
Furniture Finishers2.42.3$44,540
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants2.42.0$35,670
Wind Energy Operations Managers2.42.3$141,900
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders2.42.4$58,870
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters2.42.0$42,360
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers2.42.0—
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters2.41.9$47,550
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing2.41.8$46,170
Semiconductor Processing Technicians2.42.1$51,430
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse2.42.4$35,660
Mechatronics Engineers2.42.5$122,930
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.42.1$45,760
Dentists, General2.42.4$170,950
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas2.42.1$46,960
Dental Laboratory Technicians2.42.4$49,610
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.42.4$47,180
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.41.9$51,610
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators2.42.1$59,850
Respiratory Therapists2.42.1$82,280
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers2.41.9$58,930
Continuous Mining Machine Operators2.42.3$61,810
Weatherization Installers and Technicians2.42.1—
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers2.42.4$89,900
Endoscopy Technicians2.42.1$48,430
Stonemasons2.32.0$57,390
Carpet Installers2.32.0$50,340
Facilities Managers2.31.9$106,660
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists2.31.4$56,870
Orthotists and Prosthetists2.32.3$81,110
Surgical Technologists2.32.1$64,650

Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.