Operation and Control Skills and Careers

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

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

Occupations reporting Operation and Control

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Gas Plant Operators3.83.8$87,820
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians3.83.1$56,550
Tree Trimmers and Pruners3.83.1$50,960
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians3.83.6$102,040
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers3.83.3$45,990
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas3.83.5$58,160
Maintenance Workers, Machinery3.63.3$60,850
Highway Maintenance Workers3.63.1$50,260
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians3.63.4$57,550
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.63.1$48,990
Roof Bolters, Mining3.63.1$78,540
Sailors and Marine Oilers3.63.8$51,520
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels3.64.0$92,460
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic3.63.5$63,340
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas3.63.6$67,890
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines3.63.4$65,510
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.53.9$38,670
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians3.54.0$73,900
Structural Iron and Steel Workers3.53.1$62,780
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers3.53.3$61,770
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing3.53.3$43,380
Helpers--Extraction Workers3.53.0$47,730
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters3.53.1$61,390
Broadcast Technicians3.43.3$59,570
Millwrights3.43.6$65,700
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders3.43.3$38,180
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.43.8$38,760
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists3.43.4
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.43.3$52,800
Hoist and Winch Operators3.42.9$56,450
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.43.0$50,620
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.43.6$46,330
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers3.43.0$96,590
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining3.43.3$74,500
Geothermal Technicians3.43.8$49,230
Robotics Technicians3.43.6$73,900
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators3.43.3$78,620
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators3.43.1$53,340
Sound Engineering Technicians3.33.3$73,130
Printing Press Operators3.33.3$45,780
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs3.32.4$37,290
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics3.33.0$47,880
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.33.0$47,920
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists3.33.1$95,480
Hydroelectric Production Managers3.33.3$126,060
Tire Builders3.33.1$57,390
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers3.33.3$95,320
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic3.33.0$58,000
Tool and Die Makers3.33.1$64,050
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.33.0$50,270

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