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
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders3.33.0$43,530
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists3.33.1$95,480
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers3.33.3$95,320
Machinists3.33.4$58,750
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians3.33.1$39,460
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians3.33.1$66,120
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics3.33.0$47,880
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.33.3$49,030
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers3.33.0$56,210
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics3.33.0$50,620
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer3.32.6$40,960
Riggers3.33.3$62,640
Recycling and Reclamation Workers3.32.8$40,240
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.33.0$50,270
Sound Engineering Technicians3.33.3$73,130
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood3.13.0$42,770
Construction Laborers3.13.0$47,120
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants3.12.6$35,670
Fallers3.12.9$52,100
Radiation Therapists3.13.5$105,310
Floor Sanders and Finishers3.12.8$50,440
Respiratory Therapists3.13.0$82,280
Network and Computer Systems Administrators3.13.4$99,130
Wind Turbine Service Technicians3.13.1$64,120
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General3.13.1$49,590
Patternmakers, Wood3.13.0$49,630
Commercial Divers3.13.1$72,990
Power Distributors and Dispatchers3.13.1$106,730
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.13.0$43,960
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.13.1$47,180
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.13.8$44,350
Light Truck Drivers3.12.9$44,860
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers3.13.1$68,840
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians3.12.9$35,450
Biofuels Production Managers3.13.4$126,060
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists3.13.0$78,350
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians3.13.0$74,310
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.13.1$49,080
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.13.0$48,250
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators3.12.9$40,610
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians3.13.0$80,110
Pipelayers3.13.0$49,000
Potters, Manufacturing3.13.1$46,170
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians3.13.0$52,000
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals3.13.0$36,670
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand3.13.0$42,660
Motorcycle Mechanics3.13.0$48,580
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders3.12.9$41,590
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers3.13.0$39,630
Rail Car Repairers3.13.0$67,530

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