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
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers2.52.5$62,750
Air Traffic Controllers2.52.4$148,080
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives2.52.0$106,040
Carpet Installers2.52.1$50,340
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing2.52.4$46,170
Cytotechnologists2.52.4
Avionics Technicians2.52.5$82,280
Remote Sensing Technicians2.42.3$62,280
Baggage Porters and Bellhops2.42.1$37,080
Cooks, Private Household2.42.0$47,940
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters2.42.1$51,330
Range Managers2.42.1$73,010
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists2.42.4$56,870
Parking Enforcement Workers2.42.3$46,730
Bakers2.42.3$37,160
Nanosystems Engineers2.42.0$122,930
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters2.42.0$42,360
Opticians, Dispensing2.42.0$47,260
Farm Labor Contractors2.42.1$58,460
Paperhangers2.42.0$52,140
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators2.42.5$80,730
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles2.42.1$56,460
Emergency Medicine Physicians2.42.3$335,550
Butchers and Meat Cutters2.42.0$40,140
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand2.32.0$38,020
Facilities Managers2.32.3$106,660
Customs and Border Protection Officers2.32.1$76,210
Detectives and Criminal Investigators2.32.0$93,790
Police Identification and Records Officers2.32.6$93,790
Tile and Stone Setters2.32.1$55,690
Chemists2.32.1$91,240
Gem and Diamond Workers2.32.1$52,540
Cooks, Restaurant2.32.0$37,390
Conservation Scientists2.31.8$73,010
Registered Nurses2.32.1$97,550
Soil and Plant Scientists2.32.3$78,850
Food Scientists and Technologists2.32.1$88,720
Transportation Inspectors2.32.4$92,100
Optometrists2.32.3$136,570
Orthodontists2.32.0$289,140
Photographers2.32.0$44,660
Amusement and Recreation Attendants2.32.0$32,150
Postal Service Mail Carriers2.32.1$60,550
Solar Energy Systems Engineers2.32.3$122,930
Wind Energy Engineers2.32.1$122,930
Media Programming Directors2.32.0$90,360
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers2.32.0$37,800
Nuclear Engineers2.32.3$133,970
Special Effects Artists and Animators2.32.0$102,030
Sewers, Hand2.32.1$36,480

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