Operations Monitoring Skills and Careers

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

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

Occupations reporting Operations Monitoring

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers4.64.9$232,140
Commercial Pilots4.44.8$123,220
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians4.33.9$79,870
Chemical Plant and System Operators4.34.4$78,120
Locomotive Engineers4.14.0$81,410
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators4.13.9$50,690
Gas Plant Operators4.14.4$87,820
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic4.03.8$46,550
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic4.04.0$47,180
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators4.03.9$78,620
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators4.03.9$77,320
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic4.04.0$50,140
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers4.04.6$96,710
Wellhead Pumpers4.03.9$69,960
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators4.03.9$122,890
Wind Turbine Service Technicians4.03.3$64,120
Pile Driver Operators4.03.6$73,300
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians4.04.0$73,900
Industrial Machinery Mechanics4.04.0$64,520
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders4.04.0$46,570
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas4.03.6$58,160
Power Plant Operators4.04.0$102,040
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas4.03.9$58,620
Boilermakers4.03.1$76,410
Conveyor Operators and Tenders4.04.0$42,420
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas4.04.0$60,190
Biomass Plant Technicians4.03.9$102,040
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers4.03.9$46,350
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.93.9$52,800
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers3.93.8$61,770
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators3.94.1$60,020
Continuous Mining Machine Operators3.93.9$61,810
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders3.93.9$54,430
Biofuels Processing Technicians3.93.8$62,470
Manufacturing Engineers3.93.9$102,440
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians3.93.9$102,040
Broadcast Technicians3.93.6$59,570
Geothermal Technicians3.94.0$49,230
Subway and Streetcar Operators3.93.8$86,380
Nuclear Technicians3.94.1$110,240
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment3.93.9$74,090
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.93.9$47,720
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.94.0$48,540
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders3.93.5$48,040
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders3.93.9$41,330
Ship Engineers3.93.9$109,530
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers3.83.6$61,010
Logging Equipment Operators3.83.9$49,740
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers3.83.4$63,890
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians3.83.1$74,310

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