Troubleshooting Skills and Careers

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

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

Occupations reporting Troubleshooting

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

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators3.02.5$46,420
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers3.02.9$61,770
Biomass Power Plant Managers3.03.0$126,060
Gas Plant Operators3.03.1$87,820
Weatherization Installers and Technicians3.03.0
Mechanical Door Repairers3.03.0$55,720
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers3.03.0$51,320
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment3.03.3$84,890
Power Plant Operators3.03.1$102,040
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing3.03.0$43,380
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators3.03.1$122,890
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers3.03.6$63,520
Solar Photovoltaic Installers3.03.1$53,140
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers3.03.1
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood3.02.6$42,770
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers3.03.3$60,070
Motorboat Operators3.02.9$47,520
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.03.0$38,760
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.03.0$46,330
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders3.03.0$46,460
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators3.03.0$59,850
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.03.0$50,140
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.02.9$45,760
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals3.02.5$36,670
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders3.03.0$46,570
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers3.03.0$68,120
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers3.02.9$58,640
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.03.0$47,720
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3.03.0$47,180
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators3.02.9$53,340
Fuel Cell Engineers3.03.0$104,110
Tool and Die Makers3.02.9$64,050
Watch and Clock Repairers3.03.1$67,230
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer3.03.1$130,220
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists3.02.9$78,350
Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation3.02.9$92,100
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers2.92.9$65,380
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons2.92.9$61,290
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders2.92.8$54,430
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.92.6$51,610
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians2.93.3$74,510
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers2.93.0$53,710
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers2.93.0$104,300
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders2.92.9$58,040
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.93.0$48,540
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists2.92.9$134,050
Computer Network Architects2.93.6$134,050
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.92.8$44,350
Highway Maintenance Workers2.92.8$50,260
Chemical Plant and System Operators2.92.8$78,120

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