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Accountants and auditors
Category: Business and financial operations occupations
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records for the purpose of giving advice or preparing statements. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.

Actors
Category: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or motion picture productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.

Actuaries
Category: Computer and mathematical occupations
Analyze statistical data, such as mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates and construct probability tables to forecast risk and liability for payment of future benefits. May ascertain premium rates required and cash reserves necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.

Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
Category: Legal occupations
Conduct hearings to decide or recommend decisions on claims concerning government programs or other government-related matters and prepare decisions. Determine penalties or the existence and the amount of liability, or recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims, or compromise settlements.

Administrative services managers
Category: Management occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate supportive services of an organization, such as recordkeeping, mail distribution, telephone operator/receptionist, and other office support services. May oversee facilities planning and maintenance and custodial operations. Exclude "Purchasing Managers" (11-3061).

Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
Category: Education, training, and library occupations
Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in remedial education classes, preparatory classes for the General Educational Development test, literacy, or English as a Second Language. Teaching may or may not take place in a traditional educational institution.

Advertising and promotions managers
Category: Management occupations
Plan and direct advertising policies and programs or produce collateral materials, such as posters, contests, coupons, or give-aways, to create extra interest in the purchase of a product or service for a department, an entire organization, or on an account basis.

Advertising sales agents
Category: Sales and related occupations
Sell or solicit advertising, including graphic art, advertising space in publications, custom made signs, or TV and radio advertising time. May obtain leases for outdoor advertising sites or persuade retailer to use sales promotion display items.

Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
Category: Architecture and engineering occupations
Operate, install, calibrate, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.

Aerospace engineers
Category: Architecture and engineering occupations
Perform a variety of engineering work in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. May conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques.

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
Category: Business and financial operations occupations
Represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes to prospective employers. May handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.

Agricultural and food science technicians
Category: Life, physical, and social science occupations
Work with agricultural scientists in food, fiber, and animal research, production, and processing; assist with animal breeding and nutrition work; under supervision, conduct tests and experiments to improve yield and quality of crops or to increase the resistance of plants and animals to disease or insects. Include technicians who assist food scientists or food technologists in the research, development, production technology, quality control, packaging, processing, and use of foods.

Agricultural engineers
Category: Architecture and engineering occupations
Apply knowledge of engineering technology and biological science to agricultural problems concerned with power and machinery, electrification, structures, soil and water conservation, and processing of agricultural products.

Agricultural equipment operators
Category: Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. May perform tasks, such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks, such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

Agricultural inspectors
Category: Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.

Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary
Category: Education, training, and library occupations
Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Include teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Include both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Agricultural workers, all other
Category: Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
All agricultural workers not listed separately.

Air traffic controllers
Category: Transportation and material moving occupations
Control air traffic on and within vicinity of airport and movement of air traffic between altitude sectors and control centers according to established procedures and policies. Authorize, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to government or company regulations to expedite and ensure flight safety.

Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
Category: Transportation and material moving occupations
Direct ground crew in the loading, unloading, securing, and staging of aircraft cargo or baggage. Determine the quantity and orientation of cargo and compute aircraft center of gravity. May accompany aircraft as member of flight crew and monitor and handle cargo in flight, and assist and brief passengers on safety and emergency procedures. Include loadmasters.

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
Category: Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul aircraft engines and assemblies, such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Include helicopter and aircraft engine specialists. Exclude "Avionics Technician" (49-2091).

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
Category: Production occupations
Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

Airfield operations specialists
Category: Transportation and material moving occupations
Ensure the safe takeoff and landing of commercial and military aircraft. Duties include coordination between air-traffic control and maintenance personnel; dispatching; using airfield landing and navigational aids; implementing airfield safety procedures; monitoring and maintaining flight records; and applying knowledge of weather information.

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
Category: Transportation and material moving occupations
Pilot and navigate the flight of multi-engine aircraft in regularly scheduled service for the transport of passengers and cargo. Requires Federal Air Transport rating and certification in specific aircraft type used. Include aircraft instructors with similar certification.

All other information and record clerks
Category: Office and administrative support occupations
erks, All Other

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
Category: Transportation and material moving occupations
Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.

Amusement and recreation attendants
Category: Personal care and service occupations
Perform variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.

Anesthesiologists
Category: Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Administer anesthetics during surgery or other medical procedures.

Animal breeders
Category: Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
Breed animals, including cattle, goats, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, dogs, cats, or pet birds. Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. May require a knowledge of artificial insemination techniques and equipment use. May involve keeping records on heats, birth intervals, or pedigree. Exclude "Nonfarm Animal Caretakers" (39-2021) who may occasionally breed animals as part of their other caretaking duties. Exclude "Animal Scientists" (19-1011) whose primary function is research.

Animal control workers
Category: Protective service occupations
Handle animals for the purpose of investigations of mistreatment, or control of abandoned, dangerous, or unattended animals.

Animal scientists
Category: Life, physical, and social science occupations
Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.

Animal trainers
Category: Personal care and service occupations
Train animals for riding, harness, security, performance, or obedience, or assisting persons with disabilities. Accustom animals to human voice and contact; and condition animals to respond to commands. Train animals according to prescribed standards for show or competition. May train animals to carry pack loads or work as part of pack team.

Anthropologists and archeologists
Category: Life, physical, and social science occupations
Study the origin, development, and behavior of humans. May study the way of life, language, or physical characteristics of existing people in various parts of the world. May engage in systematic recovery and examination of material evidence, such as tools or pottery remaining from past human cultures, in order to determine the history, customs, and living habits of earlier civilizations.

Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary
Category: Education, training, and library occupations
Teach courses in anthropology or archeology. Include both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Appraisers and assessors of real estate
Category: Business and financial operations occupations
Appraise real property to determine its fair value. May assess taxes in accordance with prescribed schedules.

Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
Category: Legal occupations
Facilitate negotiation and conflict resolution through dialogue. Resolve conflicts outside of the court system by mutual consent of parties involved.

Architects, except landscape and naval
Category: Architecture and engineering occupations
Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.

Architectural and civil drafters
Category: Architecture and engineering occupations
Prepare detailed drawings of architectural and structural features of buildings or drawings and topographical relief maps used in civil engineering projects, such as highways, bridges, and public works. Utilize knowledge of building materials, engineering practices, and mathematics to complete drawings.

Architecture teachers, postsecondary
Category: Education, training, and library occupations
Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture. Include both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Archivists
Category: Education, training, and library occupations
Appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of permanent records and historically valuable documents. Participate in research activities based on archival materials.

Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary
Category: Education, training, and library occupations
Teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area (e.g., Latin America), an ethnic group, or any other group (e.g., women's studies, urban affairs). Include both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Art directors
Category: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches, and direct workers engaged in art work, layout design, and copy writing for visual communications media, such as magazines, books, newspapers, and packaging.

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary
Category: Education, training, and library occupations
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Include both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Artists and related workers, all other
Category: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
All artists and related workers not listed separately.

Assemblers and fabricators, all other
Category: Production occupations
All assemblers and fabricators not listed separately.

Astronomers
Category: Life, physical, and social science occupations
Observe, research, and interpret celestial and astronomical phenomena to increase basic knowledge and apply such information to practical problems.

Athletes and sports competitors
Category: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Compete in athletic events.

Athletic trainers
Category: Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Evaluate, advise, and treat athletes to assist recovery from injury, avoid injury, or maintain peak physical fitness.

Atmospheric and space scientists
Category: Life, physical, and social science occupations
Investigate atmospheric phenomena and interpret meteorological data gathered by surface and air stations, satellites, and radar to prepare reports and forecasts for public and other uses. Include weather analysts and forecasters whose functions require the detailed knowledge of a meteorologist.

Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary
Category: Education, training, and library occupations
Teach courses in the physical sciences, except chemistry and physics. Include both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.

Audio and video equipment technicians
Category: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Set up or set up and operate audio and video equipment including microphones, sound speakers, video screens, projectors, video monitors, recording equipment, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, and related electronic equipment for concerts, sports events, meetings and conventions, presentations, and news conferences. May also set up and operate associated spotlights and other custom lighting systems. Exclude "Sound Engineering Technicians" (27-4014).



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