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Dancers
Category: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Perform dances. May also sing or act.
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Data entry keyers
Category: Office and administrative support occupations
Operate data entry device, such as keyboard or photo composing perforator. Duties may include verifying data and preparing materials for printing. Exclude "Word Processors and Typists" (43-9022).
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Database administrators
Category: Computer and mathematical occupations
Coordinate changes to computer databases, test and implement the database applying knowledge of database management systems. May plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
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Demonstrators and product promoters
Category: Sales and related occupations
Demonstrate merchandise and answer questions for the purpose of creating public interest in buying the product. May sell demonstrated merchandise.
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Dental assistants
Category: Healthcare support occupations
Assist dentist, set up patient and equipment, and keep records.
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Dental hygienists
Category: Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Clean teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease. May educate patients on oral hygiene, take and develop X-rays, or apply fluoride or sealants.
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Dental laboratory technicians
Category: Production occupations
Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances. Exclude "Dental Assistants" (31-9091).
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Dentists, all other specialists
Category: Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
All dentists not listed separately.
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Dentists, general
Category: Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums and related oral structures. May treat diseases of nerve, pulp, and other dental tissues affecting vitality of teeth. Exclude "Prosthodontists" (29-1024), "Orthodontists" (29-1023), "Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons" (29-1022) and "Dentists, all other specialists" (29-1029)
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Derrick operators, oil and gas
Category: Construction and extraction occupations
Rig derrick equipment and operate pumps to circulate mud through drill hole.
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Designers, all other
Category: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
All designers not listed separately.
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Desktop publishers
Category: Office and administrative support occupations
Format typescript and graphic elements using computer software to produce publication-ready material.
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Detectives and criminal investigators
Category: Protective service occupations
Conduct investigations related to suspected violations of Federal, State, or local laws to prevent or solve crimes. Exclude "Private Detectives and Investigators" (33-9021).
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Diagnostic medical sonographers
Category: Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Produce ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by physicians.
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Dietetic technicians
Category: Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Assist dietitians in the provision of food service and nutritional programs. Under the supervision of dietitians, may plan and produce meals based on established guidelines, teach principles of food and nutrition, or counsel individuals.
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Dietitians and nutritionists
Category: Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.
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Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
Category: Food preparation and serving related occupations
Facilitate food service. Clean tables, carry dirty dishes, replace soiled table linens; set tables; replenish supply of clean linens, silverware, glassware, and dishes; supply service bar with food, and serve water, butter, and coffee to patrons.
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Directors, religious activities and education
Category: Community and social services occupations
Direct and coordinate activities of a denominational group to meet religious needs of students. Plan, direct, or coordinate church school programs designed to promote religious education among church membership. May provide counseling and guidance relative to marital, health, financial, and religious problems.
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Dishwashers
Category: Food preparation and serving related occupations
Clean dishes, kitchen, food preparation equipment, or utensils.
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Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
Category: Office and administrative support occupations
Schedule and dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles for conveyance of materials, freight, or passengers, or for normal installation, service, or emergency repairs rendered outside the place of business. Duties may include using radio, telephone, or computer to transmit assignments and compiling statistics and reports on work progress.
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Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
Category: Sales and related occupations
Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.
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Drafters, all other
Category: Architecture and engineering occupations
All drafters not listed separately.
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Dredge operators
Category: Transportation and material moving occupations
Operate dredge to remove sand, gravel, or other materials from lakes, rivers, or streams; and to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways.
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Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
Category: Production occupations
Set up, operate, or tend drilling machines to drill, bore, ream, mill, or countersink metal or plastic work pieces.
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Driver/sales workers
Category: Transportation and material moving occupations
Drive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up and deliver items, such as laundry. May also take orders and collect payments. Include newspaper delivery drivers. Exclude "Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services" (53-3033) and "Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers" (49-9091).
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Drywall and ceiling tile installers
Category: Construction and extraction occupations
Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Include lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fire-proofing, or acoustical material. Exclude "Carpenters" (47-2031), and "Tile and Marble Setters" (47-2044).
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