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Careers That Require Operation and Control

725 occupations rate Operation and Control among their Transferable Skills, ranked below by how important it is to each one, per O*NET.

  1. 1Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$232,140
  2. 2Commercial Pilots$123,220
  3. 3Pile Driver Operators$73,300
  4. 4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,850
  5. 5Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$57,430
  6. 6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,690
  7. 7Locomotive Engineers$81,410
  8. 8Logging Equipment Operators$49,740
  9. 9Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,520
  10. 10Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,140
  11. 11Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,550
  12. 12Nuclear Power Reactor Operators$122,890
  13. 13Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$60,020
  14. 14Chemical Plant and System Operators$78,120
  15. 15Conveyor Operators and Tenders$42,420
  16. 16Agricultural Equipment Operators$41,730
  17. 17Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$49,880
  18. 18Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$58,620
  19. 19Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$60,190
  20. 20Continuous Mining Machine Operators$61,810
  21. 21Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders$46,460
  22. 22Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$59,050
  23. 23Subway and Streetcar Operators$86,380
  24. 24Motorboat Operators$47,520
  25. 25Ship Engineers$109,530
  26. 26Power Plant Operators$102,040
  27. 27Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$58,040
  28. 28Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,540
  29. 29Crane and Tower Operators$68,080
  30. 30Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,420
  31. 31Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators$77,320
  32. 32Wellhead Pumpers$69,960
  33. 33Tree Trimmers and Pruners$50,960
  34. 34Boilermakers$76,410
  35. 35Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators$70,070
  36. 36Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$58,160
  37. 37Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$79,870
  38. 38Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$56,550
  39. 39Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers$45,990
  40. 40Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders$54,430
  41. 41Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,750
  42. 42Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners$50,060
  43. 43Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers$46,350
  44. 44Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders$41,330
  45. 45Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,640
  46. 46Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers$60,600
  47. 47Gas Plant Operators$87,820
  48. 48Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$96,710
  49. 49Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,760
  50. 50Dredge Operators$49,640

Source: O*NET 30.3 Database, Transferable Skills. Used under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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