If Independence is your highest work value, look for jobs where they let you do things on your own initiative. Explore work where you can make decisions on your own.

The independence related occupations listed below are organized into groups that require about the same amount of education, training, and experience. Click on the education level that fits your current needs or future level of training and exprience, then click on the title to see further information on each occupation.

Education and Experience Level

• Little or no preparation needed
• Some preparation
• Medium preparation
• Considerable preparation
• Extensive preparation

Little or no preparation needed

• Child Care Workers***
• Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers***
• Fishers and Related Fishing Workers**
• Manicurists and Pedicurists**
• Telemarketers***
• Truck Drivers, Heavy***

** Indicates that the occupation was assigned to the group based on its second highest work value.

*** Indicates that the occupation was assigned to the group based on its third highest work value.

Some preparation

• Agricultural Equipment Operators**
• Bicycle Repairers**
• Floral Designers**
• Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists**
• Furniture Finishers**
• Hunters and Trappers
• Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance***
• Motorboat Operators
• Private Detectives and Investigators**
• Radio and Television Announcers**
• Railroad Inspectors***
• Real Estate Sales Agents
• Sales Representatives**
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
• Singers**
• Transit and Railroad Police**
• Travel Agents**
• Travel Guides**

** Indicates that the occupation was assigned to the group based on its second highest work value.

*** Indicates that the occupation was assigned to the group based on its third highest work value.

Medium preparation

• Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
• Animal Breeders
• Animal Trainers
• Computer Systems Analysts
• Construction and Building Inspectors
• Etchers
• Farmers and Ranchers
• First-Line Supervisors and Manager/Supervisors
• First-Line Supervisors and Manager/Supervisors - Landscaping Workers
• First-Line Supervisors, Customer Service
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Non-Retail Sales Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Personal Service Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
• Fish and Game Wardens
• Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors
• Gaming Managers
• Gaming Supervisors
• Janitorial Supervisors
• Lodging Managers
• Platemakers
• Sales Agents, Financial Services
• Sales Representatives, Instruments
• Sales Representatives, Medical
• Silversmiths
• Sociologists
• Talent Directors
• Upholsterers
• Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

Considerable preparation

• Administrative Services Managers
• Agricultural Crop Farm Managers
• Anthropologists
• Appraisers, Real Estate
• Archeologists
• Camera Operators
• Chefs and Head Cooks
• Clinical Psychologists
• Computer Security Specialists
• Construction Managers
• Copy Writers
• Coroners
• Costume Attendants
• Curators
• Custom Tailors
• Database Administrators
• Directors- Stage, Motion Pictures, Television, and Radio
• Film and Video Editors
• Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers
• First-Line Supervisors and Manager/Supervisors - Logging Workers
• First-Line Supervisors and Manager/Supervisors- Construction Trades Workers
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
• Fish Hatchery Managers
• Food Scientists and Technologists
• Food Service Managers
• Foresters
• Funeral Directors
• Geographers
• Government Service Executives
• Historians
• Industrial Engineers
• Industrial Production Managers
• Industrial Safety and Health Engineers
• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
• Lawn Service Managers
• Materials Scientists
• Mechanical Engineers
• Medical and Health Services Managers
• Meeting and Convention Planners
• Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
• Nursery and Greenhouse Managers
• Operations Research Analysts
• Park Naturalists
• Potters
• Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
• Producers
• Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
• Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products
• Sales Agents, Securities and Commodities
• Sales Managers
• Ship and Boat Captains
• Soil Conservationists
• Storage and Distribution Managers
• Strippers
• Technical Directors/Managers
• Training and Development Specialists
• Transportation Managers

Extensive Preparation

• Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
• Agricultural Engineers
• Animal Scientists
• Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
• Astronomers
• Biochemists
• Biophysicists
• Choreographers
• Coaches and Scouts
• Composers
• Computer and Information Systems Managers
• Electrical Engineers
• Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
• Engineering Managers
• Financial Analysts
• Forest Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisors
• Hydrologists
• Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
• Instructional Coordinators
• Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
• Materials Engineers
• Microbiologists
• Natural Sciences Managers
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
• Pilots, Ship
• Plant Scientists
• Political Scientists
• Private Sector Executives
• Program Directors
• Range Managers
• Soil Scientists