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The support 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

• Bailiffs
• Billing, Posting, and Calculating Machine Operators
• Bindery Machine Operators and Tenders
• Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
• Cashiers
• Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Central Office Operators
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Operators and Tenders
• Conveyor Operators and Tenders
• Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
• Credit Authorizers
• Credit Checkers
• Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Directory Assistance Operators
• Driver/Sales Workers
• Duplicating Machine Operators
• Etchers, Hand
• Extruding and Forming Machine Operators and Tenders, Synthetic or Glass Fibers
• Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Operators and Tenders
• Fabric Menders, Except Garment
• Fallers
• File Clerks
• Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
• Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
• Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
• Glass Cutting Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
• Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
• Helpers?Extraction Workers
• Helpers?Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
• Highway Maintenance Workers
• Hoist and Winch Operators
• Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
• Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
• Laundry and Drycleaning Machine Operators and Tenders, Except Pressing
• Library Assistants, Clerical
• Machine Feeders and Offbearers
• Mail Clerks, Except Mail Machine Operators and Postal Service
• Mail Machine Operators, Preparation and Handling
• Maintenance Workers, Machinery
• Marking and Identification Printing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Marking Clerks
• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
• Metal Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Operators and Tenders
• Meter Readers, Utilities
• Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Nonelectrolytic Plating and Coating Machine Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Nonfarm Animal Caretakers
• Nursery Workers
• Office Clerks, General
• Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
• Packers and Packagers, Hand
• Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
• Pantograph Engravers
• Parking Enforcement Workers
• Plastic Molding and Casting Machine Operators and Tenders
• Postal Service Mail Carriers
• Pourers and Casters, Metal
• Pressing Machine Operators and Tenders- Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
• Printing Press Machine Operators and Tenders
• Procurement Clerks
• Production Helpers
• Production Inspectors, Testers, Graders, Sorters, Samplers, Weighers
• Railroad Yard Workers
• Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
• Receptionists and Information Clerks
• Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
• Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
• Security Guards
• Semiconductor Processors
• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Sewing Machine Operators, Garment
• Sewing Machine Operators, Non-Garment
• Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
• Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
• Solderers
• Soldering and Brazing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Stevedores, Except Equipment Operators
• Stock Clerks, Sales Floor
• Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
• Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Tire Builders
• Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services
• Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
• Welders, Production
• Woodworking Machine Operators and Tenders, Except Sawing

Some preparation

• Able Seamen
• Adjustment Clerks
• Agricultural Technicians
• Animal Control Workers
• Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
• Auxiliary Equipment Operators, Power
• Battery Repairers
• Bill and Account Collectors
• Bindery Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Biological Technicians
• Boiler Operators and Tenders, Low Pressure
• Brattice Builders
• Brazers
• Bridge and Lock Tenders
• Buffing and Polishing Set-Up Operators
• Bus Drivers, School
• Cargo and Freight Agents
• Chemical Equipment Controllers and Operators
• Chemical Equipment Tenders
• Chemical Plant and System Operators
• Claims Takers, Unemployment Benefits
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
• Combination Machine Tool Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Construction Drillers
• Construction Laborers
• Continuous Mining Machine Operators
• Correctional Officers and Jailers
• Correspondence Clerks
• Crane and Tower Operators
• Customer Service Representatives, Utilities
• Data Entry Keyers
• Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
• Dragline Operators
• Dredge Operators
• Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Drywall Installers
• Electrical Parts Reconditioners
• Electrolytic Plating and Coating Machine Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Excavating and Loading Machine Operators
• Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
• Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Fiber Product Cutting Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Foundry Mold and Coremakers
• Frame Wirers, Central Office
• Freight Inspectors
• Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners
• Gaming Dealers
• Gas Processing Plant Operators
• Gas Pumping Station Operators
• Grader, Bulldozer, and Scraper Operators
• Grips and Set-Up Workers, Motion Picture Sets, Studios, and Stages
• Heat Treating, Annealing, and Tempering Machine Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Heaters, Metal and Plastic
• Helpers?Electricians
• Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
• Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
• Insurance Claims Clerks
• Insurance Policy Processing Clerks
• Irradiated-Fuel Handlers
• License Clerks
• Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining
• Loan Interviewers and Clerks
• Log Graders and Scalers
• Logging Tractor Operators
• Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
• Medical Equipment Preparers
• Metal Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
• Meter Mechanics
• Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine Operators
• Mold Makers, Hand
• Molding and Casting Workers
• Motion Picture Projectionists
• Motor Vehicle Inspectors
• Municipal Clerks
• New Accounts Clerks
• Numerical Control Machine Tool Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Order Clerks
• Order Fillers, Wholesale and Retail Sales
• Ordinary Seamen and Marine Oilers
• Painters, Transportation Equipment
• Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Parts Salespersons
• Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
• Pest Control Workers
• Photoengraving and Lithographing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Photographic Processing Machine Operators
• Pipelayers
• Plastic Molding and Casting Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers
• Postal Service Clerks
• Precision Printing Workers
• Press and Press Brake Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators, Metal and Plastic
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
• Proofreaders and Copy Markers
• Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
• Punching Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators, Metal and Plastic
• Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
• Railroad Inspectors
• Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
• Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents
• Retail Salespersons
• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Roof Bolters, Mining
• Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
• Sawing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Sawing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Sawing Machine Tool Setters and Set-Up Operators, Metal and Plastic
• Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
• Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
• Shear and Slitter Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators, Metal and Plastic
• Shuttle Car Operators
• Slaughterers and Meat Packers
• Social and Human Service Assistants
• Soldering and Brazing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Statement Clerks
• Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard
• Stone Sawyers
• Subway and Streetcar Operators
• Tapers
• Tax Preparers
• Title Searchers
• Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
• Train Crew Members
• Travel Clerks
• Typesetting and Composing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators
• Welders and Cutters
• Welding Machine Operators and Tenders
• Woodworking Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators, Except Sawing
• Word Processors and Typists

Medium preparation

• Aircraft Rigging Assemblers
• Automatic Teller Machine Servicers
• Bakers, Bread and Pastry
• Bakers, Manufacturing
• Casting Machine Set-Up Operators
• City Planning Aides
• Combination Machine Tool Setters and Set-Up Operators, Metal and Plastic
• Communication Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
• Computer Operators
• Court Clerks
• Design Printing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Electric Meter Installers and Repairers
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
• Electrical and Electronic Inspectors and Testers
• Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
• Electrolytic Plating and Coating Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators, Metal and Plastic
• Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
• Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
• Embossing Machine Set-Up Operators
• Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
• Engravers, Hand
• Food Batchmakers
• Gas Distribution Plant Operators
• Gaugers
• Geological Data Technicians
• Geological Sample Test Technicians
• Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
• Grinding, Honing, Lapping, and Deburring Machine Set-Up Operators
• Heating Equipment Setters and Set-Up Operators, Metal and Plastic
• Immigration and Customs Inspectors
• Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
• Insulation Workers, Mechanical
• Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Lay-Out Workers, Metal and Plastic
• Legal Secretaries
• Letterpress Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Licensing Examiners and Inspectors
• Locomotive Firers
• Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
• Materials Inspectors
• Mates- Ship, Boat, and Barge
• Mechanical Door Repairers
• Medical Secretaries
• Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Nonelectrolytic Plating and Coating Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators, Metal and Plastic
• Nuclear Equipment Operation Technicians
• Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
• Office Machine and Cash Register Servicers
• Operating Engineers
• Personnel Recruiters
• Petroleum Pump System Operators
• Police Identification and Records Officers
• Precision Devices Inspectors and Testers
• Precision Dyers
• Precision Mold and Pattern Casters, except Nonferrous Metals
• Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
• Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
• Riggers
• Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
• Screen Printing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Sheet Metal Workers
• Stationary Engineers
• Structural Iron and Steel Workers
• Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
• Telecommunications Facility Examiners
• Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
• Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Title Examiners and Abstractors
• Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
• Valve and Regulator Repairers
• Welding Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Well and Core Drill Operators

Considerable preparation

• Aviation Inspectors
• Avionics Technicians
• Boilermakers
• Bookbinders
• Calibration and Instrumentation Technicians
• Ceiling Tile Installers
• Central Office and PBX Installers and Repairers
• Claims Examiners, Property and Casualty Insurance
• Credit Analysts
• Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
• Electro-Mechanical Technicians
• Elevator Installers and Repairers
• Engraver Set-Up Operators
• Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers
• Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
• Fitters, Structural Metal- Precision
• Gas Appliance Repairers
• Gas Compressor Operators
• Hand Compositors and Typesetters
• Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
• Insurance Underwriters
• Loan Counselors
• Loan Officers
• Locomotive Engineers
• Machinists
• Mechanical Inspectors
• Metal Fabricators, Structural Metal Products
• Millwrights
• Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
• Optical Instrument Assemblers
• Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
• Petroleum Refinery and Control Panel Operators
• Power Distributors and Dispatchers
• Power Generating Plant Operators, Except Auxiliary Equipment Operators
• Precision Pattern and Die Casters, Nonferrous Metals
• Pressure Vessel Inspectors
• Public Transportation Inspectors
• Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
• Refrigeration Mechanics
• Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining
• Signal and Track Switch Repairers
• Station Installers and Repairers, Telephone
• Surveying Technicians
• Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents
• Tool and Die Makers
• Traffic Technicians
• Transformer Repairers
• Welder-Fitters
• Wellhead Pumpers

Extensive Preparation

• Dot Etchers***
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
• Electrotypers and Stereotypers
• Graduate Teaching Assistants***
• Job Printers**
• Marine Cargo Inspectors
• Offset Lithographic Press Setters and Set-Up Operators
• Plate Finishers

** 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.