If Working Conditions is your highest work value, consider pay, job security, and good working conditions when looking at jobs. Look for work that suits your work style. Some people like to be busy all the time, or work alone, or have many different things to do. Explore jobs where you can take best advantage of your particular work style.

The working conditions 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

• Billing, Posting, and Calculating Machine Operators**
• Bindery Machine Operators and Tenders**
• Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity**
• Child Care Workers**
• Credit Authorizers**
• Credit Checkers**
• Door-To-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
• Mail Clerks, Except Mail Machine Operators and Postal Service**
• Maintenance Workers, Machinery**
• Models
• Postal Service Mail Carriers**
• Procurement Clerks**
• Production Inspectors, Testers, Graders, Sorters, Samplers, Weighers**
• Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons**
• Semiconductor Processors**
• Sewing Machine Operators, Garment**
• Sewing Machine Operators, Non-Garment**
• Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service**
• Telemarketers
• Truck Drivers, Heavy
• Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services**

** 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

• Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks
• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
• Brokerage Clerks
• Chemical Plant and System Operators**
• Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
• Food Science Technicians
• Furniture Finishers
• Gem and Diamond Workers**
• Hand and Portable Power Tool Repairers
• Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping**
• Medical Appliance Technicians**
• Municipal Clerks**
• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks**
• Pharmacy Technicians**
• Photographic Hand Developers
• Precision Printing Workers**
• Proofreaders and Copy Markers**
• Sales Representatives, Electrical/Electronic**
• Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive**
• Statistical Assistants
• Title Searchers**

** 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

• Bench Workers, Jewelry
• Dental Laboratory Technicians
• Electric Home Appliance and Power Tool Repairers
• Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers
• Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
• Keyboard Instrument Repairers and Tuners
• Legal Secretaries
• Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
• Medical Equipment Repairers
• Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
• Model and Mold Makers, Jewelry
• Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers
• Percussion Instrument Repairers and Tuners
• Photographic Reproduction Technicians
• Precision Lens Grinders and Polishers
• Radio Mechanics
• Ship Carpenters and Joiners
• Shop and Alteration Tailors
• Stringed Instrument Repairers and Tuners
• Watch Repairers

Considerable preparation

• Accountants
• Agricultural Inspectors
• Assessors
• Auditors
• Budget Analysts
• Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
• Cost Estimators
• Data Processing Equipment Repairers
• Desktop Publishers
• Electronic Masking System Operators
• Film Laboratory Technicians
• Financial Examiners
• Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanics
• Law Clerks
• Paralegals and Legal Assistants
• Paste-Up Workers
• Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
• Purchasing Managers
• Reed or Wind Instrument Repairers and Tuners
• Scanner Operators

Extensive Preparation

• Actuaries
• Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers**
• Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators**
• Biochemists***
• Biophysicists***
• Chiropractors***
• Counseling Psychologists***
• Dot Etchers
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay**
• Electrotypers and Stereotypers**
• Job Printers
• Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates***
• Marine Cargo Inspectors**
• Offset Lithographic Press Setters and Set-Up Operators**
• Physicists***
• Plate Finishers**
• Private Sector Executives***
• Psychiatrists***
• Treasurers, Controllers, and Chief Financial Officers**
• Veterinarians***

** 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.