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Glaziers

Architecture & Construction $19.18 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.

Graphic Designers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $21.82 Bachelor's degree 1%  projected growth 210  annual job openings

Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $16.58 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 190  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.

Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other

Architecture & Construction $21.51 No formal educational credential 10%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

All grounds maintenance workers not listed separately.

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $16.95 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead-based paint, waste oil, fuel, transmission fluid, radioactive materials, or contaminated soil. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are generally required. May operate earth-moving equipment or trucks.

Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $48.98 Bachelor's degree 10%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Promote worksite or product safety by applying knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, chemistry, psychology, and industrial health and safety laws. Includes industrial product safety engineers.

Health Education Specialists

Human Services $29.50 Bachelor's degree 10%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other

Health Science $26.44 Postsecondary nondegree award 9%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

All healthcare practitioners and technical workers not listed separately.

Healthcare Social Workers

Human Services $24.56 Master's degree 10%  projected growth 260  annual job openings

Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family caregivers. Provide patients with information and counseling, and make referrals for other services. May also provide case and care management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

Health Science $19.22 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

All healthcare support workers not listed separately.