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Special Education Teachers, Middle School

Education & Training $36.19 Bachelor's degree 13%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Teach academic, social, and life skills to middle school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

Education & Training $36.46 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

Speech-Language Pathologists

Health Science $42.18 Master's degree 13%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

Architecture & Construction $37.82 High school diploma or equivalent 18%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Operate or maintain stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes. Operate equipment such as steam engines, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers.

Stockers and Order Fillers

Business Management & Administration $17.62 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 440  annual job openings

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Architecture & Construction $29.88 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Architecture & Construction $33.50 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Perform surveying and mapping duties, usually under the direction of an engineer, surveyor, cartographer, or photogrammetrist, to obtain data used for construction, mapmaking, boundary location, mining, or other purposes. May calculate mapmaking information and create maps from source data, such as surveying notes, aerial photography, satellite data, or other maps to show topographical features, political boundaries, and other features. May verify accuracy and completeness of maps.

Surveyors

Architecture & Construction $39.45 Bachelor's degree 11%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

Business Management & Administration $16.00 High school diploma or equivalent 16%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.

Technical Writers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $34.36 Bachelor's degree 14%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.