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Etchers and Engravers

Manufacturing $17.10 High school diploma or equivalent 26%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Engrave or etch metal, wood, rubber, or other materials. Includes such workers as etcher-circuit processors, pantograph engravers, and silk screen etchers.

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

Architecture & Construction $21.15 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 350  annual job openings

Operate or tend machinery at surface mining site, equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets to excavate and load loose materials.

Exercise Physiologists

Health Science $24.16 Bachelor's degree 22%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Human Services $18.60 High school diploma or equivalent 35%  projected growth 3,670  annual job openings

Instruct or coach groups or individuals in exercise activities for the primary purpose of personal fitness. Demonstrate techniques and form, observe participants, and explain to them corrective measures necessary to improve their skills. Develop and implement individualized approaches to exercise.

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Architecture & Construction $31.43 High school diploma or equivalent 18%  projected growth 180  annual job openings

Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures.

Extraction Workers, All Other

Architecture & Construction $21.07 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

All extraction workers not listed separately.

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $19.50 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $18.26 High school diploma or equivalent 20%  projected growth 200  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.

Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers

Manufacturing $20.34 High school diploma or equivalent 18%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Draw and construct sets of precision master fabric patterns or layouts. May also mark and cut fabrics and apparel.

Facilities Managers

Business Management & Administration $42.25 Bachelor's degree 19%  projected growth 1,720  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.