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Highway Maintenance Workers

Architecture & Construction $29.25 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 960  annual job openings

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.

History Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $39.37 Doctoral or professional degree 4%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Teach courses in human history and historiography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Hoist and Winch Operators

Architecture & Construction $58.39 No formal educational credential 7%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Operate or tend hoists or winches to lift and pull loads using power-operated cable equipment.

Home Appliance Repairers

Manufacturing $20.69 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 150  annual job openings

Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.

Human Resources Managers

Business Management & Administration $61.70 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 1,020  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.

Human Resources Specialists

Business Management & Administration $30.39 Bachelor's degree 10%  projected growth 3,150  annual job openings

Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.

Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Manufacturing $29.71 Associate's degree 7%  projected growth 200  annual job openings

Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.

Industrial Engineers

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $47.07 Bachelor's degree 16%  projected growth 1,030  annual job openings

Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

Manufacturing $28.91 High school diploma or equivalent 27%  projected growth 1,680  annual job openings

Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.

Industrial Production Managers

Business Management & Administration $53.22 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 820  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.