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Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

Architecture & Construction $37.81 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Install, repair, and maintain mechanical regulating and controlling devices, such as electric meters, gas regulators, thermostats, safety and flow valves, and other mechanical governors.

Conveyor Operators and Tenders

Architecture & Construction $17.23 No formal educational credential 11%  projected growth 120  annual job openings

Control or tend conveyors or conveyor systems that move materials or products to and from stockpiles, processing stations, departments, or vehicles. May control speed and routing of materials or products.

Cooks, All Other

Hospitality & Tourism $16.74 No formal educational credential 29%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

All cooks not listed separately.

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Manufacturing $19.70 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Operate or tend equipment such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.

Cost Estimators

Architecture & Construction $30.79 Bachelor's degree 12%  projected growth 260  annual job openings

Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.

Counselors, All Other

Human Services $19.46 Master's degree 18%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

All counselors not listed separately.

Couriers and Messengers

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $15.65 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Pick up and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or directly to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance.

Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $40.10 Postsecondary nondegree award 5%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

Government & Public Administration $21.72 High school diploma or equivalent 12%  projected growth 210  annual job openings

Perform clerical duties for courts of law, municipalities, or governmental licensing agencies and bureaus. May prepare docket of cases to be called; secure information for judges and court; prepare draft agendas or bylaws for town or city council; answer official correspondence; keep fiscal records and accounts; issue licenses or permits; and record data, administer tests, or collect fees.

Crane and Tower Operators

Architecture & Construction $27.84 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Operate mechanical boom and cable or tower and cable equipment to lift and move materials, machines, or products in many directions.