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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers

Human Services $23.08 Master's degree 9%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Assess and treat individuals with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. Activities may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention, and education.

Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers

Marketing $15.54 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 140  annual job openings

Plan and erect commercial displays, such as those in windows and interiors of retail stores and at trade exhibitions.

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Education & Training $27.87 Bachelor's degree 5%  projected growth 470  annual job openings

Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

Millwrights

Architecture & Construction $30.38 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $19.58 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 230  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $27.66 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 210  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $19.39 High school diploma or equivalent 25%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $17.84 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Repair and adjust electrical and mechanical equipment of inboard or inboard-outboard boat engines.

Motorcycle Mechanics

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $18.86 Postsecondary nondegree award 11%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $18.75 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.