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Facilities Managers

Business Management & Administration $39.02 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 310  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.

Family Medicine Physicians

Health Science $103.46 Doctoral or professional degree 5%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care to individuals and families across the lifespan. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment.

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $17.65 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.

Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $23.65 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 520  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $15.94 No formal educational credential 6%  projected growth 300  annual job openings

Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries.

Fence Erectors

Architecture & Construction $18.93 No formal educational credential 17%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Erect and repair fences and fence gates, using hand and power tools.

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators

Manufacturing $17.58 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.

Film and Video Editors

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $15.88 Bachelor's degree 16%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

Financial and Investment Analysts

Finance $38.13 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 270  annual job openings

Conduct quantitative analyses of information involving investment programs or financial data of public or private institutions, including valuation of businesses.

Financial Clerks, All Other

Finance $21.98 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

All financial clerks not listed separately.