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Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Architecture & Construction $15.02 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 160  annual job openings

Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Architecture & Construction $15.10 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Highway Maintenance Workers

Architecture & Construction $15.11 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 290  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 $38.18 Doctoral or professional degree 8%  projected growth 10  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.

Human Resources Managers

Business Management & Administration $51.01 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 150  annual job openings

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

Human Resources Specialists

Business Management & Administration $28.94 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 890  annual job openings

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

Industrial Engineers

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $39.47 Bachelor's degree 22%  projected growth 540  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 $28.81 High school diploma or equivalent 28%  projected growth 1,080  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 $47.79 Bachelor's degree 12%  projected growth 370  annual job openings

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

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $21.77 No formal educational credential 12%  projected growth 1,360  annual job openings

Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.