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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $21.30 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 180  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 $26.56 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 230  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 $22.79 High school diploma or equivalent 30%  projected growth 60  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.

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $17.94 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 440  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $30.80 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

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

Motorcycle Mechanics

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $17.18 Postsecondary nondegree award 10%  projected growth 30  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 $21.40 High school diploma or equivalent 21%  projected growth 330  annual job openings

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

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Information Technology $36.82 Bachelor's degree 4%  projected growth 210  annual job openings

Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.

Neurologists

Health Science $115.00 Doctoral or professional degree 5%  projected growth 120  annual job openings

Diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus.

Nuclear Medicine Technologists

Health Science $39.07 Associate's degree 10%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies following standard laboratory techniques.