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Exercise Physiologists

Health Science $26.15 Bachelor's degree 20%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Human Services $23.63 High school diploma or equivalent 49%  projected growth 2,130  annual job openings

Instruct or coach groups or individuals in exercise activities for the primary purpose of personal fitness. Demonstrate techniques and form, observe participants, and explain to them corrective measures necessary to improve their skills. Develop and implement individualized approaches to exercise.

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Architecture & Construction $30.06 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 120  annual job openings

Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures.

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $22.64 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Facilities Managers

Business Management & Administration $47.57 Bachelor's degree 12%  projected growth 680  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.

Fallers

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $17.40 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 110  annual job openings

Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.

Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $36.59 Doctoral or professional degree 20%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Family Medicine Physicians

Health Science $96.11 Doctoral or professional degree 1%  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 and Home Management Educators

Education & Training $29.55 Master's degree 14%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $19.91 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

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