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Pourers and Casters, Metal

Manufacturing $25.10 High school diploma or equivalent 17%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.

Power Distributors and Dispatchers

Manufacturing $52.76 High school diploma or equivalent 26%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.

Power Plant Operators

Manufacturing $37.01 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Control, operate, or maintain machinery to generate electric power. Includes auxiliary equipment operators.

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other

Manufacturing $30.77 High school diploma or equivalent 19%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

All precision instrument and equipment repairers not listed separately.

Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $19.17 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.

Printing Press Operators

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $22.48 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 330  annual job openings

Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.

Private Detectives and Investigators

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $25.35 High school diploma or equivalent 23%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Gather, analyze, compile, and report information regarding individuals or organizations to clients, or detect occurrences of unlawful acts or infractions of rules in private establishment.

Procurement Clerks

Business Management & Administration $24.59 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Compile information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services.

Producers and Directors

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $39.64 Bachelor's degree 35%  projected growth 330  annual job openings

Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

Production Workers, All Other

Manufacturing $22.36 High school diploma or equivalent 23%  projected growth 340  annual job openings

All production workers not listed separately.