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Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Human Services $21.65 High school diploma or equivalent 38%  projected growth 1,330  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 $19.10 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 50  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 $20.61 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 200  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.

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

Manufacturing $19.15 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 110  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $17.93 High school diploma or equivalent 18%  projected growth 310  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.

Facilities Managers

Business Management & Administration $40.17 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 790  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 $82.73 Doctoral or professional degree 4%  projected growth 80  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 $22.69 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

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

Fence Erectors

Architecture & Construction $21.50 No formal educational credential 4%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

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

Film and Video Editors

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $24.20 Bachelor's degree 31%  projected growth 60  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.