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Opticians, Dispensing

Health Science $20.47 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Includes contact lens opticians.

Optometrists

Health Science $53.71 Doctoral or professional degree 13%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions.

Orderlies

Health Science $17.85 High school diploma or equivalent 29%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Transport patients to areas such as operating rooms or x-ray rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. May maintain stocks of supplies or clean and transport equipment. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides.

Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics

Manufacturing $19.08 High school diploma or equivalent 17%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, recreational sporting equipment, and related equipment.

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Manufacturing $18.68 High school diploma or equivalent 12%  projected growth 250  annual job openings

Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.

Packers and Packagers, Hand

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $16.90 No formal educational credential 12%  projected growth 940  annual job openings

Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

Architecture & Construction $22.69 No formal educational credential 19%  projected growth 580  annual job openings

Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.

Parts Salespersons

Marketing $17.08 No formal educational credential 19%  projected growth 320  annual job openings

Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

Architecture & Construction $25.00 High school diploma or equivalent 21%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.

Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other

Human Services $15.12 High school diploma or equivalent 18%  projected growth 130  annual job openings

All personal care and service workers not listed separately.