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Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Human Services $16.87 High school diploma or equivalent 26%  projected growth 1,980  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 $30.43 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  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.

Facilities Managers

Business Management & Administration $43.09 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 960  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 $74.40 Doctoral or professional degree 2%  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 Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $22.14 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 160  annual job openings

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

Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $31.02 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 8,490  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $16.47 No formal educational credential 4%  projected growth 1,660  annual job openings

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Fence Erectors

Architecture & Construction $26.04 No formal educational credential 3%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

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

Film and Video Editors

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $21.36 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 40  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.

Financial and Investment Analysts

Finance $38.51 Bachelor's degree 5%  projected growth 1,320  annual job openings

Conduct quantitative analyses of information involving investment programs or financial data of public or private institutions, including valuation of businesses.