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Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

Manufacturing $37.56 Associate's degree 10%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Repair, install, or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems used in cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, and radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles. May test and analyze network coverage.

Radiologists

Health Science $115.00 Doctoral or professional degree 6%  projected growth 790  annual job openings

Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. May perform minimally invasive medical procedures and tests.

Rail Car Repairers

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $30.53 High school diploma or equivalent 1%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars.

Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $35.53 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Includes ballast cleaning machine operators and railroad bed tamping machine operators.

Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $34.77 High school diploma or equivalent 1%  projected growth 200  annual job openings

Coordinate activities of switch-engine crew within railroad yard, industrial plant, or similar location. Conductors coordinate activities of train crew on passenger or freight trains. Yardmasters review train schedules and switching orders and coordinate activities of workers engaged in railroad traffic operations, such as the makeup or breakup of trains and yard switching.

Real Estate Sales Agents

Marketing $23.91 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 1,370  annual job openings

Rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.

Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $36.11 Doctoral or professional degree 5%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Teach courses pertaining to recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, including exercise physiology and facilities management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Recreational Therapists

Health Science $25.28 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate medically-approved recreation programs for patients in hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions. Activities include sports, trips, dramatics, social activities, and crafts. May assess a patient condition and recommend appropriate recreational activity.

Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $21.70 High school diploma or equivalent 18%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $17.18 No formal educational credential 12%  projected growth 730  annual job openings

Collect and dump refuse or recyclable materials from containers into truck. May drive truck.