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Medical Equipment Preparers

Health Science $18.50 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Health Science $18.50 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 210  annual job openings

Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Business Management & Administration $23.04 Bachelor's degree 29%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers

Human Services $23.82 Master's degree 14%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Assess and treat individuals with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. Activities may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention, and education.

Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers

Marketing $17.44 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Plan and erect commercial displays, such as those in windows and interiors of retail stores and at trade exhibitions.

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Education & Training $29.80 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $21.56 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $24.46 High school diploma or equivalent 19%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $21.84 High school diploma or equivalent 21%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $15.76 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.