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Light Truck Drivers

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $19.60 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 2,420  annual job openings

Drive a light vehicle, such as a truck or van, with a capacity of less than 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), primarily to pick up merchandise or packages from a distribution center and deliver. May load and unload vehicle.

Loan Officers

Finance $36.55 Bachelor's degree 2%  projected growth 550  annual job openings

Evaluate, authorize, or recommend approval of commercial, real estate, or credit loans. Advise borrowers on financial status and payment methods. Includes mortgage loan officers and agents, collection analysts, loan servicing officers, loan underwriters, and payday loan officers.

Locomotive Engineers

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $38.71 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Drive electric, diesel-electric, steam, or gas-turbine-electric locomotives to transport passengers or freight. Interpret train orders, electronic or manual signals, and railroad rules and regulations.

Lodging Managers

Hospitality & Tourism $29.81 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.

Log Graders and Scalers

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $23.04 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Grade logs or estimate the marketable content or value of logs or pulpwood in sorting yards, millpond, log deck, or similar locations. Inspect logs for defects or measure logs to determine volume.

Logging Equipment Operators

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $20.75 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers.

Logisticians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $33.56 Bachelor's degree 33%  projected growth 590  annual job openings

Analyze and coordinate the ongoing logistical functions of a firm or organization. Responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources.

Machine Feeders and Offbearers

Manufacturing $18.06 No formal educational credential 10%  projected growth 150  annual job openings

Feed materials into or remove materials from machines or equipment that is automatic or tended by other workers.

Machinists

Manufacturing $21.60 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 1,210  annual job openings

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

Health Science $39.50 Associate's degree 3%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Operate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners. Monitor patient safety and comfort, and view images of area being scanned to ensure quality of pictures. May administer gadolinium contrast dosage intravenously. May interview patient, explain MRI procedures, and position patient on examining table. May enter into the computer data such as patient history, anatomical area to be scanned, orientation specified, and position of entry.