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Log Graders and Scalers

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $20.37 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 700  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 $22.31 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 5,100  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.

Logging Workers, All Other

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $22.65 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 800  annual job openings

All logging workers not listed separately.

Logisticians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $37.27 Bachelor's degree 30%  projected growth 24,500  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 $18.29 No formal educational credential 6%  projected growth 8,800  annual job openings

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

Machinists

Manufacturing $23.32 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 41,200  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 $38.51 Associate's degree 8%  projected growth 3,400  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.

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Manufacturing $21.62 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 152,300  annual job openings

Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.

Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Manufacturing $25.63 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 6,800  annual job openings

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $46.33 Postsecondary nondegree award 36%  projected growth 500  annual job openings

Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.