Occupational Options
The following list provides occupational options within each industry.
- Skilled Crafts
- for example, carpenter, cook, tailor, auto mechanic, jeweler, electronic assembler, farmer, TV repairer, dental laboratory technician, military service.
- Technical
- for example, drafter, airplane pilot, electronic technician, quality-control technician, surveyor, air traffic controller, technical illustrator.
- Legal Work
- for example, lawyer, judge, claim adjuster (insurance), FBI agent, paralegal assistant, customs inspector.
- Manual Work
- for example, truck driver, animal caretaker, sewing machine operator, machine tool operator, bricklayer, construction equipment operator.
- Math-Science
- for example, chemist, physicist, mathematician, computer programmer, architect, engineer, biologist.
- Data Analysis
- for example, accountant, auditor, computer operator, bank loan officer, payroll clerk.
- Art Work
- for example, commercial artist, clothes designer, interior decorator, photographer, painter, illustrator, animator.
- Literary Work
- for example, reporter, playwright, editor, novelist, poet, translator, publisher, editor.
- Musical Work
- for example, musician, conductor, singer, composer, dancer, piano tuner, sound technician.
- Management
- for example, president or other officer of a business organization, hotel-motel manager, store manager, banker, office manager, government administrator, farm manager, restaurant manager.
- Clerical Work
- for example, secretary, mail clerk, dispatcher, stenographer, typist, receptionist, hotel-motel clerk, cashier, bank teller, telephone operator, keypunch operator, medical record clerk.
- Medical-Dental
- for example, dentist, doctor, veterinarian, optometrist, chiropractor, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner.
- Personal Service
- for example, coach, recreation leader, vocational instructor, physical education teacher, emergency medical technician, nurse aide, orderly, country agricultural agent.
- Sales Work
- for example, sales agent (real estate, insurance, auto, stocks and bonds), buyer, manufacturer's representative, travel agent.
- Entertainment
- for example, actor/actress, model, radio/television announcer, comedian, public relations representative.
- Customer Services
- for example, barber (hair stylist), beautician, police officer, gas station attendant, taxi driver, bus driver, waiter/waitress, security guard, flight attendant, food counter worker.
- Social Services
- for example, counselor, psychologist, probation officer, social worker, nurse, dental hygienist, sociologist, clergy, historian, physical therapist, x-ray technician.
- Education Work
- for example, elementary and high school teacher, librarian, college professor, corporate trainer.