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Table 3: Job Skills Identified as "Important" by Employers
| Job Skills Identified as "Important" by Employers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOC Code | Occupation | N | Service Orientation | Critical Thinking | Reading Comprehension | Technology Design | Operation and Control |
| Total | Total | 320 | 49.3 | 80.8 | 80.8 | 63.7 | 75.3 |
| 499051 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | 57 | 95.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 518013 | Power Plant Operators | 27 | 6.3 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 62.5 |
| 472151 | Pipelayers | 23 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 90.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| 499071 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, Gen | 14 | 40.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 60.0 | 80.0 |
| 439061 | Office Clerks, General | 13 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 75.0 |
| 499081 | Wind Turbine Service Technicians | 12 | 16.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 83.3 |
| 518031 | Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators | 12 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 100.0 |
| 499041 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 12 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 373011 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 11 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 60.0 | 100.0 |
| 499012 | Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door | 11 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 75.0 |
| 373012 | Pesticide Handlers Sprayers & Applicators, Vegi | 9 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 16.7 | 100.0 |
| 372011 | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 435041 | Meter Readers, Utilities | 8 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 40.0 | 80.0 |
| 472152 | Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | 8 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 66.7 |
| 433031 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 8 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 66.7 |
| 499031 | Home Appliance Repairers | 6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 173029 | Engineering Technicians, Exc. Drafters, All Other | 6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 473015 | Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | 5 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 452099 | All Other Agricultural Workers | 5 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| 434051 | Customer Service Representatives | 5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 512099 | Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other | 5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 435071 | Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks | 5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| 533032 | Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 172071 | Electrical Engineers | 3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 519199 | Production Workers, All Other | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 173031 | Surveying and Mapping Technicians | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 493031 | Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 472073 | Operating Enginr & O Const Equip Op | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 493042 | Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 472111 | Electricians | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 436014 | Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 172151 | Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers | 3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 511011 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers | 3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 452092 | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 499069 | Precision Instrument & Equipment Repairers, Other | 2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 472061 | Construction Laborers | 2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| 299011 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | 2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 194061 | Social Science Research Assistants | 2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 474031 | Fence Erectors | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 537062 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 172031 | Biomedical Engineers | 2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 151121 | Computer Systems Analysts | 2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
SOC — Standard Occupational Classification.