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Tables of Contents for America's Top Jobs for People Without a Four-Year Degree
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Job Descriptions Included in Section One
Actors, Directors, and Producers
8
2
Adjusters, Investigators, and Collectors
10
5
Air Traffic Controllers
15
2
Aircraft Mechanics, Including Engine Specialists
17
3
Aircraft Pilots
20
3
Apparel Workers
23
2
Armed Forces, Job Opportunities in the
25
6
Automotive Body Repairers
31
2
Automotive Mechanics
33
3
Barbers and Cosmetologists
36
2
Bindery Workers
38
1
Blue-Collar Worker Supervisors
39
2
Boilermakers
41
1
Bricklayers and Stonemasons
42
2
Broadcast Technicians
44
2
Brokerage Clerks and Statement Clerks
46
1
Bus Drivers
47
3
Butchers and Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters
50
2
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
52
1
Carpenters
53
2
Carpet Installers
55
1
Cashiers
56
2
Chefs, Cooks, and Other Kitchen Workers
58
2
Clerical Supervisors and Managers
60
2
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
62
2
Commercial and Industrial Electronic Equipment Repairers
64
1
Communications Equipment Mechanics
65
2
Computer and Office Machine Repairers
67
2
Computer Operators
69
2
Computer Programmers
71
3
Concrete Masons and Terrazzo Workers
74
2
Construction and Building Inspectors
76
2
Construction Managers
78
2
Correctional Officers
80
2
Cost Estimators
82
3
Counter and Rental Clerks
85
1
Court Reporters, Medical Transcriptionists, and Stenographers
86
2
Dancers and Choreographers
88
2
Dental Assistants
90
1
Dental Hygienists
91
1
Dental Laboratory Technicians
92
2
Diesel Mechanics
94
2
Dispatchers
96
2
Dispensing Opticians
98
1
Drafters
99
2
Drywall Workers and Lathers
101
2
Electric Power Generating Plant Operators and Power Distributors and Dispatchers
103
1
Electricians
104
3
Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists
107
1
Electronic Equipment Repairers
108
2
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Repairers
110
1
Elevator Installers and Repairers
111
2
Emergency Medical Technicians
113
2
Employment Interviewers
115
3
Engineering Technicians
118
2
Farm Equipment Mechanics
120
2
File Clerks
122
1
Fire-Fighting Occupations
123
3
Fishers, Hunters, and Trappers
126
3
Flight Attendants
129
1
Forestry and Logging Workers
130
3
Funeral Directors
133
2
General Maintenance Mechanics
135
2
General Office Clerks
137
1
Glaziers
138
2
Guards
140
2
Handlers, Equipment Cleaners, Helpers, and Laborers
142
2
Health Information Technicians
144
1
Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Technicians
145
3
Home Appliance and Power Tool Repairers
148
2
Homemaker-Home Health Aides
150
2
Hotel and Motel Desk Clerks
152
1
Industrial Machinery Repairers
153
2
Information Clerks
155
2
Inspectors and Compliance Officers, Except Construction
157
3
Inspectors, Testers, and Graders
160
1
Insulation Workers
161
2
Insurance Agents and Brokers
163
3
Interviewing and New Accounts Clerks
166
1
Janitors and Cleaners and Cleaning Supervisors
167
2
Jewelers
169
2
Library Assistants and Bookmobile Drivers
171
1
Library Technicians
172
2
Licensed Practical Nurses
174
1
Line Installers and Cable Splicers
175
2
Loan Clerks and Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
177
1
Machinists and Tool Programmers
178
2
Mail Clerks and Messengers
180
2
Manufacturers' and Wholesale Sales Representatives
182
2
Material Moving Equipment Operators
184
2
Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Occupations
186
2
Medical Assistants
188
2
Metalworking and Plastics-Working Machine Operators
190
3
Millwrights
193
1
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics
194
3
Motorcycle, Boat, and Small-Engine Mechanics
197
2
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
199
2
Musicians
201
2
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
203
1
Nursing Aides and Psychiatric Aides
204
2
Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides
206
1
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
207
1
Order Clerks
208
1
Painters and Paperhangers
209
2
Painting and Coating Machine Operators
211
2
Paralegals
213
3
Payroll and Time-Keeping Clerks
216
1
Personal Clerks
217
1
Photographers and Camera Operators
218
3
Photographic Process Workers
221
2
Physical Therapy Assistants and Aides
223
1
Plasterers
224
1
Plumbers and Pipefitters
225
2
Police, Detectives, and Special Agents
227
4
Postal Clerks and Mail Carriers
231
2
Precision Assemblers
233
2
Prepress Workers
235
3
Preschool Teachers and Child-Care Workers
238
2
Printing Press Operators
240
2
Private Detectives and Investigators
242
2
Private Household Workers
244
2
Purchasers and Buyers
246
3
Radiologic Technologists
249
2
Rail Transportation Workers
251
3
Real Estate Agents, Brokers, and Appraisers
254
3
Receptionists
257
2
Record Clerks
259
2
Recreation Workers
261
2
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
263
2
Restaurant and Food Service Managers
265
2
Retail Sales Worker Supervisors and Managers
267
2
Retail Sales Workers
269
2
Roofers
271
2
Science Technicians
273
2
Secretaries
275
2
Securities and Financial Services Sales Representatives
277
2
Services Sales Representatives
279
2
Sheet-Metal Workers
281
2
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
283
2
Social and Human Service Assistants
285
2
Stationary Engineers
287
1
Stock Clerks
288
2
Structural and Reinforcing Ironworkers
290
1
Surgical Technologists
291
1
Surveyors and Mapping Scientists
292
3
Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs
295
2
Teacher Aides
297
2
Telephone Installers and Repairers
299
1
Telephone Operators
300
2
Textile Machinery Operators
302
2
Tilesetters
304
1
Tool and Die Makers
305
2
Traffic, Shipping, and Receiving Clerks
307
1
Travel Agents
308
2
Truck Drivers
310
3
Typists, Word Processors, and Data Entry Keyers
313
2
Upholsterers
315
1
Vending Machine Servicers and Repairers
316
2
Veterinary Assistants and Nonfarm Animal Caretakers
318
2
Visual Artists
320
3
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators
323
2
Water Transportation Occupations
325
2
Welders, Cutters, and Welding Machine Operators
327
2
Wood working Occupations
329
2
Writers and Editors
331