O*NET Interest Profiler Realistic Career List

Realistic careers that fit your preparation level:

• Adapted Physical Education Specialists
• Anthropologists & Archeologists
• Architects
• Astronomers
• Athletic Trainers
  
• Chiropractors
  
• Cytotechnologists
• Dentists, General
• Dermatologists
  
• Environmental Restoration Planners
• Geoscientists
• Human Factors Engineers & Ergonomists
  
• Microsystems Engineers
• Nurse Anesthetists
  
• Orthodontists
• Orthopedic Surgeons
• Orthotists & Prosthetists
  
• Prosthodontists
  
• Soil & Plant Scientists
  
• Veterinarians
  

Other careers in the Realistic interest area:

Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed

• Agricultural Equipment Operators
  
• Baristas
  
• Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers
• Conveyor Operators & Tenders
• Cooks, Fast Food
  
• Cutters & Trimmers, Hand
• Derrick Operators, Oil & Gas
• Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers
  
• Dishwashers
  
• Fallers
• Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse
• Fast Food & Counter Workers
  
• Fishing & Hunting Workers
• Floor Sanders & Finishers
• Graders & Sorters, Agricultural Products
• Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, & Stucco Masons
• Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers
  
• Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Workers
  
• Logging Equipment Operators
• Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners
  
• Meat, Poultry, & Fish Cutters & Trimmers
  
• Painting, Coating, & Decorating Workers
• Pipelayers
• Plasterers & Stucco Masons
• Pressers, Textile, Garment, & Related Materials
• Rock Splitters, Quarry
• Roustabouts, Oil & Gas
• Septic Tank Servicers & Sewer Pipe Cleaners
  
• Sewers, Hand
• Sewing Machine Operators

Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

• Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders
• Agricultural Inspectors
• Aircraft Service Attendants
  
• Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, & Systems Assemblers
• Ambulance Drivers & Attendants
• Animal Breeders
• Animal Caretakers
  
• Animal Control Workers
• Animal Trainers
  
• Athletes & Sports Competitors
  
• Automotive & Watercraft Service Attendants
• Automotive Body & Related Repairers
• Automotive Glass Installers & Repairers
• Baggage Porters & Bellhops
• Bakers
  
• Bartenders
  
• Bicycle Repairers
• Biofuels Processing Technicians
• Biomass Plant Technicians
• Boilermakers
• Brickmasons & Blockmasons
• Bridge & Lock Tenders
• Bus Drivers, School
• Bus Drivers, Transit & Intercity
• Butchers & Meat Cutters
• Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters
• Carpenters
  
• Carpet Installers
• Chemical Equipment Operators & Tenders
• Chemical Plant & System Operators
• Cleaners of Vehicles & Equipment
• Cleaning, Washing, & Metal Pickling Equipment Operators & Tenders
• Coating, Painting, & Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Coil Winders, Tapers, & Finishers
• Coin, Vending, & Amusement Machine Servicers & Repairers
• Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Construction Laborers
  
• Continuous Mining Machine Operators
• Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria
• Cooks, Restaurant
  
• Cooks, Short Order
• Cooling & Freezing Equipment Operators & Tenders
  
• Correctional Officers & Jailers
• Crematory Operators
• Crossing Guards & Flaggers
• Crushing, Grinding, & Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Cutting & Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Cutting, Punching, & Press Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Dental Laboratory Technicians
• Dredge Operators
• Drilling & Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Driver/Sales Workers
  
• Drywall & Ceiling Tile Installers
• Earth Drillers
• Electrical & Electronic Equipment Assemblers
  
• Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers
  
• Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
  
• Endoscopy Technicians
• Engine & Other Machine Assemblers
• Etchers & Engravers
• Excavating & Loading Machine & Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
• Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, & Blasters
• Extruding & Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Extruding & Forming Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Synthetic & Glass Fibers
• Extruding, Forming, Pressing, & Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, & Aquacultural Animals
• Fence Erectors
  
• Fiberglass Laminators & Fabricators
• Floor Layers
  
• Floral Designers
• Food & Tobacco Roasting, Baking, & Drying Machine Operators & Tenders
• Food Batchmakers
  
• Food Cooking Machine Operators & Tenders
• Food Preparation Workers
  
• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
• Forest & Conservation Workers
• Forging Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Foundry Mold & Coremakers
• Funeral Attendants
• Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, & Kettle Operators & Tenders
• Furniture Finishers
• Gas Compressor & Gas Pumping Station Operators
• Gas Plant Operators
• Geothermal Technicians
• Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, & Finishers
  
• Glaziers
• Grinding & Polishing Workers, Hand
• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
  
• Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, & Tile & Marble Setters
• Helpers--Carpenters
  
• Helpers--Electricians
• Helpers--Extraction Workers
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers
• Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters
  
• Helpers--Production Workers
• Helpers--Roofers
  
• Highway Maintenance Workers
• Hoist & Winch Operators
• Home Appliance Repairers
• Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators
  
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers
• Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, & Wall
• Insulation Workers, Mechanical
  
• Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
  
• Lathe & Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Layout Workers, Metal & Plastic
• Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, & Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
  
• Light Truck Drivers
  
• Loading & Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
• Locksmiths & Safe Repairers
• Locomotive Engineers
• Machine Feeders & Offbearers
• Manicurists & Pedicurists
  
• Manufactured Building & Mobile Home Installers
  
• Mechanical Door Repairers
  
• Medical Equipment Preparers
  
• Metal-Refining Furnace Operators & Tenders
• Milling & Planing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Millwrights
• Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Molders, Shapers, & Casters
  
• Molding, Coremaking, & Casting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Motion Picture Projectionists
• Motorboat Operators
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
• Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators
• Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
• Orderlies
• Outdoor Power Equipment & Other Small Engine Mechanics
• Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders
  
• Painters, Construction & Maintenance
• Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Paperhangers
  
• Parking Attendants
• Parking Enforcement Workers
• Paving, Surfacing, & Tamping Equipment Operators
• Pest Control Workers
  
• Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, & Applicators, Vegetation
• Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, & Gaugers
• Photographic Process Workers & Processing Machine Operators
• Pile Driver Operators
• Plating Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Pourers & Casters, Metal
• Power Plant Operators
• Print Binding & Finishing Workers
• Pump Operators
• Rail Car Repairers
• Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, & Hostlers
• Rail-Track Laying & Maintenance Equipment Operators
• Railroad Brake, Signal, & Switch Operators & Locomotive Firers
• Railroad Conductors & Yardmasters
• Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
  
• Recycling & Reclamation Workers
  
• Refractory Materials Repairers
• Refuse & Recyclable Material Collectors
• Reinforcing Iron & Rebar Workers
  
• Riggers
• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Roof Bolters, Mining
• Roofers
  
• Rotary Drill Operators, Oil & Gas
• Sailors & Marine Oilers
• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Wood
• Security Guards
  
• Segmental Pavers
• Semiconductor Processing Technicians
  
• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, & Still Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Service Unit Operators, Oil & Gas
• Shampooers
  
• Sheet Metal Workers
• Shoe & Leather Workers & Repairers
• Shoe Machine Operators & Tenders
• Shuttle Drivers & Chauffeurs
  
• Slaughterers & Meat Packers
• Solar Photovoltaic Installers
  
• Stone Cutters & Carvers, Manufacturing
  
• Stonemasons
• Structural Iron & Steel Workers
• Structural Metal Fabricators & Fitters
• Subway & Streetcar Operators
• Tailors, Dressmakers, & Custom Sewers
• Tank Car, Truck, & Ship Loaders
• Tapers
• Taxi Drivers
  
• Team Assemblers
  
• Telecommunications Line Installers & Repairers
• Terrazzo Workers & Finishers
• Textile Bleaching & Dyeing Machine Operators & Tenders
• Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Textile Knitting & Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Textile Winding, Twisting, & Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Tile & Stone Setters
  
• Timing Device Assemblers & Adjusters
• Tire Builders
• Tire Repairers & Changers
  
• Tool Grinders, Filers, & Sharpeners
• Transportation Vehicle, Equipment & Systems Inspectors
• Tree Trimmers & Pruners
• Upholsterers
• Veterinary Assistants & Laboratory Animal Caretakers
  
• Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant & System Operators
• Weatherization Installers & Technicians
• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers
• Welding, Soldering, & Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Wellhead Pumpers
• Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders

Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

• Aerospace Engineering & Operations Technologists & Technicians
  
• Agricultural Technicians
• Aircraft Mechanics & Service Technicians
• Architectural & Civil Drafters
• Audio & Video Technicians
• Audiovisual Equipment Installers & Repairers
  
• Automotive Engineering Technicians
• Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics
• Avionics Technicians
  
• Bailiffs
• Barbers
• Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists
• Calibration Technologists & Technicians
  
• Camera & Photographic Equipment Repairers
• Captains, Mates, & Pilots of Water Vessels
• Cardiovascular Technologists & Technicians
• Civil Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Commercial Divers
  
• Commercial Pilots
  
• Computer, Automated Teller, & Office Machine Repairers
• Construction & Building Inspectors
• Control & Valve Installers & Repairers
• Cooks, Private Household
  
• Crane & Tower Operators
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
  
• Electric Motor, Power Tool, & Related Repairers
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Electrical & Electronics Drafters
• Electrical & Electronics Installers & Repairers, Transportation Equipment
  
• Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Commercial & Industrial Equipment
• Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, & Relay
  
• Electricians
  
• Electro-Mechanical & Mechatronics Technologists & Technicians
• Electronic Equipment Installers & Repairers, Motor Vehicles
• Elevator & Escalator Installers & Repairers
  
• Embalmers
• Fabric & Apparel Patternmakers
• Farm Equipment Mechanics & Service Technicians
  
• Fire Inspectors & Investigators
• Firefighters
• Food Science Technicians
  
• Forest & Conservation Technicians
• Forest Fire Inspectors & Prevention Specialists
  
• Gem & Diamond Workers
• Geothermal Production Managers
• Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists
  
• Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
• Heating, Air Conditioning, & Refrigeration Mechanics & Installers
  
• Histology Technicians
• Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
• Hydroelectric Production Managers
• Hydrologic Technicians
• Industrial Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
  
• Janitors & Cleaners
  
• Jewelers & Precious Stone & Metal Workers
• Lighting Technicians
• Machinists
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
  
• Maintenance & Repair Workers, General
  
• Maintenance Workers, Machinery
• Mechanical Drafters
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians
• Medical Appliance Technicians
• Medical Equipment Repairers
  
• Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics
  
• Model Makers, Metal & Plastic
• Model Makers, Wood
• Motorboat Mechanics & Service Technicians
  
• Motorcycle Mechanics
  
• Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners
• Nuclear Medicine Technologists
• Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
• Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
• Nuclear Technicians
• Occupational Health & Safety Technicians
  
• Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
  
• Ophthalmic Medical Technologists
  
• Patternmakers, Metal & Plastic
• Patternmakers, Wood
• Phlebotomists
  
• Photographers
• Photonics Technicians
• Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters
  
• Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers
• Potters, Manufacturing
  
• Power Distributors & Dispatchers
• Precision Agriculture Technicians
• Radiation Therapists
• Radio, Cellular, & Tower Equipment Installers & Repairers
  
• Radiologic Technologists & Technicians
• Robotics Technicians
• Security & Fire Alarm Systems Installers
  
• Ship Engineers
• Signal & Track Switch Repairers
• Skincare Specialists
  
• Solar Energy Installation Managers
  
• Solar Thermal Installers & Technicians
  
• Sound Engineering Technicians
• Stationary Engineers & Boiler Operators
• Surgical Assistants
  
• Surgical Technologists
  
• Surveying & Mapping Technicians
  
• Telecommunications Equipment Installers & Repairers
• Tool & Die Makers
• Traffic Technicians
• Transit & Railroad Police
• Veterinary Technologists & Technicians
  
• Watch & Clock Repairers
• Wind Turbine Service Technicians
  

Job Zone Four: High Preparation Needed

• Airline Pilots, Copilots, & Flight Engineers
• Automotive Engineers
  
• Biological Technicians
• Chemical Engineers
• Civil Engineers
  
• Computer Hardware Engineers
  
• Electrical Engineers
  
• Electronics Engineers
  
• Energy Engineers
• Environmental Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Exercise Physiologists
  
• Fire-Prevention & Protection Engineers
• Fish & Game Wardens
• Foresters
• Fuel Cell Engineers
  
• Geodetic Surveyors
• Geological Technicians
• Landscape Architects
• Manufacturing Engineers
  
• Marine Engineers & Naval Architects
  
• Materials Engineers
  
• Mechanical Engineers
  
• Mechatronics Engineers
• Mining & Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
• Museum Technicians & Conservators
  
• Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Petroleum Engineers
• Range Managers
• Remote Sensing Technicians
• Robotics Engineers
• Solar Energy Systems Engineers
• Transportation Engineers
  
• Water/Wastewater Engineers
  
• Wind Energy Engineers