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A Young Person’s Guide to 1,000 Jobs
Third Edition

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A Young Person’s Guide to 1,000 Jobs
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Exploring Careers Takes
You to Work
E very day you see adults all around you on their way to work. What do they
do all day? How did they know which career path to follow? What training
and education do they have? Do they like their jobs?
These questions are important because you will one day enter the world of work.
Exploring Careers helps you answer the questions above, learn more about the
jobs that interest you, and perhaps even decide on a career.
Deciding on a career is like climbing a ladder: Take it one rung at a time, and
you will steadily and surely get to your goal. Skip a rung or two, and you may
feel shaky and unsure about reaching the top. Exploring Careers is a rung on the
ladder of your career decision-making and planning.
What Makes this book unique?
Unlike dry reference books, Exploring Careers was written especially for you. It
helps you explore career options through a unique combination of real informa-
tion in an interesting style.
● It helps you consider connections between your interests, favorite subjects,
and possible jobs.
● It features 49 detailed profiles of people at work, so you’ll feel like you’re
right next to them on the job.
● It offers 19 skill samplers that discuss the skills important in certain jobs, so
you’ll learn if a career may be right for you.
● It includes over 1,000 job descriptions with information on education, job
growth, annual openings, annual earnings, and skill levels required in math,
English, and science. These facts help you pinpoint jobs to consider more
seriously.

Getting Started Is Easy

Exploring Careers is organized into 14 interest areas. Review the Table of Contents
and each interest area’s opening pages to decide if you want to know more about
the related jobs. It’s an easy and interesting way to start your journey through
Exploring Careers.
After using Exploring Careers, you’ll be ready for other rungs on your ladder to a
career choice. They include talking to people who work in jobs that interest you;
planning your high school classes to match your path; working in a field of inter-
est part-time, as a volunteer, or as an intern; and pursuing further education and
training. Good luck.
Quick Summary of
Contents
Exploring Careers provides information on over 1,000 jobs organized into
14 interest areas. Each interest area includes interesting profiles of real
workers, skill samplers that describe the skills required in certain jobs, and
a section with facts and descriptions of all related jobs.
Here are the main sections of this book. Just turn to the pages listed to
begin Exploring Careers.

Introduction..................................................1 Sales and Marketing ..............................317

Arts, Entertainment, and Media ..............9 Recreation, Travel, and Other Personal
Services ................................................339
Science, Math, and Engineering ............41
Education and Social Service ................371
Plants and Animals ..................................91
General Management and Support ....409
Law, Law Enforcement, and
Public Safety ..........................................117 Medical and Health Services ................441
Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ..149 Appendix A: Core Subjects and
Your Career ............................................475
Construction, Mining, and Drilling........175
Appendix B: Career Tips for Students 495
Transportation ........................................205
Appendix C: For More Information......497
Industrial Production..............................231
Index of Job Titles..................................501
Business Detail ......................................281

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Introduction ............................................................1 Exploring Career Clues ........................42
Exploring Careers: Arts, Entertainment, Exploring Job Groups ............................43
and Media..............................................................9 Exploring Career Possibilities ................43
Start Your Journey Through Careers Profile—Archeologist ..............................44
Related to Arts, Entertainment,
Profile—Computer Programmer ..............47
and Media ............................................10
Profile—Environmental Specialist ..........51
Exploring Career Clues ........................10
Profile—Home Inspector ........................55
Exploring Job Groups ............................11
Profile—Urban Planner ..........................59
Exploring Career Possibilities ................11
Skill Sampler—Biochemist ....................63
Profile—Coach ........................................12
Skill Sampler—Electrical Engineer ........65
Profile—Graphic Designer ......................16
Skill Sampler—Forester ..........................67
Profile—Reporter ....................................20
Facts About All Major Jobs Related to
Skill Sampler—Broadcast Technician ......24
Science, Math, and Engineering ........69
Skill Sampler—Musician ........................26
Managerial Work in Science, Math, and
Facts About All Major Jobs Related to Engineering ......................................69
Arts, Entertainment, and Media ........29
Physical Sciences ..................................69
Managerial Work in Arts, Entertainment,
Life Sciences ..........................................71
and Media ........................................29
Social Sciences ......................................75
Writing and Editing ............................30
Laboratory Technology ..........................77
News, Broadcasting and Public
Relations ..........................................31 Mathematics and Computers ................78
Visual Arts ............................................32 Engineering ..........................................81
Performing Arts ....................................34 Engineering Technology ..........................85
Craft Arts ..............................................36 Exploring Careers: Plants and Animals ......91
Graphic Arts ........................................36 Start Your Journey Through Careers
Related to Plants and Animals ............92
Media Technology ..................................38
Exploring Career Clues ........................92
Modeling and Personal Appearance ......39
Exploring Job Groups ............................93
Sports: Coaching, Instructing,
Officiating, and Performing ..............40 Exploring Career Possibilities ................93
Exploring Careers: Science, Math, and Profile—Horseshoer ................................94
Engineering..........................................................41 Profile—Tree Doctor ..............................97
Start Your Journey Through Careers Profile—Veterinarian ............................101
Related to Science, Math, Skill Sampler—Farmer ........................105
and Engineering ..................................42

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Facts About All Major Jobs Related to Profile—Electronic Home Entertainment

Plants and Animals ............................108 Equipment Repairer ........................155
Managerial Work in Plants and Profile—Camera and Photographic
Animals ..........................................108 Equipment Repairer ........................159
Animal Care and Training ..................111 Skill Sampler—Auto Mechanic ............162
Hands-on Work in Plants and Facts About All Major Jobs for
Animals ..........................................112 Mechanics, Installers,
Exploring Careers: Law, Law Enforcement, and Repairers ......................................164
and Public Safety ............................................117 Managerial Work for Mechanics, Installers,
Start Your Journey Through Careers and Repairers ................................164
Related to Law, Law Enforcement, and Electrical and Electronic Systems ........164
Public Safety ........................................118 Mechanical Work ................................168
Exploring Career Clues ........................118 Exploring Careers: Construction, Mining,
Exploring Job Groups ..........................119 and Drilling ......................................................175
Exploring Career Possibilities ..............119 Start Your Journey Through Careers
Profile—Fire Fighter ............................120 Related to Construction, Mining, and
Drilling ................................................176
Profile—Paralegal ................................124
Exploring Career Clues ........................176
Profile—Paramedic ..............................128
Exploring Job Groups ..........................177
Skill Sampler—Police Officer ................132
Exploring Career Possibilities ..............177
Facts About All Major Jobs Related
to Law, Law Enforcement, and Profile—Brickmason ............................178
Public Safety ........................................136 Profile—Carpenter ................................182
Managerial Work in Law, Law Profile—Electrician ..............................186
Enforcement, and Public Safety ......136 Skill Sampler—Plumber ......................190
Law ....................................................137 Facts About All Major Jobs Related to
Law Enforcement ................................138 Construction, Mining, and Drilling ..192
Public Safety ........................................142 Managerial Work in Construction,
Military ..............................................145 Mining, and Drilling ......................192
Exploring Careers: Mechanics, Installers, Construction ........................................193
and Repairers ................................................149 Mining and Drilling ..........................200
Start Your Journey Through Careers Hands-on Work in Construction,
for Mechanics, Installers, and Extraction, and Maintenance ........202
Repairers ............................................150 Exploring Careers: Transportation ............205
Exploring Career Clues ......................150 Start Your Journey Through Careers
Exploring Job Groups ..........................151 Related to Transportation ..................206
Exploring Career Possibilities ..............151 Exploring Career Clues ......................206
Profile—Data Processing Equipment Exploring Job Groups ..........................207
Repairer ..........................................152

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Exploring Career Possibilities ..............207 Woodworking Technology ....................273

Profile—Air Traffic Controllers ............208 Systems Operation ................................274
Profile—Airline Pilot ............................212 Hands-on Work: Loading, Moving,
Profile—Bus Driver ..............................216 Hoisting, and Conveying ................277
Skill Sampler—Taxi Driver ..................220 Exploring Careers: Business Detail ............281
Facts About All Major Jobs Related to Start Your Journey Through Careers
Transportation ....................................223 Related to Business Detail ................282
Managerial Work in Transportation ....223 Exploring Career Clues ......................282
Vehicle Expediting and Coordinating ..224 Exploring Job Groups ..........................283
Air Vehicle Operation ..........................224 Exploring Career Possibilities ..............283
Water Vehicle Operation ......................225 Profile—Bill Collector ..........................284
Truck Driving ......................................226 Profile—Counter Clerk ........................287
Rail Vehicle Operation ........................227 Profile—Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Dispatcher ......................................291
Other Services Requiring Driving ........228
Profile—Word Processor ........................295
Support Work ......................................229
Skill Sampler—Medical
Exploring Careers: Industrial
Transcriptionist ..............................299
Production ......................................................231
Facts About All Major Jobs Related to
Start Your Journey Through Careers
Business Detail ....................................302
Related to Industrial Production ......232
Managerial Work in Business Detail ..302
Exploring Career Clues ......................232
Administrative Detail ..........................303
Exploring Job Groups ..........................233
Bookkeeping, Auditing, and
Exploring Career Possibilities ..............233
Accounting ......................................305
Profile—Jeweler ....................................234
Material Control ................................306
Profile—Machinist ................................238
Customer Service ................................307
Profile—Semiconductor Processor ..........242
Communications ................................309
Skill Sampler—Electronic Equipment
Records Processing ................................310
Assembler ........................................246
Records and Materials Processing ........313
Facts About All Major Jobs Related
to Industrial Production ....................248 Clerical Machine Operation ................315
Managerial Work in Industrial Exploring Careers: Sales and Marketing ..317
Production ......................................248 Start Your Journey Through Careers
Production Technology ..........................248 Related to Sales and Marketing ........318
Production Work ................................258 Exploring Career Clues ........................318
Metal and Plastics Machining Exploring Job Groups ..........................319
Technology ......................................272 Exploring Career Possibilities ..............319

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Profile—Insurance Sales Agent ............320 Exploring Careers: Education and Social

Profile—Retail Sales Manager ..............324 Service ................................................................371
Profile—Telemarketer ............................328 Start Your Journey Through Careers
Related to Education and Social
Skill Sampler—Stockbroker ..................331
Service ..................................................372
Facts About All Major Jobs Related to
Exploring Career Clues ......................372
Sales and Marketing ..........................334
Exploring Job Groups ..........................373
Managerial Work in Sales and
Marketing ......................................334 Exploring Career Possibilities ..............373
Sales Technology ..................................335 Profile—Curator ..................................374
General Sales ......................................337 Profile—Librarian ................................377
Personal Soliciting ..............................338 Profile—School Counselor ....................381
Exploring Careers: Recreation, Travel, and Profile—Special Education Teacher ......384
Other Personal Services ..............................339 Skill Sampler—Clergy ........................388
Start Your Journey Through Careers Skill Sampler—Farm Extension Agent 390
Related to Recreation, Travel, and Skill Sampler—Social Worker ..............392
Other Personal Services ....................340
Facts About All Major Jobs Related to
Exploring Career Clues ......................340 Education and Social Service ............396
Exploring Job Groups ..........................341 Managerial Work in Education and
Exploring Career Possibilities ..............341 Social Service ................................396
Profile—Chef ........................................342 Social Services ....................................397
Profile—Hairstylist ..............................345 Educational Services ..........................400
Profile—Janitor ....................................349 Exploring Careers: General Management
Profile—Waitress ..................................352 and Support ....................................................409
Skill Sampler—Hotel Desk Clerk ........356 Start Your Journey Through Careers
Related to General Management and
Facts About All Major Jobs Related to
Support ................................................410
Recreation, Travel, and Other Personal
Services ................................................359 Exploring Career Clues ........................410
Managerial Work in Recreation, Travel, Exploring Job Groups ..........................411
and Other Personal Services ............359 Exploring Career Possibilities ..............411
Recreational Services ............................361 Profile—Accountant ..............................412
Transportation and Lodging Services ..362 Profile—Funeral Director ......................416
Barber and Beauty Services ................364 Profile—Human Resources Manager ....421
Food and Beverage Services ................364 Profile—Property Manager ..................425
Apparel, Shoes, Leather, and Fabric Skill Sampler—Bank Officer ................429
Care ..............................................367 Facts About All Major Jobs Related to
Cleaning and Building Services ..........368 General Management and
Other Personal Services ........................369 Support ................................................432

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General Management Work and Facts About All Major Jobs Related to
Management of Support Functions ..432 Medical and Health Services ............464
Management Support ..........................435 Managerial Work in Medical and Health
Exploring Careers: Medical and Health Services ..........................................464
Services ..............................................................441 Medicine and Surgery ..........................464
Start Your Journey Through Careers Dentistry ............................................467
Related to Medical and Health Health Specialties ..............................468
Services ................................................442
Medical Technology ..............................468
Exploring Career Clues ......................442
Medical Therapy ..................................470
Exploring Job Groups ..........................443
Patient Care and Assistance ................472
Exploring Career Possibilities ..............443
Health Protection and Promotion ........473
Profile—Medical Lab Technologist ........444
Appendix A: Core Subjects and Your
Profile—Optometrist ............................448 Career ..................................................................475
Profile—Pharmacist ..............................452 Appendix B: Career Tips for Students ......495
Profile—Physical Therapist ..................456 Appendix C: For More Information ............497
Skill Sampler—Registered Nurse ..........459 Index of Job Titles ............................................501

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Introduction
This Is a Big Book, But It
is Easy to Use
Exploring Careers is designed to help you explore and focus in on career
options. It is a big reference book with lots of solid facts, but here’s what’s
most important:
It’s easy to use and fun to read. It contains real-life information about jobs
and what they’re like. Use the Table of Contents to find the sections and
the profiles that interest you most. Then read how various workers spend
a typical day. You can go on to the skill samplers and facts about all
related jobs in each section for even more information.
If you want to know more about this book, including specific details on
how it is organized, what the data in the job descriptions means, and what
else you can learn from these pages, please read the rest of this introduc-
tion.

How Exploring Careers Is

Organized
This book is organized into fourteen main sections, each representing an
“interest area.” The interest areas are from the Guide for Occupational
Exploration ( JIST Publishing), a separate book that arranges jobs by inter-
ests for easier study. The GOE system of interests was originally devel-
oped by the U.S. Department of Labor to provide young people with an
intuitive way to explore career options. The fourteen interest areas are as
follows:
1. Arts, Entertainment, and Media
2. Science, Math, and Engineering
3. Plants and Animals

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4. Law, Law Enforcement, and Public Safety

5. Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
6. Construction, Mining, and Drilling
7. Transportation
8. Industrial Production
9. Business Detail
10. Sales and Marketing
11. Recreation, Travel, and Other Personal Services
12. Education and Social Service
13. General Management and Support
14. Medical and Health Services

Each interest section is easy to use. Here is a summary of what you will
find in each section.

Section Opener
Opening pages help you
“Start Your Journey
Through Careers” related
to the particular interest
area. First, you read a
brief description of the
interest area. Next,
“Exploring Career Clues”
covers school subjects and
free-time activities related
to the interest area. This
material helps you consider whether jobs in the interest area may be a
good fit for you.
Then, “Exploring Job Groups” gives a list of more specific job groupings.
These groups put related jobs together so that you can study them all at
once.

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For example, Visual Arts is a job group in the Arts, Entertainment, and
Media interest area. In the job descriptions, all jobs related to Visual Arts
are grouped together and described in alphabetical order. The Visual Arts
job group includes such careers as cartoonist, fashion designer, interior
designer, multi-media artist and animator, sculptor, set designer, and
sketch artist.
At the end of each opener, “Exploring Career Possibilities” offers exam-
ples that connect specific interests to specific jobs to get you thinking
about your future.

Job Profiles
Three to five job profiles
follow each opener. They are
the heart of this book. The
profiles—forty-nine in all—
describe real people as they
go about their daily work.
These individuals discuss the
jobs they do, the challenges
they face, their training and
education, their work envi-
ronment, and what they like
and sometimes don’t like
about the work. Sometimes the
workers give advice to students interested in the career about what to
study and how to get started.
The profiles were written by different people, so you may notice a variety
of writing styles that adds richness to the stories. The content is based on
actual interviews with workers and is enhanced with information from
government resources. All names have been changed.

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Skill
Samplers
One to three skill sam-
plers follow the job pro-
files. Each skill sampler—
nineteen total—features a
person who discusses the
skills needed for his or
her job. Questions
appear after each skill to
help you learn if the
career may suit you.

Job Descriptions
“Facts About All
Major Jobs” marks the
start of the job
description section for
each interest area.
Jobs are organized
into groups of related
jobs. The job groups,
as mentioned earlier,
are from another book
called the Guide for Occupational Exploration. A brief definition of each job
group is provided to give you an overall sense of the work it covers.
A total of 1,093 jobs are described. These job descriptions come from the
U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
database, a vast electronic resource packed with up-to-date job
information.

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Each job description includes the following information in an easy-to-use

format.
● Job title.
● Description of the job’s main duties.
● Education and training. This section tells you the education and train-
ing levels that most employers expect for someone starting out in the
job. Almost all jobs require a high school diploma, so we do not
include “high school graduate” as an option. Instead, we list the addi-
tional training and education the average high school graduate needs
to get the job. Here are the education and training levels used and
what they mean:
■ Short-term on-the-job training. Lasts one month or less.

■ Moderate-term on-the-job training. Lasts one to twelve months.

■ Long-term on-the-job training. Lasts more than twelve months.

Includes apprenticeships.
■ Work experience in a related occupation.

■ Postsecondary career and technical education. Formal vocational or

technical training after high school. Leads to certificate or other

award.
■ Associate’s degree. A two-year college degree.

■ Bachelor’s degree. A four-year college degree.

■ College degree, plus work experience. Usually for management-related

jobs that require a college degree and experience in a related non-

managerial position.
■ Master’s degree. A bachelor’s degree plus one or two years of addi-

tional education.
■ Doctoral degree. A bachelor’s degree plus three or more years of

additional education.
■ Professional degree. A bachelor’s degree plus at least three years of

specialized education (for example, attorney or veterinarian).

● Skills. To show the relationship of basic school subjects to a job, we list
skill levels required in math, English, and science. We set the levels at
high, medium, and low, based on how experts rated the occupations in
the O*NET database.

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● Yearly earnings. Dollar signs represent the approximate range of aver-

age earnings for a job.
$ = $20,000 or less per year
$$ = $20,001 to $30,000 per year
$$$ = $30,001 to $40,000 per year
$$$$ = $40,001 to $50,000 per year
$$$$$ = $50,001 or more per year

● Job growth. Stars represent the percentage of job growth through 2010.
The percentage is the overall increase in the number of people
employed in an occupation.
# = 2% or less growth, or a decline
## = 3% to 9% growth
### = 10% to 20% growth
#### = 21% to 35% growth
##### = 36% or more growth

● Yearly openings. “People” represent the annual number of job open-

ings. You may notice that some occupations, such as “computer and
information scientists, research,” have a high growth rate but a low
number of openings. Other jobs, like “cooks, fast food,” have many
openings every year but a low growth rate overall.
k = 5,000 or fewer openings per year
kk = 5,001 to 10,000 openings per year
kkk = 10,001 to 50,000 openings per year
kkkk = 50,001 to 100,000 openings per year
kkkkk = 100,001 or more openings per year

We used the most reliable data available for the job descriptions. The data
is helpful and gives you a general idea about earnings, job growth, and
other measures. But because it is from a huge database of compiled and
cross-referenced information, it can also be misleading at times. Take, for
example, the yearly earnings information. This is highly reliable data from
a very large U.S. working population sample. But many people in these
jobs may earn much more or much less, depending on factors such as
their experience, location, and employer size. So please keep this point
in mind as you review the job descriptions. In addition, when you see
the statement “no data available,” it means that data has not yet been
collected or processed for that particular measure.
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Other Material
After the fourteen interest sections, appendixes describe sources of addi-
tional information for more research, give career tips for students, and dis-
cuss the importance of core school subjects and your career. Finally, an
index of job titles helps you find specific jobs by page number.

Other Information You’ll

Learn from This Book
In addition to the details on what people do at work, this book offers
other information in the profiles, skill samplers, and job descriptions. By
reading the content, you will learn the following:
● The connection between school subjects and work. In the profiles,
workers discuss how the things they learned in school became the
foundation for their success.
● The importance of matching your skills, interests, and values to
a career. People who like and are successful in their jobs are usually
using their interests and best talents at work.
● The importance of the right education and training for a job.
Deciding on a career path and then pursuing the right training or
education have led the workers in the profiles and skill samplers
to success.
● The need to develop employability skills. By developing and
improving the skills that all jobs require, workers in the profiles and
skill samplers have become valued employees. The skills that all
employers want include basic ones, such as writing or listening; per-
sonal qualities, such as honesty; thinking skills, such as problem solv-
ing; interpersonal skills, such as teamwork; and technology skills.
● The need for lifelong learning. Many people in the profiles discuss
how they continue to study and learn about their fields long after their
formal education or training ends. Lifelong learning is important to
stay current with changes on the job, with technology, and with your
career field.
● How character education carries over into the workplace.
Workers in the profiles discuss the importance of character at work.

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Fairness, respect, initiative, teamwork, finishing projects, caring about

people, trustworthiness, and honesty are keys to success with bosses,
coworkers, and customers.

Final Thoughts
Exploring Careers helps you develop many of the basic “competencies” in
the National Career Development Guidelines for high school students,
including those on self-knowledge, educational and occupational explo-
ration, and career planning.
What this means is that as you read this book, you are using your time
wisely and learning about yourself, the working world, and how you will
someday be an important part of it.

Acknowledgments
This reference is a complete revision of an earlier work by the same title. While
this third edition features a new organizational structure, new or substantially
revised job profiles, and new job descriptions, it would not have been possible
without the effort of the many people involved in the original Exploring Careers by
the U.S. Department of Labor. Other information sources used to develop this edi-
tion of Exploring Careers include JIST Publishing’s Guide for Occupational Exploration
and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
4.0 database, the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and the Occupational Outlook
Quarterly.

Special thanks to the reviewers of this edition: Ronda Ballinger, Sue Doell, and
Linda Woodstrom.

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