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Agricultural/Forestry and Related Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with planting, cultivating, gathering, grading and/or sorting agricultural products; or inspecting agricultural commodities and facilities. Also included are individuals who provide related services such as logging timber tracts; catching, hunting and trapping animal life; or caring for the nation's forests. People involved in agricultural, forestry or related pursuits may work with food crops, animals, trees, shrubs and/or plants; and, depending on their jobs, may work outdoors or indoors. Establishments in this industry include farms, ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards and hatcheries. Production also takes place in the country's natural habitats and on government-owned lands and waterways, as in the case of logging and fishing.

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Arts and Culture Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with the creation, interpretation, preservation and/or exhibition of works and performances that use auditory, kinesthetic and visual phenomena to express ideas and emotions. Included are individuals who are involved in dance, film and video, museum work, music, opera, theatre arts, design/applied arts and visual arts including crafts.

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Community/Social Services Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with planning, organizing, coordinating and/or supporting the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization.

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Construction/Mining Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with building, inspecting and maintaining structures and related properties; or extracting gas, oil, coal and minerals including metallic minerals such as copper, gold, iron, lead, silver and zinc; nonmetallic minerals such as stone, sand, gravel and clay; and other minerals such as lime and soda ash that are used as chemicals and fertilizers.

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Education/Library Science Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with teaching children and/or adults; managing or maintaining libraries and related information and record systems, collections and facilities for research and general use; and/or providing related research, administrative and support services.

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Health Care Occupations

Individuals whose occupations involve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of human and animal ailments.

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Information Technology Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with the evaluation of data communications and network hardware and software; coordination of voice and data communications activities; the transmission and reception of voice, video, graphics and other data sent electronically; and the maintenance of these systems and their components.

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Installation/Maintenance/Repair Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with installing, servicing and/or repairing any of a wide variety of machinery, appliances, vehicles, instruments and other equipment that is used in residential, commercial, industrial and other settings.

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Legal Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with the administration of justice according to the principles of law and equity through the practice of one or more phases of law.

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Media and Communications Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with the technical aspects of radio and television broadcasting; motion picture or stage productions; writing, publishing and distributing books, magazines, journals, newspapers and other print materials; reporting the news; public relations; or other forms of involvement in the media and communications industries.

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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with helping people deal with psychological, emotional and social problems or providing support for individuals who have an alcohol or drug use disorder.

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Organizational Management/Administration Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with the administration of governmental organizations; the operation of commercial enterprises whose focus is producing, buying and/or selling goods and services; or the management of nonprofit organizations (i.e., entities that serve a religious function, provide services for the public benefit, provide advocacy services, operate primarily for the mutual benefit of their members or are private foundations whose primary function is to transfer funds to other nonprofit organizations).

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Public Safety/Protective Services Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with safeguarding lives and property.

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Recreation and Sports Occupations

Individuals whose occupations involve participation in or management of recreational, leisure, sports or fitness activities.

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Sales and Related Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with advertising, marketing and/or selling goods and services such as insurance, real estate, securities and financial services or business services such as advertising, building maintenance, credit reporting or printing.

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Service Occupations

Individuals whose occupations are concerned with preparing and serving food and drinks in commercial, institutional or other establishments; providing housing, lodging and related services; providing grooming, cosmetic and other personal and health care services for children and adults; attending to the comfort or requests of patrons of amusement and recreation facilities; cleaning the interiors of buildings; maintaining grounds; or providing other services such as animal care and training, funeral and mortuary services, travel industry services or care for apparel and furnishings that meet the personal needs of individuals and commercial entities. Included are occupations that involve performing tasks in and around private households.

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The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.


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