Career Watch Arkansas 2014 Career Watch Arkansas 2014 | Page 37

Occupations

Job
Education Earnings
Outlook

General and Operations Managers 11-1021
Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of public or private sector organizations.

16,500
420
BA

B
-5
None

$42.21
$87,800

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-2042
Study the composition, structure, and other physical aspects of the Earth.

158
8
A

B
None
None

$31.84
$66,230

Graduate Teaching Assistants 25-1191
Assist faculty or other instructional staff in postsecondary institutions by performing teaching or teaching-related duties, such
as teaching lower level courses, developing teaching materials, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations
or papers.

852
28
A

B
None
None

N/A
$22,890

Graphic Designers 27-1024
Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use
a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

1,369
44
BA

B
None
None

$18.55
$38,590

95
2
D

B
None
None

$28.65
$59,580

Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022
Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal
illnesses.

1,236
40
A

M
None
None

$22.63
$47,070

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021
Install or repair heating, central air conditioning, or refrigeration systems, including oil burners, hot-air furnaces, and heating
stoves.

2,339
76
BA

PS
None
LOJT

$17.28
$35,950

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032
Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). May be
required to unload truck. Requires commercial drivers’ license.

35,176
918
A

PS
None
SOJT

$17.60
$36,600

Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051
Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way.

1,711
36
BA

HS
None
MOJT

$13.57
$28,220

Home Health Aides 31-1011
Provide routine individualized healthcare such as changing bandages and dressing wounds, and applying topical medications
to the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities at the patient’s home or in a care facility.

8,666
328
A

LHS
None
SOJT

$8.84
$18,390

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081
Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards,
transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests’ accounts, making and confirming
reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.

2,394
146
A

HS
None
SOJT

$8.62
$17,940

638
25
A

B
5+
None

$44.47
$92,500

2,453
76
A

B
None
None

$23.37
$48,600

399
8
D

A
None
None

$22.34
$46,460

Industrial Engineers 17-2112
Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work
factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.

1,452
44
BA

B
None
None

$34.87
$72,530

Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041
Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution
systems.

4,755
226
A

HS
None
LOJT

$21.56
$44,840

Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspect