$45,930($22.08/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
-
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators manage a system of machines, often through the use of control boards, to transfer or treat water or wastewater.
$56,260 ($27.05/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Industrial machinery mechanics and machinery maintenance workers maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery, and packaging equipment. Millwrights install, dismantle, repair, reassemble, and move machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.
$53,720 ($25.83/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians, also called mechanics, inspect, maintain, and repair vehicles and machinery used in construction, farming, rail transportation, and other industries.
$73,810 ($35.49/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers operate or control petroleum refining or processing units. They may specialize in controlling manifold and pumping systems, gauging or testing oil in storage tanks, or regulating the flow of oil into pipelines.
$52,730 ($25.35/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators control stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or for industrial purposes.
$62,450 ($30.03/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
5 years or more
First-line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
$66,350 ($31.90/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Plant and System Operators control, operate, repair, and maintain entire processes or system of machines. This category includes all plant and system operators not contained somewhere else.
$61,340 ($29.49/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
Less than 5 years
First-line Supervisors of Production and Operating workers directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. This category excludes team or work leaders.
$61,580 ($29.61/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Control and valve installers and repairers install, repair, and maintain mechanical regulating and controlling devices, such as electric meters, gas regulators, thermostats, safety and flow valves, and other mechanical governors.
$65,870 ($31.67/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Chemical Plant and System Operators control or operate entire chemical processes or system of machines.
$65,720 ($31.60/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Boilermakers assemble, install, maintain, and repair boilers, closed vats, and other large vessels or containers that hold liquids and gases.
$82,200 ($39.52/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Power Distributors and Dispatchers control the systems that generate and distribute electric power.
$61,070 ($29.36/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Gas Plant Operators distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.
$76,820 ($36.93/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Power Plant Operators, Distributors, and Dispatchers control the systems that generate and distribute electric power.
$120,080 ($57.73/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators control nuclear reactors used in power generation plants.
