Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type ___
Boilermakers; Brickmasons and Blockmasons; Car-
pet Installers; Cement Masons and Concrete Finish-
ers; Commercial Divers; Construction Carpenters;
Crane and Tower Operators; Electricians; Fence
Erectors; Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and
Hard Tiles; Floor Sanders and Finishers; Glaziers;
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers; Insula-
tion Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall; Insulation
Workers, Mecha nic a l; Ma nu fact u red Bu i ld ing a nd
Mobile Home Installers; Operating Engineers and
Other Construction Equipment Operators; Painters,
Construction and Maintenance; Paperhangers; Pav-
ing, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators;
Pile-Driver Operators; Pipe Fitters and Steamfi tters;
Pipelayers; Plasterers and Stucco Masons; Plumbers;
Plumbers, Pipefi tters, and Steamfi tters; Rail-Track
Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators;
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickma-
sons; Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers; Riggers;
Roofers; Rough Carpenters; Security and Fire Alarm
Systems Installers; Segmental Pavers; Sheet Metal
Workers; Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufactur-
ing; Stonemasons; Structural Iron and Steel Work-
ers; Tapers; Terrazzo Workers and Finishers; Tile and
Marble Setters.
Skills: Installation; Management of Personnel
Resources; Management of Material Resources;
Management of Financial Resources; Mathematics;
Repairing; Science; Equipment Selection.
Education and Training Program: Drywall Instal-
lation/Drywaller. Related Knowledge/Courses:
Building and Construction; Design; Mechanical
Devices; Mathematics; Production and Processing;
Public Safety and Security.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; contaminants; haz-
ardous equipment; minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings;
standing; using hands on objects, tools, or controls.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians
See Electrical Engineering Technicians (a Realistic job)
and Electronics Engineering Technicians (a Realistic
job), described separately.Electrical Engineering Technicians
! Personality Code: RIC
! Education/Training Required: Associate
degree
! Annual Earnings: $52,140
! Beginning Wage: $31,310
! Earnings Growth Potential: High
! Growth: 3.6%
! Annual Job Openings: 12,583
! Self-Employed: 0.9%
! Part-Time: 5.9%! e job openings listed here are shared with Electronics
Engineering Technicians.Apply electrical theory and related knowledge to
test and modify developmental or operational elec-
trical machinery and electrical control equipment
and circuitry in industrial or commercial plants
and laboratories. Usually work under direction of
engineering staff. Assemble electrical and electronic
systems and prototypes according to engineering data
and knowledge of electrical principles, using hand
tools and measuring instruments. Provide technical
assistance and resolution when electrical or engineer-
ing problems are encountered before, during, and
after construction. Install and maintain electrical
control systems and solid state equipment. Modify
electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies, and systems
to correct functional deviations. Set up and operate
test equipment to evaluate performance of develop-
mental parts, assemblies, or systems under simulated
operating conditions and record results. Collabo-
rate with electrical engineers and other personnel to
identify, defi ne, and solve developmental problems.