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SOC 15-1071 Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3

Occupation Description 3

Employment Outlook 7

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities 8

Job Sites - Industry Employment Patterns 10

Training 11

Other Titles 13

Contact Information 13

SOC 25-1072 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 14

Occupation Description 14

Employment Outlook 19

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities 20

Job Sites - Industry Employment Patterns 24

Licensing And Certification 24

Training 25

Other Titles 27

Contact Information 27

SOC 47-2073 Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 28

Occupation Description 28

Employment Outlook 30

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities 32

Job Sites - Industry Employment Patterns 35

Training 35

Other Titles 36

Contact Information 37

SOC 29-1051 Pharmacists 37

Occupation Description 37

Employment Outlook 40

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities 42

Job Sites - Industry Employment Patterns 45

Licensing And Certification 46

Training 47

Other Titles 49

Contact Information 49

SOC 47-2152 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 50

Occupation Description 50

Employment Outlook 53

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities 55

Job Sites - Industry Employment Patterns 57

Licensing And Certification 58

Training 60

Other Titles 62

Contact Information 62

SOC 33-3051 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 64

Occupation Description 64

Employment Outlook 66

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities 68

Job Sites - Industry Employment Patterns 72

Licensing And Certification 72

Training 74

Other Titles 76

Contact Information 76

SOC 43-5061 Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 79

Occupation Description 79

Employment Outlook 81

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities 83

Job Sites - Industry Employment Patterns 85

Training 86

Other Titles 87

SOC 13-1023 Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 88

Occupation Description 88

Employment Outlook 91

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities 93

Job Sites - Industry Employment Patterns 95

Training 97

Other Titles 99

Contact Information 99

SOC 15-1071 Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Occupation Description

General Job Description

Install, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet system or a segment of a network system. Maintain network hardware and software. Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability. May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures. Exclude "Computer Support Specialists" (15-1041).

Method of Entry

Occupations at this level generally require a bachelor's degree. Completion of the degree program generally requires at least 4 years but not more than 5 years of full-time equivalent academic work.

Use of Advanced Technology

Every occupation includes some relationship between job duties and the use of advanced technology -- defined as work activities and environments that incorporate complex electronics as found in computers, lasers, robotics, digital devices, satellites, etc. While basic computer skills such as "keyboarding" apply to an increasing number of occupations, each has different levels of technology interface. Network and Computer Systems Administrators is classified as an occupation whose job duties are driven by technology.

Nature of the Work

In the last decade, computers have