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| Median Wage (USD, 2024) | Projected Job Openings (2024-2034) | Projected Growth (2024-2034) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Statistics | $105620 | 27400 | 17.3% |
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Experience Requirements Overview
- Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
- Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Education, Training and Experience
Required Level of Education: Master's Degree
Related Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
On-Site or In-Plant Training: N.A.
On-the-Job Training: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Detailed Work Activities
- Guide class discussions.
- Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization.
- Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
- Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
- Prepare tests.
Work Values
Achievement
Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Working Conditions
Recognition
Relationships
Support
Independence
Tasks
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Supervise laboratory sessions.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- Participate in campus and community events.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as public health, stress management, and work site health promotion.
- Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
- Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
- Act as advisers to student organizations.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
Work Styles
Innovation
A tendency to be inventive, to be imaginative, and to adopt new perspectives on ways to accomplish work.
Innovation
Achievement Orientation
Achievement Orientation
Intellectual Curiosity
Intellectual Curiosity
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Initiative
Initiative
Adaptability
Adaptability
Self-Confidence
Self-Confidence
Perseverance
Perseverance
Leadership Orientation
Leadership Orientation
Humility
Humility
Sincerity
Sincerity
Empathy
Empathy
Cooperation
Cooperation
Optimism
Optimism
Social Orientation
Social Orientation
Cautiousness
Cautiousness
Attention to Detail
Attention to Detail
Dependability
Dependability
Integrity
Integrity
Stress Tolerance
Stress Tolerance
Self-Control
Self-Control
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