Occupational Outlook Handbook Index: R-S

R

• Radar controllers see: Air traffic controllers
• Radiation protection technicians see: Hazardous materials removal workers
• Radiation therapists
• Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
• Radio announcers see: Announcers
• Radio mechanics see: Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
• Radio operators see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
• Radiographers see: Radiologic technologists and technicians
• Radiologic nurses see: Registered nurses
• Radiologic technologists and technicians
• Radiologists see: Physicians and surgeons
• Radiologists, oral and maxillofacial see: Dentists
• Rail transportation occupations
• Rail yard engineers see: Rail transportation occupations
• Railcar repairers see: Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics
• Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators see: Rail transportation occupations
• Railroad conductors see: Rail transportation occupations
• Railroad engineers see: Rail transportation occupations
• Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
• Ranchers see: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
• Range conservationists see: Conservation scientists and foresters
• Range ecologists see: Conservation scientists and foresters
• Range managers see: Conservation scientists and foresters
• Range scientists see: Conservation scientists and foresters
• Ratings analysts see: Financial analysts and personal financial advisors
• Reactor operators see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Readers, meter see: Meter readers, utilities
• Real estate agents see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Real estate appraisers see: Appraisers and assessors of real estate
• Real estate assessors see: Appraisers and assessors of real estate
• Real estate asset managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
• Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Real estate closers see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Real estate managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
• Real estate rental agents see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Real property appraisers see: Appraisers and assessors of real estate
• Real property assessors see: Appraisers and assessors of real estate
• Realtors see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Real-time captioners see: Court reporters
• Rebuilders, transmission see: Automotive service technicians and mechanics
• Receive-and-deliver clerks see: Brokerage clerks
• Receiving clerks see: Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
• Receptionists and information clerks
• Record center clerks see: File clerks
• Record clerks see: File clerks
• Recording engineers see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
• Recreation leaders see: Recreation workers
• Recreation specialists, therapeutic see: Recreational therapists
• Recreation supervisors see: Recreation workers
• Recreation workers
• Recreational therapists
• Recreational vehicle service technicians
• Recruiters see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Recruiting managers see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Recruitment consultants see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Recruitment managers see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Referees see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Refractory masons see: Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
• Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
• Refrigeration mechanics see: Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
• Refuge managers see: Conservation scientists and foresters
• Refuse and recyclable material collectors see: Material moving occupations
• Regional geographers see: Social scientists, other
• Regional planners see: Urban and regional planners
• Registered dietitians see: Dietitians and nutritionists
• Registered nurse anesthetists, certified see: Registered nurses
• Registered nurses
• Registered representatives see: Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
• Registered respiratory therapists see: Respiratory therapists
• Registrars see: Meeting and convention planners
• Registrars, college or university see: Education administrators
• Registrars, tumor see: Medical records and health information technicians
• Rehabilitation counselors see: Counselors
• Rehabilitation nurses see: Registered nurses
• Reinforcing iron and rebar workers see: Structural and reinforcing iron and metal workers
• Relay technicians see: Electrical and electronics installers and repairers
• Remedial education teachers see: Teachers—adult literacy and remedial education
• Remote sensing specialist see: Surveyors, cartographers and photogrammetrists, and surveying and mapping technicians
• Rental clerks see: Counter and rental clerks
• Rental managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
• Reporters see: News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
• Reporters, court see: Court reporters
• Re-recording mixers see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
• Research analysts, marketing see: Market and survey researchers
• Research chefs see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
• Research dietitians see: Dietitians and nutritionists
• Research psychologists see: Psychologists
• Researchers, survey see: Market and survey researchers
• Reservation agents see: Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
• Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
• Residence leasing agents see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Residential advisors
• Residential electricians see: Electricians
• Resort desk clerks see: Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
• Respiratory care practitioners see: Respiratory therapists
• Respiratory nurses see: Registered nurses
• Respiratory therapists
• Respiratory therapy technicians see: Respiratory therapists
• Responders, first see: Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
• Restaurant chefs see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
• Restaurant managers see: Food service managers
• Retail buyers see: Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents
• Retail managers see: Sales worker supervisors
• Retail salespersons
• Retouchers, photographic see: Photographic process workers and processing machine operators
• Revenue agents see: Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
• Revenue officers see: Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
• Riggers
• Rigging slingers and chasers see: Forest, conservation, and logging workers
• Risk and insurance managers see: Financial managers
• Risk managers see: Financial managers
• Rock splitters, quarry
• Rodbusters see: Structural and reinforcing iron and metal workers
• Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Roof bolters, mining
• Roofers
• Rooms managers see: Lodging managers
• Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
• Rough carpenters see: Carpenters
• Roustabouts, oil and gas
• Route drivers see: Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
• Route drivers see: Truck drivers and driver/sales workers
• Rural mail carriers see: Postal Service workers

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• Safety and health practitioners see: Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Safety engineers see: Engineers
• Safety inspectors see: Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Safety specialists and technicians, occupational see: Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Sailors see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
• Sailors, merchant marine see: Water transportation occupations
• Sales agents see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Sales agents see: Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
• Sales agents, advertising see: Advertising sales agents
• Sales assistants, brokerage see: Brokerage clerks
• Sales clerks see: Retail salespersons
• Sales engineers
• Sales engineers see: Retail salespersons
• Sales managers see: Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
• Sales worker supervisors
• Sales workers see: Advertising sales agents
• Sales workers see: Cashiers
• Sales workers see: Counter and rental clerks
• Sales workers see: Demonstrators, product promoters, and models
• Sales workers see: Insurance sales agents
• Sales workers see: Order clerks
• Sales workers see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Sales workers see: Retail salespersons
• Sales workers see: Sales engineers
• Sales workers see: Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
• Sales workers see: Sales worker supervisors
• Sales workers see: Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
• Sales workers see: Travel agents
• Sales workers see: Truck drivers and driver/sales workers
• Samplers see: Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
• Samplers see: Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
• Sauce cooks see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
• Sawing machine operators and tenders see: Woodworkers
• Scalers see: Forest, conservation, and logging workers
• Scanner operators see: Prepress technicians and workers
• Scheduling clerks see: Production, planning, and expediting clerks
• School and college counselors see: Counselors
• School bus drivers see: Bus drivers
• School librarians see: Librarians
• School psychologists see: Psychologists
• School social workers see: Social workers
• School superintendents see: Top executives
• School teachers see: Teachers—preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary
• Science technicians
• Science writers see: Writers and editors
• Scientific illustrators see: Artists and related workers
• Scientific photographers see: Photographers
• Scouts, professional sports see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Scraper operators see: Construction equipment operators
• Screen printing machine operators see: Printing machine operators
• Scrubs see: Surgical technologists
• Sculptors see: Artists and related workers
• Secondary school teachers see: Teachers—preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary
• Secret Service agents see: Police and detectives
• Secretarial assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Securities analysts see: Financial analysts and personal financial advisors
• Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
• Security and fire alarm systems installers
• Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
• Security officers see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
• Segmental pavers see: Cement masons, concrete finishers, segmental pavers, and terrazzo workers
• Seismologists see: Geoscientists
• Self enrichment teachers see: Teachers—self-enrichment education
• Semiconductor processors
• Senior reactor operators see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders
• Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
• Servers see: Food and beverage serving and related workers
• Service station attendants
• Service technicians see: Automotive service technicians and mechanics
• Service technicians see: Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
• Service technicians see: Diesel service technicians and mechanics
• Service technicians see: Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics
• Service technicians, home appliances see: Home appliance repairers
• Service technicians, home entertainment see: Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
• Service technicians, mobile heavy equipment see: Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics
• Service technicians, small engine see: Small engine mechanics
• Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining
• Set and exhibit designers
• Sewage treatment plant operators see: Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
• Sewers, hand see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
• Sewing machine operators see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
• Shampooers see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
• Sheet metal workers
• Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs see: Police and detectives
• Ship officers see: Water transportation occupations
• Shipping clerks see: Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
• Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
• Shipping-and-receiving supervisors see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Shoe and leather workers and repairers see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
• Shoe machine operators and tenders see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
• Short haul or local truck drivers see: Truck drivers and driver/sales workers
• Short-order cooks see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
• Show hosts see: Announcers
• Shuttle car operators see: Material moving occupations
• Sign language interpreters see: Interpreters and translators
• Signal and track switch repairers
• Signal operators, railroad see: Rail transportation occupations
• Silvering applicators see: Painting and coating workers, except construction and maintenance
• Silversmiths see: Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
• Simultaneous interpreters see: Interpreters and translators
• Singers see: Musicians, singers, and related workers
• Sketch artists see: Artists and related workers
• Skills trainers see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Skills training coordinators see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Skin care specialists see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
• Slaughterers and meat packers see: Food processing occupations
• Slot key persons see: Gaming services occupations
• Small engine mechanics
• Smoke jumpers see: Firefighting occupations
• Snowmobile mechanics see: Small engine mechanics
• Social and community service managers
• Social and human service assistants
• Social psychologists see: Psychologists
• Social science research assistants
• Social scientists, other
• Social work assistants see: Social and human service assistants
• Social work planners and policy makers see: Social workers
• Social workers
• Sociocultural anthropologists see: Social scientists, other
• Sociologists see: Social scientists, other
• Software engineers see: Computer software engineers
• Software quality assurance analysts see: Computer systems analysts
• Soil conservationists see: Conservation scientists and foresters
• Soil scientists see: Agricultural and food scientists
• Soldiers see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
• Songwriters see: Musicians, singers, and related workers
• Sonographers, abdominal see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Sonographers, cardiac see: Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
• Sonographers, diagnostic medical see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Sonographers, gynecologic see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Sonographers, obstetric see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Sonographers, ophthalmologic see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Sonographers, vascular see: Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
• Sorters see: Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
• Sorters, agricultural products see: Agricultural workers
• Sound engineering technicians see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
• Sound mixers see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
• Sous chefs see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
• Special education teachers see: Teachers—special education
• Specialists see: Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Specialists, clinical nurse see: Registered nurses
• Specialists, diesel engine see: Diesel service technicians and mechanics
• Specialists, fire prevention see: Firefighting occupations
• Specialists, skin care see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
• Specialists, therapeutic recreation see: Recreational therapists
• Specification inspectors see: Construction and building inspectors
• Speech therapists see: Speech-language pathologists
• Speech writers see: Public relations specialists
• Speech-language pathologists
• Sports book writers and runners see: Gaming services occupations
• Sports competitors see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Sports instructors see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Sports officials see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Sports trainers see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Sportscasters see: News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
• Spray machine operators see: Painting and coating workers, except construction and maintenance
• Sprinklerfitters see: Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
• Staff assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Staff development specialists see: Instructional coordinators
• Staff managers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Staff training and development, managers of see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Staffing and assignments coordinators see: Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
• Staffing consultants see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Staffing coordinators see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Staffing managers see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Staffing specialists see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• State police officers see: Police and detectives
• State troopers see: Police and detectives
• Station agents see: Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
• Station installers and repairers, telephone see: Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
• Stationary engineers and boiler operators
• Statistical assistants
• Statisticians
• Steadicam operators see: Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors
• Steamfitters see: Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
• Stenocaptioners see: Court reporters
• Stevedores see: Material moving occupations
• Stewardesses and stewards, airline see: Flight attendants
• Stewards, passenger ship see: Water transportation occupations
• Stock brokers see: Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
• Stock clerks and order fillers
• Stock traders see: Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
• Stock-control clerks see: Stock clerks and order fillers
• Stonemasons see: Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
• Store detectives see: Private detectives and investigators
• Store managers see: Sales worker supervisors
• Stratigraphers see: Geoscientists
• Streetcar operators see: Rail transportation occupations
• Strength trainers see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Structural and reinforcing iron and metal workers
• Structural engineers see: Engineers
• Structural metal fabricators and fitters see: Assemblers and fabricators
• Stucco masons see: Plasterers and stucco masons
• Student affairs administrators see: Education administrators
• Studio camera operators see: Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors
• Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors see: Counselors
• Substance abuse social workers see: Social workers
• Subway operators see: Rail transportation occupations
• Superintendents see: Top executives
• Superintendents, general see: Construction managers
• Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
• Supervisors, non-retail sales workers see: Sales worker supervisors
• Supervisors, retail sales workers see: Sales worker supervisors
• Supply managers see: Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents
• Support clerks see: Office clerks, general
• Support specialists see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Support staff clerks see: Office clerks, general
• Support staff specialists see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Surfacing equipment operators see: Construction equipment operators
• Surgeons see: Physicians and surgeons
• Surgeons’ assistants see: Physician assistants
• Surgeons, dental see: Dentists
• Surgeons, oral and maxillofacial see: Dentists
• Surgeons, podiatric see: Podiatrists
• Surgical technicians see: Surgical technologists
• Surgical technologists
• Surveillance agents see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
• Surveillance officers, gaming see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
• Survey researchers see: Market and survey researchers
• Surveying technicians see: Surveyors, cartographers and photogrammetrists, and surveying and mapping technicians
• Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and surveying technicians see: Surveyors, cartographers and photogrammetrists, and surveying and mapping technicians
• Switch operators, railroad see: Rail transportation occupations
• Switchboard operators see: Communications equipment operators
• Switchboard operators see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Synoptic meteorologists see: Atmospheric scientists
• Systems administrators see: Computer support specialists and systems administrators
• Systems analysts see: Computer systems analysts
• Systems analysts see: Operations research analysts
• Systems architects see: Computer scientists and database administrators
• Systems architects see: Computer systems analysts
• Systems developers see: Computer systems analysts
• Systems programmers see: Computer programmers
• Systems software engineers see: Computer software engineers

Last Modified Date: January 31, 2008