Carpenter

Software & Computing

Application Development

Front-End Developer

Builds the parts of websites and web applications that people see and use, with attention to layout, accessibility, browser behavior, and interaction.

Back-End Developer

Builds the server-side logic, data access, and internal services that make applications work behind the scenes.

Full-Stack Developer

Works across both the visible interface and the server-side systems of an application. The appeal is following a feature from the screen through to its data and infrastructure.

Mobile Application Developer

Creates applications for phones and tablets, working with touch interfaces, device hardware, battery limits, and mobile operating systems.

Game Developer

Programs gameplay, graphics, physics, tools, or online systems for video games. The work combines technical problem-solving with interactive storytelling and play.

Systems & Platforms

Systems Programmer

Writes low-level software such as operating-system components, drivers, compilers, and performance-critical libraries that other programs depend on.

Cloud Engineer

Builds and maintains computing environments hosted across remote data centers, including servers, storage, networks, and deployment systems.

Site Reliability Engineer

Uses software and operational methods to keep large online services fast, available, and recoverable when failures occur.

Database Administrator

Organizes, secures, tunes, backs up, and restores the databases that hold an organization's important information.

Network Engineer

Designs and maintains the wired, wireless, and internet connections that let computers, sites, and services communicate reliably.

Cybersecurity

Defense, Testing & Investigation

Security Operations Analyst

Monitors systems and network activity for signs of attack, investigates alerts, and helps contain active security incidents.

Penetration Tester

Safely attempts to break into systems, networks, or applications so weaknesses can be found and fixed before they are abused.

Application Security Engineer

Finds and prevents security flaws in software by reviewing designs and code, testing applications, and improving development practices.

Malware Analyst

Dissects malicious software to learn what it does, how it spreads, and how defenders can detect or stop it.

Digital Forensics Analyst

Recovers and examines evidence from computers, phones, networks, and storage devices while preserving how that evidence was handled.

Security Engineer

Builds and operates technical safeguards such as access controls, monitoring systems, network defenses, and secure configurations.

Security Architect

Designs how security should work across complex systems, deciding how identity, data protection, networks, and monitoring fit together.

Data & Artificial Intelligence

Data Analysis & Systems

Data Analyst

Cleans, examines, and explains data to answer practical questions, often using spreadsheets, databases, visualizations, and statistics.

Business Intelligence Analyst

Builds reports and data models that help organizations understand recurring patterns in sales, operations, customers, or performance.

Data Engineer

Builds the pipelines and storage systems that collect, organize, and deliver reliable data for analysis and machine learning.

Operations Research Analyst

Uses mathematical models, simulation, and optimization to improve decisions involving routes, schedules, inventory, staffing, or other constrained systems.

Machine Learning & AI

Data Scientist

Uses statistics, experiments, programming, and predictive models to investigate complicated questions and estimate what may happen next.

Machine Learning Engineer

Turns machine-learning models into reliable software, handling training pipelines, evaluation, deployment, and performance in real use.

Natural Language Processing Engineer

Builds systems that work with human language, such as speech recognition, translation, text classification, and conversational tools.

Computer Vision Engineer

Develops systems that interpret images and video for uses such as medical scans, robotics, manufacturing inspection, or mapping.

Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Power Systems Engineer

Designs and maintains systems that generate, transmit, and distribute electrical power, from large grids to local facilities.

Controls Engineer

Designs systems that automatically control machines and processes using sensors, software, electronics, and feedback.

RF Engineer

Works with radio-frequency circuits, antennas, wireless communication, radar, and the behavior of electromagnetic signals.

Embedded Systems Engineer

Builds small computing systems that operate inside vehicles, appliances, instruments, machines, and other physical devices.

Electronics Engineer

Designs and tests circuits and electronic devices, selecting components and studying how signals and power move through hardware.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Design Engineer

Designs physical parts and machines, using drawings, computer models, calculations, prototypes, and tests to refine how they work.

Thermal Engineer

Studies and controls heat in systems such as engines, electronics, buildings, spacecraft, refrigeration equipment, and industrial processes.

Fluids Engineer

Analyzes how liquids and gases move through pipes, pumps, turbines, vehicles, and natural systems.

Acoustical Engineer

Measures and shapes sound and vibration in products, rooms, vehicles, buildings, and noise-control systems.

Civil Engineering

Structural Engineer

Calculates how buildings, bridges, towers, and other structures carry weight and withstand wind, earthquakes, fatigue, and time.

Geotechnical Engineer

Studies soil, rock, and groundwater to design safe foundations, tunnels, retaining walls, slopes, and earthworks.

Water Resources Engineer

Designs systems for water supply, drainage, flood control, rivers, and stormwater while accounting for natural water movement.

Transportation Engineer

Plans and designs roads, intersections, transit routes, bicycle networks, and traffic systems to move people and goods safely.

Chemical & Materials Engineering

Process Engineer

Designs and improves the steps used to turn raw materials into chemicals, fuels, medicines, foods, and other products at scale.

Materials Engineer

Studies and develops metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and electronic materials based on how their structure affects performance.

Corrosion Engineer

Prevents metals and other materials from degrading in pipelines, ships, structures, factories, and harsh environments.

Interdisciplinary Engineering

Robotics Engineer

Builds machines that sense, plan, and act in the physical world by combining mechanics, electronics, control systems, and software.

Mechatronics Engineer

Integrates mechanical parts, electronics, sensors, and software into products and automated equipment.

Biomedical Engineer

Applies engineering to medical devices, prosthetics, imaging systems, rehabilitation equipment, and tools for studying the body.

Nuclear Engineer

Works with nuclear reactions, radiation, fuel, shielding, and safety in power generation, medicine, research, or space systems.

Skilled Trades

Building & Industrial Trades

Electrician

Installs, tests, repairs, and safely modifies wiring, electrical panels, lighting, controls, and equipment in buildings or industrial sites.

Plumber

Installs and repairs piping systems that carry drinking water, waste, gas, steam, or process fluids through buildings and facilities.

HVAC Technician

Installs, diagnoses, and repairs heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems that control indoor temperature and air quality.

Welder

Joins and repairs metal using controlled heat and specialized processes, interpreting drawings and checking the strength and quality of each weld.

Builds and installs structural frames, walls, forms, cabinetry, finishes, and other components from wood and related materials.

Machinist

Uses lathes, mills, grinders, and measuring tools to produce precise metal or plastic parts from technical drawings.

Industrial Machinery Mechanic

Maintains and repairs production machines, conveyors, pumps, motors, and mechanical systems to keep factories operating.

Electrical Lineworker

Builds and repairs overhead and underground power lines, often working outdoors and responding when storms damage the grid.

Manufacturing & Industrial Technology

Production Systems & Quality

Industrial Engineer

Studies how people, equipment, materials, and information move through a system, then redesigns the work to reduce waste and delays.

Manufacturing Engineer

Develops the tools, equipment, layouts, and production methods used to make products consistently and at useful scale.

Industrial Automation Technician

Installs and troubleshoots sensors, programmable controllers, motors, robots, and control networks on automated production lines.

CNC Programmer

Creates and tests instructions that guide computer-controlled machines as they cut precise parts from metal, plastic, or other materials.

Tool and Die Maker

Builds highly precise molds, dies, jigs, fixtures, and cutting tools that let factories produce other parts repeatedly.

Quality Engineer

Designs tests and production controls that find variation, trace defects to their causes, and keep manufactured products consistent.

Nondestructive Testing Technician

Uses ultrasound, radiography, magnetic particles, dyes, or other methods to find hidden flaws without damaging the part being inspected.

Healthcare

Nursing & Clinical Care

Registered Nurse

Monitors patients, gives treatments and medicines, coordinates day-to-day care, and teaches people how to manage illness or recovery.

Nurse Practitioner

Assesses patients, diagnoses many conditions, orders tests, and provides treatment, often specializing by age group or type of care.

Physician Assistant

Examines, diagnoses, and treats patients as part of a medical team, with the ability to move among specialties over a career.

Respiratory Therapist

Treats people who have trouble breathing by managing ventilators, testing lung function, and providing airway and oxygen therapies.

Rehabilitation & Diagnostics

Physical Therapist

Helps people restore movement, strength, balance, and function after injury, illness, surgery, or changes in physical ability.

Occupational Therapist

Helps people adapt tasks, environments, and skills so they can take part in daily activities at home, school, work, and in the community.

Speech-Language Pathologist

Evaluates and treats difficulties with speech, language, voice, communication, and swallowing in children and adults.

Radiologic Technologist

Produces diagnostic images using X-ray or related equipment while positioning patients carefully and controlling radiation exposure.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Tests blood, tissue, and other samples to identify disease, monitor treatment, and give medical teams reliable diagnostic information.

Medicine

Medical Specialties

Family Physician

Provides broad, continuing care for people of different ages, treating common conditions and recognizing when specialist care is needed.

Emergency Physician

Quickly diagnoses and treats urgent illness and injury when information is limited and a patient's condition may change rapidly.

Surgeon

Treats injury, disease, or deformity through operations, combining detailed anatomy, technical skill, planning, and decisions under pressure.

Anesthesiologist

Controls pain, consciousness, breathing, and vital functions before, during, and after procedures, and also treats some forms of chronic pain.

Psychiatrist

Diagnoses and treats mental health conditions using medical evaluation, medication, psychotherapy, and knowledge of physical health.

Radiologist

Interprets medical images to find injury and disease; some radiologists also guide minimally invasive procedures using imaging.

Pathologist

Diagnoses disease by examining tissue, cells, blood, and laboratory findings, often working at the meeting point of medicine and biological science.

Neurologist

Diagnoses and treats disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles, including epilepsy, stroke, and movement disorders.

Science & Research

Life Sciences

Molecular Biologist

Studies how DNA, RNA, proteins, and other molecules make cells function, often through careful laboratory experiments.

Microbiologist

Investigates bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microscopic life in health, food, industry, agriculture, or the environment.

Geneticist

Studies how traits and diseases are inherited and how genes vary, function, and interact with environments.

Biochemist

Explores the chemical reactions and molecules of living things, from enzymes and metabolism to medicines and cellular signals.

Physical & Earth Sciences

Chemist

Studies substances, reactions, and molecular properties to understand matter or create products such as coatings, medicines, and new materials.

Physicist

Uses experiments and mathematical models to study matter, energy, forces, and the fundamental rules behind natural phenomena.

Geologist

Reads rocks, landforms, and subsurface data to understand Earth's history and investigate hazards, water, minerals, or construction sites.

Oceanographer

Studies ocean water, seafloors, currents, climate, chemistry, and marine life using field observations, instruments, models, and ships.

Aviation

Flight & Airport Operations

Airline Pilot

Operates passenger or cargo aircraft on scheduled routes, managing navigation, weather, aircraft systems, and crew decisions.

Commercial Pilot

Flies aircraft for work outside scheduled airlines, including charter, aerial survey, agriculture, rescue, instruction, or business travel.

Air Traffic Controller

Directs aircraft through controlled airspace and airports, maintaining safe separation while adapting to traffic and weather.

Flight Dispatcher

Plans airline flights around weather, fuel, routes, aircraft limits, and regulations, then follows the flight and supports the crew.

Aircraft Maintenance Technician

Inspects, repairs, and documents aircraft structures, engines, and mechanical systems according to strict safety standards.

Avionics Technician

Installs and troubleshoots the electronic systems used for aircraft communication, navigation, instruments, radar, and control.

Space & Aerospace

Vehicles, Spacecraft & Missions

Aerospace Engineer

Designs and tests aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, or their major systems while balancing performance, weight, safety, and extreme conditions.

Aerodynamics Engineer

Studies how air flows around vehicles and components, using simulation, wind tunnels, and flight data to reduce drag and control forces.

Propulsion Engineer

Develops engines and propulsion systems that produce thrust, including turbines, rockets, electric thrusters, and their fuel systems.

Spacecraft Systems Engineer

Coordinates how a spacecraft's power, communication, thermal, structural, computing, and scientific systems work together.

Satellite Operations Engineer

Monitors spacecraft health, sends commands, plans onboard activities, and responds to problems after a satellite reaches orbit.

Transportation & Logistics

Supply Chains & Movement

Supply Chain Planner

Balances expected demand, inventory, production capacity, and delivery timing so materials and products are available when needed.

Logistics Analyst

Studies routes, shipping costs, warehouse flows, and delivery data to improve how goods move through a network.

Freight Broker

Matches businesses that need goods moved with carriers that have capacity, coordinating prices, timing, paperwork, and exceptions.

Fleet Manager

Oversees a group of vehicles, including maintenance, fuel, safety, scheduling, compliance, and replacement decisions.

Locomotive Engineer

Operates trains, controls speed and braking, reads track signals, and coordinates safe movement with conductors and dispatchers.

Railroad Conductor

Coordinates train operations on the ground and onboard, manages switching and documentation, and checks that cars and cargo move safely.

Transit Planner

Designs and evaluates bus, rail, and other public transportation services by studying routes, schedules, access, and rider needs.

Maritime

Ships & Ports

Deck Officer

Navigates and helps manage a commercial vessel, standing watch and overseeing cargo, safety equipment, crew work, and regulations.

Marine Engineer

Operates or designs the propulsion, power, mechanical, and support systems that keep ships and offshore vessels working.

Naval Architect

Designs the shape, structure, stability, and performance of ships, submarines, and other marine vessels.

Ship Electrician

Installs and repairs a vessel's generators, motors, wiring, lighting, navigation equipment, and electrical control systems.

Harbor Pilot

Boards large ships to guide them through local channels, currents, traffic, and port approaches that require detailed regional knowledge.

Commercial Diver

Performs underwater inspection, repair, construction, recovery, or scientific support using specialized diving and surface equipment.

Energy & Utilities

Energy & Water Systems

Solar Energy Engineer

Designs photovoltaic or solar-thermal systems, considering site conditions, electrical performance, structures, storage, and grid connections.

Wind Turbine Technician

Climbs, inspects, maintains, and repairs wind turbines, working with mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and control systems.

Energy Systems Analyst

Models how buildings, industries, or regions use energy and compares options for efficiency, generation, storage, and emissions.

Electric Grid Operator

Monitors electricity supply and demand in real time, directing equipment and power flows to keep the grid stable.

Power Plant Operator

Runs and monitors turbines, boilers, generators, cooling systems, and control rooms that produce electricity safely and continuously.

Water Treatment Operator

Controls equipment and chemical processes that turn raw water into safe drinking water, testing quality throughout the process.

Wastewater Treatment Operator

Runs biological, mechanical, and chemical systems that remove pollutants from used water before it is released or reused.

Construction

Planning, Oversight & Site Work

Construction Manager

Plans budgets, contracts, schedules, materials, and teams so a construction project can move from drawings to a finished structure.

Construction Superintendent

Coordinates daily work on a job site, sequencing trades, checking quality and safety, and solving problems that affect progress.

Construction Estimator

Reads plans and calculates the labor, materials, equipment, time, and uncertainty involved in building a project.

Building Inspector

Examines construction and existing buildings to determine whether structural, electrical, plumbing, fire, and accessibility rules are met.

Land Surveyor

Measures land, boundaries, elevations, and construction positions using field instruments, records, maps, and geographic coordinates.

Heavy Equipment Operator

Operates excavators, loaders, graders, cranes, or bulldozers to move earth and materials with precision around people and structures.

Concrete Finisher

Places, levels, shapes, textures, and cures concrete for floors, roads, foundations, walls, and other built surfaces.

Architecture & Built Environment

Design, Planning & Building Information

Architect

Designs buildings and guides their development by balancing use, form, structure, materials, codes, climate, and construction realities.

Landscape Architect

Designs parks, campuses, streetscapes, gardens, and restored landscapes around ecology, drainage, movement, and human use.

Urban Planner

Shapes how land, housing, transportation, services, and public spaces develop across neighborhoods, cities, and regions.

Interior Designer

Plans functional interior spaces, selecting layouts, lighting, finishes, furniture, and details around safety and the way people use a place.

Building Information Modeling Specialist

Builds and coordinates detailed digital models that combine a building's geometry, materials, systems, and construction information.

Historic Preservation Specialist

Researches, documents, and guides the repair or reuse of older buildings and places while protecting significant materials and character.

Business & Operations

Organizations, Products & Projects

Operations Manager

Designs and oversees the recurring work that delivers a service or product, resolving problems in staffing, capacity, quality, and process.

Project Manager

Organizes a defined piece of work by tracking scope, sequence, budget, risks, decisions, and the people responsible for each part.

Product Manager

Decides which problems a product should solve and what should be built next by combining user needs, technical constraints, and evidence from use.

Business Analyst

Studies how an organization currently works, documents needs and rules, and translates problems into clear changes for processes or software.

Procurement Specialist

Finds and evaluates suppliers, compares costs and terms, manages purchasing agreements, and makes sure needed goods or services arrive.

Human Resources Specialist

Works on hiring, pay, benefits, employee records, workplace policies, or conflict resolution, usually developing depth in one of these areas.

Management Consultant

Investigates a specific organizational problem, gathers evidence, compares options, and recommends how structures, processes, or costs could change.

Finance & Accounting

Financial Analysis & Accounting

Financial Analyst

Builds models and examines financial statements, markets, or business performance to estimate value, compare choices, and explain risk.

Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Creates budgets and forecasts for an organization, then explains why actual revenue, spending, or cash differs from the plan.

Accountant

Records and reconciles financial activity, prepares statements, and builds controls so an organization's money can be accurately understood.

Auditor

Tests financial records, systems, and controls to determine whether information is accurate and rules or procedures are being followed.

Tax Accountant

Interprets tax rules, prepares filings, researches unusual transactions, and plans how people or organizations meet tax obligations.

Actuary

Uses probability and financial models to estimate uncertain future costs, especially for insurance, pensions, healthcare, and risk management.

Credit Analyst

Examines income, debt, cash flow, collateral, and industry conditions to estimate whether a borrower can repay money.

Treasury Analyst

Tracks an organization's cash, banking, debt, investments, and currency exposure so money is available where and when it is needed.

Sales & Marketing

Customers, Markets & Communication

Account Executive

Guides potential customers through a purchase by understanding their problem, demonstrating a fit, answering concerns, and negotiating terms.

Sales Engineer

Explains and demonstrates complex technical products, connecting how the technology works to a customer's specific system or problem.

Business Development Representative

Finds and contacts possible customers or partners, learns whether there is a real need, and opens conversations for a sales team.

Market Research Analyst

Studies customers, competitors, surveys, interviews, and sales data to understand demand and why people choose one option over another.

Product Marketing Manager

Explains who a product is for, which problem it solves, and how it differs, then creates material that helps people understand and buy it.

Brand Strategist

Defines how an organization or product should be understood, using research to shape its name, voice, position, and recurring messages.

Media Planner

Chooses where and when advertising should appear, balancing audience habits, reach, repetition, cost, and measured response.

Law & Legal Work

Legal Specialties & Support

Trial Attorney

Builds and presents civil cases in court by investigating facts, questioning witnesses, arguing legal issues, and explaining evidence.

Criminal Defense Attorney

Represents people accused of crimes, examining evidence, protecting legal rights, negotiating resolutions, and presenting defenses in court.

Corporate Attorney

Advises organizations on transactions, governance, contracts, financing, and the legal structure of business decisions.

Intellectual Property Attorney

Works with patents, trademarks, copyrights, or trade secrets to protect and resolve disputes over inventions and creative work.

Environmental Attorney

Handles laws involving pollution, land, water, wildlife, energy, and environmental review for governments, communities, or organizations.

Paralegal

Researches law, organizes evidence, drafts documents, and manages case details to support attorneys and legal proceedings.

Court Reporter

Creates an exact record of spoken proceedings using specialized stenographic or voice-writing systems, then prepares official transcripts.

Mediator

Helps people in conflict clarify issues, exchange proposals, and reach their own agreement without having a judge decide the outcome.

Government & Public Administration

Policy & Public Service

Policy Analyst

Researches public problems, laws, costs, and likely effects to compare policy choices and explain the tradeoffs among them.

City Manager

Oversees the day-to-day administration of a local government, turning elected officials' decisions into budgets, services, and operations.

Legislative Aide

Researches proposed laws, prepares briefings, responds to constituents, and helps an elected office track issues and public concerns.

Foreign Service Officer

Represents a country abroad through diplomacy, consular assistance, political or economic reporting, and international programs.

Government Program Analyst

Examines how a public program operates, whether funds and procedures are used as intended, and where delivery could improve.

Public Records Manager

Organizes, preserves, retrieves, and disposes of government records according to access laws, retention schedules, and historical value.

Public Safety & Emergency Services

Response, Coordination & Investigation

Firefighter

Responds to fires, rescues, crashes, hazardous materials, and medical calls using protective equipment, teamwork, and practiced procedures.

Paramedic

Provides advanced medical care at emergencies and during transport, making rapid decisions with limited equipment and information.

Emergency Medical Technician

Assesses sick or injured people, provides immediate basic treatment, and transports patients safely to further care.

Emergency Manager

Plans how communities and organizations prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, coordinating resources before crises occur.

Emergency Dispatcher

Answers urgent calls, gathers critical information, gives immediate instructions, and sends police, fire, or medical responders to the right place.

Police Officer

Responds to calls, investigates possible crimes, enforces laws, documents evidence, and works directly with people during uncertain situations.

Crime Scene Investigator

Documents scenes and identifies, collects, and preserves physical evidence so it can be examined and used reliably in legal cases.

Fire Inspector

Examines buildings and systems for fire hazards, checks compliance with safety rules, and may investigate where and how fires began.

Education

Teaching & Learning Support

Elementary School Teacher

Builds children's foundations in reading, mathematics, science, social learning, and classroom habits across several subjects.

Secondary School Teacher

Teaches a subject in greater depth to adolescents, designing lessons, discussions, practice, and assessment around how students learn it.

Special Education Teacher

Adapts instruction, materials, communication, and environments for students with disabilities and tracks individualized learning goals.

School Counselor

Supports students with academic choices, future plans, social concerns, and personal difficulties while connecting families with further help.

Instructional Designer

Designs courses, lessons, practice, and assessments for schools or workplaces based on what learners need to do and understand.

Curriculum Specialist

Develops and evaluates what is taught across grades or courses, helping educators align content, materials, instruction, and assessment.

Librarian

Organizes collections and helps people find, judge, and use information in public, school, academic, law, or specialist libraries.

Vocational Instructor

Teaches practical occupational skills in areas such as trades, healthcare, technology, or culinary work through demonstration and supervised practice.

Psychology & Counseling

Psychological Specialties & Therapy

Clinical Psychologist

Assesses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral difficulties using interviews, psychological tests, and evidence-based therapy.

Counseling Psychologist

Helps people work through life transitions, relationships, identity, stress, and mental health concerns, often emphasizing strengths and development.

Neuropsychologist

Studies how brain conditions affect memory, language, attention, emotion, and behavior through detailed testing and clinical interpretation.

School Psychologist

Evaluates learning and behavior, supports student mental health, and helps schools plan effective instruction and accommodations.

Industrial-Organizational Psychologist

Applies research on human behavior to hiring, training, job design, teamwork, leadership, and the measurement of work performance.

Licensed Professional Counselor

Provides talk therapy for emotional, behavioral, and relationship concerns, helping clients understand patterns and practice new ways of coping.

Marriage & Family Therapist

Works with couples and families by focusing on communication, roles, repeated interaction patterns, and how problems affect the whole relationship system.

Agriculture

Crops, Soils & Farm Systems

Agronomist

Studies field crops and farming methods to improve yield, soil health, pest control, water use, and resilience to weather.

Soil Scientist

Examines how soils form and how their chemistry, biology, texture, and water affect crops, ecosystems, construction, and contamination.

Plant Breeder

Develops crop varieties with useful traits such as disease resistance, flavor, nutrition, yield, or tolerance of heat and drought.

Agricultural Engineer

Designs machinery, structures, irrigation, storage, and environmental systems for producing and handling food and biological materials.

Precision Agriculture Specialist

Uses field sensors, satellite positioning, maps, drones, and equipment data to manage crops according to local conditions.

Farm Manager

Plans seasonal production and oversees land, equipment, labor, finances, animal or crop care, and response to changing weather and markets.

Animal Scientist

Studies the nutrition, genetics, reproduction, behavior, and care of livestock and other managed animals.

Forestry & Environmental Work

Forests, Conservation & Environmental Systems

Forester

Plans how forests are grown, harvested, restored, and protected while balancing habitat, fire, recreation, water, and timber.

Forestry Technician

Collects field measurements, marks trees, maintains trails, monitors forest conditions, and supports fire or timber operations outdoors.

Wildland Firefighter

Suppresses fires in forests and grasslands, builds control lines, manages fuels, and may use planned burns to reduce future risk.

Conservation Scientist

Studies and manages land, water, and habitats so human use can continue without degrading the ecosystems that support them.

Wildlife Biologist

Studies wild animals, their populations, movement, behavior, and habitats to guide conservation and management decisions.

Environmental Scientist

Samples and analyzes air, soil, water, or waste to understand contamination, environmental change, and ways to reduce harm.

Hydrologist

Studies how water moves through rainfall, rivers, groundwater, snow, soil, and watersheds, often using field instruments and models.

Geographic Information Systems Specialist

Builds and analyzes layered digital maps to reveal spatial patterns in land, infrastructure, populations, hazards, or natural resources.

Creative & Design

Visual, Digital & Product Design

Graphic Designer

Uses type, images, layout, and color to make information clear and recognizable across print, packaging, identities, and digital media.

User Experience Designer

Plans how websites, applications, and digital tools should be organized and behave so people can understand and use them.

Industrial Designer

Shapes the form, controls, materials, and physical experience of manufactured products while accounting for use and production.

Fashion Designer

Develops clothing or accessories through research, sketching, fabric selection, pattern work, fitting, and production decisions.

Textile Designer

Creates patterns, colors, textures, and material structures for woven, printed, knitted, or digital fabrics.

Illustrator

Creates original images that explain, narrate, or give character to books, articles, products, advertising, games, and scientific ideas.

Art Director

Defines and maintains the visual approach of a publication, campaign, production, or brand, guiding how many creative pieces fit together.

Film, Audio & Media

Screen & Sound Production

Film Director

Shapes how a screen story is performed and seen, working through script interpretation, staging, actors, camera choices, sound, and editing.

Film Producer

Organizes the people, financing, schedule, rights, locations, and practical decisions that allow a film or series to be completed.

Cinematographer

Designs the camera and lighting approach of a production, choosing lenses, movement, exposure, framing, and visual texture.

Film Editor

Selects and arranges recorded images and sound to control a story's clarity, rhythm, emotion, and point of view.

Sound Designer

Creates and assembles the sonic world of films, games, theater, or installations through recorded, edited, and synthesized sound.

Audio Engineer

Records, edits, mixes, and reproduces speech, music, or live sound using microphones, acoustic judgment, and signal-processing tools.

Broadcast Journalist

Researches and reports news for television, radio, or digital video, combining verified information with clear writing and presentation.

Photographer

Uses light, timing, composition, lenses, and editing to make images for journalism, science, products, events, art, or documentation.

Writing & Publishing

Information, Stories & Editorial Work

Technical Writer

Explains how products, systems, and procedures work through manuals, instructions, reference material, and other precise documentation.

Science Writer

Turns research findings and technical ideas into accurate stories and explanations for readers who are not specialists.

Journalist

Finds, verifies, and explains information about current events through interviews, documents, observation, data, and clear reporting.

Copy Editor

Improves written work line by line for clarity, accuracy, grammar, consistency, tone, and adherence to a publication's style.

Book Editor

Helps shape a manuscript's argument, story, structure, pace, and audience, guiding revisions from acquisition toward publication.

Translator

Recreates written meaning in another language while preserving intent, tone, terminology, and cultural context rather than replacing words mechanically.

Screenwriter

Writes stories for film, television, or interactive media through scenes, dialogue, action, structure, and visual storytelling.