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Gulf Coast Region
High-Skill High-Growth
Occupational Profiles
N through P
Table of Contents
N through P
SOC 15-1071 Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Occupation Description
Employment Outlook
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Job Sites – Industry Employment Patterns
Training
Other Titles
Contact Information
SOC 25-1072 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Occupation Description
Employment Outlook
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Job Sites – Industry Employment Patterns
Licensing And Certification
Training
Other Titles
Contact Information
SOC 47-2073 Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Occupation Description
Employment Outlook
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Job Sites – Industry Employment Patterns
Training
Other Titles
Contact Information
SOC 29-1051 Pharmacists
Occupation Description
Employment Outlook
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Job Sites – Industry Employment Patterns
Licensing And Certification
Training
Other Titles
Contact Information
SOC 47-2152 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Occupation Description
Employment Outlook
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Job Sites – Industry Employment Patterns
Licensing And Certification
Training
Other Titles
Contact Information
SOC 33-3051 Police and Sheriffs Patrol Officers
Occupation Description
Employment Outlook
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Job Sites – Industry Employment Patterns
Licensing And Certification
Training
Other Titles
Contact Information
SOC 43-5061 Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Occupation Description
Employment Outlook
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Job Sites – Industry Employment Patterns
Training
Other Titles
SOC 13-1023 Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
Occupation Description
Employment Outlook
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Job Sites – Industry Employment Patterns
Training
Other Titles
Contact Information
SOC 15-1071 Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Occupation Description
General Job Description
Install, configure, and support an organizations 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 bachelors 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