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value = 2.5

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value = 2.45

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value = 2.36

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name = "Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection"
value = 2.33

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family = "career_interest_type"
value = 7

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family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 6.24

[[personFit]]
name = "Mechanics/Electronics"
family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 6.06

[[personFit]]
name = "Conventional"
family = "career_interest_type"
value = 5.46

[[personFit]]
name = "Physical Science"
family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 4.98

[[personFit]]
name = "Investigative"
family = "career_interest_type"
value = 4.18

[[personFit]]
name = "Mathematics/Statistics"
family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 3.12

[[personFit]]
name = "Dependability"
family = "work_style"
value = 3

[[personFit]]
name = "Information Technology"
family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 2.94

[[personFit]]
name = "Attention to Detail"
family = "work_style"
value = 2.67

[[personFit]]
name = "Physical/Manual Labor"
family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 2.2

[[personFit]]
name = "Cautiousness"
family = "work_style"
value = 2.03

[[personFit]]
name = "Intellectual Curiosity"
family = "work_style"
value = 1.89

[[personFit]]
name = "Integrity"
family = "work_style"
value = 1.63

[[personFit]]
name = "Office Work"
family = "specific_interest_area"
value = 1.59

[[personFit]]
name = "Perseverance"
family = "work_style"
value = 1.58

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socCode = "17-2199.07"
slug = "role-17-2199-07"
title = "Photonics Engineers"
tier = "Primary-Short"

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socCode = "17-3023.00"
slug = "role-17-3023-00"
title = "Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians"
tier = "Primary-Short"

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socCode = "17-3028.00"
slug = "role-17-3028-00"
title = "Calibration Technologists and Technicians"
tier = "Primary-Short"

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socCode = "17-3024.01"
slug = "role-17-3024-01"
title = "Robotics Technicians"
tier = "Primary-Short"

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socCode = "17-3027.00"
slug = "role-17-3027-00"
title = "Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians"
tier = "Primary-Short"

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slug = "role-17-3021-00"
title = "Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians"
tier = "Primary-Long"

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slug = "role-49-2094-00"
title = "Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment"
tier = "Primary-Long"

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slug = "role-17-3024-00"
title = "Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians"
tier = "Primary-Long"

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slug = "role-17-3026-01"
title = "Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians"
tier = "Primary-Long"

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slug = "role-17-3026-00"
title = "Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians"
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slug = "role-17-2199-06"
title = "Microsystems Engineers"
tier = "Supplemental"

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socCode = "49-9062.00"
slug = "role-49-9062-00"
title = "Medical Equipment Repairers"
tier = "Supplemental"

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cluster = "Arts, Entertainment, & Design"
slug = "arts-entertainment-design"

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slug = "construction"

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cluster = "Energy & Natural Resources"
slug = "energy-natural-resources"

[[careerClusters]]
cluster = "Public Service & Safety"
slug = "public-service-safety"

[[careerClusters]]
cluster = "Supply Chain & Transportation"
slug = "supply-chain-transportation"

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slug = "engineering-engineering-related-technologies-technicians"

[[studyPrograms]]
title = "Military Technologies and Applied Sciences"
slug = "military-technologies-and-applied-sciences"

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source = "frey_osborne"
label = "Computerization probability"
score = 0.24
scale = "0-1 probability"
release = "2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot"

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source = "felten_aioe"
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score = 0.1941278
scale = "relative exposure score"
release = "2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks"

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label = "Image generation occupational exposure"
score = 0.6988024
scale = "relative exposure score"
release = "2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks"

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source = "felten_language_modeling_aioe"
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scale = "relative exposure score"
release = "2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks"
