Low Contact Occupations

Occupations with Low Contact Intensity by Education Requirements


No formal education credential        
•    Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
•    Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
•    Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers
•    Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
•    Agricultural Equipment Operators
•    Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworkers and Laborers
•    Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
•    Machine Feeders and Offbearers
•    Hand Cutters and Trimmers
•    Textile, Garment, and Related Materials Pressers


With a High School Diploma or some postsecondary education (not an Associate's)
•    Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
•    First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
•    Loan Interviewers and Clerks
•    Automotive Body and Related Repairers
•    Billing and Posting Clerks
•    Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
•    Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
•    First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
•    Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
•    First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers


Postsecondary Training
•    Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
•    Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers
•    Motorcycle Mechanics
•    Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
•    Medical Transcriptionists
•    Cooks, Private Household
•    Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage


Associate's Degree
•    Paralegals and Legal Assistants
•    Web Developers
•    Architectural and Civil Drafters
•    Electrical and Electronics Drafters
•     Geological and petroleum technicians
•    Desktop Publishers
•    Environmental Engineering Technicians


Bachelor's Degree
•    Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
•    Financial Managers
•    Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
•    Sales Engineers
•    Personal Financial Advisors
•    Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
•    Accountants and Auditors
•    Natural Sciences Managers
•    Computer and Information Systems Managers
•    Compliance Officers