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Occupational Analyst

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Overview: Occupational analysts study the duties, qualifications & relationships between occupations. They design classification schemes to show how persons from one occupation can transfer to another. They use their results to design occupational career development planning programs.
Duties: They analyze and compare the duties, skills, knowledge and experience requirements for occupation and jobs within an industry. They identify which occupations have similarities.

They cluster and group occupations into families based upon their similarities. Determine the kinds of skills training and experiences workers need to transfer from one job to another.

They design career development planning programs for use in schools and industry to explain how a person's skills, interests and values can be matched up with an occupation's qualifications.

They make projections about the future demand for workers in each occupation based upon changing technology, changes in consumer demand, laws and international competition.
Degree(s): A.A.S. Management: Marketing Concentration 
A.S. Business Administration (Accounting and Marketing) 
Job Outlook: Employment in this field is projected to grow 2% to 4% from 2018 to 2028, which is slightly slower than the average projected growth for all occupations.
Salary Range (National Average): $32,000 to $36,000
Education Level: Typically, a Bachelor’s Degree from a 4-year college (some are 5 years) is required to be considered for this occupation.
Additional Training/Education: A bachelor's degree or a master's degree in human resource management or in psychology with a concentration in industrial and organizational psychology is the preferred background for this occupation. Courses in career development, organization behavior, computer applications and industrial relations will strengthen your credentials.
Recommended Skills:
  • Weighing out the options in a situation or a problem and logically choosing the best course of action.
  • Paying attention to what other people are saying, and taking time to understand the points being made.
  • The ability to understand complex written paragraphs, instructions, or reports.
  • Using logic to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Talking, giving speeches, or speaking in a group to convey information, explain ideas, or give instructions.
  • Composing and communicating your ideas in written form.
Recommended Values:
  • Create new ideas, programs, things, or anything else not previously developed by another person.
  • Having a routine job where the duties are very predictable and not likely to change over a long period of time.
 

* National data collected by the Department of Labor in 2014 with projections through 2024. For New York green job information .

* For New York salary data information .

* For New York green job information .

Understanding acquiring positions in this field may be enhanced through continuing academic study (i.e. earning a baccalaureate or a master's degree) and/or work experience in the field, Queensborough Community College has established transfer agreements with other institutions for students who wish to further pursue their educational goals. Students are highly encouraged to meet with one of our Career Services to fully understand the opportunities available through study in their degree program.