Industrial Occupations

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These occupations include mining and forestry, material processing, and manufacture.

• Production
  • Supervisors, Production workers
  • Assemblers and Fabricators
  • Food processing workers: See Food-related Occupations
  • Metal workers and plastics workers
  • Printing workers
  • Textile, Apparel, and furnishings workers
  • Woodworkers
  • Plant and System Operators
  • Other Production Occupations

• Farming, Fishing, Forestry
  • Supervisors, Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
  • Forest, Conservation, and Logging workers

• Architecture and engineering
  • Architects, Surveyors, and Cartographers
  • Engineers
  • Drafters, Engineering and Mapping Technicians

• Installation, Maintenance, repair
  • Supervisors of Installation, Maintenance, and Repair workers
  • Electrical and Electronic Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
  • Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
  • Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

1876 Otto introduces the first commecially successful a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine.

1913 Ford introduces assembly line techniques of mass production of automobiles.