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Title Holland Code Summary
Interpreter or Translator Creating, Helping

Interpreters and translators convert information from one language into another language. Interpreters work in spoken or sign language; translators work in written language.

Interior Designer Creating, Persuading

Interior designers make indoor spaces functional, safe, and beautiful by determining space requirements and selecting essential and decorative items, such as colors, lighting, and materials. They must be able to draw, read, and edit blueprints. They also must be aware of building codes, inspection regulations, and other considerations, such as accessibility standards.

Insurance Underwriter Thinking, Persuading, Organizing

Insurance underwriters evaluate insurance applications and decide whether to approve them. For approved applications, underwriters determine coverage amounts and premiums.

Insurance Sales Agent Helping, Persuading, Organizing

Insurance sales agents contact potential customers and sell one or more types of insurance. These agents explain various insurance policies and help clients choose the plans that suit them.

Insulation Worker Building

Insulation workers, also called insulators, install and replace the materials used to insulate buildings or mechanical systems.

Instructional Coordinator Thinking, Helping, Persuading

Instructional coordinators oversee school curriculums and teaching standards. They develop educational material, implement it with teachers and principals, and assess its effectiveness.

Information Security Analyst Building, Thinking, Organizing

Information security analysts plan and carry out security measures to protect an organization’s computer networks and systems.

Information Clerk Helping, Persuading, Organizing

Information clerks do routine clerical tasks such as maintaining records, collecting data, and providing information to customers.

Industrial Production Manager Persuading, Organizing

Industrial production managers oversee the operations of manufacturing and related plants. They coordinate, plan, and direct activities involved in creating a range of goods, such as cars, computer equipment, and paper products.

Industrial Machinery Mechanic or Maintenance Worker or Millwright Building, Thinking, Organizing

Industrial machinery mechanics and machinery maintenance workers maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery, and packaging equipment. Millwrights install, dismantle, repair, reassemble, and move machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.

Industrial Engineering Technician Building, Thinking, Organizing

Industrial engineering technologists and technicians help engineers solve problems affecting manufacturing layout or production. They prepare machinery and equipment plans, design workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs.

Industrial Engineer Thinking, Persuading, Organizing

Industrial engineers find ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes. They devise efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.

Industrial Designer Building, Creating, Persuading

Industrial designers develop the concepts for manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and toys. They combine art, business, and engineering to make products that people use every day. Industrial designers consider the function, aesthetics, production costs, and usability of products when developing new product concepts.

Hydrologist Building, Thinking

Hydrologists study how water moves across and through the Earth’s crust. They study how rain, snow, and other forms of precipitation impact river flows or groundwater levels, and how surface water and groundwater evaporate back into the atmosphere or eventually reach the oceans. Hydrologists analyze how water influences the surrounding environment and how changes to the environment influence the quality and quantity of water. They use their expertise to solve problems concerning water quality and availability.

Human Resources Specialist Helping, Persuading, Organizing

Human resources specialists recruit, screen, and interview job applicants and place newly hired workers in jobs. They also may handle compensation and benefits, training, and employee relations.

Human Resources Manager Helping, Persuading

Human resources managers plan, coordinate, and direct the administrative functions of an organization. They oversee the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of new staff; consult with top executives on strategic planning; and serve as a link between an organization’s management and its employees.

Home Health and Personal Care Aides Building, Helping, Organizing

Home health and personal care aides monitor the condition of people with disabilities or chronic illnesses and help them with daily living activities. They often help older adults who need assistance. Under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner, home health aides may be allowed to give a client medication or to check the client’s vital signs.

Home Health Aide Building, Helping

Home health and personal care aides monitor the condition of people with disabilities or chronic illnesses and help them with daily living activities. They often help older adults who need assistance. Under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner, home health aides may be allowed to give a client medication or to check the client’s vital signs.

Historian Thinking

Historians research, analyze, interpret, and write about the past by studying historical documents and sources.

High School Teacher Creating, Helping, Persuading

High school teachers help prepare students for life after graduation. They teach academic lessons and various skills that students will need to attend college or to enter the job market.

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