Reference Manual (API Version 1.9)
Careers sorted by Job Preparation
Job Zone listing
https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/
JSON
XML
{
"job_zone" : [
{
"value" : 1,
"href" : "https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/1",
"title" : "Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed",
"experience" : "Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these careers. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.",
"education" : "Some of these careers may need a high school diploma or GED certificate.",
"job_training" : "Employees in these careers need from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker can show you how to do the job."
},
...
]
}
"job_zone" : [
{
"value" : 1,
"href" : "https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/1",
"title" : "Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed",
"experience" : "Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these careers. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.",
"education" : "Some of these careers may need a high school diploma or GED certificate.",
"job_training" : "Employees in these careers need from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker can show you how to do the job."
},
...
]
}
JSON
XML
<job_preparation>
<job_zone value="1" href="https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/1">
<title>Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed</title>
<experience>Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these careers. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.</experience>
<education>Some of these careers may need a high school diploma or GED certificate.</education>
<job_training>Employees in these careers need from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker can show you how to do the job.</job_training>
</job_zone>
...
</job_preparation>
<job_zone value="1" href="https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/1">
<title>Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed</title>
<experience>Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these careers. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.</experience>
<education>Some of these careers may need a high school diploma or GED certificate.</education>
<job_training>Employees in these careers need from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker can show you how to do the job.</job_training>
</job_zone>
...
</job_preparation>
This response lists each of the five Job Zones, which are groups of careers that need the same level of experience, education, and training. The href parameter indicates the URL of a specific job preparation resource. Each job preparation resource lists matching careers, as described below.
Careers in Job Zone
https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/[Job Zone]
JSON
XML
{
"sort" : "name",
"start" : 1,
"end" : 20,
"total" : 295,
"link" : [
{
"href" : "https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/2?sort=name&start=21&end=40",
"rel" : "next"
}
],
"career" : [
{
"href" : "https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/careers/27-2011.00/",
"code" : "27-2011.00",
"title" : "Actors",
"tags" : {
"bright_outlook" : false,
"green" : false,
"apprenticeship" : true
},
"military_jobs" : {
"air_force" : false,
"army" : true,
"coast_guard" : false,
"marine_corps" : false,
"navy" : true
}
},
{
"href" : "https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/careers/51-9191.00/",
"code" : "51-9191.00",
"title" : "Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders",
"tags" : {
"bright_outlook" : false,
"green" : false,
"apprenticeship" : false
},
"military_jobs" : {
"air_force" : false,
"army" : true,
"coast_guard" : false,
"marine_corps" : false,
"navy" : false
}
},
...
]
}
"sort" : "name",
"start" : 1,
"end" : 20,
"total" : 295,
"link" : [
{
"href" : "https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/2?sort=name&start=21&end=40",
"rel" : "next"
}
],
"career" : [
{
"href" : "https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/careers/27-2011.00/",
"code" : "27-2011.00",
"title" : "Actors",
"tags" : {
"bright_outlook" : false,
"green" : false,
"apprenticeship" : true
},
"military_jobs" : {
"air_force" : false,
"army" : true,
"coast_guard" : false,
"marine_corps" : false,
"navy" : true
}
},
{
"href" : "https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/careers/51-9191.00/",
"code" : "51-9191.00",
"title" : "Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders",
"tags" : {
"bright_outlook" : false,
"green" : false,
"apprenticeship" : false
},
"military_jobs" : {
"air_force" : false,
"army" : true,
"coast_guard" : false,
"marine_corps" : false,
"navy" : false
}
},
...
]
}
JSON
XML
<careers sort="name" start="1" end="20" total="295">
<link href="https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/2?sort=name&start=21&end=40" rel="next" />
<career href="https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/careers/27-2011.00/">
<code>27-2011.00</code>
<title>Actors</title>
<tags bright_outlook="false" green="false" apprenticeship="true" />
<military_jobs air_force="false" army="true" coast_guard="false" marine_corps="false" navy="true" />
</career>
<career href="https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/careers/51-9191.00/">
<code>51-9191.00</code>
<title>Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders</title>
<tags bright_outlook="false" green="false" apprenticeship="false" />
<military_jobs air_force="false" army="true" coast_guard="false" marine_corps="false" navy="false" />
</career>
...
</careers>
<link href="https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/job_preparation/2?sort=name&start=21&end=40" rel="next" />
<career href="https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/careers/27-2011.00/">
<code>27-2011.00</code>
<title>Actors</title>
<tags bright_outlook="false" green="false" apprenticeship="true" />
<military_jobs air_force="false" army="true" coast_guard="false" marine_corps="false" navy="true" />
</career>
<career href="https://services.onetcenter.org/v1.9/ws/veterans/careers/51-9191.00/">
<code>51-9191.00</code>
<title>Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders</title>
<tags bright_outlook="false" green="false" apprenticeship="false" />
<military_jobs air_force="false" army="true" coast_guard="false" marine_corps="false" navy="false" />
</career>
...
</careers>
This response lists careers which need similar amounts of preparation, as indicated by the Job Zone. By default, the list is sorted by career title. You can change this by passing a sort parameter in the query string:
- name - sort by career title (default)
- bright_outlook - return Bright Outlook careers first
- apprenticeship - return careers with Registered Apprenticeships first
By default, up to 20 matching careers are returned. For information on navigating paged results, see the description of the See all careers service.
In this section
- Career listings
- See all careers
- Careers with a Bright Outlook
- Careers with Registered Apprenticeships
- Careers sorted by Job Preparation
- Careers with videos