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Area Wage Survey
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and West Palm BeachBoca Raton, Florida, Metropolitan Areas, April 1976
Bulletin 1900-20
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics

PALM BEACH

CO*
West Palm Beac

Boca Raton

BROWARD
■

Fort Lauderdale




Hollywoo




Preface
T h i s b u l l e t i n p r o v i d e s r e s u l t s o f an A p r i l
1 9 7 6 s u r v e y o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s and s u p p l e m e n ­
t a r y w a g e b e n e f i t s in th e F t . L a u d e r d a l e — o l l y w o o d
H
and W e s t P a l m B e a c h —B o c a R a t o n , F l o r i d a , S t a n d a r d
M e t r o p o l i t a n S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a s ( B r o w a r d and P a l m
B ea ch C ou nties).
T h e s u r v e y w a s m a d e as p a r t o f
t h e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a t i s t i c s ' ann ua l a r e a w a g e
s u r v e y p r o g r a m , w h i c h is d e s i g n e d to y i e l d da ta
f o r i n d i v i d u a l m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s as w e l l a s n a t i o n a l
and r e g i o n a l e s t i m a t e s f o r a l l S t a n d a r d M e t r o p o l i t a n
S t a t i s t i c a l A r e a s in th e U n ite d S t a t e s , e x c l u d i n g
A l a s k a and H a w a i i .
A m a j o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n in th e a r e a w a g e
s u r v e y p r o g r a m i s t h e n e e d t o d e s c r i b e t h e l e v e l and
m o v e m e n t o f w a g e s in a v a r i e t y o f l a b o r m a r k e t s ,
t h r o u g h t h e a n a l y s i s o f ( 1 ) th e l e v e l and d i s t r i b u t i o n
o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a t i o n , and ( 2 ) t h e m o v e m e n t o f
w a g e s b y o c c u p a t i o n a l c a t e g o r y and s k i l l l e v e l . T h e
p r o g r a m d e v e l o p s i n f o r m a t i o n th at m a y b e u s e d f o r
m a n y p u r p o s e s , in c lu d in g w a g e and s a l a r y a d m i n ­
i s t r a t i o n , c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g , and a s s i s t a n c e in
d e t e r m i n i n g p la n t l o c a t i o n .
Survey re su lts a lso a re
u s e d b y t h e U.S. D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r t o m a k e w a g e
d e t e r m i n a t i o n s u n d e r th e S e r v i c e
Contract A ct
o f 1 9 6 5.
C u r r e n t l y , 84 a r e a s a r e i n c l u d e d in t h e p r o ­
gram .
(See list o f a r e a s on in sid e b a c k c o v e r .)
In
e a c h a r e a , o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s da t a a r e c o l l e c t e d
a n n u a lly .
I n f o r m a t i o n on e s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s
and s u p p l e m e n t a r y w a g e b e n e f i t s i s o b t a i n e d e v e r y
th ird y e a r.

E a ch y e a r after all in dividual a r e a w a g e
s u r v e y s have been c o m p le t e d , tw o s u m m a r y bulletin s
a re issu e d .
T h e f i r s t b r i n g s t o g e t h e r da t a f o r e a c h
m e t r o p o l ita n a r e a s u r v e y e d ; the s e c o n d p r e s e n t s
n a t i o n a l and r e g i o n a l e s t i m a t e s ,
p rojected fr o m
i n d i v i d u a l m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a da ta .
T h e F t . L a u d e r d a l e — o l l y w o o d and W e s t
H
P a lm B e a c h — o c a R aton s u r v e y w as con du cted by
B
t h e B u r e a u ' s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e in A t l a n t a , G a . , u n d e r
the g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n o f J e r r y G. A d a m s , A s s is ta n t
R egion al C o m m is s io n e r fo r O perations.
The su rv ey
c o u l d n o t h a v e b e e n a c c o m p l i s h e d w ith o u t t h e c o o p ­
e r a t i o n o f th e m a n y f i r m s w h o s e w a g e and s a l a r y
data p r o v i d e d the b a s is f o r the s ta t is tic a l in fo rm a tio n
in t h is b u l l e t i n .
T h e B u r e a u w i s h e s to e x p r e s s
s i n c e r e a p p r e c ia tio n f o r the c o o p e r a t io n r e c e i v e d .

Note:
A r e p o r t o n o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s and s u p ­
p l e m e n t a r y w a g e p r o v i s i o n s in t h e F o r t L a u d e r d a l e —
H o l l y w o o d and W e s t P a l m B e a c h — o c a R a t o n a r e a s
B
is a v a i l a b l e f o r s e l e c t e d m o v i n g and s t o r a g e i n d u s ­
t r i e s ( A p r i l 1976).
A r e p o r t on o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n ­
i n g s o n l y is a v a i l a b l e f o r s e l e c t e d m e t a l w o r k i n g
in d u s tr ie s ( A p r i l 1976).
A l s o a v a ila b le a re listings
o f u n io n w a g e r a t e s f o r b u i l d i n g t r a d e s , p r i n t i n g
tr a d e s , lo c a l-tr a n s it operating e m p lo y e e s , l o c a l
t r u c k d r i v e r s and h e l p e r s , and g r o c e r y s t o r e e m ­
p loyees.
F r e e co p ie s o f th e se a re available f r o m
th e B u re a u 's re g io n a l o f fi c e s .
(See b a ck c o v e r fo r
a d d re sse s.)

Bulletin 1900-20

A rea W ag e Survey:

July 1976

Fort L au d erd a le -H o lly w o o d and W est Palm B e a c h U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, W. J. Usery, Jr., Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, Julius Shiskin, Commissioner

Boca Raton, Florida, M etropolitan Areas
April 1976

Contents

Page

I n t r o d u c t i o n _____________________________________________

2

Page
A ppendix A .
A ppendix B.

S c o p e and m e t h o d o f s u r v e y _________ H
O c c u p a t i o n a l d e s c r i p t i o n s ___________ 1 4

T a b les:
A.

E arn ings:
A - l . W eek ly earn ings of o ffic e w o r k e r s . . .
3
A -2 . W eek ly earn ings of p r o fe s s io n a l
and t e c h n i c a l w o r k e r s _______________
5
A - 3 . A v e r a g e w e e k ly earn ings o f o f fi c e ,
p r o f e s s i o n a l , and t e c h n i c a l
w o r k e r s , b y s e x ______________________ 6
A - 4 . H ou rly earn ings of m ain ten a n ce,
t o o l r o o m , and p o w e r p l a n t
w o r k e r s _________________________________
7
A - 5 . H ou rly earn ings o f m a te r ia l
m o v e m e n t and c u s t o d i a l
w o r k e r s _________________________________ 8
A - 6 . A v e r a g e h o u rly earn ings o f
m ain ten a nce, t o o l r o o m , p o w e r p l a n t , m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t , and
c u s t o d i a l w o r k e r s ,b y s e x ___________
9
A - 7 . P e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s in a v e r a g e
h o u rly earn ings fo r se le c te d
o ccu p a t io n a l g r o u p s , adjusted
f o r e m p l o y m e n t s h i f t s ______________ 1 0




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Introduction
T h is a r e a i s 1 o f 84 in w h i c h th e U. S.
D e p a r t m e n t of L a b o r 's B u re a u of L a b o r S ta tistic s
c o n d u c t s s u r v e y s o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s and r e ­
lated ben efits.
In th is a r e a , da ta w e r e o b t a i n e d b y
a c o m b in a tio n of p e r s o n a l v is it , m a il q u e s t io n n a ir e ,
and teleph on e in te rv ie w .
R epresen ta tive e s ta b lis h ­
m e n t s w it h in s i x b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s w e r e c o n ­
tacted:
M an ufactu ring ; tran sporta tion , c o m m u n ic a ­
ti o n ,
and o t h e r p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s ; w h o l e s a l e t r a d e ;
r e t a i l t r a d e ; f i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , and r e a l e s t a t e ;
and s e r v i c e s .
M a jo r in du stry grou ps e x clu d e d f r o m
th ese
s t u d i e s a r e g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a t i o n s and the
c o n s t r u c t i o n and e x t r a c t i v e i n d u s t r i e s .
E stablish ­
m e n t s h a v in g f e w e r than a p r e s c r i b e d n u m b e r o f
w o r k e r s a r e om itted b e ca u s e of in su fficien t e m p lo y ­
m e n t in th e o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d ie d .
Separate tabu la­
t i o n s a r e p r o v i d e d f o r e a c h o f the b r o a d i n d u s t r y
d iv isio n s w hich m eet publication crite ria .

( c ) m a i n t e n a n c e , t o o l r o o m , and p o w e r p l a n t , and (d)
m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t and c u s t o d i a l .
In th e 31 l a r g e s t
s u r v e y a r e a s , ta b le s A - l a th rou gh A - 6 a p r o v id e
s i m i l a r data f o r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g 500 w o r k ­
ers or m ore.
T a b l e A - 7 p r o v i d e s p e r c e n t c h a n g e s in a v ­
e r a g e h ourly ea rn in g s of o ffic e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s ,
e l e c t r o n i c da ta p r o c e s s i n g
w o r k e r s , in du strial
nurses,
s k ille d m ain ten a n ce trad es w o r k e r s ,
and
u n s k i l l e d p la n t w o r k e r s .
W h e re p o s s i b l e , data a re
p r e s e n t e d f o r a l l i n d u s t r i e s , m a n u f a c t u r i n g , and
nonm an ufacturin g.
T h is t a b l e p r o v i d e s a m e a s u r e o f
w a g e t r e n d s a f t e r e l i m i n a t i o n o f c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e
e a r n i n g s c a u s e d b y e m p l o y m e n t s h i f t s a m o n g e sta b -^
lis h m e n ts as w e ll as tu rn o v e r of esta b lish m e n ts in ­
c l u d e d in s u r v e y s a m p l e s .
F o r fu rth e r details, see
app en d ix A .
A ppendixes

A - s e r i e s tables
A p p e n d i x A d e s c r i b e s the m e t h o d s a n d c o n ­
c e p t s u s e d in the a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m and
p r o v i d e s i n f o r m a t i o n on the s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y .

T a b le s A - 1 th rou gh A - 6 p r o v id e e s tim a te s
o f s t r a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly o r h o u r ly earn ings f o r w o r k ­
e r s in o c c u p a t i o n s c o m m o n to a v a r i e t y o f m a n u ­
f a c t u r i n g and n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r i e s .
O ccupa­
t i o n s w e r e s e l e c t e d f r o m the f o l l o w i n g c a t e g o r i e s :
(a) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l , (b) p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l ,

A pp end ix B p r o v id e s job d e s c r ip tio n s u sed
b y B u re a u f ie ld e c o n o m i s t s to c l a s s i f y w o r k e r s b y
occu pation.

2

A.

Earnings

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm Beach—
Boca Raton, Fla., April 1976
Weekly earnings 1
(standard)
Number

Occupation and industry division
worken

Num ber of w orkers
t

Avenge
weekly
Ho u r 1
(standard'

70
Mean 2

Median 2

Middle range2

80

s

S

s

S

90

100

S

no

s
120

s
130

receiv in g

S

s
140

I SO

straigh t -tim e

s
160

170

S

$
180

190

200

o f -----

S

s
210

220

S
230

J
240

S

$
260

280

and
under

300
and

80

ALL

w e e k ly earn in gs

s

90

100

no

120

130

40
4
36

68

153

11
57

50
103

111
*

"

*

12

2
“

10
10

12
10

5
5

13
8

_

22
9

28
9

13

19

140

150

160

170

180

169
58

179
37
142

121
45
76

169

190

200

210

220

230

240

260

280

300

over

62
22

43
12
31

28
7

34
13

32
19

27
13

49
16

22
15

4
3

6
6

21
7

13

14

6

10

33
30

7
7

1

*

21
2

1

*

17
14

8
7

3
3

2

.

1
*

6
1

1
1

*

44
13

17
6

6

1
2

3
3

14
5
9

8
2
6

3
3

4
4

11

7
2
5

3

31

*

*

27
12
15

19
14

-

-

5

18
9
9

24

9

10
14

*

*

-

6

1

5

11

*

*

*

-

-

-

WORKERS
$

S E C R E T A R IE S

----------------------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g ----------NONMANUFACTURING
P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S ----------------

1 ,21 0
368
842
77

3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5

$

$

1 6 7.00
1 7 7.00

1 5 8.00
1 6 2.00

1 4 0 .0 0 -1 8 0 .0 0
1 4 3 .0 0 -1 9 9 .0 0

$
-

-

1

3
-

1 5 5.00
238.00

1 4 0 .0 0 -1 7 5 .0 0
2 1 1 .0 0 -2 5 0 .0 0

-

-

1

3

-

-

”

•

.

_

-

.

•

*

*

*

*

“

*

-

•

37
132

40
2

3 7 .5

1 6 3.00
229.50

82
59

3 9 .5
3 9 .5

188.00
177.00

1 7 6.50
175.00

1 5 0 .0 0 -2 0 0 .0 0
1 5 0 .0 0 -1 9 5 .0 0

S E C R E T A R IE S . C L A S S B -------------MANUFACTURING ----------------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ---------------------

232
73
159

3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 9 .5

1 8 3.50
1 9 8.50

175.50
1 8 5.00

1 5 5 .0 0 -1 9 5 .5 0
1 6 5 .0 0 -2 2 8 .0 0

-

-

-

1
-

1
-

13
-

20
10

1 7 7.00

1 7 5 .0«

1 5 0 .0 0 -1 9 0 .0 0

-

-

*

1

1

13

10

36
2
34

S E C R E T A R IE S , C L A S S C
MANUFACTURING
NONMANUFACTURING -----P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S -

444

3 9 .5

1 7 6.50

•

-

1
-

2
-

-

11
-

20
9

1

2

-

11

11

40
22
18

78
15
63

112

1 8 5.50
172.50
213.00

1
1
1
1

S3

4 0 .0
3 9 .0
3 7 .0

1 7 2.00
171.50
17 2.50
211.00

_

147
297
39

24
29

11
101

11
7
4

2
5

-

-

*

*

-

*

*

*

*

“

12

2

*

2

S E C R E T A R IE S . C L A S S 0
MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------

452
125
327

4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .5

145.50

14 0.00
14 4.00
14 0.00

1 3 1 .0 0 -1 5 1 .5 0
1 3 6 .0 0 -1 5 5 .0 0
1 3 0 .0 0 -1 5 0 .0 0

•

•

-

-

*

1

99
26
73

53
18
35

41
12
29

16
12
4

7
2
5

2
1
1

10

-

118
39
79

4

-

56
11
45

5

-

39
4
35

1

-

1
-

-

1 4 6.50
1 4 5.50

*

1

5

4

10

*

*

GENERAL --------------

161

3 9 .5

165.50

16 1.00

1 4 4 .0 0 -1 8 5 .5 0

-

-

-

-

-

2

13

41

22

10

20

21

28

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

STE N O G R A P H E R S, S E N IO R ---------------MANUFACTURING
NONMANUFACTURING -----------

86
54
32

3 9 .5
4 0 .0

171.50
182.00

1 7 5.00
18 1.00

-

-

_

-

-

7

8

7

1 5 4.00

14 7.50

-

5

1
6

3
5

3
4

3
3

-

-

3
3

-

-

6
6

-

-

10
6
4

_

-

6
5

19

-

5
-

3 9 .0

1 5 0 .0 0 -1 9 0 .0 0
1 7 0 .0 0 -1 9 5 .5 0
1 3 0 .0 0 -1 7 5 .5 0

T Y P I S T S , C L A S S A ----------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------------

197
165

3 8 .5
3 8 .0

1 5 6.50
161.00

15 2.00
15 5.00

1 4 0 .0 0 -1 8 0 .0 0
1 4 0 .0 0 -1 8 8 .5 0

43

34

-

40

T Y P IS T S ,

226
126

3 9 .0
3 8 .0

1 3 3.50
118.50

13 0.00
11 0.50

1 1 0 .0 0 -1 5 6 .5 0
1 0 7 .0 0 -1 3 5 .0 0

.
“

39

3 8 .0
3 8 .0

132.00
1 2 1.50

10 6.00
10 6.00

1 0 5 .0 0 -1 6 1 .5 0
1 0 5 .0 0 -1 3 7 .5 0

•

.

-

-

-

*

3 9 .0
3 9 .0

1 2 8.50
1 2 9.00

12 1.00
12 1.00

1 1 0 .0 0 -1 5 1 .0 0

-

-

1 1 0 .0 0 -1 5 1 .0 0

-

-

4 1 .0
4 0 .0
4 1 .0

12 0.00
15 0.50

1 0 0 .0 0 -1 2 8 .0 0
1 2 4 .0 0 -1 7 5 .0 0
1 0 0 .0 0 -1 2 6 .5 0

1
-

6
-

1 1 6.50

110.50
1 5 0.50
110.00

1

6

1 2 6.50
12 9.50
1 2 4.50

124.50
125.50
120.00

1 1 5 .5 0 -1 3 5 .0 0
1 1 4 .0 0 -1 5 2 .0 0
1 1 6 .5 0 -1 3 5 .0 0

.

.

-

-

4 0 .0
3 9 .0

16 7.50
16 5.50
1 6 8.50

1 5 5.50
159.50

1 4 6 .5 0 -1 8 4 .5 0
1 4 7 .0 0 -1 8 4 .5 0

1 5 5.50

1 4 6 .0 0 -1 8 5 .0 0

3 9 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .0

1 3 0.00
1 3 7.50
129.50

1 3 0.00
1 3 7.00
1 2 6.50

1 1 9 .5 0 -1 4 5 .0 0
1 2 2 .0 0 -1 5 1 .5 0

-

S E C R E T A R IE S *

CLASS

A

n o n m a n u f a c t u r in g

STE N O G R A PH E R S.

CLASS

B -----------------------------

n o n m a n u f a c t u r in g

F IL E C L E R K S, CLASS B NONMANUFACTURING —
m essengers

33
89

--------------------------—

84

n o n m a n u f a c t u r in g

s w it c h b o a r d

355
36

operators

m a n u f a c t u r in g
n o n m a n u f a c t u r in g

319

—

S W It c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r - r e c e p t i o n i s t s MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ----------------

174
74

4 0 .0

100

3 9 .0

319
94

3 9 .5

ACCOUNTING C L E R K S . C L A SS A
MANUFACTURING -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING

225

ACCOUNTING C L E R K S , C L A SS B
MANUFACTURING ------------—
n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g -----------

464

See
 fo o t n o t e s a t end


519

55

3 9 .5

5
5
5
8

4
5
4
0

.0
.0
.0
.0

0
0
0
0

-1
-2
-1
-2

9
2
7
4

1
3
5
1

.5
.0
.0
.0

0
0
0
0

1 1 4 .5 0 -1 4 0 .0 0

.

~

7

1

13
6

12
11
1

30

6
6

15
15

15
15

5
4
1

8
8

2

-

36
36

-

13
4

*

5

1
1

“

*

-

4

1

7

"

“

*

-

36
23

-

-

53
42

18
8

42
36

1

17
1

28
1

25

“

39
37

4

*

20
20

-

2
2

3
3

2

2

-

2

2

2
1

3
3

-

21

8

22

10

7

21

9

19

2
2

-

20

5
4

1

*

1

*

58

75

58
5

14

3
72

70
3
67

21

2
56

3
18

2
12

21
14

13
3

14

-

2
-

-

2

7

•

•

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

“

•

10
-

16

48

10

16

47

-

-

-

-

-

53

15
2
13

36
13
23

45

34

12
33

12
22

—

1
-

2
2

*

1

-

10
3
7

1

o f t a b le s .
3

62

119

112

8
54

12
107

10
102

19

10

11
3

92

61

21
71

21
40

47
9

55
5

38

50

3
-

27

3

1
1

-

-

-

-

1
1

-

3

2
2

-

9

-

-

**

-

-

*

-

3

18

*

*

*

5
5

3
3

1
1

-

-

*

-

-

-

29
7

31
6

24
18

26

22

25

6

30

11

6

3

10
20

11

6

3

12
14

-

*

-

-

-

-

-

*

-

•

.

.

26
4

-

-

-

17
•

22

-

*

*

17

**

-

-

-

*

*

*

*

-

.

*

*

Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm Beach—
Boca Raton, Fla., April 1976— Continued
Weekly earnings 1
(standard)
weekly

workers

hours1

Occupation and industry division

Median 2

Middle range2

S

s
70

(standard) Mean 2

of--

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a i g h t - t im e w e e k ly e a rn in g s
s

Number

80

S
90

s
100

S

s
110

120

S

S
130

140

S
150

s
160

S

S
170

180

S

S
190

200

S

3
210

220

S
230

* ■"1—

s
240

260

280

and
u n d er
80

300

and
90

100

110

120

130

140

ISO

160

170

180

190

200

210

220

23p

240

260

280

300

over

ALL WORKERS—
CONTINUED
BO O K KE E PIN G -M A C H IN E o p e r a t o r s .
C L A SS A -----------------------------------------------------

28

4 0 .0

1 7 8.50

$
180.00

$
$
1 5 0 .0 0 -2 0 0 .0 0

”

B O O K KE EPIN G-M AC H INE O P E R A T O R S .
C L A S S B ----------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

65
65

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

1 4 1.00
141.00

138.50
138.50

1 3 1 .0 0 -1 5 0 .0 0
1 3 1 .0 0 -1 5 0 .0 0

-

*

98

4 0 .0
4 0 .0
4 0 .5

1 5 8.00

154.50
153.50

1 3 7 .5 0 -1 8 0 .5 0
1 3 7 .5 0 -1 6 1 .0 0
1 4 0 . 0 0 - 1 8 4 . So

.

-

151.00
163.00

-

-

*

*

-

-

-

-

PAYR OLL CLERKS ----------------- -------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------- ----------------

$

AO
58

158.00

A ------

54

3 9 .0

1 8 1.50

170.00

1 5 4 .5 0 -2 1 3 .0 0

KEYPUNCH O P E R A T O R S . C L A S S B -----MANUFACTURING --------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING --------------------------

151
65

3 9 .5
4 0 .0
3 8 .5

1 3 9.50
1 3 9.00
1 4 0.00

140.00
136.00
140.50

1 2 7 .5 0 -1 4 9 .5 0
1 2 8 .0 0 -1 4 8 .0 0

KEYPUNCH O P E R A T O R S .

CLASS

86

“
.

-

'

-

13
9

3
3

15

7

7

2

3
-

-

2
-

-

4

*

15

5

3

*

2

3

1

4

18

*

*
*

*

12

“

“

1 2 4 .5 0 -1 4 9 ,5 0

*

19

15

10

-

*

12

13
3

23
5

*

3

1
“

1

13

7
4

11
11

-

6

9
9

28
28

1

-

7

11
11

6
6

”

See fo o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b le s .




2

•

_
-

_
T

-

—

v

-

•

2

2

1

11

11

3

1

6

2

8

-

1

6

-

23
20

26

41
12

18

9

3

2
1
1

5
1

-

—

-

-

-

•
*

3

12
14

29

10
8

2

2

7

1

4

-

-

—

Table A -2 . W eekly earnings of professional and technical w orkers in Fort Lauderdale—Hollyw ood and W est Palm Beach—

Boca Raton, Fla., ApriM976
Weekly earnings 1
(standard)
Number
of

O cc u p a tio n and in d u s t r y d i v is i o n

Average
weekly
houn1
(standard

N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a i g h t - t im e w e e k ly e a r n in g s o f—

s

s
120

M in i

Middle ranged

Median *

130

s

S

S
140

150

160

S
170

S

s
180

190

s

s
200

210

S

S
220

230

S
24o

S
250

S
260

S
270

S
280

S
290

t
300

ANALYSTS

$
26

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS

340

and
140

150

160

170

180

190

200

210

220

230

240

250

260

270

280

290

300

$

$

320

4

*-09 .00

340

2 1 4 .0 0 2 1 4 .0 0 -

233.50
231.00

1

148 #50*188*50

over

2

21
21

8

3 8 •0

6
1
1

8

8

2
2

2

1

wt, S 3 w s

a

i n n * nn

"

*
1

C LA SS

0-

185

3 9 .5

251.00

260.50

2 2 9 .5 0 -2 7 4 .5 0

-

*

*

-

S ee fo o t n o t e s at end o f t a b le s .

5

-

19

78

25

1

12

5

14

8

17

16

12

17

6

75

*

6

2
_

2

r«

TE CHNIC IA NS ,

2

10

3?




6

(B U S IN E S S ),
235.00
231.00

E LE C TR O NI CS

—

WORKERS

COMPUTER SYSTEMS

u w s r i t r, — f
j

- i
320

and
u n d er
130

ALL

S

4

_

Table A -3 . A verage w e e k ly earnings of office, professional, and technical w orkers, by sex, in Fort Lauderdale—

Hollywood and West Palm Beach—Boca Raton, Fla., April 1976
Average
(mean2 )

Average
(mean*)

Sex,

3

o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

OFFI CE

O CC UPA TI O NS -

Number
of
woiken

Weekly
Weekly
hours
earnings 1
[standard) (standard)

HEN

S e x , 3 o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Number
of
woiken

Weekly
Weekly
hours 1
earnings 1
(standard) (standard)

S e x , 3 o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

Weekly
Weekly
earnings 1
[standard) (standard)

O F F I C E OC CU PA TI ONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

O F F I C E OCCUPA TI ONS WOMEN— CONTINUED

$

Average
(mean2 )
Number
of
worken

m essen g ers
41

3 9 .0

1 3 5.00

3 8 .5

39

1 5 6.50

1 3 2.00
1*210
MAN Ur A v 1 UK 1 1
'lvj

" "

167.00
06

'“ ~L

n t i jt r iy t K b

45

.

OC CU PA TI ONS m t o o
312
s w it c h b o a r d
159

3 9 .5

o pepato r - r e c e p t io n is t s -

177.00

174
74
100
298
83
215

' 0 0
297
39

3 9 .0
3 7 .0

172.50
213.00

452
125
327

4 0 .0
4 0 .0
3 9 .5

145.50
146.50

161
86
54
32

'“O

1 7 1.50
39^0

15 4.00

S ee fo o t n o t e s at end o f t a b le s .




6

MEN

(B U S IN E S S ),

4 0 .0

.

3 8 •5
3 0 .0

• “ n -n
'•

, „

163.00

1 6 3 . ->0

/A rt
7 ? *_

,/r

1 6 6.00

1 3 0.00
1 3 7.50
129.00
48

65
65

r

49

1 1 7.00

3 9 .0

4 0 .0

B OOKKE EPI NG- MAC HI NE O P E R A T O RS .
C LA SS 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------

COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS

1 2 6.50
1 2 9.50

4 j4

145.50
1 6 ’"

^0*0
4 1 .0

JU .-v

____ _______ ___ w____

4 0 .0
4 0 .0

141.00
141.00

^

Table A -4 .

H ourly earnings of m a in ten an ce, toolroom , and p o w erp lan t w orkers in Fort Lauderdale—

Hollywood and West Palm Beach—Boca Raton, Fla., April 1976
Hourly ean ings 4

N u m b er o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a i g h t - t im e h o u r ly e a rn in g s o f—
$

1 ---------- $

S

$
3.80

$
4.00

$

S

S

S

s

$

s

S

*

4.80

5.00

5.60

5.80

6.00

6.20

6.40

6.60

S
6.80

S

4 . 60

$
5.40

S

4.4 0

$
5 .2 0

S

4.2 0

7.20

1 --------- S
7.60 8.0 0

4.20

4.40

4.6 0

4 . 8Q

5.00

5.20

5.40

5.60

5.80

6.00

6.20

6.4 0

6.60

6.80

7.20

7.60

8.00

8 .4()

4

"

10

7

*

2

*

2

*

2
2

1
1

5
5

20
20

16
16

13
13

9
7

8
6

2
2

24
-

—

*

*

*

2

2

**

24

-

8
8

3

27
27

2
2

.

.

75

5

*

*

*

*

3.40

3.60

3.20

Mean 2

Median2

Middle range 2

3.40

3.60

3.80

*

*

*

*

”

2

*

-

“

1

11

.

2
-

..

-

-

-

2
2

2
2

8
-

.

-

1
-

-

2
2

5
-

3
3

-

1

2

-

-

“

-

8

-

-

5

-

.

.

.

.

1

3

-

.

3

3

*

8
8

24

*

3
3

22

-

*

“

“

3

3

4

17

15

21

4

1

1

3

.

and
u n d er
o
o

workers

ALL

3.20

3.00

O cc u p a tio n and in d u stry d iv is io n

WORKERS
39

$
5.7 4

$
6.00

$
5 .0 0 -

$
6.24

e l e c t r i c i a n s --------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------

125
81

6.29
6.16

6 .3 2
6.3 2

NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------

44

6.52

7.68

5 .9 0 6 .0 0 4 .8 8 -

6.85
6.50
7.85

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (M AC HI NE RY) MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------

203
117

6.4 9
5.64

6.50
6 .0 9

5 .7 7 4 .3 0 -

7.80
6.50

220
67

5.98
6.6 3

5 .8 5
6 .6 9

5 .3 7 5 .8 9 -

6.60
7.78

----------------------------*

34

6.04

6 .0 9

6 .0 3 -

6.22

-

-

•

.

-

-

.

-

.

3

-

4 #31

4.54

TOOL AND D I E MAKERS ---------------------------------------MANUFACTURING --------------------------------------------

217
217

5 .5 2
5.52

5.30
5.30

5 .3 0 5 .3 0 -

5.41
5.41

•

-

-

.

-

-

1
1

2
2

4
4

4

18
18

MAINTENANCE CAR PE NTERS -------------------------------m a in t e n a n c e

•

3

27
27

11
11

31

9

T

20

30

-

-

19

MAINTENANCE MECHANICS
NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S ----------------------------------MAINTENANCE

PIPEFITTERS

WMWUr

”

1U K l ” u

10

32

14

14

3

-

-

-

1

4

17

7

•

2

7

11
11

2
2

11
11

3

3

5
5

.

'

S e e fo o t n o t e s at end o f t a b le s .




39

7

4

123
123

16
16

7

7
7

3
3

-

Tab le A -5 .

H ourly earnings of m aterial m ovem ent and custodial w o rkers in Fort Lauderdale—

Hollywood and West Palm Beach—Boca Raton, Fla., April 1976
Hourly earnings 4

N um ber of w o rk ers

O c c u p a tio n a n d i n d u s t r y d i v is i o n
workers

r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t -t im e

h o u r l y e a r n i n g s o f -----

5
S
s
S
T
3
S
t
i
S
S
S
T
S
S
S
s
S
t
s
T ----------" 5 -------2.20 2.40 2 .60 2 .80 3.00 3.20 3 .40 3.60 3. 80 4 .00 4 20 4 40 4.60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5.60 6.00 6.40 6.80 7.20 TrAO

NumU.
Mean 2

Median2

Middle range *

and
u nder

2.40 2.60 2 .80 3 .00 3.20 3.40 3.60 3.80 4. 00 4 .20 4 40 4 60 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.40 5.60 6.90 6.40 6.80 7.20 7.60 8.00
ALL

WORKERS

T RUC KDR IV ER S -----------------------------------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING ---------------P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S --------------

1.797
276
1.521
412

$
4.54
4.90
4.48
6.10

$
4.35
4.69
3.94
5.45

$
3.154.153.005.45-

T R UC KD RI VE RS * L I G H T TRUCK ------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------------

339
323

3.35
3.35

3.00
3.00

2.65- 3.65
2.65- 3.73

T R UC KD RI VE RS * MEDIUM TRUCK --------—
MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING -------------------------------------

553
69
484

3.70
3.98
3.67

3.30
4.00
3.30

3.00- 4.00
3.50- 4.25
3.00- 3.75

T R U C K D R I V E R S . HEAVY TRUCK
(T R A I L E R ) —
— — — — — —
NONMANUFACTURING — ---------

—
----

588
477

5.85
6.13

5.45
5.45

4.69- 7.78
5.00- 7.78

-

T R U C K D R I V E R S . HEAVY TRUCK
(OTHER THAN T R A I L E R ) -----------MONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------

289
223

4.91
4.44

4.50
3.75

3.15- 7.05
3.00- 5.09

-

$

5.45
4.82
5.45
7.78

-

93
4
89
4

57
57
8

79
75

8

97
20
77

106
106

9
9

3
3

32
20

.

“

139

121
8
113

53
10
43

50
8
42

5
2
3
6

10
10

11

12

-

-

11

12

*

-

-

-

4
4

8
8

32
32

30
30

1

12

5

8

24

6

24

-

•
-

-

-

144

3.88

3.68

3.30- 4.25

.

3.97

4.08

3.31- 4.25

-

WAREHOUSEMEN ------------------------------------------------------------

65

3.73

3.75

3.15- 4.36

-

-----------------------

117

4.07

3.35

3.00- 5.75

-

MA TE RIA L HANDLING LABORER S -------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------

409
49
360

3.22
3.37
3.19

3.00
3.32
2.90

2.70- 3.30
2.97- 4.00
2.70- 3.15

22
22

F O R K L I F T OPE RATORS ----------------MANUFACTURING ------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------

172
50
122

4.11
4.12
4.10

3.75
4.09
3.68

3.20- 4.41
3.32- 4.76
3.20- 4.16

.

2

-

2

GUARDS AND WATCHMEN ---------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------------------

1.091
159
932

2.77
4.25
2.51

2.35
4.52
2.33

2.30- 3.00
3.28- 5.14
2.30- 2.60

551

121

4.54

4.52

4.38- 5.22

*

9
8

18
6
12
*

83
10
73
16

-

•

*

116

ORDER F I L L E R S

140
a
iaa

38
38

*

-------------------------------------------------

CLERKS

279

-

279
18

NONMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------------

RECEIVING

46
46
32

-

139

32
21
11
*

39
3
36
“

_

.

-

.

*

*

*

“

34
14
20

12
12
-

18
3
15

28
12
16

20
11

10
9

5
5

10
2

177
112
65
-

119

-

133
11
122
122

44
-

65
1
64
-

-

66
5*
12
T

•
•
-

-

-

-

-

-

T

-

10

•

•

31

9

-

2

-

-

-

2

31

10

-

9

-

-

120
120

11
11

55
54

-

3
3

-

168
168

•
-

2
2

-

-

-

54
-

-

36
36

119
-

51
3
48
-

72
72

-

3

5

-

•

3

5

145
45

32
32

7
7

-

16
16

4
4

12
12

36
36

-

-

-

44
-

-

204
—

204
204

.

-

-

-

“

-

-

6
6

6

8
8

25
25

5
5

7
3

15

8

3

8

37

1

4

6

1

6

3

2

13

-

3

8

31

1

3

6

1

-

6

3

2

-

-

-

-

20

4

-

20

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

T

-

-

6

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

40

-

-

-

-

-

4

4

20
10
10

-

4

9
9

-

3

7
3

23
23

2
-

3

3
3

2

*

.
*

—
-

2

6

•

4
4

-

12

-

11

-

54
23
31

9

19

21

8

81

67
2

77

65

88
7
81

24
9
15

11

4

5

4

4

2

8

38

27

5

6

3

6

2

2

35

21

16
2
14

99

29
11
18

23
2
21

8
6
2

21
3
18

-

-

-

•

** U

n o n m a n u f a c t u r in g

-----------------------------------------

GUARDS t
MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------JANITORS.

PORTERS.

NONMANUFACTURING

34
8
26

3
3

11
11

1
1

5
1
4

*

40
40

3
3

2

“

*

1
1

2

6
6

34
34

*

-

30

146

5

4

6

3

2

6

3

1

1

40

3

2

124

67

94

94

19

38

15

14

17

11

45

9

91

56

70

57

10

15

3

4

17

1

7

•

-------

2.76

2.50

2.30- 3.00

660

164

— ------------- -

1.158

2.61

2I37

2.30- 2l75

656

153

4

26

26

73

8

3

“

*

2

4
5
1
4

82
5
77

146

See fo o t n o t e s at end o f ta b le s .




4

27
9
18

2

1.389

AND CLEANERS

-

*

•
551

-

6

6
*

-

-

3

.

-

-

3

-

15
15

-

.

2

-

_

2

-

▼

-

*

•

*

*

6

34

2

*

2

1

14

1

14

6
-

1
1

•

-

6
-

*

*

*

1

*

•

3
3

•

*

*

-

2
2
-

*

*

•

.

.

*

"
r

*

*




Table A-6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom,
powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers, by sex,
in Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm Beach—
Boca Raton, Fla., April 1976
Sex,

3

Number
of
workers

o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n

(mean^ )
earnings

S ex , 3 o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s t r y d iv is io n

4

Number
of
workers

Average
(m ean 2 )
hourly
earnings

4

MA TE RI AL MOVEMENT AND C US TO DI AL
OC CU PA TI ONS - MEN— CONTINUED

MA IN TE NA NC E, TOOLROOM, AND
POWERPLANT OC CUPA TI ONS - MEN
$ ^

TRUCKORI VERS

-

CONTINUED

TRUCKORIVERS,

HEAVY TRUCK

6 .5 2

5 .6 4
MAINTENANCE

65

3 .7 3

172

WAREHOUSEMEN ------------------------------------------------------------

MECHANICS

4 .1 1

6 .0 4
H wNUr A L 1 UK

*■ m

■■■

■

■

4 .2 9
^

r4¥f.

m aterial

217
217

movement

OC CU PA TI ONS

and

-

.1 0

5 .5 2
______ ___

_ 1N , _
P

____ _

n on m a n u f ac t u r in g

C US TOOI AL
MEN

-----------------------------------------

895

2 .5 1

GUARDS!
1*762
1 ,4 8 8
406

JANITORS,

PORTERS,

AND CLEANERS --------

n /,

066
NONMANUEACTURING ----------------------------------------

306
290

0 .6 6

322

2 .5 6

3 f 0
3 .4 0

3*67
TRUCKORIVERS,

HEAVY TRUCK

JANITORS,
588
477

POR TERS,

AND CLEANERS -------

5 .8 5
2*48

S ee fo o t n o t e s at end o f t a b le s .

9

Table A-7. Percent increases in average hourly earnings for selected
occupational groups, adjusted for employment shifts, in
Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm Beach—
Boca Raton, Fla., for selected periods
In d u s try and o c c u p a t io n a l g ro u p
(m e n and w o m e n co m b in e d )

A p r i l 1972
to
A p r i l 1973

A p r i l 1973
to
A p r i l 1974

A p r i l 1974
to
A p r i l 1975

6 .7
*
***
7 .4
6 .3

9 .4
*
***
7 .2
9.9

8.6
***
***
9 .4
9 .8

6.2
***
***
8 .7
4 .4

sic**

A l l in d u s t r ie s :
O ffic e c l e r i c a l __________________________ _____________
E l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g ---------------------- -------------In d u s t r ia l n u r s e s __________ __________ _______ _ _ _ _
S k ille d m a in te n a n ce t r a d e s * * _____
____________
U n sk ille d pla n t w o r k e r s * * ---------------------------------------M a n u fa c tu r in g :
O ffic e c l e r i c a l __________________________________________
E l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g ________
_ _ _
____
I n d u s tr ia l n u r s e s ______________________________________
S k ille d m a in te n a n ce t r a d e s * * _______________________
U n sk ille d plant w o r k e r s * * ---------------------------------------

***

*

**sjc

***

***

7.6
8 .4

6 .1
***

8 .4
***

***
***
***
6 .9
7.6

6 .4
*
***
***
5.2

D ata not a v a ila b le .
P e r c e n t in c r e a s e s fo r p e r io d s en d in g p r i o r to
D ata do not m e e t p u b lic a tio n c r i t e r i a .

sjcsjc*

*
***

N o n m a n u fa c tu rin g :
O ffic e c l e r i c a l __________ _
_
___
E l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g __________________________
I n d u s t r ia l n u r s e s ------ ------------- ---------- ------ -- -----S k ille d m a in te n a n ce t r a d e s * * ----------------------------------U n sk ille d pla n t w o r k e r s * * ----------------------------------------

*
**
***

A p r i l 1975
to
A p r i l 1976

10.7
*
***
***
10.5

8 .4
***
***
***
8.2

6 .8
***
***
***
3.6

1976 r e la t e to m e n o n ly .

Footnotes
1 Sta n da rd h o u r s r e f le c t the w o r k w e e k f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e t h e ir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t - t im e s a la r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e o f p a y fo r o v e r t i m e at r e g u la r a n d /o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ) , and the e a r n in g s c o r r e s p o n d
to th e s e w e e k ly h o u r s .
2 T h e m e a n is c o m p u t e d fo r e a c h j o b b y to ta lin g the e a r n in g s o f a ll w o r k e r s and d iv id in g b y the n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s .
T h e m e d ia n d e s ig n a t e s p o s it io n — h a lf o f the e m p lo y e e s s u r v e y e d r e c e iv e m o r e
and h a lf r e c e i v e l e s s than the ra te sh ow n .
T h e m id d le ra n g e is d e fin e d by 2 r a t e s o f p a y ; a fo u r th o f the w o r k e r s e a rn l e s s than the lo w e r o f t h e s e r a t e s and a fo u r th e a r n m o r e than the h ig h er ra te.
3 E a rn in g s data r e la t e o n ly to w o r k e r s w h o s e s e x id e n t ific a t io n w a s p r o v id e d by the e s t a b lis h m e n t .
4 E x c lu d e s p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and la te s h ift s .




1 0

Appendix A
A r e a w age and r ela ted ben efits data a r e obtained by p e r s o n a l v is it s
o f Bureau fie ld r e p r e s e n t a t iv e s at 3 - y e a r in t e r v a ls . 1 In eac h o f the i n t e r ­
venin g y e a r s , in fo r m a t io n on e m p lo y m e n t and o c cu p a tion a l ea r n in g s is c o l ­
le c te d by a co m b in a tio n o f p e r s o n a l v is it , m a i l qu e st io n n a ir e , and te lephon e
in terview f r o m es t a b lis h m e n t s p a rticip atin g in the p r e v i o u s su r v ey .

d e s c r i b e d , o r f o r s o m e in du stry d iv is io n s within the s c o p e o f the su r v e y , are
not p r e s e n te d in the A - s e r i e s ta b le s , b e c a u s e either (1) e m p lo y m e n t in the
o c c u p a t io n i s too s m a ll to p r o v i d e enough data to m e r i t p r esen ta tion , o r
(2) th ere is p o s s i b i l i t y o f d i s c l o s u r e o f in dividu al estab lis h m en t data.
Sepa­
rate m e n ' s and w o m e n 's e arn in g s data a r e not p r e s e n te d when the n um ber o f
w o r k e r s not iden tified by s e x i s 20 p e r c e n t o r m o r e o f the m e n o r w om en
id en tified in an o c cu p a tion .
E a rn in gs data not shown sep a r a tely f o r in dustry
d iv is io n s a r e in cluded in data f o r all in d u str ies com bined.
L ik e w is e ,
data a r e included- in the o v e r a l l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n when a su b c la s s if ic a t i o n of
e l e c t r o n i c s t e c h n ic ia n s , s e c r e t a r i e s , o r t r u c k d r i v e r s is not shown o r i n f o r ­
m a tion to s u b c l a s s i f y is not av a ila b le.

In eac h o f the 84 2 a r e a s c u r r e n t l y s u r v e y e d , data ar e obtain ed f r o m
r e p re s e n t a t iv e e st a b lis h m e n t s within six b r o a d in du stry d iv is io n s :
M an u fa c­
turing; tr a n sp o rt a tio n , c o m m u n ic a tio n , and oth er public u tilities ; w h o le sa le
tr a d e; r e ta il tr a d e ; fin a n ce, i n s u r a n c e , and r e a l estate; and s e r v i c e s .
M a jo r
in du stry g rou ps ex clu d ed f r o m th ese studies ar e g o v er n m en t o p e r a t io n s and
the co n s tr u c tio n and e x tr a c tiv e in d u s tr ie s .
E s ta b lis h m en ts having f e w e r than
a p r e s c r i b e d num ber o f w o r k e r s ar e om itted b e c a u s e o f in su ffic ien t e m p l o y ­
ment in the oc cu p a tion s studied.
Separate tabula tions are p r o v id e d f o r each
o f the b r oa d in du stry d iv is io n s w hich m e e t pu blica tion c r i t e r i a .

O ccu p ation a l em p lo y m e n t and ea r n in g s data a r e shown f o r f u ll- t i m e
w o r k e r s , i . e . , th ose h ired to w o rk a r e g u la r w eek ly sch edule.
Earn in gs data
e x clu d e p r e m iu m pay f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o rk on w eekends, h olida ys, and
late shifts. N onproduction bon u ses a r e ex clu d e d , but c o s t - o f - l i v i n g allow a n ces
and in cen tive bo n u se s ar e in clu ded .
W eek ly hours f o r o f f ic e c l e r i c a l and
p r o f e s s i o n a l and te c h n ic a l o c cu p a t io n s r e f e r to the standard w ork w eek
(rounded to the n e a r e s t half hour) f o r which e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e r egu la r
s t r a ig h t - t im e s a l a r i e s ( e x c lu s i v e o f pay f o r o v e r t im e at r e g u la r a n d / o r
p r e m iu m r a t e s ) . A v e r a g e w e e k ly earn ing s f o r th ese occu pation s are rounded
to the n e a r e s t half d o lla r .

T h e s e s u r v e y s are condu cted on a sa m p le b a s i s .
The samplin g
p r o c e d u r e s in volve detailed stra tifica tion o f all es t a b lis h m e n t s within the
s c o p e o f an in div id ual a r e a su r v e y by in du stry and n u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s .
F r o m this stra tified u n iv e r se a p r o b a b ility sa m ple is s e l e c t e d , with each
e sta b lis h m en t having a p r e d e te r m in e d cha nce o f s e l e c t io n . T o obtain optim um
a c c u r a c y at m in im u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t io n o f la rg e than sm a ll e s t a b ­
lis h m en ts i s s e l e c t e d .
When data are c o m b in e d , each e sta b lis h m en t is
w eighted a c c o r d i n g to its p r o b a b ility of s e l e c t io n , so that unbiased e s t im a te s
ar e g en er a ted .
F o r e x a m p le , if one out o f fou r e st a b lis h m e n t s is s e l e c t e d ,
it is giv en a weight o f four to r e p r e s e n t i t s e l f plus th r ee o t h e r s .
An alternate
o f the sa m e o r ig i n a l p r ob a b ility is ch o s e n in the sa m e i n d u s t r y - s i z e c l a s s i ­
fication i f data are not availa ble f r o m the o r ig i n a l sa m ple m e m b e r .
If no
suitable substitute is a v ailab le, additional weight is a s sig n e d to a sam ple
m e m b e r that is s i m il a r to the m i s s i n g unit.

T h e s e su r v e y s m e a s u r e the l e v e l o f o c cu p a tion a l earn ings in an a r e a
at a p a r t ic u la r t i m e .
C o m p a r i s o n s o f in div id ual occu pation al a v e r a g e s o v e r
tim e m a y not r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d wage c h a n g es. The a v e r a g e s for individual jo b s
a r e a f f e c te d by cha nges in w a g es and e m p lo y m e n t patterns.
F o r e x a m p le ,
p r o p o r t io n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d by h igh - o r lo w - w a g e f i r m s m a y change, o r
h ig h -w a g e w o r k e r s m a y advance to better jo b s and be r e p la c e d by new
w o r k e r s at lo w e r r a te s .
Such shifts in e m p lo y m e n t cou ld d e c r e a s e an o c c u ­
pational a v e r a g e even though m o s t est a b lis h m e n t s in an a r e a i n c r e a s e w ag es
during the y e a r .
Changes in e arn in g s o f oc cu p a t io n a l g ro u p s , shown in table
A - 7 , ar e b e t te r in d ic a t o r s o f wage tren ds than are earn ings cha nges fo r
in div id ual j o b s within the g r o u p s .

O cc u p a tion s and earn ings
O cc u p a tion s s e l e c t e d f o r study are c o m m o n to a v a r ie t y of m a n u f a c ­
turin g and n onm anufacturin g in d u s tr ie s , and ar e o f the follow in g ty p es :
(1) O ffice c l e r i c a l ; (2) p r o f e s s i o n a l and te c h n ic a l; (3) m a in ten an ce, t o o l r o o m ,
and pow erp lan t; and (4) m a t e r ia l m o v e m e n t and c u s to d ia l.
O ccup ationa l
c l a s s i f i c a t i o n is b a s e d on a u n ifo r m set o f jo b d e s c r ip t i o n s d es ig n ed to take
a ccoun t o f in te r e s t a b lis h m e n t v a r ia tion in duties within the sa m e j o b .
O ccu­
pa tions s e l e c t e d f o r study are listed and d e s c r i b e d in appendix B.
U nle ss
o t h e r w is e in d ic a ted , the earn ing s data fo llo w in g the job t itle s ar e f o r all
in d u s tr ie s c o m b i n e d .
Ea rn in gs data f o r s o m e o f the o c cu p a t io n s lis ted and

A v e r a g e earn ing s r e f l e c t c o m p o s i t e , ar ea w id e e s t im a te s .
Industrie s
and es t a b lis h m e n t s d if f e r in pay l e v e l and jo b staffing, and thus contrib ute
d if f e r e n t ly to the e s t im a t e s f o r eac h jo b .
P a y a v e r a g e s m a y f a il to r e f l e c t
a c c u r a t e l y the w age d if f e r e n t ia l am ong jo b s in in dividual est a b lis h m e n t s.

1 Personal visits were on a 2-year cycle before July 1972.
2 Included in the 84 areas are 14 studies conducted by the Bureau under contract. These areas are
Akron, Ohio; Austin, T ex .; Binghamton, N .Y . — a .; Birmingham, A la .; Fort Lauderdale—
P
Hollywood and West
Palm Beach—
Boca Raton, Fla.; Lexington—
Fayette, Ky. ; Melbourne—Titusville—
Cocoa, Fla.; Norfolk—
Virginia
Beach—
Portsmouth and Newport News—
Hampton, Va. — C . ; Poughkeepsie-Kingston-Newburgh, N. Y. ; Raleigh—
N.
Durham, N. C .; Stamford, Conn.; Syracuse, N. Y . ; Utica—
Rome, N .Y .; and Westchester County, N .Y .
In
addition, the Bureau conducts more limited area studies in approximately 70 areas at the request of the
Employment Standards Administration of the U. S. Department of Labor.




11

A v e r a g e pay le v e l s f o r m e n and w o m e n in s e l e c t e d occu pation s should
not be a s s u m e d to r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s in pay o f the s e x e s within in dividual
e s t a b lis h m e n t s .
F a c t o r s w hich m a y c ontrib ute to d i f f e r e n c e s in clude p r o ­
g r e s s i o n within e st a b lis h e d rate r a n g e s (only the r a te s paid in cu m b ents are
c o l l e c t e d ) and p e r f o r m a n c e o f s p e c i f i c du ties within the g e n e r a l su r v e y jo b
d escriptions.
Job d e s c r i p t i o n s u sed to c l a s s i f y e m p lo y e e s in th ese su r v e y s
u su ally a r e m o r e g e n e r a li z e d than th ose u sed in in dividual estab lis h m en ts
and allow f o r m i n o r d i f f e r e n c e s am ong est a b lis h m e n t s in s p e c i f i c duties
perform ed.

O cc u p a tio n a l e m p lo y m e n t e s t im a t e s r e p r e s e n t the total in a ll e s t a b ­
lis h m e n ts within the s c o p e o f the study and not the n u m ber actu ally su r v e y e d .
B e c a u s e o c c u p a t io n a l s t r u c t u r e s am ong e s t a b lis h m e n t s d i f f e r , e s t im a t e s o f
o c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t obtain ed f r o m the sa m ple o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s studied
s e r v e on ly to in d icate the r e la t iv e im p o r t a n c e o f the jo b s studied.
T h ese
d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t io n a l st ru c tu re do not a ffe c t m a t e r i a l l y the a c c u r a c y o f
the e a r n in g s data.

E l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g
(m en and w o m e n ) :
Com puter system s
a n a ly s ts , c l a s s e s
A , B, and C
Com puter p ro g r a m m e r s ,
c l a s s e s A , B, and C
Com puter op e ra to rs ,
c l a s s e s A , B, and C

Wage tr e n d s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n a l g rou ps

The p e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s p r e s e n te d in ta ble A - 7 a r e b a s e d on c ha ng es
in a v e r a g e h o u r ly ea r n in g s f o r es t a b lis h m e n t s r e p o r t in g the tr end j o b s in both
the c u r r e n t and p r e v i o u s y e a r (m a tched e s t a b lis h m e n t s ) .
The data ar e
adju sted to r e m o v e the e f f e c t s on a v e r a g e ea r n in g s o f e m p lo y m e n t shifts
am ong e s t a b lis h m e n t s and t u r n o v e r o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s in cluded in su r v e y
sam ples.
The p e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s , h o w e v e r , ar e s t ill affec ted b y f a c t o r s
oth er than w age i n c r e a s e s .
H irin gs , l a y o f f s , and t u r n o v e r m a y a ffe c t an
est a b lis h m e n t a v e r a g e f o r an occu p a t io n when w o r k e r s ar e paid under plans
pr ov id in g a range o f w age r a tes f o r in div id ual j o b s .
In p e r io d s o f i n c r e a s e d
h irin g , f o r e x a m p l e , new e m p l o y e e s enter at the bottom o f the ran ge,
d e p r e s s i n g the a v e r a g e without a change in wage r a te s .

Skilled m ain ten an ce (men
and w o m e n ) :
C arpenters
E lectricia ns
Painters
M a c h in is ts
M e c h a n ic s (m a ch in ery )
M e c h a n ic s ( m o t o r v e h ic le )
P ip e f i t t e r s
T o o l and die m a k e r s

In dustria l n u r s e s (m en and
w om en ):
R e g i s t e r e d in d u str ia l
nurses
P e r c e n t c ha ng es f o r indiv:
as f o l l o w s :

Unskilled plant (men and
w om en ):
J a n i to r s , p o r t e r s , and
clean ers
M a te r ia l handling l a b o r e r s
a r e a s in the p r o g r a m ar e c om p u ted

1.

2.

O cc u p a tion s u sed to c om p u te wage tr e n d s a r e :

O ffice c l e r i c a l (m en and
w om en ):

O ffice c l e r i c a l (men and
w o m e n )----Continued

S ecretaries
Stenographers, general
S t e n o g r a p h e r s , s e n io r
T y p i s t s , c l a s s e s A and B
F ile c l e r k s , c l a s s e s A,
B, and C
M essengers
Sw itch boa rd o p e r a t o r s
O rder clerk s

A c co u n tin g c l e r k s ,
c l a s s e s A and B
B o o k k e e p i n g - m a c h in e
operators, class B
P ayroll clerk s
K eypunch o p e r a t o r s ,
c l a s s e s A and B
T abulating - m ac hine
operators, class B

T h e s e w eigh ts a r e u se d to com p u te g rou p a v e r a g e s .
E a ch o c c u p a t i o n 's a v e r a g e (mean) ea r n in g s is m u ltip lied
by it s weight.
The p r o d u c ts ar e totaled to obtain a
g rou p a v e r a g e .

3.

The p e r c e n t ch a n g es r elate to wage ch a n g es betw een the in dicated
d a tes.
When the tim e span b etw een su r v e y s is oth er than 12 m on th s, annual
r a te s ar e shown.
(It i s a s s u m e d that w a g e s i n c r e a s e at a constant rate
b etw een s u r v e y s . )

E a ch o c c u p a t io n i s a s s ig n e d a w eight b a s e d on its p r o ­
p ortion ate e m p lo y m e n t in the o c c u p a t io n a l g rou p in the
base year.

The r atio o f g rou p a v e r a g e s f o r 2 c o n s e c u t iv e y e a r s is
c o m p u te d by div iding the a v e r a g e f o r the c u r r e n t y ea r
by the a v e r a g e f o r the e a r l i e r y e a r .
The resu lt—
e x p r e s s e d as a p e r c e n t — l e s s 100 is the p e r c e n t change.

F o r a m o r e detailed d e s c r i p t i o n o f the m e t h o d u sed to com pute th ese
w age t r e n d s , s e e "I m p r o v in g A r e a Wage Survey In d e x e s , " Monthly L a b o r
R e v i e w , January 1973, pp. 5 2 - 5 7 .
E s ta b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p lem en ta r y w age p r o v i s i o n s




T ab u lations on s e l e c t e d e s t a b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and su pplem en tary
w ag e p r o v i s i o n s ( B - s e r i e s ta b les ) a r e npt p r e s e n t e d in this bulletin.
Infor­
m a tion f o r th ese tabula tions is c o l l e c t e d at 3 - y e a r in t e r v a ls . 1 T h e s e tabu­
*
3
2
latio ns on m i n im u m en tr a n ce s a l a r i e s f o r i n e x p e r i e n c e d o f f i c e w o r k e r s ; shift
d if f e r e n t ia ls ; sch eduled w e e k ly h ours and d a y s ; paid h o lid a y s ; paid v a c a tio n s ;
and health, in s u r a n c e , and pen sion plans ar e p r e s e n t e d (in the B - s e r i e s ta bles)
in p r e v i o u s bu lletin s f o r th is a r e a .
1 Personal visits were on a 2-year cy cle before July 1972.

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Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied
in Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm Beach—Boca Raton, Fla.,1April 1976
In d u s try d i v is i o n 2

M in im u m
e m p lo y m e n t
in e s t a b l is h m e n ts in s c o p e
o f stud y

-------------------------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----- ---------------------------t r an spo rta ti on, c o m m uni cat io n, and
OTHER PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 5 ----------------------------------------WH OL ES AL E T R A D E 6 ---------------------------------------------------------r e t a i l T R A D E 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------f i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , a n d r e a l e s t a t e 6 --------------S E R V I C E S 6 7--------------------------------------------------------------------------

W o r k e r s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s
W ith in s c o p e o f stud y 4

W ith in s c o p e
o f stu d y 3

Stu died

Stu died
N u m b er

P ercen t

690

ALL D I V I S I O N S --------------------------- -----manufacturing

N u m b er o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s

50
*

50
50
50
50
50

136

125,590

100

60,401

152
538

41
95

30.525
95,065

24
76

18,633
41,768

10

12,746
2,704
48,244
11,765
19,606

10
2
38
9
16

10,378
679
21,408
2,359
6,944

36
31
255
104

7
36
15
27

112

1 T h e F o r t L a u d e r d a le — o lly w o o d and W e s t P a lm B e a c h —B o c a R a ton S ta n d a rd M e t r o p o lit a n S t a tis t ic a l A r e a s , a s d e fin e d b y th e O f f i c e o f M a n a g em en t and B udget
H
th ro u g h F e b r u a r y 1 97 4, c o n s is t o f B r o w a r d and P a lm B e a c h C o u n tie s.
T h e " w o r k e r s w ith in s c o p e o f s tu d y " e s t im a t e s show n in th is ta b le p r o v id e a r e a s o n a b ly a c c u r a t e
d e s c r i p t i o n o f th e s i z e and c o m p o s it io n o f th e la b o r f o r c e in clu d e d in th e s u r v e y .
E s tim a t e s a r e not in ten d ed , h o w e v e r , fo r c o m p a r is o n w ith o t h e r em p lo y m e n t in d e x e s
t o m e a s u r e e m p lo y m e n t t r e n d s o r l e v e l s s in c e (1) pla n n in g o f w a g e s u r v e y s r e q u i r e s e s ta b lis h m e n t da ta c o m p ile d c o n s id e r a b l y in a d v a n c e o f th e p a y r o l l p e r io d stu d ie d ,
and (2) s m a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s a r e e x c lu d e d f r o m th e s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y .
2 T h e 1967 e d itio n o f th e Sta n da rd I n d u s tria l C l a s s if ic a t io n M anual w a s u s e d in c l a s s i fy in g e s t a b lis h m e n t s b y in d u str y d iv is io n .
3 I n clu d e s a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith t o ta l e m p lo y m e n t at o r a b o v e th e m in im u m lim it a t io n . A l l o u t le t s (w ith in th e a re a ) o f c o m p a n ie s in in d u s t r ie s su c h as t r a d e ,
fin a n c e , auto r e p a ir s e r v i c e , and m o tio n p ic t u r e th e a t e r s a r e c o n s id e r e d a s 1 e s t a b lis h m e n t .
4 I n clu d e s a ll w o r k e r s in a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith t o t a l em p lo y m e n t (w ith in th e a fe a ) at o r a b o v e th e m in im u m lim it a t io n .
5 A b b r e v ia t e d to " p u b lic u t il it i e s " in th e A - s e r i e s t a b l e s . T a x ic a b s and s e r v i c e s in c id e n t a l t o w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t io n a r e e x clu d e d .
6 T h is d iv is io n is r e p r e s e n t e d in e s t im a t e s f o r " a ll in d u s t r ie s " and "n o n m a n u fa c t u r in g " in th e A - s e r i e s t a b le s . S e p a ra te p r e s e n t a t io n o f data is not m a d e f o r on e
o r m o r e o f th e fo llo w in g r e a s o n s :
(1) E m p lo y m e n t is t o o s m a ll to p r o v id e en ou gh da ta t o m e r it s e p a r a t e s tu d y , (2) th e s a m p le w a s n ot d e s ig n e d in it ia lly to p e r m it
s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t io n , (3) r e s p o n s e w a s in s u ffic ie n t o r in ad equ a te to p e r m it s e p a r a t e p r e s e n t a t io n , and (4 ) t h e r e is p o s s ib i li t y o f d i s c lo s u r e o f in d iv id u a l e s ta b lis h m e n t data.
7 H o te ls and m o t e ls ; la u n d r ie s and o t h e r p e r s o n a l s e r v i c e s ; b u s in e s s s e r v i c e s ; a u t o m o b ile r e p a i r , r e n t a l, and p a rk in g ; m o t io n p i c t u r e s ; n o n p ro fit m e m b e r s h ip
o r g a n iz a t io n s (e x c lu d in g r e l ig i o u s and c h a r it a b le o r g a n iz a t io n s ); and e n g in e e r in g and a r c h it e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s .




1 3

Appendix B.

Occupational Descriptions

The p r i m a r y p u rp o s e of p r e p a r in g j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s f o r the B u r e a u 's w age su r v e y s is to a s s i s t
its f ie ld staff in c l a s s i f y i n g into ap p rop r ia te o c cu p a t io n s w o r k e r s who a r e e m p lo y e d under a v a r ie t y o f
p a y r o l l title s and diffe r e n t w o rk a r r a n g e m e n t s f r o m est a b lis h m e n t to e s t a b lis h m e n t and f r o m a r e a to
area.
Th is p e r m it s the groupin g o f o c c u p a t io n a l wage rates r e p r e s e n t in g c o m p a r a b l e jo b content.
B e c a u s e o f this e m p h a s is on in te r e s t a b lis h m e n t and in t e r a r e a c o m p a r a b i l i t y o f o c c u p a t io n a l content, the
B u r e a u 's jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s m a y d iffe r sign ifican tly f r o m th ose in use in in div id ual es t a b lis h m e n t s o r th ose
p r e p a r e d f o r oth er p u r p o s e s . In applying th ese jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s , the B u r e a u 's f ie ld e c o n o m i s t s ar e
in st ru ct e d to e x clu d e w ork in g s u p e r v i s o r s ; a p p r e n ti c e s ; l e a r n e r s ; b e g in n e r s ; t r a i n e e s ; and handic apped,
p a r t - t i m e , t e m p o r a r y , and p r o b a tio n a r y w o r k e r s .

OFFICE
SECRETARY
A s s ig n e d as p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y , n o r m a l l y to one indiv idual.
M ain ­
tains a c l o s e and highly r e s p o n s i v e rela tion s h ip to the d a y - t o - d a y w o rk o f the
supervisor.
W ork s f a i r ly independently r e c e i v i n g a m in im u m o f detailed
s u p e r v is io n and guid an ce!
P e r f o r m s v a r ie d c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l du ties,
usually in cluding m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g :

S E C R E T A R Y— Continued
M ay a l s o p e r f o r m oth er c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l ta sk s o f c o m p a r a b le
nature and d ifficu lty .
The w o rk t y p ic a l ly r e q u i r e s k n ow led ge o f o f f ic e routine
and understandin g o f the o r g a n iz a tio n , p r o g r a m s , and p r o c e d u r e s r ela ted to
the w o r k o f the s u p e r v i s o r .
E x c l u s io n s

a. R e c e i v e s te lephon e c a l l s , p e r s o n a l c a l l e r s , and in c o m in g m a il,
a n s w e r s routine i n q u ir ie s , and r ou tes te c h n ic a l in q u ir ie s to the p r o p e r
persons;
b.
c.
in stru cted;
d.

E s t a b lis h e s ,

m a in ta in s ,

and r e v i s e s the s u p e r v i s o r 's f ile s ;
a. P o s i t io n s
d e s c r i b e d above;

Maintains the s u p e r v i s o r 's c a len d a r and m a k e s appoin tm ents as
R e la y s m e s s a g e s f r o m

P erform s




b.

s u p e r v i s o r to su bordin ates;

e. R e v ie w s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , m e m o r a n d u m s , and r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d by
oth er s f o r the s u p e r v i s o r 's signature to a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l and ty pog ra phic
accuracy;
f.

Not all p o s itio n s that ar e titled " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s the above c h a r ­
acteristics.
E x a m p le s o f p o s itio n s w hich a r e e x clu d e d f r o m the defin it ion are
as f o llo w s :

stenog raph ic and typing w o rk .

sio n a l,

w hich

do

not m e e t

the " p e r s o n a l " s e c r e t a r y c o n c e p t

S ten og r a p h ers not fully tr a in e d in s e c r e t a r i a l - t y p e duties;

c . S ten og r a p h ers s e r v in g as o f f i c e a s s is ta n t s to a group o f p r o f e s ­
te c h n ic a l, o r m a n a g e r i a l p e r s o n s ;

d. S e c r e t a r y p o s itio n s in w hich the duties a r e either substantially
m o r e routine o r su bstantially m o r e c o m p l e x and r e s p o n s i b l e than th ose c h a r ­
a c t e r i z e d in the defin ition;

Beginning with c alen d ar y ea r 1976 s u r v e y s , the Bureau has g rou p ed o c c u p a t io n s studied in its
a r e a wage su r v e y s into jo b f a m ilie s in o r d e r to p r e s e n t in fo rm a t io n on r e la t e d o c c u p a t io n s in se q u e n c e .
Job f a m i l i e s have not been titled, h o w e v e r , since doing so might have added e x tr a n e o u s e le m e n t s to the
j o b m a tch in g p r o c e s s .
The B u reau has a ls o r e v i s e d s e v e r a l o c c u p a t io n a l t i t le s .
w o r d o r d e r and are m o r e d e s c r ip t i v e o f the su r v e y j o b s .

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The ti t le s m o r e n e a r ly r e f l e c t usual

S E C R E T A R Y — Continued

S E C R E T A R Y — Continued

Exclusions— Continued

Class C

e.
A s s is t a n t - t y p e p o s itio n s w hich in v o lv e m o r e difficu lt o r m o r e
1. S e c r e t a r y to an ex e cu tiv e o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n w hose r e s p o n ­
r e s p o n s i b l e te c h n ic a l, ad m in ist ra tiv e , s u p e r v i s o r y , o r s p e c i a l i z e d c l e r i c a l
s ib ility is not equiv alent to one o f the s p e c if i c l e v e l situations in the defin ition
du ties w hich a r e not ty p ic a l o f s e c r e t a r i a l w o r k .
f o r c l a s s B , but w h os e o r g a n iz a tio n a l unit n o r m a l l y n u m bers at lea st s e v e r a l
d o z e n e m p l o y e e s and is u su ally divided into or g a n iz a tio n a l seg m en ts which are
often , in turn, fu rth er subdiv ided.
In s o m e c o m p a n ie s , this l e v e l in clu des a
N O T E : The t e r m " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r , " u sed in the l e v e l defin itions
w ide range o f o r g a n iz a tio n a l e c h e lo n s ; in o t h e r s , only one o r two; ojr
fo llo w in g , r e f e r s to th ose o f f i c i a l s who have a sign ifican t c o r p o r a t e w i d e
p o licy m a k in g r o le with r e g a r d to m a j o r c o m p a n y a c ti v it ie s .
The title " v ic e
2. S e c r e t a r y to the head o f an indiv idual plant, f a c t o r y , etc . (or
p r e s id e n t , " though n o r m a l l y in dicative o f this r o l e , d o e s not in all c a s e s
o th e r equiv alent l e v e l o f o f f ic ia l ) that e m p l o y s , in all, fe w e r than 5, 000
identify such p o s it io n s .
V ice p r e s id e n t s w hose p r im a r y r e s p o n s ib ili t y is to
persons.
act p e r s o n a ll y on in div id ual c a s e s o r tr a n s a c t io n s (e . g . , ap p rov e o r deny
individual loan o r c r e d i t a c tio n s ; a d m in is t e r in div id ual trust a c c o u n ts ; d i r e c t l y
C lass D
su p e r v i s e a c l e r i c a l staff) are not c o n s i d e r e d to be " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r s " f o r
1. S e c r e t a r y to the s u p e r v i s o r o r head o f a s m a ll or g a n iz a tion a l unit
p u r p o s e s o f applying the fo llow in g le v e l d e f in it io n s .
( e . g . , f e w e r than about 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s ) ; c^r
Class A
1. S e c r e t a r y to the c h a irm a n o f the b oa rd or p r e sid e n t o f a c o m p a n y
that e m p lo y s , in all, o v e r 100 but f e w e r than 5, 000 p e r s o n s ; o r

2. S e c r e t a r y to a n o n s u p e r v is o r y s t a f f s p e c ia lis t , p r o f e s s i o n a l
e m p l o y e e , ad m in ist ra tiv e o f f i c e r , o r a s sista n t, skilled tech nician, o r ex pert.
(N O TE:
Many c o m p a n ie s as sig n s t e n o g r a p h e r s , rath er than s e c r e t a r i e s as
d e s c r i b e d a b o v e , to this l e v e l o f s u p e r v i s o r y o r n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r .)
ST E N O G R A P H E R

2. S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r (other than the c h a ir m a n o f the
boa rd o r presid ent) o f a com p a n y that e m p l o y s , in all, o v e r 5, 000 but fe w e r
than 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; or
3. S e c r e t a r y to the head, i m m e d ia t e ly b e lo w the c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r
l e v e l, of a m a j o r segm ent o r su b s id ia r y o f a c o m p a n y that e m p lo y s , in all,
ov er 25,000 p e r s o n s .

C lass

B

P r i m a r y duty is to take dictation using shorthand, and to t r a n s c r i b e
the dic tatio n.
May a ls o type f r o m w ritten c op y .
May operate f r o m a st e n o ­
gra phic p o o l.
May o c c a s i o n a l l y t r a n s c r i b e f r o m v o i c e r e c o r d in g s (if p r i m a r y
duty is t r a n s c r i b i n g f r o m r e c o r d i n g s , see T r a n s c r i b in g - M a c h in e T y pist).
N O T E : T h is jo b is d istin g uish ed f r o m that of a s e c r e t a r y in that a
s e c r e t a r y n o r m a l l y w o r k s in a con fid e n t ia l r ela tion s h ip with only one m a n a g e r
o r e x e cu tiv e and p e r f o r m s m o r e r e s p o n s ib le and d is c r e t i o n a r y task s as
d e s c r i b e d in the s e c r e t a r y jo b defin it io n.

1. S e c r e t a r y to the c h a ir m a n o f the b o a r d o r pr e sid e n t o f a c om p a n y
that e m p l o y s , in all, fe w e r than 100 p e r s o n s ; or
2. S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r (other than the c h a irm a n o f the
b o a r d o r p resid en t) o f a c om pa ny that e m p l o y s , in all, o v e r 100 but fe w e r
than 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; or
3. S e c r e t a r y to the head, i m m e d ia t e ly b e lo w the o f f i c e r l e v e l, o v e r
e ith er a m a j o r c o r p o ra tio n w id e functional activity ( e . g . , m a rk etin g , r e s e a r c h ,
o p e r a t io n s , in d u str ia l r e la t io n s , etc .) o £ a m a j o r g e o g r a p h ic o r o r g a n iz a tio n a l
s eg m en t ( e . g . , a r e g io n a l h ead q u a rters ; a m a j o r d iv ision) o f a c om p a n y that
e m p l o y s , in a ll, o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 but fe w e r than 2 5 , 0 0 0 e m p l o y e e s ; o r
4. S e c r e t a r y to the head o f an indiv idual plant, f a c t o r y , e tc . (or
oth er equiv alent l e v e l o f o ff ic ia l ) that e m p lo y s , in all, o v e r 5 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; or
5. S e c r e t a r y to the head o f a la rg e and im portan t or g a n iz a tio n a l
seg m en t ( e . g . , a m id d le m a na gem ent s u p e r v i s o r of an or g a n iz a tio n a l segm en t
often in volvin g as m a n y as s e v e r a l hundred p e r s o n s ) o r a c om p a n y that
e m p l o y s , in all, o v e r 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s .




S ten og r a p h er, G e n e r a l

k eep

Dictation in v o l v e s a n o r m a l routine v o c a b u la r y .
May maintain f i l e s ,
sim p le r e c o r d s , o r p e r f o r m othhr r e la t iv e l y routine c l e r i c a l ta sk s.
S ten og r a p h er, Sen ior

D ictatio n in v o lv e s a v a r ie d te c h n ic a l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such
as in le g a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s on s c ie n tif ic r e s e a r c h .
May a lso set up and
main tain f i l e s , k eep r e c o r d s , etc .
OR
P e r f o r m s sten og r a p h ic du ties req u irin g sign ifican tly g r e a t e r in d e ­
pen den ce and r e s p o n s ib ili t y than st e n o g r a p h e r, g en eral as ev id e n ce d by the
f o llo w in g :
W ork r e q u i r e s a high d e g r e e o f stenograph ic sp eed and a c c u r a c y ;
a thorough w ork in g knowledge o f g e n e r a l b u sin es s and o f f ic e p r o c e d u r e ; and
o f the s p e c if i c b u sin e s s o p e r a t io n s , o r g a n iz a tio n , p o l i c i e s , p r o c e d u r e s , f ile s ,
w o r k f lo w , etc.
U ses this k n ow led ge in p e r f o r m in g stenograph ic duties and
r e s p o n s ib le c l e r i c a l ta sks such as main taining follow u p f ile s ; a s s e m b li n g
m a t e r i a l f o r r e p o r t s , m e m o r a n d u m s , and le t te r s ; c o m p o s in g sim ple le tters
f r o m g e n e r a l in s t r u c t io n s ; readin g and routing in c o m in g m a il; and an sw erin g
routine q u e s t io n s , etc.

T R A N S C R IB IN G -M A C H IN E T Y P IS T

SW ITC H B O A R D O P E R A T O R

P r i m a r y duty is to t r a n s c r i b e dic ta tion in volvin g a n o r m a l routine
v o c a b u la r y f r o m t r a n s c r i b i n g - m a c h i n e r e c o r d s .
May a l s o type f r o m w ritten
c o p y and do sim p le c l e r i c a l w ork .
W o r k e r s t r a n s c r ib in g dic tatio n in volvin g
a v a r ie d t e c h n ic a l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such as leg a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s
on s c ie n t if i c r e s e a r c h ar e not in cluded. A w o r k e r who takes dicta tion in
shorthand o r by Stenotype o r 'sim ila r m a ch in e is c l a s s i f i e d as a st e n o g r a p h e r.

O p e ra te s a te lephon e sw itch b oa rd o r c o n s o l e used with a priv ate
b r a n c h ex ch an ge (P B X ) system| to r e la y incoming, outgoing, and in t r a s y s t e m
calls.
May p r o v i d e in fo rm a t io n to c a l l e r s , r e c o r d and tr a n s m it m e s s a g e s ,
keep r e c o r d o f c a l l s p la ce d and t o ll c h a r g e s .
B e s i d e s op er a tin g a te lephon e
sw it ch b o a rd o r c o n s o l e , m a y a lso type o r p e r f o r m routine c l e r i c a l w ork
(typing o r routine c l e r i c a l w ork m a y o c c u p y the m a j o r p o r tio n o f the w o r k e r ' s
t i m e , and is u su ally p e r f o r m e d while at the sw itch b oa rd o r c o n s o l e ) .
C h ie f
o r lead o p e r a t o r s in e st a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g m o r e than one o p e r a t o r are
e x clu d e d .
F o r an o p e r a t o r who a lso acts as a r e c e p t io n is t , see Sw itchboard
O p era tor-R eception ist.

T YPIST
Uses a ty p e w r i t e r to make c o p i e s o f v a r io u s rtiaterials o r to make
out b ills after c a lc u la tio n s have been m ade by another p e r s o n .
May in clude
typing of s t e n c ils , m a ts , o r s i m il a r m a t e r i a l s f o r use in duplicatin g p r o ­
cesses.
May do c l e r i c a l w ork in volvin g little s p e c i a l tr ainin g, such as
keepin g s im p le r e c o r d s , filing r e c o r d s and r e p o r t s , o r sorting and distribu ting
in com in g m a il.
C l a s s A . P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g : Typing m a t e r i a l
in fin al f o r m when it i n v o l v e s com b in in g m a t e r i a l f r o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s ; o r
r e s p o n s ib ili t y fo r c o r r e c t sp ellin g, sy lla b ica tio n , punctuation, e t c . , o f t e c h ­
n ica l o r unusual w o r d s o r f o r e ig n language m a t e r ia l ; o r planning layout and
typing o f c o m p l i c a t e d st a t is t ic a l ta bles to main tain u n ifo r m ity and bala nce in
spacing. May type routine f o r m le t t e r s , v ar y in g deta ils to suit c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
Class
rough o r c l e a r
or setting up
a lre a d y set up

B . P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g ; Copy typing f r o m
d r a f ts ; o r routine typing o f f o r m s , in su r a n ce p o l i c i e s , e t c . ;
sim p le standard ta bu lation s; o r copying m o r e c o m p l e x ta bles
and s p a c ed p r o p e r l y .

F IL E C LE RK
F i l e s , c l a s s i f i e s , and r e t r i e v e s m a t e r i a l in an esta b lis h e d filing
system .
May p e r f o r m c l e r i c a l and manual tasks r e q u ir e d to main tain f i l e s .
P o s i t io n s ar e c l a s s i f i e d into le v e ls on the b a s i s o f the follow in g defin itions.
C l a s s A.
C l a s s i f i e s and in d ex es file m a t e r i a l such as c o r r e s p o n d ­
e n ce , r e p o r t s , te c h n ic a l d o c u m e n t s , e tc ., in an e st a b lis h e d filing sy stem
contain in g a n um ber o f v a r ie d su b ject m a tter f i l e s .
May a ls o file this
m a t e r ia l .
May k eep r e c o r d s o f v a r io u s types in con ju n ction with the f i l e s .
May lead a s m a ll grou p of lo w e r l e v e l file c l e r k s .
C l a s s B . S o r ts , c o d e s , and f i l e s u n c la s s i f ie d m a t e r i a l by sim ple
(su b je ct m a tt e r) headin gs o r partly c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l by fin er subheadin gs.
P r e p a r e s sim p le r ela ted in dex and c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e aids. A s r e q u e ste d ,
lo c a t e s c l e a r l y iden tified m a t e r i a l in f i l e s and f o r w a r d s m a t e r ia l .
May
p e r f o r m r elated c l e r i c a l task s r e q u ir e d to main tain and s e r v i c e f i l e s .
C l a s s C.
P e r f o r m s routine filing o f m a t e r i a l that has a lre a d y been
c l a s s i f i e d o r w hich is e a s i l y c l a s s i f i e d in a s im p le s e r i a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n
s y s t e m ( e .g ., alpha betica l, c h r o n o l o g i c a l , o r n u m e r ic a l ) .
A s r e q u e ste d ,
lo c a t e s r e a d il y av ailab le m a t e r i a l in f ile s and f o r w a r d s m a t e r ia l ; and m a y
f ill out w ith draw al c h a r g e .
May p e r f o r m sim p le c l e r i c a l and m anual ta sks
r e q u ir e d to m ain tain and s e r v i c e f ile s .
MESSENGER
P e r f o r m s v a r io u s routine duties such as running e r r a n d s , operating
m i n o r o f f i c e m a c h in e s such as s e a l e r s o r m a i l e r s , opening and dis trib uting
m a i l , and oth er m i n o r c l e r i c a l w o rk . Exclude p o s itio n s that r e q u ir e o p er a tion
o f a m o t o r v e h i c l e as a sign ifican t duty.




SW ITCH BO AR D O P E R A T O R - R E C E P T I O N I S T
At a
an o p e r a t o r —
w o rk in v o lv e s
b u s i n e s s and
p r ia te p e r s o n
arr a n g in g an

s i n g l e - p o s i t i o n te lephon e sw itch b oa rd o r c o n s o l e , a c ts both as
see Sw itch boa rd O p era tor — and as a r e c e p t io n is t . R e c e p t i o n i s t 's
such duties as g re e t in g v i s i t o r s ; d e t e r m in in g nature o f v i s i t o r ' s
p r o v i d i n g 'a p p r o p r i a t e in fo r m a t io n ; r e f e r r i n g v i s i t o r to a p p r o ­
in the or g a n iz a tion o r contactin g that p e r s o n by te lephon e and
ap poin tm ent; keepin g a log o f v i s i t o r s .

O RD ER C L E R K
R e c e i v e s c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s f o r m a t e r i a l o r m e r c h a n d i s e by m a i l ,
phone, o r p e r s o n a l l y .
Duties in volve any co m b in a tio n o f the f o l l o w i n g :
Quoting p r i c e s to c u s t o m e r s ; making out an o r d e r sheet listing the it e m s to
m a k e up the o r d e r ; ch e c k in g p r i c e s and quantities o f it e m s on o r d e r sheet;
and distribu ting o r d e r sh eets to r e s p e c t i v e d e p a rt m e n ts to be f ill e d .
May
c h e c k with c r e d i t depa rtm en t to d e t e r m i n e c r e d i t rating o f c u s t o m e r , a c k n o w l­
edge r e c e i p t o f o r d e r s f r o m c u s t o m e r s , f o llo w up o r d e r s to see that they
have been f ille d , keep file o f o r d e r s r e c e i v e d , and c h e c k shipping i n v o i c e s
with o r ig i n a l o r d e r s .
ACCO UNTIN G C L E R K
P e r f o r m s one o r m o r e accoun tin g c l e r i c a l ta sk s such as postin g to
r e g i s t e r s and l e d g e r s ; r e c o n c i l i n g bank a c c o u n ts ; v e r if y in g the in terna l c o n ­
s i s te n c y , c o m p l e t e n e s s , and m a t h e m a t ic a l a c c u r a c y o f accoun tin g do c u m e n t s;
a s sign in g p r e s c r i b e d accoun tin g d is tr ib u tio n c o d e s ; ex am inin g and v e rify in g
f o r c l e r i c a l a c c u r a c y v a r io u s ty pes o f r e p o r t s , lists-, c a lc u l a ti o n s , postin g,
e t c . ; o r p r e p a r in g s im p le o r a s s i s t i n g in 'p r e p a r i n g m o r e c o m p li c a t e d jo u r n a l
vouchers.
May w o rk in either a m a nu al o r autom ated accounting s y s t e m .
The w ork r e q u i r e s a knowledge o f c l e r i c a l m e t h o d s and o f f ic e p r a c ­
t i c e s and p r o c e d u r e s w hich r e la t e s to the c l e r i c a l p r o c e s s i n g and r e c o r d in g
o f t r a n s a c t io n s and accoun tin g in f o r m a t io n .
With e x p e r i e n c e , the w o r k e r
ty p ic a l ly b e c o m e s f a m ilia r with the b ook k eep in g and accountin g t e r m s and
p r o c e d u r e s u sed in the a s s i g n e d w o r k , but i s not r e q u ir e d to have a knowledge
o f the f o r m a l p r i n c i p l e s o f bookkeeping and accoun tin g .
P o s i tio n s
d e f in it io n s .

are

classified

into

lev els

on the

b a s i s o f the f ollow in g

C l a s s A.
Under g e n e r a l s u p e r v i s io n , p e r f o r m s accounting c l e r i c a l
o p e r a t io n s which r e q u ir e the ap plication o f e x p e r i e n c e and ju dgment, fo r
e x a m p l e , c l e r i c a l l y p r o c e s s i n g c o m p l i c a t e d or n on r ep etitiv e accounting t r a n s ­
actions, s e le c t in g among a substa ntial v a r ie ty o f p r e s c r i b e d accounting c o d e s
and c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s , o r tr a c in g t r a n s a c t io n s through p r ev iou s accountin g
actions to d e t e r m i n e s o u r c e o f d i s c r e p a n c i e s .
M ay be as sisted by one o r
m o r e c l a s s B accounting c l e r k s .

A C C O U N TIN G C L E R K — Continued

KEYPUNCH OPERATOR

C l a s s B . Under c l o s e s u p e r v i s io n , fo llo w in g d eta iled in s t r u c t io n s
and standardiz ed p r o c e d u r e s , p e r f o r m s one o r m o r e routine accoun tin g c l e r ­
i c a l o p e r a t io n s , such as postin g to l e d g e r s , c a r d s , or w o r k s h e e t s w here
iden tifica tion o f it e m s and lo c a t io n s o f pos tin gs ar e c l e a r l y in d ic a ted ; c h ec k in g
a c c u r a c y and c o m p l e t e n e s s o f stan dardized and r ep etitiv e r e c o r d s o r
accountin g d o c u m e n t s ; and c o d i n g docu m en ts usin g a few p r e s c r i b e d
accountin g c o d e s .

O p e ra te s a keypunch m a ch in e to r e c o r d o r v e r i f y alphabetic a n d / o r
n u m e r ic data on tabulating c a r d s o r on tape.

BO O K K E E P IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R
O p e ra te s a book k eep in g m a ch in e (with o r without a ty p e w r i t e r k e y ­
b oa rd ) to k eep a r e c o r d o f b u s i n e s s t r a n s a c t io n s .
C l a s s A . K e e p s a set o f r e c o r d s r e q u irin g a kn ow ledge o f and
e x p e r i e n c e in b a s i c book k eep in g p r i n c i p l e s , and f a m ilia r i t y with the stru c tu re
o f the p a r t ic u la r accoun tin g s y s t e m u sed.
D e t e r m in e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s and
d is tribu tion o f debit and c r e d i t it e m s to be u sed in each phase o f the w o rk .
May p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s , ba la n ce s h e e ts , and oth er r e c o r d s by hand.
C l a s s B . K e e p s a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e ph ases o r s e c t i o n s o f a
set of r e c o r d s usu ally r e q u ir in g little knowle dge of b a s i c book k eep in g . P h a s e s
o r s e c tio n s include a c c o u n ts p a ya ble, p a y r o ll, ' c u s t o m e r s ' a c c o u n ts (not
in cluding a sim p le type o f billin g d e s c r i b e d under m a ch in e b i l l e r ) , c o s t d i s ­
tr ib u tion , ex p en s e d is tr ib u tion , in v e n to r y c o n t r o l , etc .
May c h e c k o r a s s i s t
in p r e p a r a t io n o f t r i a l b a la n c e s and p r e p a r e c o n t r o l sheets f o r the accoun tin g
depa rtm en t.
MACHINE B IL L E R
P r e p a r e s statem en ts, b i l l s , and i n v o i c e s on a m a ch in e other than an
o r d in a r y o r e l e c t r o m a t i c t y p e w r i t e r .
M ay a l s o k eep r e c o r d s as to b illin g s
o r shipping c h a r g e s o r p e r f o r m oth er c l e r i c a l w o r k in cid e n t a l to billin g
o p e r a t io n s .
F o r wage study p u r p o s e s , m a ch in e b i l l e r s are c l a s s i f i e d by type
o f m a c h in e , as f o llo w s :
B illin g - m a c h i n e b i l l e r . U ses a s p e c ia l b illin g m a ch in e ( c om b in a tion
typing and adding m a ch in e) to p r e p a r e b ills and i n v o i c e s f r o m c u s t o m e r s '
p u r c h a s e o r d e r s , in tern a lly p r e p a r e d o r d e r s , shipping m e m o r a n d u m s , e tc .
U sually in v o lv e s ap plication o f p r e d e t e r m in e d d is co u n ts and shipping c h a r g e s
and en try o f n e c e s s a r y e x te n s io n s , w hich m a y o r m a y not be c om pu ted on
the billin g m a ch in e,
and totals w hich are a u tom a tica lly a c cu m u la ted by
m a c h in e .
The op er a tion usu ally in v o lv e s a la r g e n um ber o f c a r b o n c o p ie s
o f the b i l l being p r e p a r e d and is often done on a fanfold m a c h in e .
B o o k k e e p i n g - m a c h in e b i l l e r . U ses a book k eeping m a ch in e (with o r
without a ty p e w r i t e r k eyb oard ) to p r e p a r e c u s t o m e r s ' b i l l s as part o f the
a c c o u n ts r e c e i v a b l e op e r a t io n .
G e n e r a lly in v o lv e s the sim u ltaneou s en try o f
f i g u r e s on c u s t o m e r s ' le d g e r r e c o r d . The m a ch in e a u tom a tica lly a c c u m u la te s
f i g u r e s on a n u m b e r o f v e r t i c a l co lu m n s and co m p u te s and u su ally prin ts auto­
m a t i c a l l y the deb it o r c r e d i t b a la n c e s .
D oes not in v o lv e a knowle dge o f b o o k ­
keepin g.
W o r k s f r o m u n if o r m and standard ty p e s of sa les and c r e d i t slip s.
P A Y R O L L CLERK
C o m p u t e s w a g es o f c o m p a n y e m p l o y e e s and en ters the n e c e s s a r y
data on the p a y r o l l sh eets.
Duties in v o lv e : Calculatin g w o r k e r s ' e arn in g s
b a s e d on ti m e o r pr od u c tion r e c o r d s ; and postin g c a lc u la ted data on p a y r o ll
sh eet, sh ow in g in f o r m a t io n such as w o r k e r ' s n a m e , w ork in g d a y s , t i m e , r ate,
d ed u ction s f o r i n s u r a n c e , and total w a g es due.
M ay make out p a y c h e c k s and
a s s i s t p a y m a s t e r in making up and distribu ting pay e n v e lo p e s .
May use a
calc u la tin g m a ch in e .




P o s i t io n s
de fin it io n s .

are

classified

into

le v e l s

on the

ba sis o f the follow in g

C l a s s A . W ork r e q u i r e s the ap plication o f e x p e r i e n c e and judgment
in s e l e c t in g p r o c e d u r e s to be fo llo w e d and in se a rc h in g f o r , in te r p r e tin g ,
s e l e c t in g , o r c o d in g it e m s to be keypunched f r o m a v a r ie t y o f s o u r c e d o c u ­
m ents.
On o c c a s i o n m a y a ls o p e r f o r m s o m e routine keypunch w o r k .
May
tr a in i n e x p e r ie n c e d keypunch o p e r a t o r s .
C l a s s B . W ork i s routine and r e p e tit iv e .
Under c l o s e s u p e r v is io n
o r fo llo w in g s p e c i f i c p r o c e d u r e s o r in s t r u c t io n s , w o r k s f r o m v a r io u s stan­
d a r d i z e d s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s w hich have been c o d e d , and f o llo w s sp e c if i e d
p r o c e d u r e s w hich have be e n p r e s c r i b e d in d eta il and r e q u ir e little o r no
s e l e c t in g , c o d in g , o r in te r p r e tin g o f data to be r e c o r d e d . R e f e r s to s u p e r v i s o r
p r o b l e m s a r is in g f r o m e r r o n e o u s it e m s o r c o d e s o r m i s s i n g in f o r m a t io n .

T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H I N E O P E R A T O R
O p e ra te s one o r a v a r ie t y o f m a c h in e s such as the ta bu la tor, c a l c u ­
la t o r , c o l l a t o r , i n t e r p r e t e r , s o r t e r , r e p r o d u c in g punch, etc.
E x clu d ed f r o m
th is defin ition a r e w ork in g s u p e r v i s o r s .
A l s o e x clu d e d ar e o p e r a t o r s of
e le c t r o n i c d ig ita l c o m p u t e r s , even though they m a y a ls o o p e r a t e e l e c t r i c
accoun tin g m a ch in e equipment.
P o s i t io n s
d efin ition s .

ar e

classified

into

l e v e ls

on the

b a s is o f the fo llo w in g

C l a s s A . P e r f o r m s c o m p le t e r e p o r t in g and tabulating a s sig n m e n ts
in cluding d e v is in g d ifficu lt c o n t r o l panel w irin g under g e n e r a l s u p e r v i s io n .
A s s ig n m e n t s t y p ic a l ly in v o lv e a v a r ie t y o f long and c o m p l e x r e p o r t s w hich
often a r e ir r e g u l a r o r n o n r e c u r r i n g , r e q u irin g s o m e planning o f the nature
and seq u en cin g o f o p e r a t io n s , and the use of a v a r ie ty o f m a c h in e s . Is
ty p ic a l ly in v o lv e d in tr ainin g new o p e r a t o r s in m a ch in e o p e r a t io n s o r trainin g
lo w e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r s in w ir i n g f r o m d ia g r a m s and in the operatin g s e q u e n c e s
o f long and c o m p l e x r e p o r t s .
D oes not in clude po s itio n s in w hich w iring
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y is lim ite d to s e l e c t io n and in s e r tio n o f p r e w i r e d b o a r d s .
C l a s s B . P e r f o r m s w o rk a c c o r d i n g to esta b lis h e d p r o c e d u r e s and
undqr s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t io n s . A s s ig n m e n t s ty p ic a l ly in v olv e c o m p le t e but r o u ­
tine and r e c u r r i n g r e p o r t s o r pa rts o f l a r g e r and m o r e c o m p l e x r e p o r t s .
O p e ra te s m o r e d ifficu lt tabulating o r e l e c t r i c a l accoun tin g m a c h in e s such as
the ta bu la tor and c a l c u l a t o r , in addition to the s i m p l e r m a c h in e s u sed by
class C operators.
May be r e q u ir e d to do s o m e w iring f r o m d ia g r a m s .
C l a s s C . Under s p e c i f i c in s t r u c t io n s , o p e r a t e s s im p le tabulating
o r e l e c t r i c a l accoun tin g m a c h in e s such as the s o r t e r , in t e r p r e t e r , r e p ro d u c in g
punch, c o l l a t o r , etc .
A s s ig n m e n t s t y p ic a l ly in volve po r tio n s o f a w o rk unit,
f o r e x a m p l e , in div id ual sor tin g o r co lla t in g runs, o r r ep etitiv e o p e r a t io n s .
M ay p e r f o r m sim p le w ir in g f r o m d i a g r a m s , and do s om e filing w ork .

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C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , BU SIN E SS

C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , B U SIN E SS— C o n tin u e d

A n a l y z e s b u s in e s s p r o b l e m s to fo r m u la t e p r o c e d u r e s f o r s o lv in g
th e m b y u s e o f e l e c t r o n i c d a ta p r o c e s s i n g e q u ip m e n t.
D e v e lo p s a c o m p le t e
d e s c r i p t i o n o f a ll s p e c i f i c a t i o n s n e e d e d to e n a b le p r o g r a m m e r s t o p r e p a r e
r e q u ir e d d ig it a l c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m s .
W o rk i n v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ;
A n a l y z e s s u b j e c t - m a t t e r o p e r a t io n s to b e a u to m a te d and id e n t i fie s c o n d it io n s
and c r i t e r i a r e q u ir e d to a c h ie v e s a t i s f a c t o r y r e s u l t s ; s p e c i f i e s n u m b e r and
t y p e s o f r e c o r d s , f i l e s , and d o c u m e n t s to b e u s e d ; o u t lin e s a c t io n s to be
p e r f o r m e d b y p e r s o n n e l and c o m p u t e r s in s u f f ic ie n t d e t a il f o r p r e s e n t a t io n
t o m a n a g e m e n t and f o r p r o g r a m m in g ( t y p ic a lly t h is in v o lv e s p r e p a r a t io n o f
w o r k and d a ta f lo w c h a r t s ) ; c o o r d in a t e s th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f t e s t p r o b l e m s and
p a r t ic ip a t e s in t r i a l ru n s o f n e w and r e v i s e d s y s t e m s ; and r e c o m m e n d s e q u ip ­
m e n t c h a n g e s t o o b ta in m o r e e f f e c t i v e o v e r a l l o p e r a t i o n s .
(N O T E :
W ork ers
p e r f o r m i n g b oth s y s t e m s a n a ly s is and p r o g r a m m in g s h o u ld b e c l a s s i f i e d a s
s y s t e m s a n a ly s t s i f th is i s th e s k ill u s e d to d e t e r m i n e t h e ir p a y .)

C la s s C .
W o r k s u n d e r im m e d ia t e s u p e r v i s i o n , c a r r y i n g ou t a n a ly ­
s e s a s a s s i g n e d , u s u a lly o f a s in g le a c t i v it y .
A s s ig n m e n t s a r e d e s ig n e d to
d e v e lo p and e x p a n d p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e in th e a p p lic a t io n o f p r o c e d u r e s and
s k i l l s r e q u ir e d f o r s y s t e m s a n a ly s is w o r k .
F o r e x a m p le , m a y a s s i s t a h ig h e r
l e v e l s y s t e m s a n a ly s t b y p r e p a r in g th e d e t a ile d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s r e q u i r e d b y
p r o g r a m m e r s fro m
i n fo r m a t io n d e v e lo p e d b y th e h ig h e r l e v e l a n a ly s t .
C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R , BU SIN E SS
C o n v e r t s s ta t e m e n ts o f b u s in e s s p r o b l e m s , t y p i c a l l y p r e p a r e d b y a
s y s t e m s a n a ly s t , in to a s e q u e n c e o f d e t a ile d in s t r u c t io n s w h ich a r e r e q u ir e d
to s o lv e th e p r o b l e m s b y a u t o m a t ic da ta p r o c e s s i n g e q u ip m e n t.
W o r k in g f r o m
c h a r t s o r d i a g r a m s , th e p r o g r a m m e r d e v e lo p s th e p r e c i s e in s t r u c t io n s w h ic h ,
w h e n e n t e r e d in to th e c o m p u t e r s y s t e m in c o d e d la n g u a g e , c a u s e th e m a n ip u ­
la tio n o f d a ta t o a c h ie v e d e s i r e d r e s u l t s . W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
A p p lie s k n o w le d g e o f c o m p u t e r c a p a b i l i t i e s , m a t h e m a t ic s , l o g i c e m p lo y e d b y
c o m p u t e r s , and p a r t i c u l a r s u b je c t m a t t e r in v o lv e d to a n a ly z e c h a r t s and
d ia g r a m s o f th e p r o b l e m to b e p r o g r a m m e d ; d e v e lo p s s e q u e n c e o f p r o g r a m
s t e p s ; w r it e s d e t a ile d flo w c h a r t s to s h o w o r d e r in w h ic h d a ta w i l l b e
p r o c e s s e d ; c o n v e r t s t h e s e c h a r t s to c o d e d in s t r u c t io n s f o r m a c h in e to f o llo w ;
t e s t s and c o r r e c t s p r o g r a m s ; p r e p a r e s in s t r u c t io n s f o r o p e r a t in g p e r s o n n e l
d u r in g p r o d u c t io n ru n ; a n a ly z e s , r e v i e w s , and a lt e r s p r o g r a m s to i n c r e a s e
o p e r a t in g e f f i c i e n c y o r a d a p t to n ew r e q u i r e m e n t s ; m a in ta in s r e c o r d s o f
program
d e v e lo p m e n t and r e v i s i o n s .
(N O T E :
W o r k e r s p e r f o r m i n g b oth
s y s t e m s a n a ly s is and p r o g r a m m in g s h o u ld b e c l a s s i f i e d a s s y s t e m s a n a ly s t s
If th is is th e s k ill u s e d to d e t e r m i n e t h e ir p a y .)

D o e s n o t in c lu d e e m p l o y e e s p r i m a r i l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r th e m a n a g e ­
m e n t o r s u p e r v is io n o f o t h e r e l e c t r o n i c d a ta p r o c e s s i n g e m p l o y e e s , o r s y s ­
t e m s a n a ly s t s p r i m a r i l y c o n c e r n e d w ith s c i e n t i f i c o r e n g in e e r in g p r o b l e m s .
F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , s y s t e m s a n a ly s t s a r e c l a s s i f i e d a s f o l l o w s :
C la s s A .
W o r k s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n d e r o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on
c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s in v o lv in g a ll p h a s e s o f s y s t e m a n a ly s is .
P r o b le m s a re
c o m p le x b e c a u s e o f d i v e r s e s o u r c e s o f in p u t d a ta and m u l t i p l e - u s e r e q u i r e ­
m e n t s o f o u tp u t d a ta .
( F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p s an in t e g r a t e d p r o d u c t io n s c h e d ­
u lin g , in v e n t o r y c o n t r o l , c o s t a n a ly s is , and s a le s a n a ly s is r e c o r d in w h ic h
e v e r y it e m o f e a c h ty p e i s a u t o m a t ic a lly p r o c e s s e d th ro u g h th e f u ll s y s t e m
o f r e c o r d s and a p p r o p r ia t e f o llo w u p a c t io n s a r e in itia t e d b y th e c o m p u t e r .)
C o n f e r s w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e t e r m in e th e d a ta p r o c e s s i n g p r o b le m s
and a d v i s e s s u b j e c t - m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l on th e i m p lic a t io n s o f n e w o r r e v i s e d
s y s t e m s o f d a ta p r o c e s s i n g o p e r a t i o n s .
M ak es re c o m m e n d a tio n s , if n e e d e d ,
f o r a p p r o v a l o f m a j o r s y s t e m s in s t a lla t io n s o r c h a n g e s and f o r o b ta in in g
e q u ip m e n t.

D o e s n o t in c lu d e e m p lo y e e s p r i m a r i l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r th e m a n a g e ­
m e n t o r s u p e r v is io n o f o t h e r e l e c t r o n i c d a ta p r o c e s s i n g e m p l o y e e s , o r p r o ­
g r a m m e r s p r i m a r i l y c o n c e r n e d w ith s c i e n t i f i c a n d / o r e n g in e e r in g p r o b l e m s .
F or

M a y p r o v id e fu n c t io n a l
w h o a r e a s s i g n e d to a s s i s t .

d ir e c tio n

to

lo w e r

le v e l sy ste m s

s tu d y p u r p o s e s ,

p rogram m ers

a re c la s s ifie d

as fo llo w s :

C la s s A . W o r k s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n d e r o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on
c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s w h ic h r e q u ir e c o m p e t e n c e in a ll p h a s e s o f p r o g r a m m in g
c o n c e p t s and p r a c t i c e s .
W o r k in g f r o m d ia g r a m s and c h a r t s w h ich id e n t ify
th e n a tu r e o f d e s i r e d r e s u l t s , m a j o r p r o c e s s i n g s t e p s to b e a c c o m p lis h e d ,
and th e r e la t io n s h ip s b e tw e e n v a r io u s s t e p s o f th e p r o b l e m s o lv in g r o u tin e ;
p la n s th e f u ll r a n g e o f p r o g r a m m in g a c t i o n s n e e d e d t o e f f i c i e n t l y u t iliz e th e
c o m p u t e r s y s t e m in a c h ie v in g d e s i r e d end p r o d u c t s .

C la s s B .
W o r k s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n d e r o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on
p r o b l e m s th at a r e r e l a t i v e l y u n c o m p lic a t e d t o a n a ly z e , p la n , p r o g r a m , and
op era te.
P r o b l e m s a r e o f l im it e d c o m p le x it y b e c a u s e s o u r c e s o f in p u t da ta
a r e h o m o g e n e o u s and th e ou tpu t d a ta a r e c l o s e l y r e la t e d .
( F o r e x a m p le ,
d e v e lo p s s y s t e m s f o r m a in ta in in g d e p o s i t o r a c c o u n t s in a b a n k , m a in ta in in g
a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e in a r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t , o r m a in ta in in g in v e n t o r y
a c c o u n t s in a m a n u fa c t u r in g o r w h o l e s a le e s t a b lis h m e n t .)
C o n fe r s w ith p e r ­
s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e t e r m i n e th e d a ta p r o c e s s i n g p r o b l e m s and a d v i s e s
s u b j e c t - m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l on th e i m p lic a t io n s o f th e da ta p r o c e s s i n g s y s t e m s
t o b e a p p lie d .

A t t h is l e v e l , p r o g r a m m in g is d if f ic u l t b e c a u s e c o m p u t e r e q u ip m e n t
m u s t b e o r g a n iz e d to p r o d u c e s e v e r a l in t e r r e l a t e d b u t d i v e r s e p r o d u c t s f r o m
n u m e r o u s and d i v e r s e d a ta e le m e n t s .
A w id e v a r i e t y and e x t e n s iv e n u m b e r
o f in t e r n a l p r o c e s s i n g a c t i o n s m u s t o c c u r .
T h is r e q u i r e s su ch a c t io n s a s
d e v e lo p m e n t o f c o m m o n o p e r a t io n s w h ic h c a n be r e u s e d , e s t a b lis h m e n t o f
lin k a g e p o in t s b e tw e e n o p e r a t i o n s , a d ju s t m e n t s to d a ta w h e n p r o g r a m r e q u i r e ­
m e n t s e x c e e d c o m p u t e r s t o r a g e c a p a c i t y , and s u b s ta n tia l m a n ip u la tio n and
r e s e q u e n c in g o f d a ta e le m e n t s t o f o r m a h ig h ly in t e g r a t e d p r o g r a m .

OR
W o r k s on a s e g m e n t o f a c o m p l e x d a ta p r o c e s s i n g s c h e m e o r s y s t e m ,
as d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A .
W o r k s in d e p e n d e n tly on r o u tin e a s s ig n m e n t s and
r e c e i v e s in s t r u c t io n and g u id a n c e on c o m p l e x a s s i g n m e n t s .
W o r k i s r e v ie w e d
f o r a c c u r a c y o f ju d g m e n t, c o m p lia n c e w ith i n s t r u c t i o n s , and to in s u r e p r o p e r
a lig n m e n t w ith th e o v e r a l l s y s t e m .




w age

a n a ly s t s

M a y p r o v id e f u n c t io n a l d i r e c t i o n to l o w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s w h o a r e
a s s i g n e d to a s s i s t .

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C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R ---- Continued

C la s s B .
W o r k s in d e p e n d e n tly o r u n d e r o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on
r e l a t i v e l y s im p le p r o g r a m s , o r o n s im p le s e g m e n t s o f c o m p l e x p r o g r a m s .
P r o g r a m s ( o r s e g m e n t s ) u s u a lly p r o c e s s in fo r m a t io n to p r o d u c e d a ta in tw o
o r t h r e e v a r ie d s e q u e n c e s o r f o r m a t s .
R e p o r t s and lis t i n g s a r e p r o d u c e d b y
r e f in in g , a d a p tin g , a r r a y i n g , o r m a k in g m i n o r a d d itio n s to o r d e le t io n s f r o m
in pu t d a ta w h ic h a r e r e a d i l y a v a ila b le .
W h ile n u m e r o u s r e c o r d s m a y b e
p r o c e s s e d , th e d a ta h a v e b e e n r e f in e d in p r i o r a c t io n s s o th at th e a c c u r a c y
and s e q u e n c in g o f d a ta c a n b e t e s t e d b y u s in g a fe w r o u tin e c h e c k s . T y p i c a l l y ,
th e p r o g r a m d e a ls w ith r o u tin e r e c o r d k e e p in g o p e r a t io n s .

m a j o r ch a n g e o r ca n n o t b e c o r r e c t e d w ith in a r e a s o n a b ly s h o r t t i m e .
In
c o m m o n e r r o r s it u a t io n s , d ia g n o s e s c a u s e and ta k e s c o r r e c t i v e a c t io n .
T h is
u s u a lly i n v o lv e s a p p ly in g p r e v i o u s l y p r o g r a m m e d c o r r e c t i v e s t e p s , o r u s in g
s ta n d a r d c o r r e c t i o n t e c h n iq u e s .

OR
W ork s
d ir e c tio n o f a
le v e l p r o g r a m m
and p e r f o r m i n g

on c o m p l e x p r o g r a m s (a s d e s c r i b e d f o r c l a s s A) u n d e r c l o s e
h ig h e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r o r s u p e r v i s o r .
M a y a s s i s t h ig h e r
e r b y in d e p e n d e n tly p e r f o r m i n g l e s s d if f ic u l t ta s k s a s s i g n e d ,
m o r e d if f ic u l t ta s k s u n d e r f a i r l y c l o s e d i r e c t i o n .

M a y g u id e o r in s t r u c t lo w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s .
ClassC.
M a k e s p r a c t i c a l a p p lic a t io n s o f p r o g r a m m in g p r a c t i c e s
and c o n c e p t s u s u a lly le a r n e d in f o r m a l t r a in in g c o u r s e s .
A s s ig n m e n t s a r e
d e s ig n e d to d e v e lo p c o m p e t e n c e in th e a p p lic a t io n o f s ta n d a r d p r o c e d u r e s to
r o u tin e p r o b l e m s . R e c e i v e s c l o s e s u p e r v is io n o n n e w a s p e c t s o f a s s ig n m e n t s ;
and w o r k i s r e v ie w e d to v e r i f y it s a c c u r a c y and c o n f o r m a n c e w ith r e q u ir e d
procedu res.

COM PUTER O PERATOR
M o n it o r s and o p e r a t e s th e c o n t r o l c o n s o l e o f a d ig it a l c o m p u t e r to
p r o c e s s d a ta a c c o r d i n g t o o p e r a t in g i n s t r u c t i o n s , u s u a lly p r e p a r e d b y a p r o ­
gra m m er.
W o r k in c lu d e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : S tu d ie s in s t r u c t io n s to
d e t e r m i n e e q u ip m e n t s etu p and o p e r a t io n s ; lo a d s e q u ip m e n t w ith r e q u ir e d
it e m s (ta p e r e e l s , c a r d s , e t c . ) ; s w it c h e s n e c e s s a r y a u x ilia r y e q u ip m e n t in to
c i r c u i t , and s t a r t s and o p e r a t e s c o m p u t e r ; m a k e s a d ju s tm e n t s to c o m p u t e r to
c o r r e c t o p e r a t in g p r o b l e m s and m e e t s p e c i a l c o n d it io n s ; r e v ie w s e r r o r s m a d e
d u r in g o p e r a t io n and d e t e r m i n e s c a u s e o r r e f e r s p r o b le m to s u p e r v i s o r o r
p r o g r a m m e r ; and m a in ta in s o p e r a t in g r e c o r d s .
M a y t e s t and a s s i s t in
c o r r e c tin g p ro g ra m .
F or

w age

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pu rposes,

co m p u te r

op era tors

are

c la s s ifie d

as

fo llo w s :
C la s s A .
O p e r a t e s in d e p e n d e n tly , o r u n d e r o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n ,
a c o m p u t e r ru n n in g p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s :
N ew p r o g r a m s a r e fr e q u e n t ly t e s t e d and in t r o d u c e d ; s c h e d u lin g r e q u ir e m e n t s
a r e o f c r i t i c a l im p o r t a n c e to m i n im iz e d o w n tim e ; the p r o g r a m s a r e o f
c o m p l e x d e s ig n s o th a t id e n t ific a t io n o f e r r o r s o u r c e o fte n r e q u i r e s a w o r k in g
k n o w le d g e o f th e t o t a l p r o g r a m , and a lt e r n a t e p r o g r a m s m a y n ot b e a v a ila b le .
M a y g iv e d i r e c t i o n and g u id a n c e to l o w e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r s .
C la s s B .
O p e r a t e s in d e p e n d e n tly , o r u n d e r o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n ,
a c o m p u t e r ru n n in g p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f th e f o llo w in g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s :
M o s t o f th e p r o g r a m s a r e e s t a b lis h e d p r o d u c t io n r u n s , t y p i c a l l y ru n on a
r e g u l a r l y r e c u r r i n g b a s i s ; t h e r e is lit t le o r n o t e s t in g o f n e w p r o g r a m s
r e q u ir e d ; a lt e r n a t e p r o g r a m s a r e p r o v id e d in c a s e o r i g i n a l p r o g r a m n e e d s




OR
O p e r a t e s u n d e r d i r e c t s u p e r v is io n a c o m p u t e r ru n n in g p r o g r a m s o r
s e g m e n t s o f p r o g r a m s w ith th e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s d e s c r i b e d f o r c l a s s A .
M ay
a s s i s t a h ig h e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r b y in d e p e n d e n tly p e r f o r m i n g l e s s d if f ic u l t ta s k s
a s s i g n e d , and p e r f o r m i n g d if f ic u l t t a s k s f o llo w in g d e t a ile d in s t r u c t io n s and
w ith fr e q u e n t r e v ie w o f o p e r a t io n s p e r f o r m e d .

e x p e cte d
a b ilit y to
r e c e iv e d
op erator

C la s s C .
W o r k s o n r o u tin e p r o g r a m s u n d e r c l o s e s u p e r v is io n .
Is
t o d e v e lo p w o r k in g k n o w le d g e o f th e c o m p u t e r e q u ip m e n t u s e d and
d e t e c t p r o b l e m s in v o lv e d in ru n n in g r o u tin e p r o g r a m s .
U s u a lly h as
s o m e f o r m a l tr a in in g in c o m p u t e r o p e r a t io n . M a y a s s i s t h ig h e r l e v e l
on c o m p l e x p r o g r a m s .

DRAFTER
C la s s A .
P la n s th e g r a p h ic p r e s e n t a t io n o f c o m p le x it e m s h a v in g
d is t in c t iv e d e s ig n f e a t u r e s th a t d i f f e r s ig n ific a n t ly f r o m e s t a b lis h e d d r a ft in g
p reced en ts.
W o r k s in c l o s e s u p p o r t w ith th e d e s ig n o r i g i n a t o r , and m a y
r e c o m m e n d m i n o r d e s ig n c h a n g e s .
A n a l y z e s th e e f f e c t o f e a c h ch a n g e on th e
d e t a ils o f f o r m , f u n c t io n , and p o s it io n a l r e la t io n s h ip s o f c o m p o n e n t s and p a r t s .
W o r k s w ith a m in im u m
o f s u p e r v is o r y a s s is t a n c e .
C o m p le t e d w o r k is
r e v ie w e d b y d e s ig n o r i g i n a t o r f o r c o n s i s t e n c y w ith p r i o r e n g in e e r in g d e t e r ­
m in a tio n s .
M a y e it h e r p r e p a r e d r a w in g s o r d i r e c t t h e ir p r e p a r a t io n b y lo w e r
le v e l d r a fte r s .

C la s s B .
P e r f o r m s n o n r o u tin e and c o m p le x d r a ftin g a s s ig n m e n t s
th a t r e q u ir e th e a p p lic a t io n o f m o s t o f th e s ta n d a r d iz e d d r a w in g t e c h n iq u e s
r e g u la r ly u se d .
D u tie s t y p i c a l l y in v o lv e s u ch w o r k a s :
P r e p a r e s w o r k in g
d r a w in g s o f s u b a s s e m b lie s w ith i r r e g u l a r s h a p e s , m u lt ip le f u n c t io n s , and
p r e c i s e p o s i t i o n a l r e la t io n s h ip s b e tw e e n c o m p o n e n t s ; p r e p a r e s a r c h i t e c t u r a l
d r a w in g s f o r c o n s t r u c t io n o f a b u ild in g in c lu d in g d e t a il d r a w in g s o f fo u n ­
d a t io n s , w a ll s e c t i o n s , f l o o r p la n s , and r o o f .
U s e s a c c e p t e d f o r m u la s and
m a n u a ls in m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y c o m p u t a t io n s to d e t e r m in e q u a n tit ie s o f
m a t e r i a l s to b e u s e d , lo a d c a p a c i t i e s , s t r e n g t h s , s t r e s s e s , e t c .
R e c e iv e s
in i t i a l i n s t r u c t i o n s , r e q u i r e m e n t s , and a d v i c e f r o m s u p e r v i s o r .
C o m p le t e d
w o rk is ch e ck e d f o r te c h n ic a l a d eq u a cy .

C la s s C .
P r e p a r e s d e t a il d r a w in g s o f s in g le u n its o r p a r t s f o r
e n g in e e r i n g , c o n s t r u c t i o n , m a n u fa c t u r in g , o r r e p a ir p u r p o s e s .
Types of
d r a w in g s p r e p a r e d in c lu d e i s o m e t r i c p r o j e c t i o n s ( d e p ic t in g t h r e e d im e n s io n s
in a c c u r a t e s c a l e ) and s e c t i o n a l v ie w s to c l a r i f y p o s it io n in g o f c o m p o n e n t s
and c o n v e y n e e d e d in f o r m a t io n .
C o n s o l id a t e s d e t a ils f r o m a n u m b e r o f
s o u r c e s and a d ju s t s o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a l e a s r e q u i r e d .
S u g g e s te d m e t h o d s o f
a p p r o a c h , a p p lic a b le p r e c e d e n t s , and a d v i c e o n s o u r c e m a t e r ia ls a r e g iv e n
w ith in it ia l a s s i g n m e n t s .
I n s t r u c t io n s a r e l e s s c o m p le t e w h en a s s ig n m e n t s
recu r.
W o r k m a y b e s p o t - c h e c k e d d u r in g p r o g r e s s .

D R A F T E R -T R A C E R

E L E C T R O N IC S TE C H N IC IA N — Continued

C o p i e s p la n s and d r a w in g s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s b y p la c in g t r a c in g
c lo t h o r p a p e r o v e r d r a w in g s and t r a c i n g w ith p e n o r p e n c i l .
(D o e s n ot
in c lu d e t r a c i n g l im it e d to p la n s p r i m a r i l y c o n s i s t in g o f s t r a ig h t lin e s and a
l a r g e s c a l e n o t r e q u ir in g c l o s e d e lin e a t io n .)

W o r k m a y b e r e v ie w e d b y s u p e r v i s o r ( fr e q u e n t ly an e n g in e e r o r
d e s i g n e r ) f o r g e n e r a l c o m p lia n c e w ith a c c e p t e d p r a c t i c e s .
M a y p r o v id e
t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e to l o w e r l e v e l t e c h n i c i a n s .
C la s s B . A p p l i e s c o m p r e h e n s iv e t e c h n i c a l k n o w le d g e to s o lv e c o m ­
p l e x p r o b l e m s ( i . e . , t h o s e th a t t y p i c a l l y c a n b e s o lv e d s o l e l y b y p r o p e r l y
i n t e r p r e t in g m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' m a n u a ls o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n t s ) in w o r k in g on
e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t .
W ork in v o lv e s :
A f a m i l i a r i t y w ith th e i n t e r r e l a t i o n ­
s h ip s o f c i r c u i t s ; and ju d g m e n t in d e t e r m in in g w o r k s e q u e n c e and in s e le c t in g
t o o l s and t e s t in g i n s t r u m e n t s , u s u a lly l e s s c o m p l e x th a n t h o s e u s e d b y th e
c l a s s A t e c h n ic ia n .

A N D /O R

W ork is

P r e p a r e s s im p le o r r e p e t it iv e d r a w in g s o f e a s i l y v is u a l iz e d i t e m s .
c l o s e l y s u p e r v is e d d u r in g p r o g r e s s .

E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N IC IA N

R e c e i v e s t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e , a s r e q u i r e d , f r o m s u p e r v i s o r o r h ig h e r
l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n , and w o r k i s r e v ie w e d f o r s p e c i f i c c o m p lia n c e w ith a c c e p t e d
p r a c t i c e s and w o r k a s s i g n m e n t s .
M a y p r o v id e t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e to lo w e r
l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n s .

W o r k s on v a r io u s ty p e s o f e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t and r e la t e d d e v i c e s
b y p e r f o r m i n g o n e o r a c o m b in a t io n o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
I n s t a llin g , m a in ta in in g ,
r e p a i r i n g , o v e r h a u lin g , t r o u b le s h o o t in g , m o d if y in g , c o n s t r u c t in g , and t e s t in g .
W o rk r e q u i r e s p r a c t i c a l a p p lic a t io n o f t e c h n i c a l k n o w le d g e o f e l e c t r o n i c s
p r i n c i p l e s , a b ilit y t o d e t e r m i n e m a lf u n c t io n s , and s k ill t o put e q u ip m e n t in
r e q u ir e d o p e r a t in g c o n d it io n .

C l a s s C . A p p lie s w o r k in g t e c h n i c a l k n o w le d g e to p e r f o r m s im p le o r
r o u t in e t a s k s in w o r k in g o n e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t , f o llo w in g d e t a ile d i n s t r u c ­
t io n s w h ic h c o v e r v i r t u a l l y a ll p r o c e d u r e s .
W o r k t y p i c a l l y in v o lv e s s u c h
ta sk s a s :
A s s i s t i n g h ig h e r l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n s b y p e r f o r m i n g s u ch a c t i v i t i e s a s
r e p la c in g c o m p o n e n t s , w ir in g c i r c u i t s , and ta k in g t e s t r e a d in g s ; r e p a ir in g
s im p le e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t; and u s in g t o o l s and c o m m o n t e s t in s t r u m e n t s
( e . g . , m u l t i m e t e r s , a u d io s ig n a l g e n e r a t o r s , tu b e t e s t e r s , o s c i l l o s c o p e s ) .
Is n o t r e q u i r e d to b e f a m i l i a r w ith th e i n t e r r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f c i r c u i t s .
T h is
k n o w le d g e , h o w e v e r , m a y b e a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a s s i g n m e n t s d e s ig n e d to
i n c r e a s e c o m p e t e n c e ( in c lu d in g c l a s s r o o m
t r a in in g )
s o th at w o r k e r ca n
a d v a n c e t o h ig h e r l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n .

T h e e q u ip m e n t— c o n s i s t in g o f e it h e r m a n y d if f e r e n t k in d s o f c i r c u i t s
o r m u lt ip le r e p e t it io n o f th e s a m e k in d o f c i r c u i t — in c l u d e s , but is n o t lim it e d
t o , th e f o llo w in g :
(a) E l e c t r o n i c t r a n s m it t in g and r e c e i v i n g e q u ip m e n t ( e . g . ,
r a d a r , r a d i o , t e l e v i s i o n , t e l e p h o n e , s o n a r , n a v ig a t io n a l a id s ) , (b ) d ig it a l and
a n a lo g c o m p u t e r s , and (c ) i n d u s t r ia l an d m e d ic a l m e a s u r in g and c o n t r o lli n g
e q u ip m e n t.
T h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n e x c lu d e s r e p a i r e r s o f s u c h s ta n d a r d e l e c t r o n i c
e q u ip m e n t a s c o m m o n o f f i c e m a c h in e s and h o u s e h o ld r a d io and t e l e v i s i o n
s e t s ; p r o d u c t io n a s s e m b l e r s a nd t e s t e r s ; w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u ty i s
s e r v i c i n g e l e c t r o n i c t e s t i n s t r u m e n t s ; t e c h n ic ia n s w h o h a v e a d m in is t r a t iv e
o r s u p e r v i s o r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ; and d r a f t e r s , d e s i g n e r s , and p r o f e s s i o n a l
e n g in e e r s .
P o s it io n s
d e f in it io n s .

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R e c e i v e s t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e , a s r e q u i r e d , f r o m s u p e r v i s o r o r h ig h e r
l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n .
W o r k i s t y p i c a l l y s p o t c h e c k e d , b u t i s g iv e n d e t a ile d r e v ie w
w h en n e w o r a d v a n c e d a s s ig n m e n t s a r e in v o lv e d .
R E G IS T E R E D IN D U S T R IA L N U R SE

b a s i s o f th e f o llo w in g

A r e g i s t e r e d n u r s e w h o g i v e s n u r s in g s e r v i c e u n d e r g e n e r a l m e d i c a l
d i r e c t i o n t o i l l o r in ju r e d e m p l o y e e s o r o t h e r p e r s o n s w h o b e c o m e - i l l o r
s u f f e r an a c c id e n t on th e p r e m i s e s o f a f a c t o r y o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t .
D u t ie s in v o lv e a c o m b in a t io n o f th e f o l l o w i n g : G iv in g f i r s t a id to th e i l l o r
i n ju r e d ; a tte n d in g t o s u b s e q u e n t d r e s s i n g o f e m p l o y e e s ' i n ju r i e s ; k e e p in g
r e c o r d s o f p a t ie n t s t r e a t e d ; p r e p a r in g a c c i d e n t r e p o r t s f o r c o m p e n s a t io n o r
o t h e r p u r p o s e s ; a s s i s t i n g in p h y s i c a l e x a m in a t io n s and h e a lth e v a lu a tio n s o f
a p p lic a n t s and e m p l o y e e s ; and p la n n in g and c a r r y i n g ou t p r o g r a m s in v o lv in g
h e a lth e d u c a t io n , a c c id e n t p r e v e n t io n , e v a lu a t io n o f p la n t e n v ir o n m e n t , o r
o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s a ff e c t in g th e h e a lt h , w e l f a r e , and s a fe t y o f a ll p e r s o n n e l.
N u r s in g s u p e r v i s o r s o r h e a d n u r s e s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g m o r e than
o n e n u r s e a r e e x c lu d e d .

C la s s A .
A p p lie s a d v a n c e d t e c h n i c a l k n o w le d g e to s o lv e u n u s u a lly
c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s ( i . e . , t h o s e th a t t y p i c a l l y ca n n o t b e s o lv e d s o l e l y b y r e f e r ­
e n c e t o m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' m a n u a ls o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n t s ) in w o r k in g on e l e c ­
t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t.
E x a m p le s o f s u c h p r o b l e m s in c lu d e lo c a t io n and d e n s it y o f
c i r c u i t r y , e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c r a d ia t io n , is o la t in g m a lf u n c t io n s , and fr e q u e n t
e n g in e e r in g c h a n g e s .
W o r k i n v o l v e s : ' A d e t a ile d u n d e r s t a n d in g o f th e i n t e r ­
r e la t io n s h ip s o f c i r c u i t s ; e x e r c i s i n g in d e p e n d e n t ju d g m e n t in p e r f o r m i n g s u ch
t a s k s a s m a k in g c i r c u i t a n a ly s e s , c a lc u la t in g w a v e f o r m s , t r a c in g r e l a t i o n ­
s h ip s in s ig n a l f lo w ; and r e g u l a r l y u s in g c o m p l e x t e s t in s t r u m e n t s ( e . g . , d u a l
t r a c e o s c i l l o s c o p e s , Q - m e t e r s , d e v ia t io n m e t e r s , p u ls e g e n e r a t o r s ) .

M A IN TE N A N C E , TO O LR O O M , A N D P O W ER PLA N T
M A IN T E N A N C E C A R P E N T E R

M A IN T E N A N C E C A R P E N T E R — C o n tin u e d

P e r f o r m s th e c a r p e n t r y d u tie s n e c e s s a r y to c o n s t r u c t and m a in ta in
in g o o d r e p a i r b u ild in g w o o d w o r k and e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s b in s , c r i b s , c o u n t e r s ,
b e n c h e s , p a r t it i o n s , d o o r s , f l o o r s , s t a i r s , c a s i n g s , and t r i m m a d e o f w o o d
in an e s t a b lis h m e n t .
W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
P la n n in g and
la y in g ou t o f w o r k f r o m b lu e p r in t s , d r a w in g s , m o d e l s , o r v e r b a l i n s t r u c t io n s ;

u s in g a v a r i e t y o f c a r p e n t e r 's h a n d t o o ls , p o r t a b le p o w e r t o o l s , and s ta n d a r d
m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; m a k in g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g to d im e n ­
s io n s o f w o r k ; and s e l e c t i n g m a t e r i a l s n e c e s s a r y f o r th e w o r k .
In g e n e r a l,
the w o r k o f th e m a in t e n a n c e c a r p e n t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g and e x p e r i ­
e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g
a nd e x p e r i e n c e .




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M A IN T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M otor vehicle)

P e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c a l t r a d e f u n c t io n s s u ch a s th e i n s t a l ­
la t io n , m a in t e n a n c e , o r r e p a i r o f e q u ip m e n t f o r th e g e n e r a t io n , d is t r ib u t io n ,
o r u tiliz a t io n o f e l e c t r i c e n e r g y in an e s t a b lis h m e n t .
W o rk in v o lv e s m o s t
o f th e f o l l o w i n g : I n s t a llin g o r r e p a ir in g a n y o f a v a r ie t y o f e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip ­
m e n t s u ch a s g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w it c h b o a r d s , c o n t r o l l e r s , c i r c u i t
b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , h e a tin g ' u n it s , c o n d u it s y s t e m s , o r o t h e r t r a n s m i s s i o n
e q u ip m e n t; w o r k in g f r o m b lu e p r in t s , d r a w in g s , la y o u t s , o r o t h e r s p e c i f i ­
c a t i o n s ; lo c a t in g and d ia g n o s in g t r o u b le in th e e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u ip ­
m e n t; w o r k in g s ta n d a r d c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g to lo a d r e q u ir e m e n t s o f w ir in g
o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t; and u s in g a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c i a n 's h a n d t o o ls and
m e a s u r in g and t e s t in g in s t r u m e n t s .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e
e l e c t r i c i a n r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h
a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e .

R e p a i r s a u t o m o b ile s , b u s e s , m o t o r t r u c k s , and t r a c t o r s o f an e s t a b ­
lis h m e n t . W o r k i n v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : E x a m in in g a u t o m o t iv e e q u ip ­
m e n t t o d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d i s a s s e m b l i n g e q u ip m e n t and p e r f o r m in g
r e p a i r s th a t in v o lv e th e u s e o f s u c h h a n d t o o ls a s w r e n c h e s , g a u g e s , d r i l l s ,
o r s p e c i a l i z e d e q u ip m e n t in d i s a s s e m b lin g o r fitt in g p a r t s ; r e p la c in g b r o k e n
o r d e f e c t i v e p a r t s f r o m s t o c k ; g r in d in g an d a d ju s tin g v a l v e s ; r e a s s e m b lin g and
in s t a llin g th e v a r io u s a s s e m b l i e s in th e v e h i c l e and m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t ­
m e n t s ; and a lig n in g w h e e l s , a d ju s tin g b r a k e s and lig h t s , o r tig h te n in g b o d y
b o lts .
In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m o t o r v e h i c l e m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic
r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th ro u g h a f o r m a l
a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e .

M A IN T E N A N C E P A I N T E R

M A IN T E N A N C E P I P E F I T T E R

P a in ts and r e d e c o r a t e s w a l l s , w o o d w o r k , and f ix t u r e s o f an e s t a b ­
lis h m e n t .
W o r k in v o lv e s th e f o l l o w i n g : K n o w le d g e o f s u r f a c e p e c u l i a r i t i e s
and t y p e s o f p a in t r e q u ir e d f o r d if f e r e n t a p p lic a t io n s ; p r e p a r in g s u r f a c e f o r
p a in tin g b y r e m o v in g o ld fin is h o r b y p la c in g p u tty o r f i l l e r in n a il h o le s and
i n t e r s t i c e s ; and a p p ly in g p a in t w ith s p r a y gun o r b r u s h .
M ay m ix c o lo r s ,
o i l s , w h ite le a d , and o t h e r p a in t in g r e d ie n t s to o b ta in p r o p e r c o l o r o r
c o n s i s t e n c y . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f th e m a in t e n a n c e p a in te r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d
t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e .
M A IN T E N A N C E M A C H IN IS T
P r o d u c e s r e p la c e m e n t p a r t s and n e w p a r t s in m a k in g r e p a i r s o f
m e t a l p a r t s o f m e c h a n i c a l e q u ip m e n t o p e r a t e d in an e s t a b lis h m e n t .
W o rk
i n v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : I n t e r p r e t in g w r it t e n i n s t r u c t io n s and s p e c i ­
f i c a t i o n s ; p la n n in g and la y in g ou t o f w o r k ; u s in g a v a r ie t y o f m a c h i n i s t 's
h a n d t o o ls and p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; s e ttin g up and o p e r a t in g
s ta n d a r d m a c h in e t o o l s ; s h a p in g o f m e t a l p a r t s to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; m a k in g
s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g t o d im e n s io n s o f w o r k , t o o l i n g , f e e d s ,
a nd s p e e d s o f m a c h in in g ; k n o w le d g e o f th e w o r k in g p r o p e r t i e s o f th e c o m m o n
m e t a l s ; s e l e c t i n g s ta n d a r d m a t e r i a l s , p a r t s , and e q u ip m e n t r e q u ir e d f o r th is
w o r k ; and fitt in g and a s s e m b lin g p a r t s in to m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m e n t. In g e n e r a l,
th e m a c h i n i s t 's w o r k n o r m a lly r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d t r a in in g in m a c h i n e - s h o p
p r a c t i c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t
t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e .
M A IN T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M a c h in e r y )
R e p a ir s m a c h in e r y o r m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m e n t o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t .
W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ; E x a m in in g m a c h in e s and m e c h a n ic a l
e q u ip m e n t to d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d is m a n t lin g o r p a r t ly d is m a n t lin g
m a c h in e s and p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s th a t m a in ly in v o lv e th e u s e o f h a n d t o o ls in
s c r a p in g and fitt in g p a r t s ; r e p la c in g b r o k e n o r d e f e c t iv e p a r t s w ith it e m s
o b ta in e d f r o m s t o c k ; o r d e r i n g th e p r o d u c t io n o f a r e p la c e m e n t p a r t b y a
m a c h in e s h o p o r s e n d in g th e m a c h in e to a m a c h in e s h o p f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s ;
p r e p a r in g w r it t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s o r f o r th e p r o d u c t io n o f
p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h in e s h o p s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g m a c h in e s ; and m a k in g a ll
n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t m e n t s f o r o p e r a t io n .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f a m a c h in e r y
m a in t e n a n c e m e c h a n ic r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly
a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i ­
en ce.
E x c lu d e d f r o m th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n a r e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r im a r y d u tie s
in v o lv e s e tt in g up o r a d ju s tin g m a c h in e s .




T h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s n o t in c lu d e m e c h a n ic s w h o r e p a ir c u s t o m e r s '
v e h i c l e s in a u t o m o b ile r e p a i r s h o p s .

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I n s t a lls o r r q p a i r s w a t e r , s t e a m , g a s , o r o t h e r t y p e s o f p ip e and
p ip e fit t in g s in an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ;
L a y in g
ou t w o r k and m e a s u r in g to lo c a t e p o s i t i o n o f p ip e f r o m d r a w in g s o r o t h e r
w r it t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; c u ttin g v a r io u s s i z e s o f p ip e t o c o r r e c t le n g th s w ith
c h i s e l and h a m m e r o r o x y a c e t y le n e t o r c h o r p ip e -c u t t in g m a c h in e s ; th r e a d in g
p ip e w ith s t o c k s and d ie s ; b e n d in g p ip e b y h a n d - d r i v e n o r p o w e r - d r i v e n
m a c h in e s ; a s s e m b lin g p ip e w ith c o u p lin g s and fa s t e n in g p ip e to h a n g e r s ;
m a k in g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g to p r e s s u r e s , f lo w , and s iz e o f
p ip e r e q u ir e d ; and m a k in g s ta n d a r d t e s t s t o d e t e r m i n e w h e th e r f in is h e d p ip e s
m e e t s p e c ific a tio n s .
In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e p ip e fi t t e r
r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l
a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g an d e x p e r i e n c e .
W o rk e r s p r im a r ily
e n g a g e d in in s t a llin g and r e p a ir in g b u ild in g s a n it a tio n o r h e a tin g s y s t e m s
a r e e x c lu d e d .
M A IN T E N A N C E S H E E T - M E T A L W O R K E R
F a b r i c a t e s , i n s t a l l s , and m a in ta in s in g o o d r e p a i r th e s h e e t - m e t a l
e q u ip m e n t a nd f i x t u r e s ( s u c h a s m a c h in e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e lv e s ,
l o c k e r s , ta n k s , v e n t i l a t o r s , c h u t e s , d u c t s , m e t a l r o o f in g ) o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t .
W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ; P la n n in g and la y in g ou t a ll t y p e s o f
s h e e t - m e t a l m a in t e n a n c e w o r k f r o m b lu e p r in t s , m o d e l s , o r o t h e r s p e c i f i ­
c a t i o n s ; s e tt in g up and o p e r a t in g a l l a v a ila b le t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k in g
m a c h in e s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d t o o ls in c u tt in g , b e n d in g , f o r m in g , s h a p in g ,
fit t in g , and a s s e m b lin g ; and in s t a llin g s h e e t - m e t a l a r t i c l e s a s r e q u i r e d .
In
g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m a in t e n a n c e s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u ir e s r o u n d e d
t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r
e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e .
M IL L W R IG H T
I n s t a lls n e w m a c h in e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m e n t, and d is m a n t le s and
i n s t a lls m a c h in e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m e n t w h e n c h a n g e s in th e p la n t la y o u t a r e
r e q u ir e d .
W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ;
P la n n in g and la y in g ou t
w o r k ; in t e r p r e t in g b lu e p r in t s o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u s in g a v a r ie t y o f h a n d t o o l s and r ig g in g ; m a k in g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g to s t r e s s e s ,
s tr e n g t h o f m a t e r i a l s , an d c e n t e r s o f g r a v it y ; a lig n in g an d b a la n c in g e q u ip ­
m e n t ; s e le c t in g s ta n d a r d t o o l s , e q u ip m e n t , and p a r t s to b e u s e d ; and in s t a llin g
and m a in ta in in g in g o o d o r d e r p o w e r t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t s u ch a s d r i v e s
and s p e e d r e d u c e r s .
In g e n e r a l , th e m i l l w r i g h t 's w o r k n o r m a lly r e q u i r e s a
r o u n d e d tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e in th e t r a d e a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l
a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e .

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T O O L AN D DIE M AK ER

A s s i s t s o n e o r m o r e w o r k e r s in th e s k ille d m a in te n a n c e t r a d e s , b y
p e r f o r m i n g s p e c i f i c o r g e n e r a l d u tie s o f l e s s e r s k i l l , su ch a s k e e p in g a
w o r k e r s u p p lie d w ith m a t e r i a l s and t o o l s ; c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a , m a c h in e ,
and e q u ip m e n t; a s s i s t in g jo u r n e y m a n b y h o ld in g m a t e r i a l s o r t o o l s ; and p e r ­
f o r m in g o t h e r u n s k ille d t a s k s a s d i r e c t e d b y jo u r n e y m a n .
T h e k in d o f w o r k
the h e lp e r is p e r m it t e d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m t r a d e to t r a d e ;
In s o m e
t r a d e s th e h e lp e r i s c o n fin e d to s u p p ly in g , lif t in g , and h o ld in g m a t e r i a l s and
t o o l s , and c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a s ; and in o t h e r s he is p e r m it t e d to p e r f o r m
s p e c i a l i z e d m a c h in e o p e r a t i o n s , o r p a r t s o f a t r a d e th a t a r e a ls o p e r f o r m e d
b y w o r k e r s on a f u l l - t i m e b a s is .

C o n s t r u c t s and r e p a i r s j i g s , f i x t u r e s , c u ttin g t o o l s , g a u g e s , o r m e t a l
d ie s o r m o l d s u s e d in s h a p in g o r f o r m in g m e t a l o r n o n m e t a llic m a t e r i a l ( e . g . ,
p la s t ic , p la s t e r , r u b b e r , g la s s ). W ork ty p ic a lly in v o lv e s :
P la n n in g and la y in g
ou t w o r k a c c o r d i n g to m o d e l s , b lu e p r in t s , d r a w in g s , o r o t h e r w r it te n o r o r a l
s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u n d e r s t a n d in g th e w o r k in g p r o p e r t i e s o f c o m m o n m e t a ls and
a l l o y s ; s e le c t in g a p p r o p r ia t e m a t e r i a l s , t o o l s , and p r o c e s s e s r e q u i r e d to
c o m p l e t e t a s k s ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s ; s e tt in g up and o p e r a t in g
v a r io u s m a c h in e t o o l s and r e la t e d e q u ip m e n t; u s in g v a r io u s t o o l and d ie
m a k e r 's h a n d t o o ls and p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; w o r k in g to v e r y
c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; h e a t -t r e a t i n g m e t a l p a r t s and fin is h e d t o o l s and d ie s to
a c h ie v e r e q u ir e d q u a lit ie s ; fitt in g and a s s e m b lin g p a r t s to p r e s c r i b e d t o l e r ­
a n c e s and a l l o w a n c e s .
In g e n e r a l, th e t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's w o r k r e q u i r e s
r o u n d e d t r a in in g in m a c h i n e - s h o p and t o o l r o o m p r a c t i c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d
th r o u g h f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e .

M A C H I N E -T O O L O P E R A T O R ( T o o l r o o m )
S p e c i a l i z e s in o p e r a t in g on e o r m o r e th an o n e ty p e o f m a c h in e t o o l
( e . g . , ji g b o r e r , g r in d in g m a c h in e , e n g in e la th e , m i llin g m a c h in e ) to m a c h in e
m e t a l f o r u s e in m a k in g o r m a in ta in in g j i g s , f i x t u r e s , c u ttin g t o o l s , g a u g e s ,
o r m e t a l d ie s o r m o l d s u s e d in s h a p in g o r f o r m in g m e t a l o r n o n m e t a llic
m a te r ia l (e .g ., p la s t ic , p la s t e r , ru b b e r , g la s s ).
W o r k t y p ic a lly i n v o l v e s ;
P la n n in g and p e r f o r m i n g d if f ic u l t m a c h in in g o p e r a t io n s w h ich r e q u ir e c o m ­
p li c a t e d s e tu p s o r a h igh d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; s e tt in g up m a c h in e t o o l o r
t o o l s ( e . g . , in s t a ll cu ttin g t o o l s and a d ju s t g u id e s , s t o p s , w o r k in g t a b le s ,
and o th e r c o n t r o l s to h a n d le th e s iz e o f s t o c k to b e m a c h in e d ; d e t e r m i n e
p r o p e r f e e d s , s p e e d s , t o o l in g , and o p e r a t io n s e q u e n c e o r s e l e c t t h o s e p r e ­
s c r i b e d in d r a w in g s , b lu e p r in t s , o r la y o u t s ) ; u s in g a v a r ie t y o f p r e c i s i o n
m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t m e n t s d u r in g m a c h in in g
o p e r a t io n to a c h i e v e r e q u is i t e d im e n s io n s to v e r y c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s .
M ay be
r e q u ir e d to s e l e c t p r o p e r c o o la n t s and cu ttin g and lu b r ic a t in g o i l s , to
r e c o g n i z e w h e n t o o l s n e e d d r e s s i n g , and to d r e s s t o o l s .
In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k
o f a m a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r ( t o o l r o o m ) at th e s k ill l e v e l c a l l e d f o r in th is
c l a s s i f i c a t i o n r e q u i r e s e x t e n s iv e k n o w le d g e o f m a c h i n e - s h o p and t o o l r o o m
p r a c t i c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h c o n s i d e r a b l e o n - t h e - j o b tr a in in g a n d
e x p e r ie n c e .

in c lu d e
sh op s.

F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s n ot
in c lu d e t o o l and d ie m a k e r s w h o (1) a r e e m p lo y e d in t o o l and d ie jo b b in g
s h o p s o r (2 ) p r o d u c e f o r g i n g d ie s (d ie s i n k e r s ) .
S T A T IO N A R Y E N G IN E E R
O p e r a t e s and m a in ta in s and m a y a ls o s u p e r v is e th e o p e r a t io n o f
s t a t io n a r y e n g in e s and e q u ip m e n t ( m e c h a n ic a l o r e l e c t r i c a l ) to s u p p ly the
e s t a b lis h m e n t in w h ic h e m p lo y e d w ith p o w e r , h e a t, r e f r i g e r a t i o n , o r a i r c o n d it io n in g .
W ork in v o lv e s :
O p e r a t in g and m a in ta in in g e q u ip m e n t s u ch a s
s te a m e n g in e s , a i r c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o t o r s , t u r b in e s , v e n tila t in g
and r e f r i g e r a t i n g e q u ip m e n t , s te a m b o i l e r s and b o i l e r - f e d w a te r p u m p s ;
m a k in g e q u ip m e n t r e p a i r s ; and k e e p in g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a t io n o f m a c h in e r y ,
t e m p e r a t u r e , and f u e l c o n s u m p t io n .
M a y a l s o s u p e r v i s e t h e s e o p e r a t io n s .
H ead o r c h i e f e n g in e e r s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g m o r e th an on e e n g in e e r
a re e x c lu d e d .
B O IL E R T E N D E R
F ir e s
s t a t io n a r y b o i l e r s to fu r n is h th e e s t a b lis h m e n t in w h ic h
e m p lo y e d w ith h e a t, p o w e r , o r
s te a m .
F e e d s f u e ls to f i r e b y hand o r
o p e r a t e s a m e c h a n i c a l s t o k e r , g a s , o r o i l b u r n e r ; and c h e c k s w a t e r and
s a fe t y v a l v e s .
M a y c l e a n , o i l , o r a s s i s t in r e p a ir in g b o i l e r r o o m e q u ip m e n t.

F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , t h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s n ot
m a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r s ( t o o l r o o m ) e m p lo y e d in t o o l and d ie jo b b in g

M A TER IA L M O V E M E N T A N D C USTO DIAL
T R U C K D R IV E R — C o n tin u e d

T R U C K D R IV E R

T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,
T r u c k d r iv e r ,

D r iv e s a t r u c k w ith in a c it y o r in d u s t r ia l a r e a to t r a n s p o r t m a t e ­
r i a l s , m e r c h a n d i s e , e q u ip m e n t, o r w o r k e r s b e tw e e n v a r io u s t y p e s o f e s t a b ­
lis h m e n t s s u ch a s :
M a n u fa c tu r in g p la n t s , fr e ig h t d e p o t s , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o l e ­
s a le and r e t a il e s t a b lis h m e n t s , o r b e tw e e n r e t a i l
e s t a b lis h m e n t s and
c u s t o m e r s ' h o u s e s o r p l a c e s o f b u s in e s s . M a y a l s o lo a d o r u n lo a d t r u c k w ith
o r w ith o u t h e l p e r s , m a k e m i n o r m e c h a n ic a l r e p a i r s , and k e e p t r u c k in g o o d
working
ord er.
S a le s -r o u t e
and o v e r - t h e - r o a d d r i v e r s
a re e x c lu d e d .

S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E IV IN G C L E R K
P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d is e f o r s h ip m e n t, o r r e c e i v e s and is r e s p o n s i b l e
f o r in c o m in g s h ip m e n ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l s .
S h ip p in g w o r k
i n v o l v e s : A k n o w le d g e o f s h ip p in g p r o c e d u r e s , p r a c t i c e s , r o u t e s , a v a ila b le
m e a n s o f t r a n s p o r t a t io n , and r a t e s ; and p r e p a r in g r e c o r d s o f th e g o o d s

F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , t r u c k d r i v e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d b y s i z e and
ty p e o f e q u ip m e n t, a s f o l l o w s :
( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r s h o u ld be r a te d on the b a s is
o f t r a i l e r c a p a c it y .)




lig h t t r u c k (u n d e r 1 V2 t o n s )
m e d iu m t r u c k (1 V2 to and in c lu d in g 4 to n s )
h e a v y t r u c k ( t r a i l e r ) ( o v e r 4 to n s )
h e a v y t r u c k (o t h e r th an t r a i l e r ) ( o v e r 4 to n s )

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SHIPPING P A C K E R ---- Continued

s h ip p e d , m a k in g up b i l l s o f la d in g , p o s t in g w e ig h t and s h ip p in g c h a r g e s , and
k e e p in g a f i l e o f s h ip p in g r e c o r d s .
M a y d i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r in g th e
m e r c h a n d is e f o r s h ip m e n t.
R e c e iv in g w o r k i n v o l v e s :
V e r if y in g o r d ir e c t in g
o t h e r s in v e r i f y i n g th e c o r r e c t n e s s o f s h ip m e n ts a g a in s t b i l l s o f la d in g ,
i n v o i c e s , o r o t h e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k in g f o r s h o r t a g e s and r e j e c t i n g d a m a g e d
g o o d s ; r o u tin g m e r c h a n d is e o r m a t e r i a l s to p r o p e r d e p a r t m e n t s ; and m a in ­
ta in in g n e c e s s a r y r e c o r d s and f i l e s .

s h ip p in g c o n t a in e r s and m a y in v o lv e o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g : K n o w le d g e
o f v a r io u s it e m s o f s t o c k in o r d e r to v e r i f y c o n t e n t ; s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r ia t e
ty p e and s i z e o f c o n t a in e r ; in s e r t in g e n c l o s u r e s in c o n t a in e r ; u s in g e x c e l s i o r
o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l t o p r e v e n t b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c l o s i n g and s e a lin g c o n ­
t a in e r ; and a p p ly in g la b e ls o r e n t e r in g id e n t ify in g d a ta on c o n t a in e r .
P ackers
w h o a l s o m a k e w o o d e n b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d .
M A T E R I A L H A N D L IN G L A B O R E R

F or w age

stu d y p u r p o s e s ,

w ork ers

a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s :
A w o r k e r e m p lo y e d in a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u fa c tu r in g p la n t, s t o r e , o r
o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t w h o s e d u t ie s in v o lv e o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
L o a d in g and u n lo a d in g v a r io u s m a t e r i a l s and m e r c h a n d is e on o r f r o m f r e ig h t
c a r s , t r u c k s , o r o t h e r t r a n s p o r t in g d e v i c e s ; u n p a c k in g , s h e lv in g , o r p la c in g
m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d is e in p r o p e r
s t o r a g e lo c a t io n ; and t r a n s p o r t in g
m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d is e b y h a n d t r u c k , c a r , o r w h e e lb a r r o w .
L on gshore
w o r k e r s , w h o lo a d and u n lo a d s h ip s , a r e e x c lu d e d .

S h ip p in g c l e r k
R e c e iv in g c l e r k
S h ip p in g and r e c e i v i n g c l e r k
W AREHOUSEM AN
A s d i r e c t e d , p e r f o r m s a v a r ie t y o f w a r e h o u s in g d u tie s w h ic h r e q u ir e
an u n d e r s t a n d in g o f the e s t a b l i s h m e n t 's s t o r a g e p la n .
W o r k i n v o lv e s m o s t
o f th e f o l l o w i n g : V e r if y in g m a t e r i a l s ( o r m e r c h a n d is e ) a g a in s t r e c e i v i n g
d o c u m e n t s , n o tin g and r e p o r t in g d i s c r e p a n c i e s and o b v io u s d a m a g e s ; r o u tin g
m a t e r i a l s to p r e s c r i b e d s t o r a g e l o c a t i o n s ; s t o r i n g , s t a c k in g , o r p a lle t iz in g
m a t e r i a l s in a c c o r d a n c e w ith p r e s c r i b e d s t o r a g e m e t h o d s ; r e a r r a n g in g and
t a k i n g in v e n t o r y o f s t o r e d m a t e r i a l s ; e x a m in in g
s t o r e d m a t e r i a l s and
r e p o r t in g d e t e r i o r a t i o n and d a m a g e ; r e m o v in g m a t e r i a l f r o m s t o r a g e and
p r e p a r in g it f o r s h ip m e n t.
M a y o p e r a t e h an d o r p o w e r t r u c k s in p e r f o r m i n g
w a r e h o u s in g d u t ie s .
E x c lu d e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u tie s in v o lv e sh ip p in g and r e c e i v ­
in g w o r k ( s e e S h ip p in g and R e c e iv in g C le r k and S h ip p in g P a c k e r ) , o r d e r f illin g
( s e e O r d e r F i l l e r ) , o r o p e r a t in g p o w e r t r u c k s ( s e e P o w e r - T r u c k O p e r a t o r ) .

O p e r a t e s a m a n u a lly c o n t r o l l e d g a s o l i n e - o r e l e c t r i c - p o w e r e d t r u c k
o r t r a c t o r to t r a n s p o r t g o o d s an d m a t e r i a l s o f a ll k in d s a b ou t a w a r e h o u s e ,
m a n u fa c t u r in g p la n t, o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t .
tru ck ,

F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s
as fo llo w s :

are

c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f p o w e r -

F o r k lift o p e r a t o r
P o w e r - t r u c k o p e r a t o r ( o t h e r th a n f o r k l i f t )
GUARD AND W ATCHM AN
G u a rd.
P e r f o r m s r o u t in e p o l i c e d u t ie s , e it h e r at f ix e d p o s t o r on
t o u r , m a in ta in in g o r d e r , u s in g a r m s o r f o r c e w h e r e n e c e s s a r y .
I n c lu d e s
g u a r d s w h o a r e s ta t io n e d at g a te and c h e c k o n id e n t it y o f e m p lo y e e s and
o t h e r p e r s o n s e n t e r in g .

O R D E R F IL L E R
F i l l s s h ip p in g o r t r a n s f e r o r d e r s f o r f in is h e d g o o d s f r o m s t o r e d
m e r c h a n d is e in a c c o r d a n c e w ith s p e c i f i c a t i o n s on s a le s s l i p s , c u s t o m e r s '
o r d e r s , o r o t h e r in s t r u c t io n s .
M a y , in a d d itio n to f illin g o r d e r s and in d i­
c a t in g it e m s f i l l e d o r o m it t e d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f o u tg o in g o r d e r s , r e q u is i t io n
a d d it io n a l s t o c k o r r e p o r t s h o r t s u p p lie s t o s u p e r v i s o r , and p e r f o r m o th e r
r e la t e d d u t ie s .

W a tch m a n .
M ak es rou nd s o f p r e m is e s
p r o p e r t y a g a in s t f i r e , t h e ft , and i l l e g a l e n t r y .
J A N IT O R ,

p e r io d ic a lly

in

p r o t e c t in g

PO R T E R , OR CLE AN ER

C le a n s and k e e p s in an o r d e r l y c o n d it io n f a c t o r y w o r k in g a r e a s and
w a s h r o o m s , o r p r e m i s e s o f an o f f i c e , a p a r t m e n t h o u s e , o r c o m m e r c i a l
o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t .
D u tie s in v o lv e a c o m b in a t io n o f th e f o l l o w i n g :
S w e e p in g , m o p p in g o r s c r u b b in g , and p o li s h in g f l o o r s ; r e m o v in g c h ip s , t r a s h ,
and o t h e r r e f u s e ; d u s tin g e q u ip m e n t , f u r n it u r e , o r f ix t u r e s ; p o lis h in g m e t a l
f i x t u r e s o r t r i m m i n g s ; p r o v id in g s u p p lie s and m i n o r m a in te n a n c e s e r v i c e s ;
and c le a n in g l a v a t o r i e s , s h o w e r s , and r e s t r o o m s .
W o rk e r s w ho s p e c ia liz e
in w in d o w w a s h in g a r e e x c l u d e d .

S H IP P IN G P A C K E R
P r e p a r e s fin is h e d p r o d u c t s f o r s h ip m e n t o r s t o r a g e b y p la c i n g th e m
in s h ip p in g c o n t a i n e r s , th e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t io n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d e p e n d e n t
u p on th e t y p e , s i z e , and n u m b e r o f u n its to b e p a c k e d , the ty p e o f c o n t a in e r
e m p lo y e d , and m e t h o d o f s h ip m e n t.
W o r k r e q u i r e s th e p la c in g o f it e m s in




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c l e r i c a l e m p l o y e e s is a v a ila b le .
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B u lle tin n u m b e r
and p r ic e *

A k r o n , O h io, D e c . 1975 ____________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 0 ,
A lb a n y — ch e n e cta d y —T r o y , N .Y ., Sept. 1975 1___________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 3 ,
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Santa A n a —G a r d e n G r o v e , C a lif., O ct. 1 9 7 5 1------------------------------------------------ 1 8 5 0 -7 5 ,
A tla n ta , G a ., M a y 1975 1 ___________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 5 ,
A u s tin , T e x ., D e c . 1 9 7 5 1 __________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 3 ,
B a lt im o r e , M d ., A u g . 1975 1 ______________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 2 ,
B illin g s , M o n t., J u ly 1 9 7 5 _________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 6 ,
B in g h a m ton , N .Y .—P a ., J u ly 1975 ________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 0 ,
B ir m in g h a m , A l a ., M a r. 1976 1 ___________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 1 ,
B o s to n , M a s s ., A u g . 1975 1________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 8 ,
B u ffa lo , N .Y ., O ct. 1 9 7 5 1 __________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 9 ,
C anton, O h io, M a y 1 9 7 5 ____________________________________________________________________ Suppl.
C h a ttan oog a , T en n .—G a ., Sept. 197 5 1____________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 7 ,
C h ic a g o , 111., M ay 1975 ____________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -3 3 ,
C in cin n a ti, O h io— y.—I n d ., M a r. 1 9 7 6|___________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -7 ,
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C le v e la n d , O h io, Sept. 1 9 7 5 _______________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 4 ,
C b lu m b u s, O h io, O ct. 1975 1_________________________________________________________ ______ 1 8 5 0 -7 8 ,
C o r p u s C h r is t i, T e x ., J u ly 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -3 7 ,
D a lla s —F o r t W o rth , T e x . , O ct. 1975 1 ___________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 9 ,
D a v e n p o rt—R o c k Isla n d —M o lin e , Iow a—111., F e b . 1 9 7 5 ---------------------------------------------------Suppl.
D ay ton , O h io, D e c . 1975------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 8 5 0 -7 3 ,
D aytona B e a ch , F la ., A u g . 1975-------------------------------------------------------- 2------------------------------- 1 8 5 0 -4 7 ,
Q e n v e r —B o u l d e r , C o l o ., D e c . 1975_______________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 2 ,
D e t r o it , M ic h ., M a r . 1 9 7 6 1 _______________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 5 ,
F o r t L a u d e rd a le —H o lly w o o d and W e st P a lm B e a c h B o c a R a ton , F la ., A p r . 1976___ _________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -2 0 ,
F r e s n o , C a lif., June 1975 1________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 1 ,
G a in e s v ille , F la ., Sept. 1975 _____________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 7 ,
G r e e n B a y , W i s . , Ju ly 1975 1 _____________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 4 ,
G r e e n s b o r o — in s t o n -S a le m -H ig h P o in t, N .C ., A ug. 1 9 7 5 ____________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 9 ,
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G r e e n v ille —S p a rta n b u rg , S. C . , June 1975 _______________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 2 ,
H a r t fo r d , . C o n n ., M a r. 1976_______________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 4 ,
H ou ston , T e x ., A p r . 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________________________________ Suppl.
H u n ts v ille , A l a ., F e b . 1976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 9 0 0 -1 7 ,
In d ia n a p o lis , In d ., O ct. 1975 1 _____________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 6 ,
J a c k s o n , M i s s ., F e b . 1976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 9 0 0 -8 ,
J a c k s o n v ille , F la ., D e c. 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 8 5 0 -8 1 ,
K a n sa s C ity , M o .—K a n s ., Sept. 1 9 7 5 _____________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 5 ,
L e x in g to n — a y e t t e , K y ., N ov . 1975 1 _____________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 4 ,
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L o s A n g e le s —L on g B e a c h , C a lif., O ct. 1975 1 ___________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 6 ,
L o u is v i ll e , K y.—I n d ., N ov. 1975 _________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 9 ,
M e lb o u rn e —T it u s v ille —C o c o a , F la ., A u g . 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 4 ,
M e m p h is , T en n .— r k .—M i s s . , N ov . 1975 ________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 5 ,
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M ia m i, F la ., O ct. 1975______________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 6 ,
M ilw a u k e e , W is ., A p r . 1975 1______________ ________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 1 ,
M in n e a p o lis —
St. P a u l, M in n .—W is ., Jan. 1976____________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -3 ,
N a ssa u — u ffo lk , N .Y ., June 1975 1____________________________________ ______ ______________ 1 8 5 0 -3 9 ,
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N ew a rk , N .J ., Jan. 1976______________________________________________ ______________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 0 ,
N ew O r le a n s , L a ., Jan. 1976 ______________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -2 ,
N ew Y o r k , N . Y .- N .J ., M a y 1975 1 ___________ ___________ _________________________________ _ 1 8 5 0 -4 5 ,
N o r fo lk —V ir g in ia B e a ch —P o r t s m o u t h , V a .—N .C ., M a y 1975 ___________________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 9 ,
N o r fo lk —V ir g in ia B e a ch —P o r t s m o u t h and N e w p o rt N ew s—
H a m pton , V a .—N .C ., M a y 1975 __________________________________________________^ _______ 1 8 5 0 -3 0 ,
N o r th e a s t P e n n s y lv a n ia , A u g . 1975 _______________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 2 ,
O k la h om a C ity , O k la ., A u g . 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 1 ,
O m ah a , N e b r.—Iow a, O ct. 197 5 _____________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 6 ,
P a t e r s o n —C lifto n — a s s a ic , N .J ., June 197 5 1____________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -3 8 ,
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P h ila d e lp h ia , P a .—N .J ., N ov. 1975 ____________________ ____________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 5 ,
P itts b u rg h , P a ., Jan. 1 9 7 6 1________________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 ,
P o r tla n d , M a in e , N ov. 1975_________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 2 ,
P o r tla n d , O r e g .— a sh ., M a y 1975 ________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 0 ,
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P o u g h k e e p s ie , N .Y ., J une 1 9 7 5 1 ___________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 0 ,
P o u g h k e e p s ie —K in g ston — ew b u rgh , N .Y ., June 1 975 1 __________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 8 ,
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P r o v id e n c e —W a rw ic k —P a w tu ck et, R .I ., —M a s s . , June 1975 ____________________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 7 ,
R a le ig h -D u r h a m , N .C ., F e b . 1976 _____________________________________________ __________ 1 9 0 0 -1 8 ,
R ich m o n d , V a . , June 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 1 ,
St. L o u is , M o .—
111., M a r. 1976 1.............................................................................................................. 1 9 0 0 -1 9 ,
S a c r a m e n to , C a lif., D e c . 197 5______________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 7 ,
Sa gin a w , M ic h ., N ov. 197 5__________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 1 ,
Salt L ak e City—O gd en , Utah, N ov. 1975 1 _________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 4 ,
San A n to n io , T e x ., M a y 1975 ______________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 3 ,
San D ie g o , C a lif., N ov. 1975__________________________________________________________ _____ 1 8 5 0 -7 7 ,
San F r a n c i s c o — ak land, C a lif., M a r. 1976_______________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -9 ,
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San J o s e , C a li f., M a r . 1976_________________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 3 ,
S ea ttle—E v e r e t t , W a sh ., Jan. 1976 ________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -6 ,
South B e n d , In d ., M a r. 1976 _______________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -5 ,
S t a m fo r d , C on n . 1 2 __________________________________________________________________________
S y r a c u s e , N .Y ., J u ly 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 3 ,
T o le d o , O h io— ic h ., M a y 1975 1 ____ _______________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -3 4 ,
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T re n to n , N .J ., Sept. 1 9 7 5 1 ___.............. ............................................................................. ..................... 1 8 5 0 -6 0 ,
U tica —R o m e , N . Y . , J u ly 1975 1 _____________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 8 ,
W a sh in g ton , D. C .—M d.—V a ., M a r. 1976____________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 2 ,
W e s t c h e s t e r C ounty, N .Y ., M a y 1975 1____________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 3 ,
W ich ita , K a n s ., A p r . 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________________________________ Suppl.
W o r c e s t e r , M a s s ., A p r . 1976_______________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 6 ,
Y o r k , P a ., F e b . 1976________________________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -4 ,

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