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Area Wage Survey Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, Metropolitan Area, February 1976 Bulletin 1900-18 U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Preface This bulletin p r o v id e s re s u lts o f a February1976 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 in th e R a l e i g h — D u r h a m , N orth C a r o lin a , Standard M e tro p o lita n Sta t i s t i c a l A r e a ( D u r h a m , O r a n g e , and W a k e C o u n t i e s ) . T h e s u r v e y w a s m a d e a s p a r t o f th e B u r e a u o f L a b o r S t a tis tic s ' annual a r e a w a ge s u r v e y p r o g r a m , w h ich i s d e s i g n e d to y i e l d da t a 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 a s 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 it ed 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 th e n e e d t o d e s c r i b e th 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 th 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 ) th 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 , i n c l u d i n 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 pla n t l o c a t i o n . Survey re su lts a lso are u s e d b y th 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 C on tract A ct o f 1965. 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 th e p r o gram . ( S e e l i s t o f a r e a s on i n s i d 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 ta a r e c o l l e c t e d a n n u a lly . In fo rm a tio n on e s ta b lis 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 third y e a r . E a ch y e a r a ft e r all in divid ual a re a w age s u r v e y s have b e e n c o m p le t e d , tw o s u m m a r y b u lletin s are issu ed . 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 etrop olitan a rea s u r v e y e d ; th e 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 , projected fro m in d ivid u a l m e t r o p o l it a n a r e a data. T h e R a l e i g h —D u r h a m s u r v e y w a s c o n d u c t e d b y th 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 th e 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 a l C o m m is s io n e r fo r O p erations. T h e s u r v e y 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 th 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 da ta p r o v i d e d th e b a s i s f o r th e s t a t i s t i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n in t h i s b u l l e t i n . T h e B u r e a u w is h e s to express s i n c e r e a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r th e c o o p e r a t i o n receiv ed . Note: A c u r r e n t r e p o r t on o c c u p a tio n a l e a rn in g s in the R a l e i g h —D u r h a m a r e a is a v a i l a b l e f o r the m e t a lw o r k in g in d u str y ( F e b r u a r y 1976). A c u r r e n t 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 i s a v a i l a b l e f o r th e m o v i n g and sto ra g e in du stry (F e b r u a r y 1976). A l s o a va ila b le f o r th e R a l e i g h —D u r h a m a r e a a r e l i s t i n g s o f u nio n w a g e r a t e s f o r se v e n s e le c t e d buildin g t r a d e s . Free c o p i e s o f t h e s e a r e a v a i l a b l e f r o m th e B u r e a u ' s region al o ffic e s . (See b a c k c o v e r f o r a d d r e s s e s . ) Bulletin 1900-18 A rea W ag e Survey: July 1976 R a le ig h -D u rh a m , North Carolina, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, W. J. Usery.Jr., Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, Julius Shiskin, Commissioner M etropolitan Area February 1976 Contents Page I n t r o d u c t i o n _____________________________________________ 2 Page Appendix A . A ppendix B. S c o p e an d m e t h o d o f s u r v e y __________ O c c u p a t i o n a l d e s c r i p t i o n s _____________ 11 14 T a b les: A. E arnings: A - l . W e e k ly earn in gs o f o f fic e w o r k e r s , . _ 3 A - 2 . W eek ly earn in gs o f p r o f e 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 f i 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 o u rly earn in gs o f m a in 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 t e 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 ou rly earnings of m ain ten a nce, t o o l r o o m , p o w e r p la n t , m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t , and 9 c u s t o d i a l w o r k e r s ,b y s e x ___________ 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 earnings fo r s e le cte 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 1 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing O ffice, Washington, D .C . 20402, GPO Bookstores, or BLS Regional Offices listed on back cover. Price 55 cents. Make checks payable to Superintendent o f Documents. Introduction ( 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 , tables 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 h is a r e a i s 1 o f 84 in w h i c h th e U.S. D epa rtm en t of L a b o r 's B ureau of L a b or Statistics 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 benefits. In th is a r e a , data w e r e o b t a i n e d b y a c o m b i n a t i o n of p e r s o n a l v i s i t , m a i l q u e s t i o n n a i r 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 anufacturing; tran sportation , 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 c lu 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 sta b lish 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 se 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 tu 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 is io n s w hich m e e t p u blication c r ite r ia . 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 gs 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 stria l nurses, sk illed 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 r e p o s s i b l e , da ta a r e p r e s e n te d fo r all in d u strie s, m an ufactu rin g, and n onm anufacturing. T h is t a b le 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 if t s a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n ts as w e ll as tu r n o v e r of e s ta b lis h 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 rther details, see app end ix A . A pp end ixes 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 tr a ig h t -t im e w e e k ly o r h o u rly 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 and t e c h n i c a l , A p p e n d i x B p r o v i d e s job d e s c r i p t i o n s u s e d b y B u r e a u f i e l d 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 oc cupation. 2 A. Earnings Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Raleigh—Durham, N.C., February 1976 Weekly earnings 1 (standard) Occupation and industry division of arkeis N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e i v i n 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 — Median * S s s $ S $ $ 1 100 n o 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 260 280 300 1 -------320 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 260 280 300 320 340 117 23 94 109 29 85 34 76 34 51 24 42 16 12 4 8 7 41 87 14 73 93 28 12 11 37 55 14 16 - 19 2 48 - 1 3 3 - 2 2 - 1 - 80 Mean * S 90 S $ Average weekly hours1 (standard' S S $ S S $ $ $ $ and under Middle ranged ALL WQRKERS 179.00 $ $ 1 4 2 .0 0 -1 8 7 .0 0 1 5 4 .5 0 -2 0 5 .5 0 178.00 156.00 1 7 4.50 1 3 8 .0 0 -1 7 7 .0 0 1 5 9 . 5 0 - 1 8 9 , U0 - - * - 3 8 65 6 22 80 25 194.00 184.00 1 6 1 .0 0 -2 0 B .0 0 - - - - - 1 2 5 4 2 1 8 4.00 232.00 168.00 1 5 5 .0 0 -2 1 9 .0 0 - - _ - - - - - 5 - 19 6 “ - “ * 4 5 13 20 1 19 17 2 15 7 1 9 4 .0 0 -2 5 0 .0 0 1 5 0 .0 0 -1 9 6 .0 0 4 - 3 9 .0 189.50 220.50 17 5.00 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 171.00 179.50 169.00 1 8 0.50 1 4 9 .5 0 -1 9 4 .0 0 1 5 6 .5 0 -2 0 5 .0 0 4 17 6 28 5 32 41 13 189 3 8 .5 1 8 6.00 1 4 5 .0 0 -1 8 4 .0 0 1 7 7 .0 0 -2 0 4 .5 0 11 3 23 4 0 .0 1 6 4.00 187.00 16 3.00 32 21 1 356 3 9 .0 39 .0 39 34 5 34 8 26 53 9 " “ 8 40 9 31 3 33 2 31 2 9 4 5 2 21 14 SE CR ET AR IE S ------------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ------------NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G --------P U BL IC UTIL IT IE S ------- 303 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 580 144 3 9 .0 4 0 .0 SECRETARIES. CLASS A ------ 35 3 9 .0 SECRETARIES. CLASS B -----M A N U FA CT UR IN G ------------NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G --------- 151 48 3 9 .0 3 9 .5 103 SECRETARIES. CLASS C -----M A NU FA CT UR IN G ------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------PU BL IC UTIL IT IE S ------- 341 152 SECRETARIES. CLASS D -----MA NU FA CT UR IN G ------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG --------PU BL IC UT IL IT IE S ------- 883 $ 167.00 182.00 159.00 88 268 84 3 9 .0 4 0 .0 1 1 1 1 5 6 4 6 0 1 7 6 .5 .0 .0 .5 0 0 0 0 $ 162.50 1 5 0.00 - - 2 9 6 2 3 - - * - 10 - 1 6 3.00 1 4 5.00 1 6 6.00 1 3 2 .5 0 -1 6 6 .0 0 1 4 1 .0 0 -1 8 0 .0 0 1 2 8 .0 0 -1 6 4 .5 0 - - • - 1 5 7 .5 0 -1 7 6 .0 0 * * 10 ” 4 4 4 5 4 4 0 6 .0 .0 .5 .0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 13 2 3 11 - - - 6 7 6 7 5 1 2 3 .0 .0 .5 .5 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 .0 0 -1 7 9 .0 0 1 4 9 .0 0 -1 7 9 .0 0 1 4 0 .0 0 -1 7 4 .5 0 - - - - 9 - - - - 2 7 1 6 3 .5 0 -1 9 6 .5 0 ST EN OGRAPHERS, GENERAL -----M A N U FA CT UR IN G ------------NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G --------PU BL IC UTIL IT IE S ------- 196 75 3 8 .5 3 9 .5 143.50 14 7.00 121 70 3 8 .0 3 9 .0 141.00 160.50 1 1 1 1 ST EN OG RA PH ER S. SENIOR ------M A NU FA CT UR IN G ------------NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G --------PU BL IC UTIL IT IE S ------- 178 92 86 4* 3 9 .5 4 0 .0 3 9 .5 4 0 .0 165.5 16 5.0 16 6.0 18 5.5 1 1 1 1 T R AN SC RI BI NG -M AC HI NE TYPISTS NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G --------- 41 41 38 .0 3 8 .0 11 8.00 11 8.00 11 5.00 11 5.00 1 0 5 .0 0 -1 2 6 .5 0 1 0 5 .0 0 -1 2 6 .5 0 _ TYPISTS, CLASS A ------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------- 106 84 3 8 .5 1 3 5.00 - 137.50 13 0.00 135.00 1 1 5 .0 0 -1 4 7 .5 0 3 8 .0 1 2 0 .5 0 -1 4 9 .5 0 TYPISTS. CLASS B ------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G ------------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------- 182 35 3 7 .5 1 0 9.00 10 5.50 9 8 .0 0 -1 1 6 .5 0 3 9 .0 3 7 .5 12 3.50 1 1 7.50 147 106.00 10 4.50 1 0 6 .0 0 -1 2 4 .0 0 9 6 .0 0 -1 1 4 .5 0 FILE CLERKS, CLASS B -------N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G --------- 42 3 8 .5 38 .0 117.50 118.50 111.00 37 111.00 FILE CLERKS, CLASS C -------NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G --------- 217 217 3 7 .5 3 7 .5 103.00 1 0 3.00 70 61 3 9 .0 S W I T CH BO AR O OPERATORS, CLASS B ---SW IT CH BO AR D O P E R a T O R - RE CE PT IO NI ST Sm a n u f a c t u r i n g ----- --------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------- M E S S EN GE RS ---------nonmanufacturing See fo o tn o te s 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 1 7 5 7 .0 .0 .0 .5 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 5 5 5 8 8 7 9 7 .5 .0 .0 .6 - “ 44 11 51 26 21 30 21 9 5 18 9 25 5 9 8 10 6 5 3 - - - - 4 6 3 1 3 1 - - - 2 1 15 4 7 4 3 9 14 7 - - 2 11 3 3 3 - 1 4 6 5 n 10 1 9 5 1 6 10 2 8 1 “ - - 42 14 37 19 34 15 26 34 6 3 - - 28 18 19 22 12 10 8 28 - 6 6 4 3 3 - 2 3 2 2 * 10 16 4 18 15 51 46 39 28 4 4 9 42 11 35 22 12 27 18 15 13 10 7 b 3 2 1 - 2 2 2 15 8 7 7 8 6 2 2 20 1 19 19 41 26 22 17 5 15 11 5 5 i 1 20 7 4 33 21 12 11 41 17 24 23 19 9 29 14 17 9 10 15 8 - - “ 7 23 10 13 9 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 _ _ - - 2 2 13 * 6 5 5 10 10 13 13 4 4 21 11 17 13 16 11 7 7 - 6 16 16 4 11 - - 13 10 - 53 - 51 14 23 3 3 _ 1 2 - 1 1 53 3? 17 1 1 2 3 - 1 6 3 3 10 31 7 24 * - 3 9 9 .0 0 -1 2 7 .5 0 3 12 - - 1 - - 2 2 _ 9 6 6 _ c 4 4 1 3 9 9 4 9 9 .0 0 -1 3 2 .0 0 1 0 0.00 100.00 8 9 .5 0 -1 1 3 .5 0 8 9 .5 0 -1 1 3 .5 0 57 57 54 54 32 32 52 52 14 14 4 4 1 1 120.00 115.50 5 12 11 11 10 117.50 17 13 14 121.00 2 2 7 3 9 .0 1 0 6 .5 0 -1 3 2 .0 0 1 0 8 .5 0 -1 3 2 .5 0 35 3 8 .5 118.50 116.00 1 0 2 .0 0 -1 3 3 ,0 0 1 4 10 6 131 43 3 9 .5 3 9 .5 1 2 3.50 136.50 1 1 5.00 133.00 1 1 0 .0 0 -1 3 6 .0 0 11 6 .0 0 -1 5 6 .5 0 3 - 6 2 20 44 2 8 88 3 9 .0 117.50 1 1 4.00 1 0 6 .0 0 -1 2 0 .0 0 - 3 4 18 at en d o f t a b le s . - 54 23 31 9 3 36 4 • - - - 3 3 _ 10 3 3 4 3 4 1 2 19 9 14 6 5 8 6 1 5 10 - - 2 2 1 IP 1 3 7 ” 1 1 2 3 1 - 3 3 <L 1 1 1 - 2 . 2 - - - - 1 - 1 - - _ - . . • - - • * * - - . • • - - - 9 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 9 9 1 1 - - - 1 1 - Tab le A-1. W eekly earnings of o ffice w o rkers in R aleigh—D urham , N .C ., February 1 9 7 6 — C ontinued Weekly earnings 1 (standard) Occupation and industry division Number of worken N u m b e r of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of— $ Average weekly houre1 (standard) $ 80 Mean 2 M edian 2 Middle range2 S S S S S $ $ $ % 7 , 90 100 n o 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 19 U 200 210 220 230 240 260 280 300 320 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 260 280 300 320 340 50 12 38 23 3 29 7 5 11 6 6 5 6 4 14 • 3 5 1 8 7 39 2 37 11 10 19 20 13 20 2 6 * 15 6 1 * - 1 - 1 1 - • - - and under 90 ALL W O RK ER S— continued CLERKS. CLASS A - _____ ___ M A NU FA CT UR IN G ------------------------------ — — — N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------------------- — accounting AC CO UN TI NG CLERKS. CLASS B - — 352 110 242 502 3 9 .0 3 8 .5 $ 1 5 8 .0 0 3 9 .0 1 7 0 .5 0 1 5 2 .5 0 3 9 .0 1 3 2 .5 0 $ 1 4 8 .0 0 1 6 5 .0 0 1 3 3 .0 0 -1 8 1 .5 0 1 3 6 .0 0 -2 0 3 .0 0 1 3 2 .5 0 -1 7 2 .5 0 - - 35 - 9 - 23 - 1 4 5 .0 0 * - 9 8 15 11 24 69 15 54 1 2 6 .5 0 1 1 5 .0 0 -1 4 2 .5 0 1 23 44 118 98 76 51 16 24 27 80 47 10 15 8 4 4 4 17 9 11 8 3 1 i - 2 2 i - 15 12 - - 4 “ 5 8 3 3 2 i - - - • * " 28 31 10 21 31 15 16 24 “ 18 2 16 14 24 8 16 3 5 1 20 8 3 4 5 1 4 6 1 5 10 * * 3 31 12 20 27 12 18 ^ _ '0*0 PAYROLL CL ER KS ----------------------------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G -----------------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG --------- — --K E YP UN CH OP ERATORS. CLASS A M A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------*— NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G --------- — PU BLIC U T IL IT IE S ------- ------- 77 49 28 180 49 131 36 3 9 .5 4 0 .0 3 8 .5 3 9 .0 4 0 .0 3 8 .5 4 0 .0 1 4 0 .5 0 1 4 0 .0 0 1 3 7 .0 0 1 4 0 .5 0 1 2 5 .0 0 -1 5 0 .0 0 1 2 4 .0 0 -1 5 0 .0 0 1 4 2 .0 0 1 3 7 .0 0 1 2 6 .0 0 -1 5 4 .0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 .0 0 -1 6 1 .5 0 1 2 8 .0 0 -1 6 1 .0 0 1 2 2 .0 0 -1 6 0 .5 0 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 0 .0 .5 .5 .5 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 5 0 9 1 3 .0 .0 .5 .5 0 0 0 0 KE YPUNCH OPERATORS, CLASS b 1 5 2 .0 0 -1 6 2 .0 0 - 54 3 25 12 7 * 36 39 4 1 3 5 .0 0 38 5 12' 36 00 See footnotes at end of tables. 4 6 2 12 8 - _ . - - * * - * - * _ * . - * 18 TO i - 2 1 - 1 1 1 1 . , _ • * T a b le A - 2 . W e e k ly earnings of professional and technical w orkers in R aleigh—D urham , N .C ., February 1976 Weekly earnings 1 (standard! Number of workers Occupation and industry division weekly hours1 (standard] N u m b e r of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings of— 1 $ 110 Mean 2 Median 2 M iddle range2 $ 120 $ 130 i 140 $ 150 $ 160 $ 170 $ 180 Ti 190 $ 200 i 220 24c.i i 260 i s 280 $ 300 $ 320 and under 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 220 240 26 u 2B0 $ $ s $ 340 360 380 400 420 - - - - and 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 over 9 12 8 6 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 8 7 1 6 2 4 2 6 2 3 3 - - - ALL WORKERS computer systems analysts -------------------------------------- 51 $ $ $ $ 39.5 336.50 322.50 305.00-359.50 COMPUTER SYSTEMS a n a l y s t s (B US IN ES S) , CLASS B ---------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ----------------- 55 27 28 39.5 285.50 276.00 243.00-322.S0 40.0 290.50 295.50 265.50-317.00 39.0 280.00 257.00 234.00-334.00 COMPUTER PR OGRAMMERS (B U5 IN ES S)> CLASS B -----------------------------NONMANUF AC TU RI NG ----------------- 42 32 39.0 229.00 238.50 209.50-248.00 38.5 228.50 238.50 208.50-248.00 COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS A ---------- -- — MA NU FACTURING ------------------------------------------------- 56 39 39.5 198.00 194.00 40.0 207.50 203.00 COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS B -----------------NONM AN UF AC TU RI NG ----------------------------------------- 88 56 (B US IN ES S) , CLASS A _ _ 4 2 2 8 1 7 3 6 7 1 'i 8 - * “ - - 1 1 4 4 2 2 - 6 2 12 9 14 12 3 2 168.00-222.30 186.50-230.00 - - - 4 2 4 - 7 3 3 “ 7 6 5 5 10 9 8 7 6 b 2 2 - - - 39.5 172.50 170.00 147.00-189.50 39.0 170.00 160.50 139.00-188.50 4 4 3 3 11 7 7 7 7 6 9 6 13 5 12 4 8 4 8 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 - - 1 - 4 2 • . - - 2 2 1 1 i 2 i 2 2 “ . ------------------- 33 39.5 141.00 138.00 125.00-160.00 3 8 10 2 1 6 2 - 1 DRAFTERS, CLASS B ---------------------------------------------MA NU FACTURING — — ------------- — ------------------- 53 49 40.0 214.50 207.00 184.00-234.50 40.0 210.50 205.50 184.00-230.00 - - - - - - - - “ * - 2 2 - 12 12 9 8 10 10 10 10 b 5 DRAFTERS, CLASS C ---------------------------------------------MA NU FACTURING ------------------------------------------------- 60 45 40.0 170.50 161.00 142.50-201.50 40.0 164.00 160.00 142.50-182.00 . - - - 5 4 15 14 7 6 9 8 1 “ 5 4 1 1 14 7 2 - i i EL EC TR ON IC S TECHNICIANS -----------------------------MA NU FACTURING --------------------nonmanufacturing: p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s --------------- 93 38 40.0 225.50 233.50 188.50-262.00 40.0 229.50 230.50 183.50-269.50 . . “ 2 2 • * * 4 2 4 ~ 6 2 12 8 2 - 6 2 29 6 3 18 7 223.00 233.50 193.50-233.50 - * - - 2 4 4 4 2 4 23 1 11 - - - - - - 2 2 - 4 2 3 7 2 1 i - - - - 2 4 4 10 2 2 27 i 11 - - - 11 - - - 55 © O COMPUTER OPERATORS, CLASS C 4 a- 26 40.0 251.00 255.50 215.00-275.50 ELECTR ON IC S TECHNICIANS, CLASS B'n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g : PU BL IC UT IL IT IE S --------------- 63 40.0 220.50 233.50 49 40.0 225.50 233.50 198.00-233.50 - - - - 2 4 4 2 2 - 23 i R E GI ST ER ED INDUSTRIAL NURSES ------- 25 39.5 214.50 215.50 - - - - - 1 1 4 2 6 8 J electronics technicians, class 186.50-233.50 • 197.50-236.00 See footnotes at end of tables. 5 - ' Table A -3 . A verage w e e k ly earnings of office, professional, and technical w orkers, by sex. in Raleigh—Durham, N.C., February 1976 Average (m ean 2 ) Average (m ean 2 ) Sex, occupation, and industry division Number of Weekly heurs 1 (standard) Weekly earnings 1 (standard) Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division _ Weekly houn 1 [standard) Weekly earnings 1 (standard) OFFICE OCCU PA TI ON S WO M E N — CONTINUED OFFICE OC CU PA TI ON S - MEN ME SS EN GE RS ---------------------------- Number of 48 A5 _ .. _ Average (m ean 2 ) Sex, 3 occupation, and industry division Number of workers Weekly hours 1 standard) Weekly earnings 1 (standard) OF FI CE OC CU PA TI ON S WO M E N — CONTINUED 39.0 119.50 39.0 120.50, "tT U* LK A118.00 •vK 110.00 j i vLA $ * l<-6«00 38.5 189.50 __...T ^ . 177. ool MA NU FA CT UR IN G --------------------- OFFICE OCCU PA TI ON S - WOMEN NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------- j L v n E 1MHlLj? L L m jj □ fA K I L o t LL A j o v m a n u f a c t u r i n g --------------------- 579 39.0 39.0 123.50 36 38.0 116^00 102 174.50 3^ 1 152 189 39.0 171.00 39.5 179.50 164.00 I f f 68 283 70 3 .0 173.00 __ ^ 3 .5 1 0. j 0 136^50 11 7. j 0 150.50 130.00 « .v,r-.^ i . 334 39.0 130.00 40.0 r- 21' 0l 210.00 D R A F T E R S 9 CLASS C u L t L 1 m UIi i u - J 48 1L v l l l i i v i M l i J 38 40.0 229.53 52 223.00 NO NM ANUFACTURINGS 166.50 N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------- X75 -»r» M '00 N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----------------161.00 40.0 __ 233 01 356 84 CO MPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS iDU j XiiL j —t• i UL A j j A m 159.00 ,OA r 1 rn OC CU PA TI ON S - MEN 182 3b 28 38.5 142.00 26 251.00 60 220.00 46 226.00 147.00 J *0 EL EC TR ON IC S TECHNICIANS, CLASS 8- ??!*?? 35 , , r- ^ _ 161.00 PROFES SI ON AL AND TECHNICAL OC CU PA TI ON S - WOMEN 165.00 A0 • 0 185.50 i See footnotes at end of tables. 6 _ Table A -4 . H ourly earnings of m ain te n a n ce, toolroom , and p o w erp lan t w orkers in R aleigh—D u rh am , N .C ., February 1976 Hourly ea mings N u m b e r of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings of— 4 O ccu p a tion and in d u str y d iv is io n L “of “ workers I 3 .4 0 S 3 .6 0 S 1 3 .8 0 4 .0 0 $ 4 .2 0 S 4 .4 0 $ 4 .6 0 $ 5 .0 0 5 5 .2 0 } 5 .4 0 $ 5 .6 0 $ 4 .8 0 5 .8 0 s 6 .0 0 $ 6 .2 0 $ 6*40 S 6 .6 0 * 6 .8 0 3 .4 0 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 .6 0 4 .8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .4 0 5 .6 0 5 .8 0 6 .0 0 6 .2 0 6 .4 0 6 .6 0 6 .8 0 7 .0 0 . - * - - . - s 3 .2 0 N Mean 2 M edian2 Middle range S 7 .0 0 i ------- 1 ---------S------7 .2 0 7 .4 0 7 .6 0 7 .2 0 7 .4 0 - 41 41 - - - 80 80 - 2 2 - ▼ _ . 2 2 4 - - - - - - 4 4 - - • 1, 2 und er o o ALL over WORKERS $ 6 .0 1 $ 6 .2 3 $ ^ -..0 3 $ 7 ,t l ** * _ 1 1 5 5 1 10 10 8 8 1 1 6 6 8 8 3 3 - 9 9 2 - 6 * 9 - 3 3 - 3 3 - - . - _ * “ 5 5 - - 3 3 - * - 2 2 21 21 7 7 6 6 18 18 18 18 6 6 13 12 3 3 8 8 26 26 11 4 14 2 12 3 12 12 20 20 - 3 12 2 10 10 17 3 11 1 10 6 29 9 9 2 3 2 3 1 1 5 5 m a i n t e n a n c e e l e c t r i c i a n s --------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------- no 92 6 .1 5 6 .1 0 6 .4 0 6 .1 2 5 .3 0 4 .9 7 - 7 .2 1 7 .2 1 MAINTENANCE M A C H I N I S T S ------------------------MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------- 124 124 6 .7 7 6 .7 7 7 .2 1 7 .2 1 6 .4 8 6 .4 8 - 7 .2 1 7 .2 1 - “ * MAINTENANCE MECHANICS ( MA CH INE RY) MANUFACTURING ----------------------- *-------------- 141 140 5 .1 4 5 .1 4 5 .1 2 5 .0 8 4 .6 1 4 .6 1 - 5 .8 9 5 .8 9 - - - 9 * “ 9 MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (MOTOR V E H I C L c S ) ----------------------------------------M A N U F A C T U R I N G ----------------------------------- --— NUNMANUFACTURING -----------------------------------p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s --------------------------- 157 27 130 104 5 .5 5 5 .4q 5 .0 0 - 6 .2 0 4 .9 8 5.00 4 .3 9 - 5 .2 0 - - - 5 5 - “ “ - 2 2 MAC HI NE -TOOL OPERATORS (TOOLROOM) MANUFACTURING -------------------------------------- 5.67 5 .5 8 5 .5 9 5.43 5 .1 5 5 .1 5 - 6 .2 0 6 .1 6 35 5 .4 4 35 5 .4 4 5 .9 ? 5 .92 4 .9 2 4 .9 2 - 6 .0 8 6.06 * 2 2 - - - 17 17 6.60 a t en d o f ta b le s . * - 3 2 1 ' S e e fo o tn o te s 7 .6 0 7 - 1 - 2 2 9 - 17 12 _ 4 4 _ 4 11 * - 4 6 17 - - 21 - 6 6 17 11 8 6 6 8 - - 21 11 _ _ * * 25 21 - - - • * 11 • T ab le A -5 . H ourly earnings of m aterial m ovem ent and custodial w orkers in R aleig h —D u rh am , N .C ., February 1976 Hourly earnnings 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 hou r l y ea rn in g s o f---$ 2.00 Number Occupation and industry division workers Mean 2 M edian2 Middle range ^ 5 2.20 2 .4 0 2 .4 0 2 •6Q 2 80 i $ S 2 60 2 . 80 s $ 3 00 3 .2 0 $ 3 .4 0 3 $ 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 s 3 4 .0 0 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 $ 4 .60 * 4 »ti0 S 5 .0 0 S 5 .2 0 $ 5 .4 0 5 .6 0 S 5 .8 0 5 6.00 6*40 3 “ ----6.80 4 .4 0 4 .6 0 4 ,8 0 5 .0 0 5 .2 0 5 .4 0 5 .6 0 5 .8 0 6 .0 0 6 .4 0 6 .8 0 7 .2 0 105 % s> and u n d er 2 .2 0 3 , Q0 3 20 3 .4 0 4 .0 0 4 .2 0 ALL WORKERS ---------------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ----------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------PU 8L IC UTIL IT IE S ----------- 592 119 473 2 32 $ 4 .4 9 4 .0 0 4 .6 1 6 .1 2 $ 4 .1 5 4 .0 0 4 .6 0 5 .5 0 $ $ 2 . 9 3 - 5 .5 0 3 . 3 2 - 4 .1 5 2 . 8 0 - 5 .5 0 5 . 5 0 - 7 .1 1 TRUCKDRIVERS* LIGHT TRUCK --N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ------------- 41 32 2 .6 2 2 .4 6 2 .5 0 2 .5 0 2 .3 0 2 .3 0 - 2 .5 5 2 .5 5 - TRUCKDRIVERS* ME DIUM TRUCK -M A N U FA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG — ----------- 256 39 217 3 .7 0 3 .7 9 3 .6 9 3 .0 0 3 .4 5 3 .0 0 2 . 8 0 - 4 .6 0 2 . 9 7 - 5 .2 7 2 . 6 0 - 4 .6 0 - TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK (TRAILER) --------------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------PU BL IC UTIL IT IE S ----------- 231 197 163 5 .5 0 5 .6 7 6 .1 6 5 .5 0 5 .5 0 5 .5 o 4 .0 8 5 .5 0 5 .5 0 - 7 .1 1 7 .1 1 7 .1 1 truckdrivers TR UCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK 11 8 3 13 9 4 * - - 60 6 52 15 1 14 11 7 ~ 21 21 ” 12 12 * 58 4 54 ~ 21 4 17 - 12 12 19 17 - - 39 2 37 21 4 17 _ “ - * “ - - * 86 10 76 “ 26 5 21 - - 5 3 38 33 5 2 - - - 8 * - - 17 7 10 10 - 2* 2 4 - - - - - - - 7 4 3 8 4 4 6 3 3 1 1 “ 4 i 3 8 - 27 8 “ 27 2 - 4 2 2 10 10 10 12 2 2 “ “ “ ---------- 64 5 .1 9 4 .1 5 4 .1 5 - 7 .1 1 - - - - - - - 3 R E CE IV IN G CLERKS ----------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------- 105 35 70 4 .1 0 3 .7 3 4 .2 9 3 .7 5 3 .7 5 3 .7 0 3 .2 5 3 .4 9 3 .1 7 - 5 .4 7 3 .9 3 5 .6 4 - - 4 4 - 6 18 5 13 4 6 12 12 4 - 26 3 .6 6 3 .7 3 3 .4 8 - 4 .0 5 - WA RE HO US EM EN ---------------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------- 134 76 58 3 .8 4 3 .8 1 3 .8 7 3 .8 9 3 .8 9 3 .7 6 3 .5 1 - 4 .0 9 3 . 5 1 - 3 .9 5 3 . 1 5 - 4 .4 0 ORDER FI LL ER S -------------------MA NU FA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------- 311 31 2 80 4 .4 Q 4 .2 6 4 .4 2 4 .8 5 4 .0 6 4 .8 5 3 .1 3 3 .7 4 3 .0 0 - SHIP PI NG PA CK ER S ----------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ----------------- 120 1 03 3 .5 7 3 .6 7 3 .2 8 3 .5 9 2 .6 5 - 4 .0 6 2 .6 5 - 4 .8 3 MA TERIAL H A ND LI NG L A BO RE RS ----MA NU FA CT UR IN G ----------------N O NM AN UF AC TU RI NG ------------- 4 10 131 279 3 .5 9 3 .3 0 3 .7 3 3 .0 0 3 .0 1 3 .0 0 2 .6 0 - 4 .7 9 2 . 6 7 - 3 .7 5 2 . 5 5 - 5 .0 5 FORKLIFT OPER AT OR S -------------M A N U FA CT UR IN G ----------------NO NM A N U F A C T U R I N G ------------- 267 153 114 4 .1 8 3 .9 8 4 .4 6 4 .8 5 3 .7 5 4 .8 5 3 . 2 0 - 5 .0 9 3 . 0 1 - 5 .0 2 3 . 6 3 - 5 .2 0 GUARDS AND W A TC HM EN ------------M A NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------- 107 94 3 .9 9 4 .1 6 4 .5 8 4 .6 9 2 .7 5 3 .2 2 - GUARDS * M A N U FA CT UR IN G ---------------- 40 4 .6 7 4 .7 0 ---------------- 54 3 .7 8 PORTERS* a n d c l e a n e r s 1*496 303 1 .1 9 3 2 .7 4 4 .0 5 2 .4 1 (OTHER shipping THAN and TRAILER) receiving clerks 5 .2 0 5 .0 3 5 .2 0 * janitors* MA NU FA CT UR IN G ---------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI NG ----- ------- - 6 n n 8 - <L - - 1 - d 3 3 5 5 1 1 - 1 1 4 - - d - - 1 6 8 4 4 11 6 5 3 3 2 1 3 3 - 2 1 - . - 10 4 6 i i 11 - - - - • 11 - 25 15 10 3 1 2 48 45 3 - - 23 23 20 13 - - “ - 8 8 - - 4 4 - - “ 23 23 20 13 - - * * - 3 23 18 16 16 8 8 3 8 8 5 2 6 3 5 5 16 16 * “ 79 37 42 35 9 26 26 17 9 6 6 3 3 12 12 5 5 2 2 - 30 “ * * * * * 30 4 4 29 29 14 14 19 7 12 10 10 30 22 8 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 " “ * 1 4 4 i - 9 8 - 4 - 7 - - - - 7 7 4 .9 5 4 .9 5 . “ 13 6 4 2 12 12 2 2 ” 6 6 4 .2 6 - 5 .0 3 - - - - - - - 3 .3 2 2 .6 1 - 4 .9 5 - 2 .3 0 4 .7 9 2 .3 0 2 . 3 0 - 2 .6 5 3 . 2 9 - 4 .9 1 2 . 3 0 - 2 .3 0 * - _ • 2 2 - 25 25 _ 99 - - 8 - - - _ _ - 105 105 . . • _ - - - * * * * - . - - - * * “ * 81 81 81 24 - - - - • . _ - - - - - “ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - _ 2 - - 2 - _ _ . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - _ - _ - 99 - - - - - - . 56 - - - - - - - - - - 24 2 2 8 8 32 32 8 8 1 1 3 3 8 2 8 6 8 1 3 - - - 26 - 41 40 117 117 5 33 8 6 15 1 7 2 2 1 - - - - _ - - - 56 . * " " - - - - - . - - - - • - . . • 5 " See lootnotes at end of tables. - - 26 26 56 56 - 12 2 - - 24 - 2 - • - 14 6 - 26 24 2 - 11 38 30 65 17 17 17 77 - 8 6 48 7 - * 143 7 136 - 13 999 - - 4 4 65 - 2 22 5 7 8 8 10 3 12 68 - 6 - 2 - - 2 18 17 6 1006 94 17 7 1 81 69 68 - - 7 4 4 1 1 “ - - 44 2 42 - * - 11 8 3 3 3 * - 14 5 1 4 “ 22 - - - 6 4 * no 8 7 1 6 ” 125 14 111 1 * 3 73 16 57 16 8 8 1 - 4 - - * - 1 1 * - 14 10 6 4 _ - - 1 - ” 6 * 1 - - - - 29 _ - WATCHMEN* manufacturing - 16 11 5 2 ' T ab le A -6 . Average hourly earnings of m aintenance, toolroom . powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers, by sex, in Raleigh—Durham, N.C., February 1976 Sex, 3 Number of woricers o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s tr y d iv is io n Average (mean1 ) S e x , 3 o c c u p a t io n , and in d u s t r y d iv is io n earnings4 M A I N T E N A N C E toolroom, a n d PO WE RP LA NT OC CUPATIONS - MEN Number of workers Average (m ean ^ ) hourly earnings 4 MA TERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL OC CU PA TI ON S - ME N — CONTINUED 34 $ $ 6 .0 1 x . 4 .t 9 25 f Ti. ............ ............... ..rr. T 6*77 3 .8 0 . , . _ IWO 52 5 .1 4 5 . 14 4 .6 0 r _ * i. r-r- zZ 4 .0 3 60 MACHIN E- TO OL OPER AT OR S TO O L AND OIL MAKuRS " (TOOLROOM) — - ® 35 35 5 .4 4 90 6 .6 2 manufacturing - - - - I - - - - ------------------------ 406 129 3 .2 9 265 4 .1 9 3 .7 3 j.4 4 93 OC CU PA TI ON S - MEN GUAKDs: 39 4 .0 0 54 JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CL EANERS ------- 1 ,0 8 6 2 .8 0 4 .0 3 030 3 .7 0 ----------------------------------------N O N M A N UF AC TU RI 2 1NG 7 MATERIAL MO VEMENT AND CUSTODIAL O C CU PA TI ON S - WOMEN 3 .6 9 TRUCKDRIVERSt HEAVY TRUCK jn lr * PU BL IC UT ILITIES ----------------------------------- 163 IN w r M v ''u ''J " 6 .1 6 JANITORS, PORTERS, AND CL EANERS -------- 410 3 " 64 See footnotes at end of tables. 9 2 .5 8 Table A-7. Percent increases in average hourly earnings for selected occupational groups, adjusted for employment shifts, in Raleigh—Durham, N.C., February 1975 to February 1976 F e b r u a r y 1975 to F e b r u a r y 1976 In d u s tr y 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 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 da ta 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 s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s _________ 8.2 8.1 M a n u fa ctu r in g : O ffic e c l e r i c a l _____________________ E l e c t r o n i c da ta p r o c e s s in 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 c e t r a d e s _____ U n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s _________ 6 .4 * 8 .2 9 .0 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 s k ille d pla n t w o r k e r s _________ 9 .0 7 .8 * Data do not me et publication criteria. Footnotes 1 Sta nda 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 ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e th 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 pond to th e se w e e k ly h o u r s . 2 T he m e a n i s co m p u te d fo r e a c h j o b by 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 by 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 iv 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 b y 2 r a t e s o f p a y ; a fou rth 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 igh 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 se s e x id e n t ific a t io n w as 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 pay f o r o v e r t i m e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and la te s h ift s . 10 Appendix A A r e a w a g e and r e l a t e d b e n e f i t s da ta a r e o b t a i n e d b y p e r s o n a l v i s i t s o f B u r e a u f i e l d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s at 3 - y e a r i n t e r v a l s . *1 In e a c h o f th e i n t e r v e n i n g y e a r s , i n f o r m a t i o n on e m p l o y m e n t and o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s i s c o l l e c t e d b y a c o m b i n a t i o n o f p e r s o n a l v i s i t , m a i l q u e s t i o n n a i r e , and t e l e p h o n e i n t e r v i e w f r o m e s t a b l i s h m e n t s p a r t i c i p a t i n g in th e p r e v i o u s s u r v e y . d e s c r i b e d , o r f o r s o m e i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s w ith in the s c o p e o f the s u r v e y , a r e n o t p r e s e n t e d in th e A - s e r i e s t a b l e s , b e c a u s e e i t h e r (1) e m p l o y m e n t in the o c c u p a t i o n i s t o o s m a l l to p r o v i d e e n o u g h data to m e r i t p r e s e n t a t i o n , o r (2) t h e r e i s 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 i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t da ta . Sepa r a t e m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s e a r n i n g s data a r e not p r e s e n t e d w h e n the n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s not i d e n t i f i e d b y 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 o m e n i d e n t i f i e d in an o c c u p a t i o n . E a r n i n g s da ta not s h o w n s e p a r a t e l y f o r i n d u s t r y div ision s a r e i n c l u d e d in da ta f o r a ll i n d u s t r i e s com bined. L ik ew ise, da ta a r e i n c l u d e d in th e o v e r a l l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n w h e n a s u b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f e l e c t r o n i c s t e c h n i c i a 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 s h o w n o r i n f o r m a t io n to s u b c l a s s i f y is not a v a ila b le . In e a c h o f th e 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 a r e o b t a i n e d f r o m r e p r e s e n t a t i v e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith 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 : M anufac t u r i n g ; t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c o m m u n i c a t i 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 i n d u s t r y g r o u p s e x c l u d e d f r o m t h e s e 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 th e 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 s t a b l i s h m e n t s h a v in g f e w e r than a p r e s c r ib e d n u m ber o f w o r k e r s are om itted b e ca u se 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 . Sep arate tabu lation s are p r o v id e d f o r ea ch o f the b r o a d i n d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s w h i c h m e e t p u b l i c a t i o n c r i t e r i a . O c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t and e a r n i n g s da ta a r e show n f o r f u l l - t i m e w o r k e r s , i . e . , th o s e h ire d to w o r k a r e g u la r w e e k ly s ch e d u le . E a r n i n g s data e x c l u d e p r e m i u m p a y f o r o v e r t i m e and f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o l i d a y s , and la te s h i f t s . N o n p r o d u c t i o n b o n u s e s a r e e x c l u d e d , but c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a l l o w a n c e s and i n c e n t i v e b o n u s e s a r e i n c l u d e d . W e e k l y h o u r s f o r o f f i c e c l e r i c a l and p r o f e s s i o n a l and t e c h n i c a l o c c u p a t i o n s r e f e r t o th e s t a n d a r d w o r k w e e k ( r o u n d e d to th e n e a r e s t h a l f h o u r ) f o r w h i c h e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e r e g u l a r s t r a i g h t - t i m e s a l a r i e s ( e x c l u s i v e o f p a y f o r o v e r t i m e at r e g u l a r a n d / o r p rem iu m rates). A v e r a g e w e e k ly ea rn in gs fo r th ese occu pa tion s are rounded to the n e a r e s t h a l f d o l l a r . T h e s e s u r v e y s a r e c o n d u c t e d on a s a m p l e b a s i s . The sam pling p r o c e d u r e s i n v o l v e d e t a i l e d s t r a t i f i c a t i o n o f a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith in the s c o p e o f an i n d i v i d u a l a r e a s u r v e y b y i n d u s t r y and n u m b e r o f e m p l o y e e s . F r o m t h is s t r a t i f i e d u n i v e r s e a p r o b a b i l i t y s a m p l e i s s e l e c t e d , w ith e a c h e s t a b l i s h m e n t h a v in g a p r e d e t e r m i n e d c h a n c e o f s e l e c t i o n . T o o b t a i n o p t i m u m a c c u r a c y at m i n i m u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n o f l a r g e th an s m a l l e s t a b lish m en ts is selected . W hen data a r e c o m b i n e d , e a c h e s t a b l i s h m e n t i s w e i g h t e d a c c o r d i n g to it s p r o b a b i l i t y o f s e l e c t i o n , s o th at u n b i a s e d e s t i m a t e s are generated. F o r e x a m p l e , i f o n e ou t o f f o u r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i s s e l e c t e d , it i s g i v e n a w e i g h t o f f o u r to r e p r e s e n t i t s e l f p lu s t h r e e o t h e r s . An alternate o f the s a m e o r i g i n a l p r o b a b i l i t y i s c h o s e n in the s a m e i n d u s t r y - s i z e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i f da ta a r e not a v a i l a b l e f r o m the o r i g i n a l s a m p l e m e m b e r . If no s u i t a b l e s u b s t i t u t e i s a v a i l a b l e , a d d i t i o n a l w e i g h t i s a s s i g n e d to a s a m p l e m e m b e r that i s s i m i l a r to the m i s s i n g unit. T h e s e s u r v e y s m e a s u r e the l e v e l o f o c c u p a t i o n a l e a r n i n g s in an a r e a at a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . C o m p a r is o n s o f in divid u al o ccu p a tio n a l a v e r a g e s o v e r t i m e m a y not r e f l e c t e x p e c t e d w a g e c h a n g e s . T h e a v e r a g e s f o r i n d i v i d u a l j o b s a r e a f f e c t e d b y c h a n g e s in w a g e s and e m p l o y m e n t p a t t e r n s . F o r exam ple, p r o p o r t i o n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d by h ig h - o r lo w - w a g e f i r m s m a y ch a n g e , o r h i g h - w a g e w o r k e r s m a y a d v a n c e to b e t t e r j o b s and b e r e p l a c e d b y n e w w o r k e r s at l o w e r r a t e s . Such s h if t s in e m p l o y m e n t c o u l d d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a t i o n a l a v e r a g e e v e n th o u g h m o s t e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in an a r e a i n c r e a 's e w a g e s d u r i n g th e y e a r . C h a n g e s in e a r n i n g s o f o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p s , s h o w n in t a b l e A - 7 , a r e b e t t e r i n d i c a t o r s o f w a g e t r e n d s than a r e e a r n i n g s c h a n g e s f o r i n d i v i d u a l j o b s w ith in the g r o u p s . O ccu p a tio n s and e a rn ings O c c u p a t i o n s s e l e c t e d f o r s tu d y a r e c o m m o n t o 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 , and a r e o f the f o l l o w i n g t y p e s : (1) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ; (2) p r o f e s s i o n a l and t e c h n i c a l ; (3) 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 (4) 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 . O ccupational c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i s b a s e d o n a u n i f o r m s e t o f j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s d e s i g n e d to ta k e a c c o u n t o f i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t v a r i a t i o n in d u t i e s w ith in the s a m e j o b . O ccu p a t i o n s s e l e c t e d f o r s t u d y a r e l i s t e d and d e s c r i b e d in a p p e n d ix B . U nless o t h e r w i s e i n d i c a t e d , the e a r n i n g s data f o l l o w i n g the j o b t i t l e s a r e f o r a l l in d u stries com bin ed. E a r n i n g s data f o r s o m e o f th e o c c u p a t i o n s l i s t e d and A v e ra g e earn ings r e fle ct c o m p o s ite , areaw ide e stim a te s. Industries and e s t a b l i s h m e n t s d i f f e r in p a y l e v e l and j o b s t a f f i n g , and th u s c o n t r i b u t e d i f f e r e n t l y to the e s t i m a t e s f o r e a c h j o b . P a y a v e r a g e s m a y f a i l to r e f l e c t a c c u r a t e l y th e w a g e d i f f e r e n t i a l a m o n g j o b s in i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s . A v e r a g e p a y l e 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 o c c u p a t i o n s s h o u ld not be a s s u m e d t o r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y o f the s e x e s w ith in i n d i v i d u a l establish m en ts. F a c t o r s w hich m a y co n trib u te to d i f f e r e n c e s in clu d e p r o g r e s s i o n w ith in e s t a b l i s h e d r a t e r a n g e s ( o n l y the r a t e s p a id i n c u m b e n t s a r e 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 d u t i e s w ith in th e g e n e r a l s u r v e y j o b descriptions. J o b d e s c r i p t i o n s u s e d to c l a s s i f y e m p l o y e e s in t h e s e s u r v e y s u s u a l l y a r e m o r e g e n e r a l i z e d th an t h o s e u s e d in i n d iv id u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s and a l l o w f o r m i n o r d i f f e r e n c e s a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in s p e c i f i c d u t ie s p erform ed . 1 Personal visits were on a 2-year cy cle 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 e x .; Binghamton, N .Y . —P a .; Birmingham, A la .; Fort Lauderdale—Hollywood and West Palm Beach—Boca Raton, Fla.; Lexington—Fayette, Ky. ; Melbourne—Titusville—Cocoa, Fla.; Norfolk—Virginia Beach—Portsmouth and Newport News—Hampton, V a .-N . C .; Poughkeepsie—Kingston—Newburgh, N. Y . ; Raleigh— 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 o f Labor. 11 O c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t e s t i m a t e s r e p r e s e n t the to t a l in a l l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w ith in th e s c o p e o f th e s tu dy and n o t the n u m b e r a c t u a l l y s u r v e y e d . B e ca u se o ccu pa tion a l stru ctu re s am ong esta b lish m en ts d iffe r, e stim a te s of o c c u p a t i o n a l e m p l o y m e n t o b t a i n e d f r o m the s a m p l e o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s s tu d ie d s e r v e o n l y to i n d i c a t e th e r e l a t i v e i m p o r t a n c e o f the j o b s s t u d ie d . These d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t i o n a l s t r u c t u r e do not a f f e c t m a t e r i a l l y th e a c c u r a c y o f th e e a r n i n g s da ta . Wage tren d s fo r s e le c te d o ccu p a tio n a l grou ps T h e p e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s p r e s e n t e d in t a b l e A - 7 a r e b a s e d o n c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e h o u r l y e a r n i n g s f o r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s r e p o r t i n g the t r e n d j o b s in b o th the c u r r e n t and p r e v i o u s y e a r ( m a t c h e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ) . T h e da ta a r e a d j u s t e d to r e m o v e the e f f e c t s o n a v e r a g e e a r n i n g s o f e m p l o y m e n t s h if t s a m o n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t s and t u r n o v e r o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n c l u d e d in s u r v e y sam p les. The p e r ce n t in c r e a s e s , h ow ev er, are still a ffected by fa c to r s o t h e r th an w a g e i n c r e a s e s . H i r i n g , l a y o f f s , and t u r n o v e r m a y a f f e c t an e s t a b l i s h m e n t a v e r a g e f o r an o c c u p a t i o n w h e n w o r k e r s a r e p a id u n d e r p la n s p r o v id in g a ran ge o f w age r a te s f o r in divid u al j o b s . In p e r i o d s o f i n c r e a s e d h i r i n g , f o r e x a m p l e , n e w e m p l o y e e s e n t e r at the b o t t o m o f the r a n g e , d e p r e s s i n g the a v e r a g e w ith o u t a c h a n g e in w a g e r a t e s . S ecreta ries Stenographers, general S tenograp hers, sen ior T y pists, cla s s e s A and B F ile c le r k s , c la s s e s A, B , and C M essengers S w itchboard o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s e s A and B O rder clerk s A ccou n tin g c le r k s , c l a s s e s A and B B ook k eepin g-m ach in e o p erators, cla ss B P a yroll clerk s Keypunch o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s e s A and B T a b u la t in g - m a c hine o p erators, cla ss B Com puter system s a nalysts, c la s s e s A , B , and C Com puter p r o g ra m m e rs , c l a s s e s A , B , and C C om puter op erators, c l a s s e s A , B , and C C arpen ters E lectricia n s P ain ters M a ch in ists M e ch a n ics (m ach inery) M e ch a n ics (m o to r veh icle) P ip efitters T o o l and d i e m a k e r s R e g is te re d in du strial nurses P e r c e n t c h a n g e s f o r indiv: as follow s: O c cu p a tio n s u se d to co m p u te w age tr e n d s a r e : O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n and w o m e n )---- C o n tin u e d S k illed m a in te n a n c e (men and w o m e n ) : I n d u s t r i a l n u r s e s ( m e n and w om en ): T h e p e r c e n t c h a n g e s r e l a t e to w a g e c h a n g e s b e t w e e n the i n d i c a t e d dates. W h en th e t i m e spa n b e t w e e n s u r v e y s i s o t h e r th an 12 m o n t h s , a nn ua l ra te s are shown. (It i s a s s u m e d th at w a g e s i n c r e a s e at a c o n s t a n t r a t e betw een s u rv e y s.) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l ( m e n and w o m e n ): E l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g ( m e n and w o m e n ) : U n s k i l l e d pla n t ( m e n and 1 2 3 w om en ): J a n i t o r s , p o r t e r s , and clea n ers M a t e r i a l h a n d lin g l a b o r e r s a r e a s in th e p r o g r a m are com puted 1. E ach o c c u p a tio n is a s sig n e d a w eigh t b a s e d on its p r o p o r t i o n a t e e m p l o y m e n t in the o c c u p a t i o n a l g r o u p in the base year. 2. T h e s e w e igh ts a re u sed to co m p u te g ro u 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 (m ean) e a r n in g s is m u ltip lie d by its w eight. T h e p r o d u c t s a r e t o t a l e d t o o b ta in a group average. 3. The ra tio of g ro u 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 t e d b y d i v i d i n g th e a v e r a g e f o r th e c u r r e n t y e a r b y th e a v e r a g e f o r th e e a r l i e r y e a r . The result— e x p r e s s e d as a p e r c e n t — l e s s 100 i s the p e r c e n t c h a n g e . F o r a m o r e d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n o f th e m e t h o d u s e d t o c o m p u t e t h e s e w a g e t r e n d s , s e e " I m p r o v i n g A r e a W a g e S u r v e y I n d e x e s , " M o n th ly L a b o r R e v i e w , J a n u a r y 19 7 3, p p . 5 2 - 5 7 . 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 p r o v i s i o n s T a b u l a t i o n s o n s e l e c t e d 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 p r o v i s i o n s ( B - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) a r e n o t p r e s e n t e d in t h i s b u l l e t i n . I n f o r m a t i o n f o r t h e s e t a b u l a t i o n s i s c o l l e c t e d at 3 - y e a r i n t e r v a l s . 1 T h e s e t a b u l a t i o n s on m i n i m u m e n t r a n c e 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 ; s hif t d i f f e r e n t i a l s ; s c h e d u l e d w e e k l y h o u r s and d a y s ; p a id h o l i d a y s ; p a id v a c a t i o n s ; and h e a lt h , i n s u r a n c e , and p e n s i o n p la n s a r e p r e s e n t e d (in the B - s e r i e s t a b l e s ) in p r e v i o u s b u l l e t i n s f o r t h i s a r e a . * Personal visits were on a 2-year cy cle before July 1972. 12 Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Raleigh—Durham, N .C .,1February 1976 In d u s try d i v is i o n 2 ALL D I V I S I O N S 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 study --------------------------------------------------------------------- MANUFACTURING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------------------------------------------------------------T R A NS P O R T AT I O N , COMMUNICATI ON, AND OTHER P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S 5 ----------------------------------------w h o l e s a l e t r a d e 6 ---------------------------------------------------------r e tail t r a d e 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------fin an ce, in surance, a n d r e a l e s t a t e 6 -------------S E R V I C E S 6 7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50 W o r k e r s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s N u m b er o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s W ithin s c o p e o f study 4 W ithin s c o p e o f study 3 Stu died 311 99 - 212 50 50 50 50 50 28 34 79 40 31 S tudied N u m b er P ercen t 14i 6 5 ,5 4 4 100 46.6 3 8 55 3 0 ,0 0 9 3 5 ,5 3 5 46 54 2 3 ,7 1 5 2 2 ,9 2 3 17 7 ,1 5 8 2,789 13,7 0 4 8,2 8 0 3 ,6 0 4 21 86 10 22 20 17 11 4 13 5 6 ,1 6 8 1.082 7 .0 0 1 6 .2 3 3 2 .4 3 9 1 T he •R a le ig h —D u rh a m 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 , as d e fin e d b y the O ffi c e o f M a n a g e m e n t and B u d get th rou g h F e b r u a r y 1974, c o n s is t s o f D u rh a m , O r a n g e , and W ake C o u n t ie 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 sh ow 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 the s i z e and c o m p o s it io n o f the la b o r f o r c e in c lu d e d in the s u r v e y . E s t im a t e s a r e n ot in ten d ed , h o w e v e r , f o r c o m p a r is o n w ith o t h e r e m p lo y m e n t in d e x e s to m e a s u r e e m p lo y m e n t tr e n d s o r le 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 t a b lis h m e n t data 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 the 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 the s c o p e o f the s u r v e y . 2 T he 1967 e d itio n o f the S ta n d a rd In d u s t r ia l C l a s s if ic a t i o 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 s t r y d i v is i o 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 the m in im u m lim it a t io n . A l l o u tle ts (w ith in the a r e a ) o f c o m p a n ie s in in d u s t r ie s s u c h a s 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 t io 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 as 1 e s t a b lis h m e n t . 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 e m p lo y m e n t (w ith in the a r e a ) at o r a b o v e the 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 i l i t i e s " in the 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 to w a t e r t r a n s p o r t a t io n w e r e e x c lu 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 l l i n d u s t r ie s " and " n o n m a n u fa c t u r in g " in the 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 n ot m a d e f o r one o r m o r e o f the 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 i t s e p a r a t e stu d y, (2 ) the s a m p le w a s n ot d e s ig n e d in it ia lly t o 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 ff ic ie n t o r in a d eq u 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 ) th e r e is p o s s ib i li t y o f d i s c l o s u r e o f in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t d a ta . 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 ta l, and p a r k in g ; m o t io n p i c t u r e s ; n o n p r o 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 i t e c t u r a l s e r v i c e s . 1 3 Appendix B. Occupational Descriptions T h e p r i m a r y p u r p o s e o f p r e p a r i n g j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s f o r th e B u r e a u ' s w a g e s u r v e y s i s t o a s s i s t i t s f i e l d s t a f f in c l a s s i f y i n g in to a p p r o p r i a t e o c c u p a t i o n s w o r k e r s w h o a r e e m p l o y e d u n d e r a v a r i e t y o f p a y r o l l t i t l e s and d i f f e r e n t w o r k a r r a n g e m e n t s f r o m e s t a b l i s h m e n t t o e s t a b l i s h m e n t and f r o m a r e a to area. T h is p e r m i t s the grou pin g o f o c c u p a t io n a l w age ra te s r e p r e s e n t i n g c o m p a r a b l e jo b con ten t. B e c a u s e o f th is e m p h a s i s o n i n t e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t and i n 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 i o n a l c o n t e n t , the B u r e a u ' s j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s m a y d i f f e r s i g n i f i c a n t l y f r o m t h o s e in u s e in i n d i v i d u a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s o r t h o s e p r e p a re d fo r oth er p u r p o s e s . In a p p ly in g t h e s e j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s , the B u r e a u ' s f i e l d e c o n o m i s t s a r e i n s t r u c t e d to e x c l u d e w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s ; a p p r e n t i c e s ; l e a r n e r s ; b e g i n n e r s ; t r a i n e e s ; and h a n d i c a p p e d , p a r t - t i m e , t e m p o r a r y , and p r o b a t i o n a r y w o r k e r s . OFFICE SECRETARY S E C R E T A R Y — Continued A s s i g 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 o n e i n d i v i d u a l . M ain t a i n s a c l o s e and h ig h l y r e s p o n s i v e r e l a t i o n s h i p to the d a y - t o - d a y w o r k o f the su p erv isor. W o rk s f a i r ly in depen den tly r e c e iv in g a m in im u m o f deta iled s u p e r v i s i o n and g u i d a n c e . P e r f o r m s v a r i e d c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l d u t i e s , u s u a l l y i n c l u d i n g m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : M a y a l s o p e r f o r m o t h e r c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r i a l t a s k s o f c o m p a r a b l e n a t u r e and d i f f i c u l t y . T h e w o r k t y p i c a l l y r e q u i r e s k n o w l e d g e o f o f f i c e r o u t in e and u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f th e o r g a n i z a t i o n , p r o g r a m s , and p r o c e d u r e s r e l a t e d to th e w o r k o f th e s u p e r v i s o r . E xclu sion s a. R e c e i v e s t e l e p h o n e c a l l s , p e r s o n a l c a l l e r s , and i n c o m i n g m a i l , a n s w e r s r o u t i n e i n q u i r i e s , and r o u t e s t e c h n i c a l i n q u i r i e s to th e p r o p e r persons; b. E stablish es, m ain tain s, c. in structed; M a i n t a i n s the d. R ela ys m e s s a g e s fr o m and r e v i s e s the s u p e r v is o r 's s u p e rv is o r's Not a l l p o s i t i o n s that a r e t i t l e d " s e c r e t a r y " p o s s e s s th e a b o v e - c h a r a cteristics. E x a m p l e s o f p o s i t i o n s w h i c h a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m the d e f i n i t i o n a r e as follow s: files; a. P o s i t i o n s rib ed above; c a l e n d a r and m a k e s a p p o i n t m e ndtess cas s u p e r v i s o r to b. subord inates; e . R e v i e 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 b y o t h e r s f o r th e s u p e r v i s o r ' s s ig n a t u r e to a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l and t y p o g r a p h i c accuracy; f. P erform s sten ograph ic sional, w hich do not m eet th e S t e n o g r a p h e r s n o t f u l l y t r a i n e d in c. S tenograp hers serv in g as o ffice tech n ical, o r m a n a g eria l p erson s; "p erson a l" secretary concept s e c r e t a r i a l - t y p e du ties; a s s i s t a n t s to a gro u p o f p r o f e s d. S e c r e t a r y p o s i t i o n s in w h i c h th e d u t i e s a r e e i t h e r s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e r o u t in e o r s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e c o m p l e x and r e s p o n s i b l e than t h o s e c h a r a c t e r i z e d in th e d e f i n i t i o n ; and t y p in g w o r k . B e g in n i n g w ith c a l e n d a r y e a r 1976 s u r v e y s , the B u r e a u h a s g r o u p e d o c c u p a t i o n s s t u d i e d in it s a r e a w a g e s u r v e y s in to j o b f a m i l i e s in o r d e r to p r e s e n t i n f o r m a t i o n o n r e l a t e d o c c u p a t i o n s in s e q u e n c e . J o b f a m i l i e s h a v e not b e e n t i t l e d , h o w e v e r , s i n c e d o i n g s o m i g h t h a v e a d d e d e x t r a n e o u s e l e m e n t s t o the jo b m atching p r o c e s s . T h e B u r e a u h as a l s o r e v i s e d s e v e r a l o c c u p a t i o n a l t i t l e s . w o r d o r d e r and a r e m o r e d e s c r i p t i v e o f th e s u r v e y j o b s . 14 The titles m o r e n e a rly r e f le c t usual SEC RE TAR Y— Continued SEC R E T A R Y— Continued E x c l u s i o n s ---- C o n t in u e d C lass C e. A s s is ta n t-ty p e p o sitio n s w hich in v olv e m o r e difficult o r m o r e 1. S e c r e t a r y to an e x e c u t i v e o r m a n a g e r i a l p e r s o n w h o s e r e s p o n re s p o n s ib le te ch n ica l, a d m in istra tive, s u p e r v is o r y , o r sp e cia liz e d c le r ic a l s i b i l i t y i s n o t e q u i v a l e n t to o n e o f th e s p e c i f i c l e v e l s it u a t io n s in the d e f i n i t i o n d u t i e s w h i c h a r e not t y p i c 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 o s e o r g a n i z a t i o n a l unit n o r m a l l y n u m b e r s at l e a s t s e v e r a l d o z e n e m p l o y e e s and is u s u a l l y d i v i d e d in to o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t s w h i c h a r e o f t e n , in tu r n , f u r t h e r s u b d i v i d e d . In s o m e c o m p a n i e s , th is l e v e l i n c l u d e s a NOTE: T h e t e r m " c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r , " u s e d in the l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s w i d e r a n g e o f o r g a n i z a t i o n a l e c h e l o n s ; in o t h e r s , o n l y on e o r t w o ; o r f o l l o w i n g , r e f e r s to t h o s e o f f i c i a l s w h o h a v e a s i g n i f i c a n t c o r p o r a t e w i d e p o l i c y m a k i n g r o l e w ith r e g a r d to m a j o r c o m p a n y a c t i v i t i e s . The title " v ic e 2. S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d o f an i n d i v i d u a l pla n t, f a c t o r y , e t c . ( o r o t h e r e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l ) that e m p l o y s , in a l l , f e w e r th an 5 , 0 0 0 p r e s i d e n t , " th o u gh n o r m a l l y i n d i c a t i v e o f t h is r o l e , d o e s n o t in a ll c a s e s iden tify such p o s it io n s . V i c e p r e s i d e n t s w h o s e p r i m a r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s to persons. a c t p e r s o n a l l y on i n d i v i d u a l c a s e s o r t r a n s a c t i o n s ( e . g . , a p p r o v e o r d e n y i n d i v i d u a l lo a n o r c r e d i t a c t i o n s ; a d m i n i s t e r i n d i v i d u a l t r u s t a c c o u n t s ; d i r e c t l y C lass D s u p e r v i s e a c l e r i c a l s ta ff) a r e n ot 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 h e a d o f a s m a l l o r g a n i z a t i o n a l unit p u r p o s e s o f a p p l y i n g the f o l l o w i n g l e v e l d e f i n i t i o n s . ( e . g . , f e w e r than a b o u t 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s ) ; o r C lass A 1. S e c r e t a r y t o th e c h a i r m a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s i d e n t o f a c o m p a n y that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 100 but f e w e r than 5 , 0 0 0 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 i s o r y s t a f f s p e c i a l i s t , p r o f e s s i o n a l e m p lo y e e , a d m in istra tiv e o f f i c e r , o r a s sista n t, skilled tech n ician , o r exp ert. (N O TE : M a n y c o m p a n i e s a s s i g n s t e n o g r a p h e r s , r a t h e r 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 t h is 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 i s o r y w o r k e r . ) STENOGRAPHER 2. S e c r e t a r y t o a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r ( o t h e r th an the c h a i r m a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s i d e n t ) o f a c o m p a n y th at e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5, 000 but f e w e r than 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r 3. S e c r e t a r y to the h e a d , i m m e d i a t e l y b e l o w the c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r l e v e l , o f a m a j o r s e g m e n t o r s u b s i d i a r y o f a c o m p a n y that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 2 5 ,00 0 p e r s o n s . C lass B P r i m a r y duty i s to ta k e d i c t a t i o n u s i n g s h o r t h a n d , and to t r a n s c r i b e th e d i c t a t i o n . M a y a l s o ty p e f r o m w r i t t e n c o p y . May operate fr o m a s ten o gra p hic p ool. M ay 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 ic e r e c o r d in g s (if p r im a r y du ty i s 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 ib in g -M a c h in e T y pist). NOTE: T h i s j o b i s d i s t i n g u i s h e d f r o m that o f 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 c o n f i d e n t i a l r e l a t i o n s h i p w ith o n l y o n e m a n a g e r o r e x e c u t i v e and p e r f o r m s m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e and d i s c r e t i o n a r y t a s k s as d e s c r i b e d in th e s e c r e t a r y j o b d e f i n i t i o n . 1. S e c r e t a r y to th e c h a i r m a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s i d e n t o f a c o m p a n y th at e m p l o y s , in a l l , f e w e r th an 100 p e r s o n s ; o 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 ( o t h e r th an th e c h a i r m a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s i d e n t ) o f a c o m p a n y that e m p l o y s , in a ll, o v e r 100 but f e w e r th a n 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r 3. S e c r e t a r y to th e h e a d , i m m e d i a t e l y b e l o w the o f f i c e r l e v e l , o v e r eith er a m a jo r c o r p o r a tio n w id e functional a ctivity (e .g ., m a rk e tin g , r e s e a r c h , o p e r a tio n s , in d u stria l re la tio n s , e tc.) o r a m a jo r g e ograp h ic o r o rg a n iza tio n a l s e g m e n t ( e . g . , a r e g i o n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s ; a m a j o r d i v i s i o n ) o f a c o m p a n y that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 b ut f e 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 t o th e h e ad o f an i n d i v i d u a l pla n t, f a c t o r y , e t c . ( o r o t h e r e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f o f f i c i a l ) that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5, 000 p e r s o n s ; o r 5. S e c r e t a r y t o th e h e a d o f a l a r g e and i m p o r t a n t o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t ( e . g . , a m i d d l e m a n a g e m e n t s u p e r v i s o r o f an o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e g m e n t o f t e n i n v o l v i n g a s m a n y as s e v e r a l h u n d r e d p e r s o n s ) o r a c o m p a n y that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 2 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s . Stenographer, G eneral keep D i c t a t i o n i n v o l v e s a n o r m a l r o u t in e v o c a b u l a r y . M ay m ain tain file s , s i m p l e r e c o r d s , o r p e r f o r m othe^r r e l a t i v e l y ro u tin e c l e r i c a l t a s k s . Stenographer, Sen ior D ictation 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 a s in l e g a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s o n s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h . M a y a l s o s e t up and m ain 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 ste n o g ra p h ic du ties re q u ir in g sign ifican tly g r e a t e r in d e p e n d e n c e and r e s p o n s i b i l i t y than s t e n o g r a p h e r , g e n e r a l as e v i d e n c e d b y the follow in g : W o r k r e q u i r e s a h ig h d e g r e e o f s t e n o g r a p h i c s p e e d and a c c u r a c y ; a t h o r o u g h w o r k i n g k n o w l e d g e o f g e n e r a l b u s i n e s s and o f f i c e p r o c e d u r e ; and o f the s p e c i f i c b u s i n e s s o p e r a t i o n s , o r g a n i z a t i o n , p o l i c i e s , p r o c e d u r e s , f i l e s , w ork flow , etc. U s e s t h is k n o w l e d g e in p e r f o r m i n g s t e n o g r a p h i c d u t i e s and r e s p o n s i b l e c l e r i c a l t a s k s s u c h as m a i n t a i n i n g f o l l o w u p f i l e s ; a s s e m b l i 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 l e t t e r s ; c o m p o s i n g s i m p l e l e t t e r s f r o m g e n e r a l i n s t r u c t i o n s p r e a d i n g and r o u t i n g i n c o m i n g m a i l ; and a n s w e r i n g r o u t in e q u e s t i o n s , e t c . 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 du ty i s to t r a n s c r i b e d i c t a t i o n i n v o l v i n g a n o r m a l r o u t in e vocabu lary fro m tran scrib in g -m a ch in e r e c o r d s . M a y a l s o ty p e f r o m w r i t t e n c o p y and d o s i m p l e c l e r i c a l w o r k . W o r k e r s t r a n s c r ib in g d ictation in volvin g a v a rie d te c h n ica l o r sp e cia liz e d v o ca b u la ry such as le g a l b rie fs o r re p o rts oh s c ie n tific r e s e a r c h a r e not in clu d e d . A w o r k e r w h o t a k e s d i c t a t i o n in shorthand o r b y Stenotype o r s i m i l a r m a c h in e is c l a s s i f i e d as a s te n o g r a p h e r . C la ss A . O p erates a sin g le - o r m u ltip le -p o s itio n telephone sw itch b o a r d h a n d lin g i n c o m i n g , o u t g o i n g , i n t r a p l a n t o r o f f i c e c a l l s . P e r fo r m s full t e l e p h o n e i n f o r m a t i o n s e r v i c e o r h a n d l e s c o m p l e x c a l l s , s u c h as c o n f e r e n c e , c o l l e c t , o v e r s e a s , o r s i m i l a r c a l l s , e i t h e r in a d d i t i o n to d o i n g r o u t in e w o r k as d e s c r i b e d f o r sw itc h b o a r d o p e r a t o r , c l a s s B , o r as a f u ll- t i m e a ssig n m e n t. ( " F u l l " t e l e p h o n e i n f o r m a t i o n s e r v i c e o c c u r s w h e n the e s t a b l i s h m e n t h a s v a r i e d f u n c t i o n s th at a r e n ot r e a d i l y u n d e r s t a n d a b l e f o r t e l e p h o n e i n f o r m a t i o n p u r p o s e s , e . g . , b e c a u s e o f o v e r l a p p i n g o r i n t e r r e l a t e d f u n c t i o n s , and c o n s e quen tly p r e s e n t fre q u e n t p r o b l e m s as to w h ich e x te n s io n s a r e a p p r o p r ia t e fo r ca lls.) T YPIST U s e s a t y p e w r i t e r to m a k e c o p i e s o f v a r i o u s m a t e r i a l s o r to m a k e ou t b i l l s a f t e r c a l c u l a t i o n s h a v e b e e n m a d e b y a n o t h e r p e r s o n . M ay include t y p in g o f s t e n c i l s , m a t s , o r s i m i l a r m a t e r i a l s f o r u s e in d u p l i c a t i n g p r o cesses. M a y d o c l e r i c a l w o r k i n v o l v i n g lit t le s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g , s u c h as k e e p i n g s i m p l e r e c o r d s , f i l i n g r e c o r d s and r e p o r t s , o r s o r t i n g and d i s t r i b u t i n g in co m in g m a il. C lass A . P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g : T y pin g m a t e r ia l in f i n a l f o r m w h e n it i n v o l v e s c o m b i n i n 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 i b i l i t y f o r c o r r e c t s p e l l i n g , s y l l a b i c a t i o n , p u n c t u a t io n , e t c . , o f t e c h n i c a l o r u n u s u a l w o r d s o r f o r e i g n la n g u a g e m a t e r i a l ; o r p la n n in g l a y o u t and t y p i n g o f c o m p l i c a t e d s t a t i s t i c a l t a b l e s to m a i n t a i n u n i f o r m i t y and b a l a n c e in s p a c i n g . M a y t y p e r o u t i n e f o r m l e t t e r s , v a r y i n g d e t a i l s t o suit c i r c u m s t a n c e s . C la ss rough or c le a r o r s e tt in g up a l r e a d y s e t up B. P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g : C o p y t y p in g f r o m d r a f t s ; o r r o u t in e t y p in g o f f o r m s , i n s u r a n c e p o l i c i e s , e t c . ; s im p le standard tabu lation s; o r co p y in g m o r e c o m p le x ta b les and s p a c e d p r o p e r l y . FIL E CLE 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 e s t a b l i s h e d f i l i n g system . M a y p e r f o r m c l e r i c a l a nd m a n u a l t a s k s r e q u i r e d to m a i n t a i n f i l e s . P o s i t i o n s a r e c l a s s i f i e d in t o l e v e l s on the b a s i s o f th e f o l l o w i n g d e f i n i t i o n s . C la ss A. C l a s s i f i e s and i n d e x e s f i l e m a t e r i a l s u c h a s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , r e p o r t s , t e c h n i c a l d o c u m e n t s , e t c . , in an e s t a b l i s h e d f i l i n g s y s t e m con tain ing a n u m b e r of v a r ie d su b je ct m a t te r f ile s . M a y a l s o f i l e th is m aterial. M a y k e e p r e c o r d s o f v a r i o u s t y p e s in c o n j u n c t i o n w ith the f i l e s . M ay lead a s m a ll g ro u p o f lo w e r le v e l file c l e r k s . C la s s B. S o r t s , c o d e s , and f i l e s u n c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l b y s i m p l e (s u b je c t m a t te r ) h ead ing s o r p a rtly c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r ia l b y fin er subh eadin gs. P r e p a r e s s i m p l e r e l a t e d i n d e x and c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e a i d s . A s requested, l o c a t e s c l e a r l y i d e n t i f i e d 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 i a l . May p erform r e l a t e d c l e r i c a l t a s k s r e q u i r e d to m a i n t a i n and s e r v i c e f i l e s . C lass C. P e r f o r m s r o u t i n e f i l i n g o f m a t e r i a l th at h as a l r e a d y b e e n c l a s s i f i e d o r w h i c h i s e a s i l y c l a s s i f i e d in a s i m p l e s e r i a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n system ( e .g ., a lph abetical, c h r o n o lo g ic a l, o r n u m e rica l). A s requested, l o c a t e s r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e 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 i a l ; and m a y f i l l ou t w i t h d r a w a l c h a r g e . M a y p e r f o r m s i m p l e c l e r i c a l and m a n u a l t a s k s r e q u i r e d to m a i n t a i n and s e r v i c e f i l e s . MESSENGER P e r f o r m s v a r i o u s r o u t i n e d u t i e s s u c h a s r u n n in g e r r a n d s , o p e r a t i n g m i n o r o f f i c e m a c h i n e s s u c h a s s e a l e r s o r m a i l e r s , o p e n i n g and d i s t r i b u t i n g m a i l , and o t h e r m i n o r c l e r i c a l w o r k . E x c l u d e p o s i t i o n s that r e q u i r e o p e r a t i o n o f a m o t o r v e h i c l e a s a s i g n i f i c a n t d u ty . C la ss B . O p e ra te s a s in g le - o r m u lt ip le -p o s it io n telephon e s w itc h b o a r d h a n d lin g i n c o m i n g , o u t g o i n g , in t r a p l a n t o r o f f i c e c a l l s . M a y h an d le r o u t i n e l o n g d i s t a n c e c a l l s and r e c o r d t o l l s . M ay p e r fo r m lim ited telephone in form a tion s e r v ic e . ( " L i m i t e d " t e l e p h o n e i n f o r m a t i o n s e r v i c e o c c u r s i f the f u n c t i o n s o f th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e r v i c e d a r e r e a d i l y u n d e r s t a n d a b l e f o r t e l e p h o n e i n f o r m a t i o n p u r p o s e s , o r i f th e r e q u e s t s a r e r o u t i n e , e . g . , g i v i n g e xte n sio n n u m b e rs when s p e c ific n a m e s a re fu rn ish ed , o r if c o m p le x c a lls a r e r e f e r r e d to a n o t h e r o p e r a t o r . ) T h e s e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s d o n o t i n c l u d e s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s in t e l e p h o n e c o m p a n i e s w h o a s s i s t c u s t o m e r s in p l a c i n g c a l l s . SW ITC H B O A R D O P E R A T O R -R E C E P T IO N IS T In a d d i t i o n t o p e r f o r m i n g d u t i e s o f o p e r a t o r o n a s i n g l e - p o s i t i o n o r m o n i t o r - t y p e s w i t c h b o a r d , a c t s a s r e c e p t i o n i s t and m a y a l s o t y p e o r p e r f o r m rou tin e c l e r i c a l w o r k as p a rt o f r e g u la r d u tie s. T h is typin g o r c l e r i c a l w o r k m a y t a k e th e m a j o r p a r t o f t h i s w o r k e r ' s t i m e w h i l e at s w i t c h b o a r d . ORDER CLERK R e c e iv e s c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s fo r m a t e r ia l o r m e rch a n d ise by m a il, phone, o r p e r s o n a lly . D u t i e s i n v o l v e a n y c o m b i n a t i o n o f the f o l l o w i n g ; Q u o t in g p r i c e s t o c u s t o m e r s ; m a k i n g o u t an o r d e r s h e e t l i s t i n g the i t e m s t o m a k e up th e o r d e r ; c h e c k i n g p r i c e s and q u a n t i t i e s o f i t e m s o n o r d e r s h e e t ; and d i s t r i b u t i n g o r d e r s h e e t s t o r e s p e c t i v e d e p a r t m e n t s t o b e f i l l e d . May c h e c k w ith c r e d i t d e p a r t m e n t to d e t e r m i n e c r e d i t r a t i n g o f c u s t o m e r , a c k n o w l e d g e 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 l l o w up o r d e r s t o s e e th at t h e y h a v e b e e n f i l l e d , k e e p f i l e o f o r d e r s r e c e i v e d , and c h e c k s h ip p in g i n v o i c e s w it h o r i g i n a l o r d e r s . ACCOU N TIN G C L E R K P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e a c c o u n t i n g c l e r i c a l t a s k s s u c h as p o s t i n 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 b a n k a c c o u n t s ; v e r i f y i n g th e i n t e r n a l c o n s i s t e n c y , c o m p l e t e n e s s , and m a t h e m a t i c a l a c c u r a c y o f a c c o u n t i n g d o c u m e n t s ; a s s i g n i n g p r e s c r i b e d a c c o u n t i n g d i s t r i b u t i o n c o d e s ; e x a m i n i n g and v e r i f y i n 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 p e s o f r e p o r t s , lis t s , ca lcu la tio n s , posting, e t c . ; o r p r e p a r i n g s i m p l e 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 l i c a t e d j o u r n a l vouchers. M a y w o r k in e i t h e r a m a n u a l o r a u t o m a t e d a c c o u n t i n g s y s t e m . T h e w o r k r e q u i r e s a k n o w l e d g e o f c l e r i c a l m e t h o d s and o f f i c e p r a c t i c e s and p r o c e d u r e s w h i c h r e l a t e s t o th e 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 i n g o f t r a n s a c t i o n s and a c c o u n t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n . W it h e x p e r i e n c e , th e w o r k e r t y p i c a l l y b e c o m e s f a m i l i a r w ith th e b o o k k e e p i n g and a c c o u n t i n g t e r m s and p r o c e d u r e s u s e d in th e a s s i g n e d w o r k , b ut i s n o t r e q u i r e d to h a v e a k n o w l e d g e o f th e f o r m a l p r i n c i p l e s o f b o o k k e e p i n g and a c c o u n t i n g . Positions defin ition s. are cla ssifie d in to levels on th e b a s i s o f th e f o l l o w i n g AC C O U N TIN G C L E R K — Continued M A C H IN E B IL L E R ---- Continued C la ss A . Under g e n e r a l s u p e r v is io n , p e r fo r m s accou nting c l e r i c a l o p e r a t i o n s w h i c h r e q u i r e the a p p l i c a t i o n o f e x p e r i e n c e and j u d g m e n t , f o r e x a m p le , c l e r i c a l l y p r o c e s s i n g c o m p lic a t e d o r n on rep etitiv e a ccou nting tr a n s a c tio n s , s e le c t in g am on g a su bstan tial v a r ie t y o f p r e s c r i b e d a ccou n tin g c o d e s and c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s , o r t r a c i n g t r a n s a c t i o n s t h r o u g h p r e v i o u s a c c o u n t i n g a c t i o n s 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 a y be a s s i s t e d by one o r m o r e c la s s B accounting c le r k s . B ook k eep in g-m a ch in e b ille r . U s e s a b o o k k e e p i n g m a c h i n e (with o r w ith o u t a t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) to p r e p a r e c u s t o m e r s ' b i l l s as p a r t o f the accounts re ce iv a b le op eration . G e n e r a l l y i n v o l v e s th e s i m u l t a n e o u s e n t r y o f f i g u r e s on c u s t o m e r s ' l e d g e r r e c o r d . T h e m a c h i n e a u t o m a t i c a l l y a c c u m u l a t e 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 c o l u m n s and c o m p u t e s and u s u a l l y p r i n t s a u t o m a t i c a l l y th e d e b i t o r c r e d i t b a l a n c e s . D o e s not in v olv e a k n ow led ge o f book k eepin g. W orks from u niform and s t a n d a r d t y p e s o f s a l e s and cre d it slips. C la ss B. Under c l o s e s u p e r v is io n , fo llow in g deta iled in stru ctio n s and s t a n d a r d i z e d p r o c e d u r e s , p e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e r o u t in e a c c o u n t i n g c l e r i c a l o p e r a t i o n s , s u c h a s p o s t i n g to l e d g e r s , c a r d s , o r w o r k s h e e t s w h e r e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f i t e m s and l o c a t i o n s o f p o s t i n g s a r e c l e a r l y i n d i c a t e d ; c h e c k i n g a c c u r a c y and c o m p l e t e n e s s o f s t a n d a r d i z e d and r e p e t i t i v e r e c o r d s o r a c c o u n t i n g d o c u m e n t s ; and c o d i n g d o c u m e n t s using a few p r e s c r i b e d accou nting c o d e s . PAYRO LL CLERK B O O K K E E PIN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R O p e r a t e s a b o o k k e e p i n g m a c h i n e (w it h o r w ith o u t a t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) to k e e p 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 i o n s . C lass A. K e e p s a s e t o f r e c o r d s r e q u i r i n g a k n o w l e d g e o f and e x p e r i e n c e in b a s i c b o o k k e e p i n g p r i n c i p l e s , and f a m i l i a r i t y w ith the s t r u c t u r e o f the p a r t i c u l a r a c c o u n t i n g s y s t e m u s e d . D e t e r m i n e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s and d i s t r i b u t i o n o f - d e b i t and c r e d i t i t e m s to be u s e d in e a c h p h a s e o f the w o r k . M a y p r e p a r e c o n s o l i d a t e d r e p o r t s , b a l a n c e s h e e t s , and o t h e r r e c o r d s b y han d. C lass B. K eeps a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e ph ases o r s e ctio n s of a s e t o f r e c o r d s u s u a l l y r e q u i r i n g lit t l e k n o w l e d g e o f b a s i c b o o k k e e p i n g . P h a s e s o r s e c t i o n s i n c l u d e a c c o u n t s p a y a b l e , p a y r o l l , c u s t o m e r s ' a c c o u n t s (not in clu d in g a s im p le type of b illin 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 tribution, exp ense distrib u tion , in v e n to ry c o n tr o l, e tc . May ch eck or a ssist in p r e p a r a t i o n o f t r i a l b a l a n c e s and p r e p a r e c o n t r o l s h e e t s f o r the a c c o u n t i n g departm ent. C o m p u t e s w a g e s o f c o m p a n y e m p l o y e e s and e n t e r s the n e c e s s a r y d a t a o n the p a y r o l l s h e e t s . D uties in v o lv e : C alculating w o r k e r s ' earn ings b a s e d o n t i m e o r p r o d u c t i o n r e c o r d s ; and p o s t i n g c a l c u l a t e d da ta o n p a y r o l l sh eet, show in g in fo r m a tio n such as w o r k e r 's n a m e , w ork in g d a y s, tim e , rate, d e d u c t i o n s f o r i n s u r a n c e , and t o t a l w a g e s d u e . M a y m a k e 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 m a k i n g up and d i s t r i b u t i n g p a y e n v e l o p e s . M ay use a ca lcu latin g m a ch in e. KEYPUNCH OPERATOR O p e r a t e s a k eypunch m a c h in e to r e c o r d o r v e r i f y a lph abetic n u m e r i c da t a o n ta b u la t in g c a r d s o r on t a p e . P osition s defin ition s. are cla ssified in to lev els on the an d /or b a s i s o f the f o l l o w i n g C lass A . W o r k r e q u i r e s th e a p p l i c a t i o n o f e x p e r i e n c e and ju d g m e n t in s e l e c t i n g p r o c e d u r e s t o b e f o l l o w e d and in s e a r c h i n g f o r , i n t e r p r e t i n g , s e l e c t i n g , o r c o d i n g i t e m s to b e k e y p u n c h e d f r o m a v a r i e t y o f s o u r c e d o c u m en ts. On o c c a s i o n m a y a l s o p e r f o r m s o m e r o u t i n e k e y p u n c h w o r k . May train in e x p e rie n ce d keypunch o p e r a to r s . C lass B . W o r k i s r o u t i n e and r e p e t i t i v e . Under c l o s e s u p e r v is io n o r f o l l o w i n g s p e c i f i c p r o c e d u r e s o r i n s t r u c t i o n s , w o r k s f r o m v a r io u s - s t a n d a r d i z e d s o u r c e d o c u m e n t s w h i c h h a v e b e e n c o d e d , and f o l l o w s s p e c i f i e d p r o c e d u r e s w h i c h h a v e b e e n p r e s c r i b e d in d e t a i l and r e q u i r e l it t le o r no s e l e c t i n g , c o d i n g , o r i n t e r p r e t i n g o f d a t a to b e 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 le m s arisin g fr o m e rr o n e o u s ite m s o r c o d e s or m iss in g in form ation . M ACH INE B IL L E R T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R P r e p a r e s s t a t e m e n t s , b i l l s , and i n v o i c e s on a m a c h i n e o t h e r than an ord in a ry or e le ctro m a tic ty p ew riter. M ay a ls o k eep r e c o r d s as to b illin g s o r s h ip p in g c h a r g e s o r p e r f o r m o t h e r c l e r i c a l w o r k i n c i d e n t a l to b i l l i n g operations. F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , m a c h i n e b i l l e r s a r e c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f m a c h in e , as fo llo w s : B illin g-m ach in e b ille r . U ses a s p e c ia l billing m ach in e (com b in a tion t y p i n g and a d d in g m a c h i n e ) t o p r e p a r e b i l l s 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 , i n t e r n a l l y p r e p a r e d o r d e r s , s h ip p in g m e m o r a n d u m s , e t c . U s u a l l y i n v o l v e s a p p l i c a t i o n o f p r e d e t e r m i n e d d i s c o u n t s and s h ip p in g c h a r g e s and e n t r y o f n e c e s s a r y e x t e n s i o n s , w h i c h m a y o r m a y n o t b e c o m p u t e d on th e b i l l i n g m a c h i n e , and t o t a l s w h i c h a r e a u t o m a t i c a l l y a c c u m u l a t e d b y m ach in e. The o p e r a t io n u su ally in v o lv e s a la rg e n u m ber o f c a r b o n c o p ie s o f th e b i l l b e i n g p r e p a r e d and i s o f t e n d o n e o n a f a n f o l d m a c h i n e . O p e r a t e s o n e o r a v a r i e t y o f m a c h i n e s s u c h a s the t a b u l a t o r , c a l c u la to r , c o lla t o r , in t e r p r e t e r , s o r t e r , re p r o d u c in g punch, etc. E xcluded fro m t h is d e f i n i t i o n a r e w o r k i n g s u p e r v i s o r s . A ls o exclu ded are o p e r a to rs of e l e c t r o n i c d i g i t a l c o m p u t e r s , e v e n th o u g h t h e y m a y a l s o o p e r a t e e l e c t r i c accou nting m a ch in e equipm ent. P osition s d efin ition s. are cla ssified in to lev els on the b a s i s o f the f o l l o w i n g C la ss A . P e r f o r m s c o m p l e t e r e p o r t i n g and ta b u la tin g a s s i g n m e n t s in clu d in g d e v isin g d ifficu lt c o n t r o l pan el w ir in g u nder g e n e r a l s u p e r v is io n . A s s i g n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e a v a r i e t y o f l o n g and c o m p l e x r e p o r t s w h i c h o f t e n a r e i r 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 i r i n g s o m e p la n n in g o f the n a t u r e and s e q u e n c i n g o f o p e r a t i o n s , and th e u s e o f a v a r i e t y o f m a c h i n e s . Is T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R — Continued TABULATING-M ACH INE OPERATOR----Continued t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e d in t r a i n i n g n e w o p e r a t o r s in m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s o r t r a i n i n g l o w e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r s in w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s and in the o p e r a t i n g s e q u e n c e s o f l o n g and c o m p l e x r e p o r t s . D o e s n o t i n c l u d e p o s i t i o n s in w h i c h w i r i n g r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s l i m i t e d to s e l e c t i o n and i n s e r t i o n o f p r e w i r e d b o a r d s . th e t a b u l a t o r and c a l c u l a t o r , in a d d i t i o n to the s i m p l e r m a c h i n e s u s e d by cla ss C op erators. M a y b e r e q u i r e d to do s o m e w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s . M a y t r a i n n e w e m p l o y e e s in b a s i c m a c h i n e o p e r a t i o n s . C lass C . U n d e r s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s , o p e r a t e s s i m p l e ta b u la t in g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e s s u c h as the s o r t e r , i n t e r p r e t e r , r e p r o d u c i n g punch, c o lla t o r , etc. A s s i g n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e p o r t i o n s o f a w o r k unit, f o r e x a m p le , in d ivid u al so rtin g o r colla tin g ru ns, o r rep e titiv e o p e r a t io n s . May p e r fo r m s i m p l e w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s , and do s o m e f ilin g w o r k . C lass B. P e r f o r m s w o r k a c c o r d i n g to e s t a b l i s h e d p r o c e d u r e s and under s p e cific in stru ctio n s . A s s i g n m e n t s t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e c o m p l e t e but r o u ti n e and r e c u r r i n g r e p o r t s o r p a r t s 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 r a t e s m o r e d i f f i c u l t t a b u la t in g o r e l e c t r i c a l a c c o u n t i n g m a c h i n e s s u c h as PRO FESSIO NAL A N D TEC H N IC A L C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , B U SINE SS CO M P U TE R SYSTEM S A N A L Y S T , A n a l y z e s b u s i n e s s p r o b l e m s to f o r m u l a t e p r o c e d u r e s f o r s o l v i n g t h e m b y u s e o f e l e c t r o n i c da ta p r o c e s s i n g e q u i p m e n t . D evelop s a c o m p le te d e s c r i p t i o n o f a l l 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 l e p r o g r a m m e r s to p r e p a r e r e q u ir e d digital c o m p u te r p r o g r a m s . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the 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 i o n s to b e a u t o m a t e d and i d e n t i f i e s c o n d i t i o n s and c r i t e r i a r e q u i r e d t o a c h i e 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 t o be u s e d ; o u t l i n e s a c t i o 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 i c i e n t d e t a i l f o r p r e s e n t a t i o n to m a n a g e m e n t and f o r p r o g r a m m i n g ( t y p i c a l l y th is i n v o l v e s p r e p a r a t i o n o f w o r k and da ta f l o w c h a r t s ) ; c o o r d i n a t e s th e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t e s t p r o b l e m s and p a r t i c i p a t e s in t r i a l r u 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 i p m e n t c h a n g e s to o b t a 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 TE : W orkers p e r f o r m i n g b oth s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s and p r o g r a m m i n g s h o u ld b e c l a s s i f i e d as s y s t e m s a n a l y s t s i f th is i s the s k i l l u s e d to d e t e r m i n e t h e i r p a y . ) d e v e l o p s s y s t e m s f o r m a i n t a i n i n 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 i n t a i n i n 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 l i s h m e n t , o r m a in t a i n i n g i n v e n t o r y a c c o u n t s in a m a n u f a c t u r i n g o r w h o l e s a l e e s t a b l i s h m e n t . ) 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 t o d e t e r m i n e the data 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 l i c a t i o 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 to b e a p p l i e d . OR W o r k s o n a s e g m e n t o f a c o m p l e x da 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 for c la s s A. W o r k s i n d e p e n d e n t l y on r o u t in e a s s i g n m e n t s and r e c e i v e s i n s t r u c t i o n and g u i d a n c e on c o m p l e x a s s i g n m e n t s . W ork is re v ie w e d f o r a c c u r a c y o f j u d g m e n t , c o m p l i a n c e w ith i n s t r u c t i o n s , and to i n s u r e p r o p e r a l i g n m e n t w ith th e o v e r a l l s y s t e m . C lass C . W o r k s u n d e r i m m e d i a 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 l y s e s as a s s ig n e d , u su a lly o f a sing le a ctiv ity . A s s i g n m e n t s a r e d e s i g n e d to d e v e l o 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 l i c a t i o n o f p r o c e d u r e s and sk ills re q u ire d fo r s y s te m s an a lysis w o rk . F o r e x a m p l e , 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 aly st by p r e p a r in g the d e t a ile d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s r e q u ir e d by prog ra m m ers from i n f o r m a t i o n d e v e l o p e d b y th e h i g h e r l e v e l a n a l y s t . D o e s n o t i n c l u 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 the m a n a g e m e n t o r s u p e r v i s i o n o f o t h e r e l e c t r o n i c da 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 l y 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 i n e e r i n 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 l y 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 lass A . W o r k s i n d e p e n d e n t l y o r u n d e r o n l y g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on c o m p le x p r o b le m s in volvin g a ll ph a ses o f s y s te m a n a ly sis . P r o b le m s are c o m p l e 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 input da 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 ou tp ut d a t a . ( F o r e x a m p l e , d e v e l o p s an i n t e g r a t e d p r o d u c t i o n s c h e d u lin g , i n v e n t o r y c o n t r o l , c o s t a n a l y s i s , and s a l e s a n a l y s i s r e c o r d in w h i c h e v e r y i t e m o f e a c h t y p e i s a u t o m a t i c a l l y p r o c e s s e d t h r o u g h th e f u l l s y s t e m o f r e c o r d s and a p p r o p r i a t e f o l l o w u p a c t i o n s a r e i n i t i a 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 t o d e t e r m i n e the da t a 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 the i m p l i c a t i o 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 da ta p r o c e s s i n g o p e r a t i o n s . M akes recom m en d a tion s, if needed, 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 i n s t a l l a t i o n s o r c h a n g e s and f o r o b t a in in g equipm ent. who a re M ay p r o v id e fun ction al a s s i g n e d to a s s i s t . d irection to low er lev el system s 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 te m e n ts of b u s in e s s p r o b l e m s , t y p ic a lly p r e p a r e d by a s y s t e m s a n a l y s t , in to a s e q u e n c e o f d e t a i l e d i n s t r u c t i o n s w h i c h a r e r e q u i r e d t o s o l v e th e p r o b l e m s b y a u t o m a t i c da ta p r o c e s s i n g e q u i p m e n t . W orking fr o m c h a r t s o r d i a g r a m s , the p r o g r a m m e r d e v e l o p s th e p r e c i s e i n s t r u c t i o n s w h i c h , w h e n e n t e r e d in to the 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 the m a n i p u l a t i o n o f da ta to a c h i e v e d e s i r e d r e s u l t s . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g : A p p l i e s k n o w l e 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 i c s , l o g i c e m p l o y e d by com pu ters, and p a r t i c u l a r s u b j e c t m a t t e r i n v o l v e d t o a n a l y z e c h a r t s and d i a g r a m s o f the p r o b l e m to be p r o g r a m m e d ; d e v e l o 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 i t e s d e t a i l e d f l o w c h a r t s to s h o w o r d e r in w h i c h da ta w i l l be p r o c e s s e d ; c o n v e r t s th e se c h a r ts to c o d e d i n s t r u c t io n s f o r m a ch in e to fo 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 i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r o p e r a t i n g p e r s o n n e l d u r i n g p r o d u c t i o n r u n ; a n a l y z e s , r e v i e w s , and a l t 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 i n g e f f i c i e n c y o r ada p t t o n e w r e q u i r e m e n t s ; m a i n t a i n s r e c o r d s o f program d e v e l o p m e n t and r e v i s i o n s . (N O TE : 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 l y s i s and p r o g r a m m i n 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 l y s t s i f t h is i s the s k i l l u s e d t o d e t e r m i n e t h e i r p a y . ) analysts C la s s B. W o r k s in d ep en d en tly o r u nder o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t io 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 l i c a t e d t o a n a l y z e , p la n , p r o g r a m , and operate. P r o b l e m s a r e o f l i m i t e d c o m p l e x i t y b e c a u s e s o u r c e s o f input da ta a r e h o m o g e n e o u s and the ou tp ut da t a a r e c l o s e l y r e l a t e d . (F o r exam ple, BUSINE SS— C o n t in u e d 18 i C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R , BUSINESS— Continued COM PUTER OPERATOR D o e s n o t i n c l u 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 the m a n a g e m e n t o r s u p e r v i s i o n o f o t h e r e l e c t r o n i c data 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 i n e e r i n g p r o b l e m s . M o n i t o r s and o p e r a t e s the c o n t r o l c o n s o l e o f a d i g i t a l c o m p u t e r to p r o c e s s da ta a c c o r d i n g to o p e r a t i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s , u s u a l l y p r e p a r e d b y a p r o gram m er. W o r k i n c l u d e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g : S tu d ie s i n s t r u c t i o n s to d e t e r m i n e e q u i p m e n t s e tu p and o p e r a t i o n s ; l o a d s e q u i p m e n t w ith r e q u i r e d i t e m s (ta p e r e e l s , c a r d s , e t c . ) ; s w i t c h e s n e c e s s a r y a u x i l i a r y e q u i p m e n t into 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 j u s t m 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 i n g p r o b l e m s and m e e t s p e c j a l c o n d i t i o n s ; r e v i e w s e r r o r s m a d e d u r i n g o p e r a t i o 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 l e 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 i n t a i n s o p e r a t i n g r e c o r d s . M a y t e s t and a s s i s t in correctin g program . For wage s tu d y p u r p o s e s , program m ers are c l a s s i fi e d as f o llo w s : C lass A. W o r k s in d ep en d en tly o r u n d er o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t io n on c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s w h i c h r e q u i r e c o m p e t e n c e in a l l p h a s e s o f p r o g r a m m i n g c o n c e p t s and p r a c t i c e s . W o r k i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s and c h a r t s w h i c h i d e n t i f y th e n a t u 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 t o b e a c c o m p l i s h e d , and th e r e l a t i o n s h i p s b e t w e e n v a r i o u s s t e p s o f th e p r o b l e m s o l v i n g r o u t i n e ; p l a n s the f u l l r a n g e o f p r o g r a m m i n g a c t i o n s n e e d e d to e f f i c i e n t l y u t i l i z e th e c o m p u t e r s y s t e m in a c h i e v i n g d e s i r e d end p r o d u c t s . At t h is l e v e l , p r o g r a m m i n g is d i f f i c u l t b e c a u s e c o m p u t e r e q u i p m e n t m u s t b e o r g a n i z e d to p r o d u c e s e v e r a l i n t e r r e l a t e d but 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 data e l e m e n t s . A w i d e v a r i e t y and e x t e n s i v e n u m b e r o f in tern a l p r o c e s s in g a ctions m u st o c c u r . T h i s r e q u i r e s s u c h a c t i o n s as d ev elopm en t o f c o m m o n o p e r a tio n s w hich can be r e u se d , e s ta b lish m en t o f lin k a g e p o in t s b e t w e e n o p e r a t i o n s , a d j u s t m e n t s t o da 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 t a n t i a l m a n i p u l a t i o n and r e s e q u e n c i n g o f da ta e l e m e n t s to f o r m a h ig h l y i n t e g r a t e d p r o g r a m . M a y p r o v i d e f u n c t i o 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 . C lass B . W o r k s i n d e p e n d e n t l y o r u n d e r o n l y 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 i m p l e p r o g r a m s , o r on s i m p l e 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 l l y p r o c e s s i n f o r m a t i o n t o p r o d u c e da ta in t w o or th ree varied sequen ces or fo rm a ts. R e p o r t s and l i s t i n g s a r e p r o d u c e d b y r e f i n i n g , a d a p tin g , a r r a y i n g , o r m a k i n g m i n o r a d d i t i o n s to o r d e l e t i o n s f r o m inpu t data w h i c h a r e r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e . 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 , the da ta h a v e b e e n r e f i n e d in p r i o r a c t i o n s so that the a c c u r a c y and s e q u e n c i n g o f data c a n b e t e s t e d b y u s i n g a f e w r o u t in e c h e c k s . T y p i c a l l y , the p r o g r a m d e a l s w ith r o u t i n e r e c o r d k e e p i n g o p e r a t i o n s . OR W o r k s 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 d ir e c tio n o f a higher le v e l p r o g r a m m e r o r s u p e r v is o r . May a s s i s t higher l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r by independently p e r f o r m in g l e s s difficu lt task s a s sig n e d , and p e r f o r m i n g m o r e d i f f i c u l t t a 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 i n s t r u c t l o w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s . C lass C . M akes p r a c tic a l application s o f p r o g ra m m in g p r a c tic e s and c o n c e p t s u s u a l l y l e a r n e d in f o r m a l t r a i n i n g c o u r s e s . A ssign m en ts are d e s i g n e d to d e v e l o p c o m p e t e n c e in the a p p l i c a t i o n o f s t a n d a r d p r o c e d u r e s t o r o u t in 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 i s i o n on n e w a s p e c t s o f a s s i g n m e n t s ; and w o r k i s r e v i e w e d t o 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 i r e d procedure s . For wage s tu dy purposes, com pu ter operators are cla ssified as follow s: C la s s A . O p e ra te s in depen den tly , o r u nder only g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n , a c o m p u t e r r u n n in g p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s : N e w p r o g r a m s a r e f r e q u e n t l y t e s t e d and i n t r o d u c e d ; s c h e d u l i n g r e q u i r e m e n t s a r e o f c r i t i c a l i m p o r t a n c e to m i n i m i z e d o w n t i m 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 i g n s o that i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f e r r o r s o u r c e o f t e n r e q u i r e s a w o r k i n g k n o w l e d g e o f the t o t a l p r o g r a m , and a l t e r n a t e p r o g r a m s m a y not b e a v a i l a b l e . M a y g i v e d i r e c t i o n and g u i d 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 lass B . O p e ra te s in depen den tly , o r under on ly g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n , a c o m p u t e r r u n n in g p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n 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 l i s h e d p r o d u c t i o n r u n s , t y p i c a l l y run 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 i s l it t le o r no t e s t i n g o f n e w p r o g r a m s r e q u i r e d ; a l t e r n a t e p r o g r a m s a r e p r o v i d 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 m a j o r c h a n g e o r c a 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 l y s h o r t t i m e . In c o m m o n e r r o r s i t u a t i o n s , d i a g n o s e s c a u s e and t a k e s c o r r e c t i v e a c t i o n . This u su a lly in v o lv e s applying p r e v io u s ly p r o g r a m m e d c o r r e c t i v e step s, o r using standard c o r r e c t i o n te ch n iq u es. 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 i s i o n a c o m p u t e r ru nn 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 . May a s s i s t a h ig h er le v e l o p e r a t o r by in depen den tly p e r fo r m in g l e s s d ifficu lt tasks a s s i g n e d , and p e r f o r m i n g d i f f i c u l t t a s k s f o l l o w i n g d e t a i l e d i n s t r u c t i o n s and w ith f r e q u e n t r e v i e w o f o p e r a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d . expected a b i l i t y to receiv ed operator C lass C . W o r k s on r o u t in 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 i s i o n . Is t o d e v e l o p w o r k i n g k n o w l e d g e o f the c o m p u t e r e q u i p m e n t u s e d and d e t e c t p r o b l e m s i n v o l v e d in ru n n in g r o u t i n e p r o g r a m s . U s u a l l y h as s o m e f o r m a l t r a i n i n g in c o m p u t e r o p e r a t i o n . M a y a s s i s t h i g 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 lass A . P l a n s th e g r a p h i c p r e s e n t a t i o n o f c o m p l e x i t e m s h av in g d i s t i n c t i v e d e s i g n f e a t u r e s th at d i f f e r s i g n i f i c a n t l y f r o m e s t a b l i s h e d d r a f t i n g precedents. 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 i g n o r i g i n a t o r , and m a y re c o m m e n d m in o r design ch a n g e s. A n a l y z e s the e f f e c t o f e a c h c h a n g e on the d e t a i l s o f f o r m , f u n c t i o n , and p o s i t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p 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 i n i m u m of su p ervisory assistance. C om pleted w ork is r e v i e w e d b y d e s i g 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 i n e e r i n g d e t e r m inations. M hy eith er p r e p a r e draw in g s o r d ir e c t th eir pre p a ra tio n by lo w e r lev el d rafters. DRA F T E R — Continued E L E C T R O N IC S TE C H N IC IA N — Continued C l a s s B. P e r f o r m s n o n r o u t i n e and c o m p l e x d r a f t i n g a s s i g n m e n t s th at r e q u i r e th e a p p l i c a t i o n o f m o s t o f the s t a n d a r d i z e d d r a w i n g t e c h n i q u e s reg u la rly used. D u t ie s t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e s u c h w o r k a s : P r e p a r e s w orkin g d r a w i n g s o f s u b a s s e m b l i e s w ith i r r e g u l a r s h a p e s , m u l t i p l e f u n c t i o n s , and p r e c is e p osition a l re la tion sh ip s betw een com p on en ts; p r e p a r e s a rch ite ctu r a l d r a w i n g s f o r c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a b u i l d i n g in c l u d i n g d e t a i l d r a w i n g s o f f o u n d a t i o n s , w a l l s e c t i o n s , f l o o r p l a n s , and r o o f . U s e s a c c e p t e d f o r m u l a s and m a n u a l s in m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y c o m p u t a t i o n s t o d e t e r m i n e q u a n t i t i e s o f m a t e r i a l s to b e u s e d , l o 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 eceives i n 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 om pleted w o rk is ch eck ed fo r tech n ica l adequacy. 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 such standard e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t a s c o m m o n o f f i c e m a c h i n e s and h o u s e h o l d r a d i o and t e l e v i s i o n s e t s ; p r o d u c t i o n a s s e m b l e r s and 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 i c i a n s w h o h av e a d m i n i s t r a t i v 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 en gin eer s . C l a s s C. P r e p a r e s d e t a i l d r a w i n g s o f s i n g l e unit s o r p a r t s f o r e n g in e e rin g , c o n str u c tio n , m an ufactu rin g, o r re p a ir p u r p o s e s . Types of d r aw in g s p r e p a r e d in clud e i s o m e t r i c p r o je c t io n s (d ep ictin g th ree 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 i e w s to c l a r i f y p o s i t i o n i n 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 i n f o r m a t i o n . C on so lid a te s details fr o m a n um ber of s o u r c e s and a d j u s t s o r t r a n s p o s e s s c a l e as r e q u i r e d . Suggested m eth od s of a p p r o a c h , a p p l i c a b l e 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 i a l s a r e g i v e n w ith i n i t i a l a s s i g n m e n t s . I n s t r u c t i o n s a r e l e s s c o m p l e t e w hen a s s i g n m e n t s recur. W o r k m a y be s p o t - c h e c k e d d u r in g p r o g r e s s . P osition s defin ition s. are cla ssified in to lev els on th e ba sis o f the f o l l o w i n g C l a s s A . A p p l i e s a d v a n c e d t e c h n i c a l k n o w l e d g e to s o l v e u n u s u a l l y c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s ( i . e . , t h o s e th at t y p i c a l l y c a n n o t be s o l v e d s o l e l y b y r e f e r e n c e to m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' m a n u a l s o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n t s ) in w o r k i n g o n e l e c tr o n ic equipm ent. E x a m p l e s o f s u c h p r o b l e m s i n c l u d e l o c a t i o n and d e n s i t 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 i a t i o n , i s o l a t i n g m a l f u n c t i o n s , and f r e q u e n t en gin eerin g ch a n ges. W ork in v olv es: A d e t a i l e d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f 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 ; e x e r c i s i n g i n d e p e n d e n t j u d g m e n t in p e r f o r m i n g s u c h t a s k s as m a k i n g c i r c u i t a n a l y s e s , c a l c u l a t i n g w a v e f o r m s , t r a c i n g r e l a t i o n s h ip s in s i g n a l f l o w ; and r e g u l a r l y u s i n g c o m p l e x t e s t i n s t r u m e n t s ( e . g . , d u a l tr a c e o s c i l l o s c o p e s , Q - m e t e r s , deviation m e t e r s , pulse g e n e r a to r s ). W o r k m a y b e r e v i e w e d b y s u p e r v i s o r ( f r e q u e n t l y an e n g i n 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 l i a n c e w ith a c c e p t e d p r a c t i c e s . May p ro v id e t e c h n i c a l g u i d 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 . D R A F T E R -T R A C E R C o p i e s p la n s and d r a w i n g s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s b y p l a c i n g t r a c i n g c l o t h o r p a p e r o v e r d r a w i n 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 not i n c l u d e t r a c i n g l i m i t e d to p la n s p r i m a r i l y c o n s i s t i n g o f s t r a i g h t l i n e s and a l a r g e s c a l e n ot r e q u i r i n g c l o s e d e l i n e a t i o n . ) A N D /O R P r e p a r e s sim p le o r rep etitiv e draw in gs W ork is c l o s e l y s u p e r v is e d du rin g p r o g r e s s . of ea sily visu alized item s. C l a s s B . A p p lie s c o m p r e h e n s i v e t e c h n ic a l k n o w le d ge to s o lv e c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s ( i . e . , .th ose th at t y p i c a l l y c a n be s o l v 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 i n g m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' m a n u a l s o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n t s ) in w o r k i n g o n e le c t r o n ic equipm ent. W ork in v o lv e s : A f a m i l i a r i t y w ith the 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 j u d g m e n t in d e t e r m i n i n g w o r k s e q u e n c e and in s e l e c t i n g t o o l s and t e s t i n g i n s t r u m e n t s , u s u a l l y l e s s c o m p l e x th an t h o s e u s e d b y the c la s s A techn ician. R e c e i v e s t e c h n i c a l g u i d a n c e , as 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 i g h e r l e v e l t e c h n i c i a n , and w o r k i s r e v i e w e d f o r s p e c i f i c c o m p l i a 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 i d e t e c h n i c a l g u i d a n c e to l o w e r le v e l tech n icia n s. E L E C T R O N IC S TE C H N ICIA N W o r k s on v a r i o u s t y p e s o f e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t and r e l a 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 i n a t i o n o f the f o l l o w i n g : In stalling, m ain tain in g, r e p a i r i n g , o v e r h a u l i n g , t r o u b l e s h o o t i n g , m o d i f y i n g , c o n s t r u c t i n g , and t e s t i n g . W ork r e q u ir e s p r a c tic a l a pplication of te c h n ic a l know ledge o f e le c t r o n ic s p r i n c i p l e s , a b i l i t y to d e t e r m i n e m a l f u n c t i o n s , and s k i l l to put e q u i p m e n t in re q u ire d operating con dition . T h e e q u i p m e n t — c o n s i s t i n g o f e i t h e r m a n y d i f f e r e n t k in d s o f c i r c u i t s o r m u l t i p l e r e p e t i t i o n o f th e s a m e kin d o f c i r c u i t — i n c l u d e s , but i s not l i m i t e d t o , the f o l l o w i n g : (a) E l e c t r o n i c t r a n s m i t t i n g and r e c e i v i n g e q u i p 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 i g a t i o n a l a i d s ) , (b) d i g i t a l and a n a l o g c o m p u t e r s , and (c ) i n d u s t r i a l and m e d i c a l m e a s u r i n g and c o n t r o l l i n g equ ip m en t. C l a s s C . A p p l i e s w o r k i n g t e c h n i c a l k n o w l e d g e to p e r f o r m s i m p l e o r r o u t i n e t a s k s in w o r k i n g on e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t , f o l l o w i n g d e t a i l e d i n s t r u c t i o n s w h i c 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 i n v o l v e s s u ch tasks as: A s s i s t i n g h i g h e r l e v e l t e c h n i c i a n s b y p e r f o r m i n g s u c h a c t i v i t i e s as r e p l a c i n g c o m p o n e n t s , w i r i n g c i r c u i t s , and t a k in g t e s t r e a d i n g s ; r e p a i r i n g s i m p l e e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t ; and u s i n g t o o l s and c o m m o n t e s t i n 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 i g 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 not r e q u i r e d t o 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 l e d g e , h o w e v e r , m a y b e a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a s s i g n m e n t s d e s i g n e d to i n c r e a s e c o m p e t e n c e (inclu din g c l a s s r o o m trainin g) so that w o r k e r ca n a d v a n c e to h i g h e r l e v e l t e c h n i c i a n . R e c e i v e s t e c h n ic a l g u ida n ce, as r e q u ir e d , f r o m s u p e r v is o r o r h igher le v e l techn ician. 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 , but i s g i v e n d e t a i l e d r e v i e w when n ew o r advanced a s sig n m e n ts a re in volved . R E G I S T E R E D I N D U S T R I A L N U R SE R E G I S T E R E D I N D U S T R I A L N U R S E ---- C o n t in u e d A r e g is t e r e d n u rs e who g iv e s n u rsin g s e r v i c e under g e n e r a l m e d ic a l d i r e c t i o n to i l l o r i n j u 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 i d 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 l i s h m e n t . D u t i e s i n v o l v e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f the f o l l o w i n g : G iv in g f i r s t a id to the i l l o r i n j u r e d ; a tt e n d in g to 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 j u r i e s ; k e e p i n 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 i n 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 i o 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 i n a t i o n s and h e a lt h e v a l u a t i o n s o f a p p l i c 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 l v i n g h e a lt h e d u c a t i o n , a c c i d e n t p r e v e n t i o n , e v a l u a t i o n o f pla n t e n v i r o n m e n t , o r o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s a f f e c t i n g the h e a lt h , w e l f a r e , and s a f e t y o f a l l p e r s o n n e l . N u r s i n 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 l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g m o r e than one n u rse are exclu ded . M A IN TEN A N C E , TO O LRO O M , A N D PO W ERPLANT M AIN T EN AN CE C A R P E N T E R M A IN T E N A N C E MACHINIST P e r f o r m s th e c a r p e n t r y d u t i e s n e c e s s a r y to c o n s t r u c t and m a i n t a i n in g o o d r e p a i r b u i l d i n g w o o d w o r k and e q u i p m e n t s u c h a s b i n 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 i t 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 l i s 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 i n g ou t o f w o r k f r o m b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , m o d e l s , o r v e r b a l i n s t r u c t i o n s ; u s i n 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 l s , p o r t a b l e p o w e r t o o l s , and s t a n d a r d m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g to d i m e n s i o 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 t h e w o r k . In g e n e r a l , t h e w o r k o f th e m a i n 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 i n i n g and e x p e r i e n ce u su ally a cq u ir e d through a f o r m a l a p p re n tice sh ip o r equivalent train in g and e x p e r i e n c e . P r o d u c e s r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t s and n e w p a r t s in m a k i n 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 i p m e n t o p e r a t e d in an e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W ork 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 : I n t e r p r e t i n g w r i t t e n i n s t r u c t i o 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 i n g out o f w o r k ; u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f m a c h i n i s t ' s h a n d t o o l s and p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; s e t t in g up and o p e r a t i n g s t a n d a r d m a c h i n 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 i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g to d i m e n s i o n s o f w o r k , t o o l i n g , f e e d s , and s p e e d s o f m a c h i n i n g ; k n o w l e d g e o f the w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s o f the c o m m o n m e t a l s ; s e l e c t i n g s t a n d a r d m a t e r i a l s , p a r t s , and e q u i p m e n t r e q u i r e d f o r th is w o r k ; and f it t in g and a s s e m b l i n g p a r t s in to m e c h a n i c a l e q u i p 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 l l y r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d t r a i n i n 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 rou gh a f o r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equivalent t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e . M AIN TEN AN CE E LE C T R IC IA N M A IN T E N A N C E M ECH ANIC (M a ch in ery) R e p a i r s m a c h i n e r y o r m e c h a n i c a l e q u i p m e n t o f an e s t a b l i s 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 : E x a m i n i n g m a c h i n e s and m e c h a n i c a l e q u i p m e n t to d i a g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b l e ; d i s m a n t l i n g o r p a r t l y d i s m a n t l i n g m a c h i n e s and p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s that m a i n l y i n v o l v e the u s e o f h a n d t o o l s in s c r a p i n g and f it t in g p a r t s ; r e p l a c i n g b r o k e n o r d e f e c t i v e p a r t s w ith i t e m s o b t a i n 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 i o n o f a r e p l a c e m e n t p a r t b y a m a c h i n e s h o p o r s e n d in g the m a c h i n e to a m a c h i n 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 i n g w r i t 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 the p r o d u c t i o n o f p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h i n e s h o p s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g m a c h i n e s ; and m a k i n g a l l n e c e s s a r y adjustm ents fo r op e r a tio n . In g e n e r a l , the w o r k o f a m a c h i n e r y m ain ten ance m e ch a n ic req u ires r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i ence. E x c l u d e d f r o m t h 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 i m a r y d u t ie s i n v o l v e s e t t in g up o r a d j u s t i n g m a c h i n e s . 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 i o n s s u c h a s th e i n s t a l l a t i o n , m a i n t e n a n c e , o r r e p a i r o f e q u i p m e n t f o r th e g e n e r a t i o n , d i s t r i b u t i o n , o r u t i l i z a t i o n o f e l e c t r i c e n e r g y in an e s t a b l i s h m e n t . W ork in volves m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : I n s t a l l i n g o r r e p a i r i n g any o f a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m en t such as g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w itc h b o a r d s , c o n t r o l l e r s , c ir c u it b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , h e a t in 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 equipm en t; w ork in g f r o m blu ep rin ts, d r aw in g s, layou ts, o r oth er s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; l o c a t i n g and d i a g n o s i n g t r o u b l e in th e e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u i p m e n t ; w o r k i n g s t a n d a r d c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g to lo a d r e q u i r e m e n t s o f w i r i n g o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t ; and u s i n 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 l s and m e a s u r i n g and t e s t i n g i n s t r u m e n t s . In g e n e r a l , the w o r k o f the m a i n t e 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 i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e . M A IN T E N A N C E M ECH AN IC (M otor V e h icle s ) M AIN TEN AN CE PAIN TER R e p a i r s a u t o m o b i l e 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 l i s h m e n t . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g : E x a m i n i n g a u t o m o t i v e e q u i p m e n t to d i a g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b l e ; d i s a s s e m b l i n g e q u i p m e n t and p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s th at i n v o l v e th e u s e o f s u c h h a n d t o o l s as 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 i p m e n t in d i s a s s e m b l i n g o r f itt in g p a r t s ; r e p l a c i n 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 i n d i n g and a d j u s t i n g v a l v e s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g and i n s t a l l i n g th e v a r i o 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 i n g n e c e s s a r y a d j u s t m e n t s ; and a l i g n i n g w h e e l s , a d j u s t i n g b r a k e s and l i g h t s , o r t i g h t e n in g b o d y bo-lts. In g e n e r a l , the w o r k o f th e m o t o r v e h i c l e m a i n t e n a n c e m e c h a n i c r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e . P a i n t s 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 i x t u r e s o f an e s t a b lish m en t. W o r k i n v o l v e s the f o l l o w i n g : K n o w l e 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 pa in t r e q u i r e d f o r d i f f e r e n t a p p l i c a t i o n s ; p r e p a r i n g s u r f a c e f o r p a in t in g b y r e m o v i n g o l d f i n i s h o r b y p l a c i n g pu tt y o r f i l l e r in n a i l h o l e s and i n t e r s t i c e s ; and a p p l y i n g pain t w ith s p r a y gun o r b r u s h . May m ix c o lo r s , o i l s , w h i t e l e a d , and o t h e r pain t i n g r e d i e 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 , the w o r k o f th e m a i n t e n a n c e p a i n t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e . 21 M A IN T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M otor V e h ic le s)— Continued M A C H IN E -T O O L O P E R A T O R (T oo lroo m ) T h i s c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s not i n c l u d e m e c h a n i c s w h o r e p a i r 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 i l e r e p a i r s h o p s . S p e c i a l i z e s in th e o p e r a t i o n o f o n e o r m o r e t y p e s o f m a c h i n e t o o l s , s u c h as j i g b o r e r s , c y l i n d r i c a l o r s u r f a c e g r i n d e r s ; e n g in e l a t h e s ; o r m i l l i n g m a c h i n e s , in the c o n s t r u c t i o n o f m a c h i n e - s h o p t o o l s , g a u g e s , j i g s , f i x t u r e s , o r dies. 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 p e r f o r m i n g d ifficu lt m a ch in in g o p e r a t io n s ; p r o c e s s i n g i t e m s r e q u ir in g c o m p lic a t e d setups o r a hig h d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; s e l e c t i n g f e e d s , s p e e d s , t o o l i n g , and o p e r a t i o n s e q u e n c e ; and m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y a d ju stm en ts du rin g o p e r a t io n to a c h ie v e re q u isite t o l e r a n c e s o r dim ension s. M a y b e r e q u i r e d 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 , t o d r e s s t o o l s , and t o s e l e c t p r o p e r c o o l a n t s and cu tt in g and l u b r i c a t i n g o i l s . F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , 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 ) in t o o l and d i e j o b b i n g s h o p s a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n . M AIN TEN AN CE P IP E F IT T E R I n s t a l l s o r r e 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 i p e and p i p e f i t t i n g s in an e s t a b l i s 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 : Laying out w o r k and m e a s u r i n g to l o 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 i n g s o r o t h e r w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; cu tt in g v a r i o u s s i z e s o f p i p e t o c o r r e c t le n g t h s with c h i s e l and h a m m e r o r o x y a c e t y l e n e t o r c h o r p i p e - c u t t i n g m a c h i n e s ; t h r e a d i n g p i p e w ith s t o c k s and d i e 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 i n e s ; a s s e m b l i n g p ip e w ith c o u p l i n g s and f a s t e n i n g p ip e to h a n g e r s ; m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g t o p r e s s u r e s , f l o w , and s i z e o f p ip e r e q u i r e d ; and m a k i n g s t a n d a r d t e s t s to d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r f i n i s h e d p i p e s m eet sp ecifica tion s. In g e n e r a l , the w o r k o f the m a i n t e n a n c e p i p e f i t t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e . W orkers p rim a rily e n g a g e d in i n s t a l l i n g and r e p a i r i n g b u il d in g s a n it a t io n o r h e a t in g s y s t e m s are e x clu d ed . M AIN T EN AN CE S H E E T -M E T A L WORKER F a b r i c a t e s , i n s t a l l s , and m a i n t a i n 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 i p m e n t and f i x t u r e s ( s u c h a s m a c h i n e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e l v 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 i n g ) o f an e s t a b l i s 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 l a y in g out a l l t y p e s o f s h e e t -m e ta l m ain ten a n ce w o rk fr o m b lu ep rin ts, m o d e ls , o r oth er s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; s e t t in g up and o p e r a t i n g a l l a v a i l a b l e t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k i n g m a c h i n e s ; u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d t o o l s in c u t t in g , b e n d i n g , f o r m i n g , s h a p in g , fit t in g , and a s s e m b l i n g ; and i n s t a l l i n 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 i n 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 i r e s r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a l l y a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e . M ILLW RIG H T I n s t a l l s n e w m a c h i n e s o r h e a v y e q u i p m e n t , and d i s m a n t l e s and i n s t a l l s m a c h i n e s o r h e a v y e q u i p m e n t w h e n c h a n g e s in the pla n t la y o u t a r e requ ired. 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 l a y in g out w o r k ; in te r p r e tin g b lu ep rin ts o r oth e r s p e c if ic a t io n s ; u sin g a v a r ie t y o f handt o o l s and r i g g i n g ; m a k i n g s t a n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t i o n s r e l a t i n g to s t r e s s e s , s t r e n g t h o f m a t e r i a l s , and c e n t e r s o f g r a v i t y ; a li g n i n g and b a l a n c i n g e q u i p m e n t ; s e l e c t i n g s t a n d a r d t o o l s , e q u i p m e n t , and p a r t s to b e u s e d ; and i n s t a l l i n g and m a i n t a i n i n 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 i p m e n t s u c h as 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 , the m i l l w r i g h t ' s w o r k n o r m a l l y r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e in the t r a d e a c q u i r e d t h r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e . M AIN TEN AN CE TR A D E S H E L P E R A s s i s t s o n e o r m o r e w o r k e r s in the s k i l l e d m a i n t e 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 t i e s o f l e s s e r s k i l l , s u c h as k e e p i n g a w o r k e r s u p p l i e d w ith m a t e r i a l s and t o o l s ; c l e a n i n g w o r k i n g a r e a , m a c h i n e , and e q u i p m e n t ; a s s i s t i n g j o u r n e y m a n b y h o l d i n 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 i n g o t h e r u n s k i l l e d t a s k s as d i r e c t e d b y j o u r n e y m a n . The kin d o f w o r k the h e l p e r i s p e r m i t t e d t o p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m t r a d e t o t r a d e : In s o m e t r a d e s th e h e l p e r i s c o n f i n e d to s u p p l y i n g , l i f t i n g , and h o ld in g m a t e r i a l s and t o o l s , and c l e a n i n g w o r k i n g a r e a s ; and in o t h e r s he i s p e r m i t 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 i n 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 at a r e a l s 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 i s . T O O L A N D DIE M A K E R C o n s t r u c t s and r e p a i r s m a c h i n e - s h o p t o o l s , g a u g e s , j i g s , f i x t u r e s o r d i e s f o r f o r g i n g s , p u n c h i n g , and o t h e r m e t a l - f o r m i n g w o r k . W ork i n v o l v e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g : P la n n in g and la y i n g ou t w o r k a c c o r d i n g to m o d e l s , b l u e p r i n t s , d r a w i n g s , o r o t h e r o r a l and w r i t t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f t o o l and d ie m a k e r ' s h a n d t o o l s and p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r i n g i n s t r u m e n t s ; u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f the w o r k i n g p r o p e r t i e s o f c o m m o n m e t a l s and a l l o y s ; s e t t i n g up and o p e r a t i n g o f m a c h i n e t o o l s and r e l a t e d e q u i p m e n t ; m a k i n g n e c e s s a r y shop co m p u ta tio n s rela tin g to d im e n s io n s o f w o r k , s p e e d s , f e e d s , and t o o l i n g o f m a c h i n e s ; h e a t - t r e a t i n g o f m e t a l p a r t s d u r i n g f a b r i c a t i o n as w e l l as o f f i n i s h e d t o o l s and d i e s t o a c h i e v e r e q u i r e d q u a l i t i e s ; w o r k i n g to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; f it t in g and a s s e m b l i n g o f 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 ; and s e l e c t i n g a p p r o p r i a 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 . 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 a r o u n d e d t r a i n i n 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 tic e u su ally a c q u ir e d through a fo r m a l a p p r e n t i c e s h i p o r e q u i v a l e n t t r a i n i n g and e x p e r i e n c e . F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , t o o l and d ie m a k e r s in t o o l and d i e j o b b i n g s h o p s a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m t h i s c l a s s i f i c a t i o n . S T A T IO N A R Y ENGIN EER O p e r a t e s and m a i n t a i n s and m a y a l s o s u p e r v i s e th e o p e r a t i o n o f s t a t i o n a r y e n g i n e s and e q u i p m e n t ( m e c h a n i c a l o r e l e c t r i c a l ) to s u p p l y the e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h i c h e m p l o 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 con ditionin g. W ork in v olv es: O p e r a t i n g and m a i n t a i n i n g e q u i p m e n t s u c h as stea m e n g in e s , a ir 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 , tu r b in e s, ven tilating and r e f r i g e r a t i n g e q u i p m e n t , s t e a m b o i l e r s and b o i l e r - f e d w a t e r p u m p s ; m a k i n g e q u i p m e n t r e p a i r s ; and k e e p i n g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a t i o n o f m a c h i n 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 i o n . M ay a ls o s u p e r v is e th ese o p e r a tio n s . H e a d o r c h i e f e n g i n e e r s in e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g m o r e th an on e e n g i n e e r a re exclu ded . B O ILER TEN DE R F ires s t a t i o n a r y b o i l e r s to f u r n i s h th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h i c h e m p l o y e d w ith h e a t , p o w e r , o r steam . F e e d s f u e l s 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 sa fety v a lv 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 i r i n g b o i l e r r o o m e q u i p m e n t . M ATERIAL M O V E M E N T A N D CUSTODIAL TRU CK DR IVER W A R E H O U S E M A N — C o n t in u e d D r i v e s a t r u c k w ith in a c i t y o r i n d u s t r i a l a r e a to t r a n s p o r t m a t e r ia ls , m e r c h a n d is e , equ ip m en t, o r w o r k e r s betw een v a rio u s ty p es o f e s ta b lish m en ts such as: M a n ufactu ring plants, fre ig h t d e p o ts , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o l e s a l e and r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , o r b e t w e e n r e t a i l e s t a b l i s 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 i n e s s . M a y a l s o l o 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 i c a l r e p a i r s , and k e e p t r u c k in g o o d w o r k i n g order. S a l e 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 are ex clu d ed . E x c l u d e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u t i e s i n v o l v e s h ip p in g and r e c e i v i n g w o r k ( s e e Sh ipp in g and R e c e i v i n g C l e r k and S h ip p in g P a c k e r ) , o r d e r f i l l i n g (se e O r d e r F il le r ), or operating po w e r tru ck s (se e P o w e r - T r u c k O p e r a to r ). ORDER FIL LE 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 i n i s 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 i s 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 l e s s l i p s , c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s , or other in stru ction s. M a y , in a d d it io n to f i l l i n g o r d e r s and i n d i cating it e m s fille d o r o m itt e d , k eep r e c o r d s o f outgoing o r d e r s , req u isitio n a d d i t i o 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 l i e s t o s u p e r v i s o r , and p e r f o r m o t h e r re la ted duties. 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 i p m e n t , as 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 t e d on th e b a s i s of t r a ile r ca p a city.) T r u c k d r i v e r , li gh t t r u c k ( u n d e r I V 2 t o n s ) T r u c k d r i v e r , m e d i u m t r u c k (1 V2 to and in c l u d i n g 4 t o n s ) T r u c k d r i v e r , h eavy tr u ck (tr a ile r) (o v e r 4 tons) T r u c k d r i v e r , h e a v y t r u c k ( o t h e r than t r a i l e r ) ( o v e r 4 t o n s ) SH IPPING P A C K E R P r e p a r e s fin ish ed p r o d u c ts f o r shipm en t o r sto ra g e by p la cin g them in s h ip p in g c o n t a i n e r s , the s p e c i f i c o p e r a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d e p e n d e n t upon th e t y p e , s i z e , and n u m b e r o f unit s to be p a c k e d , the ty p e o f c o n t a i n e r e m p l o y e d , and m e t h o d o f s h i p m e n t . W o r k r e q u i r e s the p l a c i n g o f i t e m s in s h ip p in g c o n t a i n e r s and m a y i n v o l v e o n e o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g : K n o w l e d g e o f v a r i o u s i t 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 i a t e ty p e and s i z e o f c o n t a i n e r ; i n s e r t i n g e n c l o s u r e s in c o n t a i n e r ; u s i n 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 to 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 l i n g c o n t a i n e r ; and a p p ly in g l a b e l s o r e n t e r i n g i d e n t i f y i n g da ta on c o n t a i n e r . Packers who a ls o m a k e w ooden b o x e s o r c r a t e s are exclu ded . SHIPPING 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 i s e f o r s h i p m e n t , o r r e c e i v e s and i s r e s p o n s i b l e fo r in c o m in g sh ip m en ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r oth er m a t e r ia ls . Sh ip p in g w o r k in v olv es: A k n o w l e 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 i l a b l e m e a n s o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , and r a t e s ; and p r e p a r i n g r e c o r d s o f th e g o o d s s h i p p e d , m a k i n g up b i l l s o f la d in g , p o s t i n g w e i g h t and s h ip p in g c h a r g e s , and k e e p i n 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 i n g the m e r c h a n d is e f o r shipm en t. R eceivin g w ork in v o lv e s : Verifyin g or d irectin 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 i p m e n t s 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 i n 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 t in g m e r c h a n d i s 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 i n t a 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 . F or wage stu dy p u r p o s e s , w orkers are cla ssified M A T E R I A L HANDLING L A B O R E R A w o r k e r e m p l o y e d in a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u f a c t u r i n g pla n t, s t o r e , o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t w h o s e d u t i e s i n v o l v e o n e o r m o r e o f the 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 i o u s m a t e r i a l s and m e r c h a n d i s e on o r f r o m f r e i g h t c a r s , tr u c k s , o r oth er tr a n s p o r t in g d e v i c e s ; unpacking, shelving, o r p lacin g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d i s e in p r o p e r s t o r a g e l o c a t i o n ; and t r a n s p o r t i n g m a t e r ia ls o r m e r c h a n d is e by handtruck, c a r , o r w h e e lb a r r o w . Longshore w o r k e r s , w h o lo a d and u n lo a d s h i p s , a r e e x c l u d e d . as f o l l o w s : Sh ipp in g c l e r k R eceiv in g cle rk Sh ipp in g and r e c e i v i n g c l e r k WAREHOUSEMAN P O W E R -T R U C K O P E R A T O R A s d i r e c t e d , p e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f w a r e h o u s i n g d u t ie s w h i c h r e q u i r e an u n d e r s t a n d i n 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 l a n . W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the f o l l o w i n g : V e r i f y i n g m a t e r i a l s ( o r m e r c h a n d i s e ) a g a i n 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 i n g d i s c r e p a n c i e s and o b v i o 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 i n g , o r p a l l e t i z i n 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 i n g and t a k i n g i n 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 i n i n g s t o r e d m a t e r i a l s and r e p o r t i n 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 i n 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 i n g it f o r s h i p m e n t . M a y o p e r a t e hand 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 i n g d u t ie s . O p era tes a m an ually c o n tr o lle d g a s o lin e - o r e l e c t r i c - p o w e r e d tru ck o r t r a c t o r to t r a n s p o r t g o o d s and m a t e r i a l s o f a l l k in d s a b o u t a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u f a c t u r i n g p la n t, o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t . truck, F o r w a g e s tu d y p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s as fo llo w s : are cla ssified F ork lift operator P o w e r - t r u c k o p e r a t o r ( o t h e r than f o r k l i f t ) 23 by ty p e o f p o w e r - GUARD AND WATCHMAN JAN ITO R, G uard. P e r f o r m s r o u t i n e p o l i c e d u t i e s , e i t h e r at f i x e d p o s t o r on to u r , m ain tain in g o r d e r , using 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 . In clud es g u a r d s w h o a r e s t a t i o n e d at g a te and c h e c k o n i d e n t i t y o f e m p l o y e e s and other p e r so n s en terin g . C l e a n s and k e e p s in an o r d e r l y c o n d i t i o n f a c t o r y w o r k i n 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 other esta b lish m en t. D u t ie s i n v o l v e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f the f o l l o w i n g : S w e e p i n g , m o p p i n g o r s c r u b b i n g , and p o l i s h i n g f l o o r s ; r e m o v i n g c h i p s , t r a s h , and o t h e r r e f u s e ; d u s t i n g e q u i p m e n t , f u r n i t u r e , o r f i x t u r e s ; p o l i s h i n 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 i d i n g s u p p l i e s and m i n o r m a i n t e n a n c e s e r v i c e s ; and c l e a n i n 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 r k e r s who s p e c ia liz e in w i n d o w w a s h i n g a r e e x c l u d e d . W atchm an. M akes rounds of p r e m is e s p r o p e r t y a g a i n s t f i r e , t h e f t , and i l l e g a l e n t r y . periodica lly in protectin g 2 4 P O R T E R , OR C L E A N E R Area Wage Surveys A l i s t o f th e l a t e s t a v a i la b l e b u lle t in s o r b u ll e t in s u p p le m e n t s is p r e s e n t e d b e lo w . A d i r e c t o r y o f a r e a w a g e s t u d i e s i n c l u d i n g m o r e l i m i t e d s t u d i e s c o n d u c t e d a t th e r e q u e s t o f th e E m p l o y m e n t S ta n d a rd s A d m in is tr a tio n o f th e D e p a rtm e n t o f L a b o r is a v a ila b le on re q u e s t. B u l l e t i n s m a y b e p u r c h a s e d f r o m a n y o f th e B L S r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s s h o w n o n t h e b a c k c o v e r . B u ll e t in s u p p l e m e n t s m a y b e o b t a i n e d w it h o u t c o s t , w h e r e i n d i c a t e d , f r o m B L S r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s . A rea 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 . 197 5 ____________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 0 , A lb a n y —S c h e n e cta d y —T r o y , N .Y ., Sept. 1975 1__________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 3 , A n a h e im —Santa A na—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 ay 1975 1 _________________________________________________________ _____ ____ 1 8 5 0 -2 5 , A u s tin , T e x ., D e c . 1975 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 i ll in 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 197 5 ________________________________________________________ 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 . 197 5 1__________________________________ ±____________________________ 1 850- 58, B u ffa lo , N .Y ., O ct. 1 9 7 5 1_____________________________________ T___________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 9 , C anton, O h io, M a y 1 9 7 5 ____________________________________________________________________Suppl. C h a tta n oog a , T en n .—G a ., Sept. 1975 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—K y.—I n d ., M a r. 1976__ __________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -7 , C le v e la n d , O h io, Sept. 1 9 7 5 _____________________ __________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 4 , C o 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. 1 9 7 5 1 _____________________________________________ ______ 1 8 5 0 -5 9 , D a v en p ort—R o c k Isla n d —M o lin e , Iow a—111., F e b . 1 9 7 5 _________________________________ Suppl. D a y ton , O h io, D e c . 1975------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 8 5 0 -7 3 , D ay ton a B e a ch , F l a . , A u g . 1975_______ ___________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 7 , D 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 i c h . , M a r . 1976 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 est P a lm B e a ch — B o c a R a ton , F l a . , A p r . 1975 1 ____________________________________ ,______________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 6 , F r e s n o , C a li f., June 1975 1________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 1 , G a i n e s v il le , F l a . , Sept. 1975 _____________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 7 , G r e e n B a y , W i s . , J u ly 1975 1 _____________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 4 , G r e e n s b o r o —W in s t o n -S a le m —H igh P o in t, N .C ., A ug. 197 5 __________________ _________ 1 8 5 0 -4 9 , G r e e n v ille —S p a rta n b u r g , S. C . , June 197 5 _______________________________________________ 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 t s v ille , A l a . , F e b . 1976 ____________________________________________________ ■ __________ 1 9 0 0 -1 7 , I n d ia n a p o lis , I n 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 . 1 9 7 6 ________________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -8 , J a c k s o n v ille , F l a . , 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 —F a y e t t e , K y ., N ov . 1975 1_____________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 4 , L o s A n g e le s —L on g B e a ch , C a l i f . , O ct. 1975 1 ___________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 6 , L o u i s v i l l 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 l a . , A u g . 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 4 , M e m p h is , T en n .—A r k .—M i s s ., N ov . 1975 ________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -8 5 , * Prices are determined by the Government Printing O ffice and are subject to change. 1 Data on establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions are also presented. 2 T o be surveyed, *. 45 c e n t s $ 1 .2 0 85 ce n ts $ 1 .0 0 75 ce n ts $ 1 .3 0 65 ce n ts 65 cen ts 95 ce n ts $ 1 .5 0 95 ce n ts F ree 85 ce n ts 85 cen ts 75 c e n ts $ 1 .3 0 95 ce n ts 65 cen ts $ 1 .5 0 F ree 45 c e n t s 65 ce n ts 75 ce n ts $ 1 .2 5 80 ce n ts $ 1 .2 0 $ 1 .1 0 80 cen ts 65 ce n ts 65 cen ts 55 ce n ts F ree 55 ce n ts 95 ce n ts 55 c e n t s 45 ce n ts 80 cen ts 75 ce n ts $ 1 .1 5 j 45 ce n ts 65 ce n ts 45 ce n ts ' A rea B u ll e t in n u m b e r and p r ic e * M ia m i, F l a . , O ct. 1975______________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 6 , 95 ce n ts M ilw a u k ee, W i s . , A p r . 1975 1______________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 1 , 85 ce n ts M in n e a p o lis —St. P a u l, M in n .—W i s ., Jan. 1976___________________ _____ __________ _____ ___ 1 9 0 0 -3 , 95 ce n ts N a ssa u —S u ffo lk , N .Y ., June 1975 1__________________________________ ____ ___________ _____ _ 1 8 5 0 -3 9 , $ 1 .0 0 N ew a rk , N .J ., Jan. 1976______________________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 0 , 85 ce n ts N ew O r le a n s , L a . , Jan. 1976 ______________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -2 , 7 5 ce n ts N ew Y o r k , N .Y .- N .J ., M a y 1975 1 _______________________________________ __________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 5 , $ 1 .1 0 N o r fo lk —V ir g in ia B ea ch —P o r t s m o u t h , V a .—N .C ., M ay 197 5 ____________________ _______ 1 8 5 0 -2 9 , 65 ce n ts 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 am pton, V a .—N. C ., M a y 197 5 __________________________________ ______________________ 1 8 5 0 -3 0 , 65 ce n ts 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 . 65 ce n ts O k la h om a C ity , Ok l a . , A u g . 1 9 7 5 ___________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 1 , 6 5 ce n ts O m ah a , N e b r.—Iow a, O ct. 1 9 7 5 _____________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 6 , $ 1 .1 0 P a t e r son—C lifto n —P a s s a ic , N. J . , June 197 5 1_____________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -3 8 , 89 ce n ts P h ila d e lp h ia , P a .—N. J . , N ov. 1975 ____________________ ____________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 5 , 85 ce n ts P itts b u r g h , P a . , Jan. 197 6 1_______________________________________________________ _________ 1 9 0 0 -1 , $ 1 .1 5 P o r t la n d , M a in e, N ov. 1975_________________________________________________________ ________ 1 8 5 0 -7 2 , 45 c e n t s P o r t la n d , O r e g .—W a s h ., M a y 197 5 ________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 0 , 7 5 ce n ts P o u g h k e e p s ie , N .Y ., June 1 975 1 ___________________________ ____ __________ ____ ___________ 1 8 5 0 -7 0 , 65 ce n ts P o u g h k e e p s ie —K in g s to n -N e w b u rg h , N .Y ., June 1 975 1 _________________________________ 1 85 0- 68, 75 c e n ts 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 197 5 ____________________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 7 75 ce n ts R a le ig h -D u r h a m , N. C ., F e b . 197 6 ________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 8 , 55 ce n ts R ich m o n d , V a ., June 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________________________ ________ 1 8 5 0 -4 1 6 5 ce n ts St. L o u is , M o .—111., M a r. 197 5 _____________________________________________ ____ __________ Suppl. F ree S a c r a m e n t o , C a l i f . , D e c . 197 5______________________________________________ _____________ 1 8 5 0 -8 7 , 45 ce n ts Sa gin a w , M i c h . , N ov . 1975___________________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 1 , 35 c e n t s S alt L ak e C ity^ O gd en , Utah, N ov. 1 9 7 5 1 _________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 4 , 75 ce n ts San A n to n io , T e x . , M a y 1975 ______________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -2 3 , 65 ce n ts San D ie g o , C a l i f . , N ov. 197 5_______________________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -7 7 , 45 ce n ts San F r a n c i s c o —O ak land, C a l i f . , M a r. 197 6_______________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -9 , 95 ce n ts San J o s e , C a l i f . , M a r . 197 6___ _____________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 3 , 65 ce n ts S ea ttle—E ve r e tt, W a sh ., Jan. 1 9 7 6 ________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -6 , 65 ce n ts South B e n d , I n d ., M a r. 1976 _______________________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -5 , 55 ce n ts S ta m fo r d , C onn. 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 , 65 ce n ts T o le d o , O hio—M i c h ., M ay 1975 1 _______________________________________ __ ______ __________ 1 8 5 0 -3 4 , 80 ce n ts T re n to n , N .J ., Sept. 1975 1 ______________ ___________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -6 0 , $ 1 .2 0 U tica —R o m e , N .Y ., J u ly 1975 1 _______ _____________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -4 8 , 80 ce n ts W a sh in gton , D .C .—M d.—V a ., M a t . 1976____________________________________________________ 1 9 0 0 -1 2 , 85 ce n ts W e s t c h e s t e r C ou n ty, N. Y . , M a y 197 5 1_____________________________________________________ 1 8 5 0 -5 3 , 80 ce n ts W ich ita , K a n s ., A p r . 1 9 7 5 __________________________________________________________________ Suppl. 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