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/ /C /C J - v & Area Wage Survey Westchester County, New York, May 1976 Bulletin 1900-46 U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Preface T h is b u lle t in p r o v i d e s r e s u l t s o f a M a y 1976 s u r v e y o f o c c u p a t io n a l e a r n in g s in W e s t c h e s t e r C o u n ty , N e w Y o r k . The 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 t i s t i c s ’ a n n u a l a r e a w a g e p r o g r a m , w h ic h is d e s ig n e d t o y ie ld d a ta f o r in d iv id u a l m e t r o p o l it a n a r e a s a s w e l l a s n a t io n a l a nd r e g i o n a l e s t im a t e s f o r a l l S ta n d a rd M e t r o p o lit a n S t a t is t ic a l A r e a s in th e U n ite d S t a te s , e x c lu d in g A la s k a an d H a w a ii. A m a j o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n in the a r e a w a g e s u r v e y p r o g r a m is th e n e e d to d e s c r i b e the 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 , th r o u g h th e a n a ly s is o f (1 ) th e l e v e l a n d d is t r ib u t io n o f w a g e s b y o c c u p a t io n , a nd (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 io 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 in f o r m a t io n th a t 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 lu d in g w a g e and s a l a r y a d m in is t r a t io n , c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a in in g , an d a s s i s t a n c e in d e t e r m in in g p la n t l o c a t i o n . S u r v e y r e s u l t s a l s o a r e 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 in a t io n s u n d e r th e S e r v i c e C o n t r a c t A c t o f 1 965. C u r r e n t ly , 84 a r e a s a r e in c lu d e d in th e p r o g r a m . (S ee l i s t o f a r e a s on in 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 io n a l e a r n in g s d a ta a r e c o l l e c t e d a n n u a lly . I n fo r m a t io n o n e s t a b l i s h m e n t p r a c t i c e s a nd s u p p le m e n t a r y w a g e b e n e f it s is o b ta in e d e v e r y t h ir d y e a r . E a c h y e a r a f t e r a l l in d iv id u a l a r e a w a g e s u r v e y s h a v e b e e n c o m p le t e d , tw o s u m m a r y b u lle t in s a r e i s s u e d . The fir s t b r in g s t o g e t h e r d a ta f o r e a c h m e t r o p o l it a n a r e a s u r v e y e d ; the s e c o n d p r e s e n t s n a t io n a l and r e g i o n a l e s t i m a t e s , p r o j e c t e d f r o m in d iv id u a l m e t r o p o l it a n a r e a d a ta . T h e W e s t c h e s t e r C o u n ty 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 N e w Y o r k , N . Y ., 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 A n th o n y J . F e r r a r a , A s s i s t a n t R e g io n a l C o m m i s s i o n e r f o r O p e r a t io n s . T h e s u r v e y c o u ld 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 an d s a l a r y d a ta p r o v id e d th e b a s is f o r th e s t a t i s t i c a l in f o r m a t io n in th is b u lle t in . T h e B u r e a u w is h e s t o e x p r e s s s i n c e r e a p p r e c ia t io n f o r th e c o o p e r a t i o n r e c e i v e d . Bulletin 1900-46 A rea W age S urvey: November 1976 W estchester County, N ew York, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, W. J. Usery, Jr., Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, Julius Shiskin, Commissioner M ay 1976 Contents Page I n t r o d u c t i o n ____________________________________ 2 Page A p p en d ix A . A p p en d ix B . S c o p e a n 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 arn in g s: A - l . W e e k ly earn in g s of o ffice w o r k e r s ... A -2 . W e e k ly earn in g s of p r o fe s s io n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l w o r k e r s _____________ A - 3 . A v e r a g e w e e k ly earn in g s of o ffic e , p r o f e s s i o n a l , and t e c h n ic a l w o r k e r s , b y s e x __________________ A -4 . H o u rly earn in g s of m ain ten a n ce, to o lro o m , and p o w erp lan t w o r k e r s _________________________________ A -5. A -6. A -l. 3 5 6 7 H o u rly e a rn in g s of m a t e r ia l m o v e m e n t and c u s t o d ia l 8 w o r k e r s ___________________________ A v e r a g e h o u rly earn in g s of m ain ten an ce, to o lro o m , p o w e rp la n t, m a t e r i a l m o v e m e n t , and c u s t o d i a l w o r k e r s , b y s e x _________ 9 P e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s in a v e r a g e h o u rly earn in g s fo r se le cte d o c c u p a tio n a l g ro u p s , a d ju sted 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 o f D ocum ents, U .S . G overnm ent Printing O ffic e , Washington, D. C. 20402, GPO Bookstores, or BLS R egional O ffices listed on back cover. Price 55 cents. M ake checks payable to Superintendent o f D ocum ents. Introduction T h is area is 1 o f 84 i n w h i c h t h e U . S . D e p a rtm en t of L a b o r 's B u re au of L a b o r S ta tistics co n d u cts s u r v e y s of o c c u p a tio n a l e a r n in g s and r e la te d b e n e fits. In t h i s a r e a , d a t a w e r e o b t a i n e d b y a c o m b in a tio n of p e r s o n a l v is it , m a il q u e s tio n n a ire , and te le p h o n e in te rv ie w . R e p resen ta tive e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith in s ix b ro a d in d u s tr y d iv is io n s w e r e c o n tacted : M an u factu rin g; tra n sp o rtatio n , c o m m u n ic a tion , and oth er p u b lic u tilitie s ; w h o le s a le tra d e ; r e ta il tra d e ; fin a n ce, in su ra n ce, and r e a l e sta te ; and s e r v ic e s . M a jo r in d u stry group s exclu d ed fr o m th ese stu dies a r e g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a t io n s and the c o n s tr u c tio n and e x t r a c t iv e in d u s tr ie s . E sta b lish m e n ts h av 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 of w o r k e r s a r e o m itted b e c a u s e of in s u ffic ie n t e m p lo y m e n t in th e o c c u p a t io n s stu d ie d . S e p a ra te ta b u la t i o n s a r e p r o v i d e d f o r e a c h of the b r o a d i n d u s t r y d iv is io n s w h ich m e e t p u b lica tio n c r ite r ia . ( c ) m a i n t e n a n c e , t o o l r o o m , a n d p o w e r p l a n t , a n d (d) m a t e r ia l m o v e m e n t and c u s to d ia l. In t h e 31 l a r g e s t survey areas, ta b les A - l a th ro u gh A - 6 a p ro vid e s i m i l a r d a t a f o r e s t a b l i s h m e n t s e m p l o y i n g 500 w o r k ers or m ore. T a b l e A - 7 p r o v i d e s p e r c e n t c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e h o u rly e a rn in g s of office c le r ic a l w o r k e r s , e le c tro n ic data p r o c e s s i n g w o r k e r s , in d u stria l n urses, s k ille d m ain ten a n ce tra d e s w o r k e r s , and u n s k ille d p la n t w o r k e r s . W h ere p o s s ib le , data a re presen ted for a ll in d u strie s, m an u factu rin g , and n o n m a n u factu rin g . T h is ta b le p r o v id e s a m e a s u r e of w a g e tr e n d s a f t e r e lim in a tio n of c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e e a r n in g s c a u se d by em p lo y m e n t sh ifts a m on g e s ta b lis h m e n ts a s w e ll a s tu r n o v e r of e s ta b lis h m e n ts in c lu d e d in s u r v e y s a m p l e s . F o r fu rth e r d eta ils, see a p p e n d ix A . A p p en d ix es A - s e r i e s ta b les T a b le s A - 1 th ro u gh A -6 p ro vid e e s tim a te s of stra ig h t-tim e w e e k ly o r h o u rly earn in g s fo 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 of m a n u fa c tu r in g and n o n m a n u fa c tu rin g in d u s tr ie s . O ccupa t io n s w e r e s e l e c t e d f r o m the f o l lo w in g c a t e g o r i e s : ( a ) O f f i c e c l e r i c a l , -(b ) p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d t e c h n i c a l , 2 A p p e n d ix A d e s c r i b e s the m e th o d s a n d c o n c e p t s u s e d in th e 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 th e s c o p e o f th e s u r v e y . A p p e n d ix B p r o v id e s jo b 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 ie ld e c o n o m is t s to c l a s s i f y w o r k e r s b y o ccu p a tio n . A. Earnings Table A-1. Weekly earnings of office workers in Westchester County, N.Y., May 1976 W eek ly earnings (standard) N L O ccu p a tion and in d u s tr y d iv is io n workere A vera ge w eek ly h ours1 (standard) 1 N u m ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e w e e k ly earn in gs o f - $ 90 M ean * M edian * M iddle ranged S $ 100 no S 120 ss 130 130 140150 160 s $ S 1180 190 2 0 0 70 160 170 1800 19 186 240 114185 72 55 S S 1150 40 S S S 220 240 S $ S i 1 --- s S 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 and under 100 and 110 120 200220 240 239 1 4 64 8 4 1 48121 3 2 3 91 2 51 6 1 345 234 111 260 280 33 2 0 00 340 75 55 20 19 3 8 0 over 360 ALL WORKERS 2 ,5 5 9 1 ,7 1 6 843 3 6 .5 I l 5 .5 0f i o .o o 1 7 9 .5 0 - 2 4 4 .0 0 3 6 •0 2 1 8 . 5 0 2 1 1 . 0 0 1 8 2 . 0 0 2- 4 6 . 0 0 3 6 .5 2 1 0 . 0 20 0 6 . 0 0 1 7 2 . 0 0 2- 4 0 . 0 0 SECRETARIES. CLASS A -----------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------ 275 101 3 6 .5 2 8 8 .0 0 2 8 8 .0 0 2 5 0 .0 0 - 3 1 9 .0 0 3 7 .0 2 7 6 2. 5 0 . 5 0 8 2 3 1 . 3 0 9- . 0 0 0 SECRETARIES, CLASS 8 -----------MANUFACTURING -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------ 659 441 218 3 6 . 5 2 4 0 . 5 0 2 4 6 . 0 0 2 1 0 . 0 0 2- 7 2 . 0 0 3 6 .0 2 4 5 . 5 20 4 9 . 0 0 2 1 3 . 0 0 - 2 7 5 . 0 0 3 7 .0 2 3 0 . 5 20 3 5 . 0 0 1 9 5 . 0 0 2- 6 7 . 0 0 SECRETARIES, CLASS C ----------m a n u f a c t u r in g -----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 858 678 180 3 6 .5 2 0 7 . 5 20 1 1 . 0 0 1 8 4 . 5 0 - 2 2 9 . 0 0 3 6 .0 2 0 6 . 0 20 0 9 . 0 0 1 8 2 . 5 0 - 2 2 6 . 0 0 3 8 . 0 2 1 3 . 5 0 2 1 7 . 0 0 2 0 1 . 0 0 2- 3 4 . 5 0 SECRETARIES, CLASS 0 ----------MANUFACTURING-----------------------NONMANUFACTURING ----------------- 767 423 344 STENOGRAPHERS, GENERAL --------— NONMANUFACTURING ------------------ SECRETARIES ----------------------------------MANUFACTURING ------------------------NONMANUFACTURING ------- ---------- - - - 3 - 19 5 14 - _ . - 3 23 7 16 70 28 42 100 59 41 - - _ . - - . 9 - - - - - - - 10 4 6 19 12 7 60 24 336 74 46 28 122 58 43 25 39 13 41 11 21 9 1 - 1 1 8 8 7 7 111 62 * - “ 119 85 34 79 66 * 34 29 5 22 21 15 17 14 14 31 17 7 * - * - 3 - . 4 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 3 6 .0 1 7 7 .5 0 1 7 7 .0 0 1 6 0 .0 0 - 1 9 7 .5 0 3 6 .5 1 7 9 .0 0 1 7 6 .0 0 1 6 1 .0 0 - 1 9 7 .0 0 3 5 .5 1 7 5 1. 7 7 . 0 0 1 6 0 . 0 0 1- 9 8 . 5 0 50 - . _ - - 19 5 - 14 10 7 172 81 3 7 . 1 5 4 . 5 0 1 5 4 . 5 0 1 4 6 . C O1- 6 5 . 0 0 0 3 7 . 5 1 4 9 . 0 0 1 4 6 . 0 0 1 3 9 . 5 0 1- 6 2 . 0 0 . . - - 12 12 6 5 STENOGRAPHERS, SENIOR MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING ----- 451 310 141 3 7 .5 1 8 6 .5 0 1 8 5 .0 0 1 7 5 .0 0 - 1 9 6 .0 0 3 7 .0 1 8 5 1. 0 0 . 0 0 1 7 5 . 0 0 1- 9 5 . 0 0 86 3 8 .0 1 8 9 . 0 10 8 3 . 0 0 1 7 5 . 0 0 - 2 0 1 . 0 0 • . - - - - - - * - TY PIST S, CLASS A ----------MANUFACTURING ----------NONMANUFACTURING — 131 102 29 3 6 .5 1 7 2 .0 0 1 7 0 .0 0 1 5 2 .0 0 - 1 9 0 .0 0 3 6 . 1 6 4 . CO 1 6 5 . CO 1 4 9 . 0 0 - 1 8 0 . 0 0 0 3 7 . 5 2 0 0 . 5 0 1 9 8 . 0 0 1 9 1 . 5 0 2- 0 0 . 5 0 - • . - - - - - T Y P IST S, CLASS B ----------MANUFACTURING ----------n o n m a n u f a c tu r in g ----- 213 73 140 3 6 . 15 3 8 . 0 0 1 3 6 . 5 0 1 2 8 . 0 0 - 1 4 5 . 0 0 3 6 . 1 3 8 . 0 0 1 3 7 . 0 0 1 2 8 . 5 0 1- 4 7 . 0 0 5 3 6 . 0 1 3 8 . 0 0 1 3 3 . 5 0 1 2 8 . 0 0 1- 4 5 . CO - 6 2 26 FILE CLERKS, CLASS C MANUFACTURING --------NONMANUFACTURING — n o 43 67 MESSENGERS ------------------ — MANUFACTURING --------- 89 65 SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS MANUFACTURING ------NONMANUFACTURING ------------------------------ 3 6 . 5 1 5 5 . 0 0 1 5 3 . 5 0 1 2 1 . 0 0 1- 7 6 . 0 0 - - 34 26 8 93 74 19 75 82 71 4 4 56 51 5 234 179 55 122136 88 66 64 34 70 51 39 12 142 67 75 32 15 6 12 12 5 5 12 12 * * - 12 9 3 40 11 29 59 17 56 20 42 36 21 8 13 - 10 28 131 69 62 3 7 . 0 1 5 5 . 5 0 1 5 5 . 0 0 1 3 8 . 0 0 1- 7 0 . 5 0 3 6 .0 1 6 3 . 0 10 6 1 . 0 0 1 4 7 . 0 0 1- 8 1 . 5 0 3 7 . 5 1 4 7 . 0 0 1 4 3 . 0 0 1 2 6 . 5 0 1- 6 0 . 0 0 4 - - 4 18 10 a 7 14 SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR-RECEPTIONISTSMANUFACTURING---------------- — -------- -------NONMANUFACTURING---------------- -------- ----- 171 67 104 3 6 . 0 1 4 8 . 0 0 1 5 0 . 0 0 1 3 5 . 0 0 1- 6 0 . 0 0 3 6 . 0 1 5 6 . 5 0 1 5 9 . 0 0 1 3 3 . 5 0 1- 6 4 . 0 0 3 6 . 0 1 A 2 . 5 0 1 5 0 . 0 0 1 3 7 . 0 0 1- 5 5 . 0 0 15 3 12 ORDER CLERKS 131 3 8 . 5 1 4 0 . 5 0 1 3 5 . 0 0 1 2 5 . 0 0 1- 3 5 . 0 0 4 30 23 4 3 - 10 1 9 - - 22 _ - 7 - - - - “ * 22 * 37 25 12 11 4 30 56 ' 4 2 9 8 - 85 48 13 37 11 2 3 2 - 4 4 9 13 1 15 17 4 4 9 1 12 10 3 2 1 1 - • • 8 1 - - - - - • - - 1 - - • - • - - _ 1 • - . - - - - - - - - - • 2 4 2 1 - 1 4 - - - 9 1 4 - _ 1 - 1 1 - • - - - _ - - - - - - _ - _ - - 1 - - - - 4 4 - - 3 2 2 1 5 5 1 2 2 2 1 11 7 27 7 4 7 4 9 8 73 1 1 6 3 1 12 - - - - 4 51 8 43 - - 2 1 • 1 - - - * - - - - - - - • - - - - _ - - - - . - 1 1 7 18 4 35 21 14 * 2 4 3 4 - - - - - “ * - * . - - - - - - - * * * * 1 12 3 8 8 2 1 ' See fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s . 5 24 18 6 2 3 2 - 2 1 1 - 3 12 17 6 1 - 11 7 1 23 2 2 18 17 7 5 91 70 21 17 16 29 26 52 26 48 21 13 9 126123 47 97 77 37 29 46 * 32 7 11 6 72 9 4 - 2 2 16 87 210 156 54 20 3 7 6 6 10 7 84 2 4 3 6 . 5 1 2 8 . 5 0 1 2 5 . CO 1 1 2 . 0 0 1- 3 4 . 0 0 3 7 . 0 1 2 2 . 5 0 1 2 3 . 0 0 1 0 6 . 5 0 1- 2 9 . 0 0 22 12 1 28 14 2 2 - - 36 6 5 49 4 2 170 17 10 28 11 11 77 58 86 52 14 12 2 3 5 .5 1 1 8 .5 0 1 1 2 .0 0 1 0 9 .5 0 - 1 2 5 .0 0 3 5 . 0 1 2 5 . 0 0 1 1 3 . 0 0 1 0 5 . 0 0 1- 2 8 . 0 0 3 5 . 5 1 1 4 . 0 0 1 1 2 . 0 0 1 0 9 . 5 0 1- 1 9 . 0 0 10 15 12 2 2 - - 7 4 5 . - - 4 _ 7 1 6 9 FILE CLERKS, CLASS 8 - 2 252 11 4 5 61 1 85 9 9 101 67 62 44 3 ' 1 ' ' T ab le A-1. W e e kly earnings of o ffic e w o rkers in W e s tc h es te r C ounty, N .Y ., M a y 1 97 6 — C ontinu ed N u m b e r o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e w e e k ly ea rn in gs o f— Number of w ork en A v era g e w eek ly h ours1 (standard) S S S $ $ $ $ i S S $ S s S s $ S S % $ S 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 100 O ccu p a tion and in d u s tr y d iv is io n no 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 3*0 360 380 over 26 5 6 19 31 11 27 24 15 23 9 5 1 2 5 1 - - - - - 88 24 30 17 37 22 21 15 107 3 i 10 - 1 - - - - - - 19 32 21 11 26 22 32 28 64 47 18 29 36 32 4 90 M ean * M e d ia n * M iddle ranged and under and ALL WORKERS— CONTINUED $ w MANUFACTURING ---------------------------------------------------- $ $ 182 3 6 .5 1 8 4 .0 0 1 8 1 .5 0 1 5 9 ,5 0 - 2 0 0 .0 0 - - - - 6 18 164 t.07 3 7 .0 1 5 5 .0 0 1 5 3 .0 0 1 6 0 .0 0 1 3 5 .0 0 1 5 0 .0 0 - - 4 8 13 32 14 1 3 3 .0 0 AvwUUN 1 i NO LL L<' ^ j i L L A A m a n u f a c t u r in g -------------------------------------- $ 1 3 5 .0 0 1 3 5 .0 0 1 1 5 .0 0 - 1 4 7 .0 0 1 7 3 .5 0 2 1 1 .5 0 BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE o p e r a t o r s . PvLT r U N t ' ' w* L K A 1 U K j f LL Aj j £ J 1 7 0 .0 0 A 21 1 4 8 .0 0 NONMANUFACTj R I N G ------------------------------------------- C j g 138 1 3 0 .5 0 - 1 8 0 .0 0 I 6 0 T 00 - - 10 See fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s . 24 65 1 2 0 . 0 0 - 1 6 7 . o0 3 6 l 0 1 5 8 .0 0 4 21 24 37 26 6 22 6 1 17 28 9 28 i T ab le A -2 . W e e kly earnings of professional and technical w orkers in W estchester C ounty, N .Y ., M a y 1976 W eek ly earnings 1 (standard) Number of w ork en O ccu p a tion and in d u s tr y d iv is io n A verage w eek ly H ur1 o (standard) N um ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e w e e k ly e a rn in g s of— 1 i — no M ean * M edian * M iddle ranged $ $ 120 130 140 150 160 170 130 140 150 160 170 180 1 ------ - s -s S 180 190 220 200 S 240 1 ------- S S s 1 ------' S S s T -----260 280 300 340 380 400 440 320 360 and u nd er 120 a LL S S S and 190 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 36P 380 400 440 over 2 2 21 21 5 5 27 18 24 24 *60 59 5 * WORKERS COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS " D u*J l l i L • v v ls A w w A $ 4 2 1 .0 0 141 129 3 7 .0 56 45 3 7 .0 3 7 .5 62 37^ 5 3 2 4 .5 0 75 " 2 7 1 .5 0 $ $_ $ 2 4 3 3 .0 0 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS 3 5 0 .0 0 3 4 2 .5 0 3 5 0 • 50 3 0 9 . 0 0 3 0 9 .0 0 - 3 3 3 2 3 3 8 7 4 3 11 9 7 7 8 8 3 3 1 1 3 8 2 .0 0 3 7 9 .5 0 4 1 25 11 26 6 43 7 30 7 30 17 12 8 1 1 3 3 1 COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU SIN E SS), 310 #50 c o o * j 0 wJ*MJ*OO 327 *50 2 9 3 .5 0 - 3 5 0 .0 0 COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU SIN E SS) , 3 2 1 19 14 5 29 15 14 21 12 9 19 17 2 11 10 1 4 2 2 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 - 1 1 llU rin M P lU r A v 1 U n i l l U 265*00 "" COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU SIN E SS) • CLASS Cl - 157 3 7 .5 48 2 0 2 .0 0 1 8 5 .0 0 - 2 4 5 .0 0 279*00 2 1 7 .5 0 A drafters, class 8 ------------------------- ----------------------- 37 3 8 .5 2 5 4 .5 0 2 4 8 .5 0 2 2 0 .0 0 - 2 8 4 .0 0 12 6 5 2 2 - - _ - - - - - 7 6 1 12 10 2 33 30 3 49 39 10 44 39 5 23 18 5 . - 5 5 - • 39 39 • - 1 1 - • - - - 36 19 17 26 20 55 32 23 12 8 4 14 13 1 4 3 1 24 24 . - 6 36 25 11 - 3 3 - 1 8 8 6 46 5 9 5 8 5 6 4 1 - - - - - - - - 8 7 8 4 3 7 - - - - - - - - DRAFTERS, CLASS C ------------------------------------------------- 109 3 8 .0 1 9 3 .0 0 1 7 5 .0 0 1 6 3 .5 0 - 2 3 1 .5 0 - 2 3 0 .0 0 “ 8 2 6 9 8 1 11 * 30 27 3 5 11 31 2 - . 4 - 8 4 14 11 4 3 3 3 4 4 1 1 • • • • 40 at $ 4 4 0 to $ 4 8 0 ; 2 2 0 . 0 0 - 2 6 9 . CO 18 at $ 48 0 to $ 5 2 0 ; and 2 at $ 5 2 0 to $ 5 6 0 . S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s . 1 - 5 vLA j j * W o r k e r s w e r e d is trib u te d as fo llo w s : - 2 4 7 .5 0 - 3 1 1 .0 0 - U K A r 1C K i j . 26 - - m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------- -------------------------- - - 23^ #0 0 2 3 3 * 0 0 - 1 1 1 9 4 .5 0 - 2 2 4 .5 0 - - 1 2 0 3 .0 0 5 - - - - Table A -3 . Average w e e k ly earnings of office, professional, and technical w orkers, by sex, in W estch ester C ounty, N .Y ,, M a y 1976 S ex, 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - W eek ly hours [standard) * W eek ly earn in gs1 (standard) HEN $ 1 2 0 .5 0 ACCOUNTING CLERKS. CLASS At A vera ge (m e a n 2 ) A verage (m e a n 2 ) A v era g e (m e a n 2 ) Number of w o ik e n Sex, 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMENr-CONTINUEO Number of workeis N um ber W eek ly hours 1 (standard) W eek ly earnings1 (standard) - S ex, 3 o c cu p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n _____ [COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS W OMEN _____ o pe rato r- r e c e p t io n is t s - SECRETARIES? CLASS C ._ vLAbb 275 3 6 .5 O 122 3 8 .5 1 3 4 .5 0 33 229 141 88 3 6 .5 3 6 .5 3 6 .0 1 8 2 .0 0 1 8 1 .0 0 1 8 3 .5 0 166 404 135 269 2 8 8 .0 0 ^ 7 6 . _>0 3 6 .0 3 7 .5 1 6 6 .5 0 1 5 2 .5 0 3 6 .0 1 3 4 .5 0 1 2 9 .5 0 632 414 218 3 6 .5 3 6 .5 3 7 .0 2 4 2 .0 0 2 4 8 .0 0 2 3 0 .5 0 805 627 3 6 .5 3 6 .0 2 0 9 .0 0 2 0 8 .0 0 3 6 .0 3 6 .5 1 7 8 .0 0 1 8 0 .0 0 73 1 5 4 .5 0 1 4 9 .0 0 293 253 40 36 0 1 7 1 .0 0 3 6 * 0 1 7 2 .0 0 3 6 .0 1 6 4 .5 0 203 3 6 .0 3 6 .0 NONMANUFACTURING 36 • 0 38*0 2 4 0 .5 0 38 • 2 3 4 .0 0 5 2 1 2 .5 0 2 2 0 .00 , ,_ BOOKKEEPING-MACHINE OPERATORS* 170 80 t y p is t s , 3 7 .0 3 7 .5 309 1 d i U u K M r I 1L K j f 3 7 . D 1 8 5 lo S 1 8 9 .0 0 125 3 6 .5 class a vL g |j f 2 8 2 .0 0 34 2 5 5 .0 0 1 9 1 .0 0 3 2 5 .5 0 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS - W OMEN 1 7 2 .0 0 . MEN CLASS A 106 f 39.0 55 ml r 0 ........ ... T u r r e i 309 00 JO.O i 1L l _ 21 1 4 1 .0 0 1 5 8 .0 0 U ---------------------------------------------------- OCCUPATIONS i _ 1 UK 27 1Tr JbbtbO 35 1 4 6 .0 0 1 5 6 .5 0 749 405 344 ----------------------- n o n m a n u f a c tu r in g _ JiHoUU s w it c h b o a r d — W eek ly earnings 1 (standard) - , __ ^„ lt6 2 0 SECRETARIES* CLASS A W eekly hours 1 standard) PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS - MEN— CONTINUED $ 1 1 8 .5 0 COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS (BU SIN E SS) » OFFICE OCCUPATIONS - of w o ik e n LLH sjj J 3G '■ 1 5 5 .0 0 * J ____ See fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s . 4 2 9 .0 0 6 Table A -4 . H ourly earnings of m a in ten a n c e , toolroom , and p o w e rp la n t w orkers in W estch ester C ounty, N .Y ., M a y 1976 4 $ 4 .8 0 1 4 . 9 0 5 .0 0 $ 5 .1 0 N u m ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e w e e k ly e a rn in g s o f— s S $ S S S 5 S 1 1 5 .2 0 5 . 30 5 . 4 0 5 .5 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 4 .8 0 Hourly earnings 4 .9 0 5 .0 0 5 .1 0 5»2 0 5 ,3 0 - - - 1 - 7 - 6 6 3 3 S O ccup ation and industry d iv isio n of workers 4 .7 0 M ean2 M edian 2 M iddle range 2 S S S 7 .2 0 5 S 7 .4 0 7 .6 0 * 7 .8 0 * 8 .0 0 8 .2 0 7 .6 0 7 .8 0 8 .0 0 8 .2 0 over — * 9 9 * * 2 * . and under 5 .6 0 5 .8 0 6 .0 0 6 ,2 0 6 ,4 0 6 .6 0 6 .8 0 7 ,0 0 7 .2 0 7 .4 0 * * - - 21 21 * * 3 * * - - 5 . 40 5 ,5 0 27 27 6 6 53 53 21 21 _ _ . • * 5 * . “ * - * * 32 32 * 3 * 15 26 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 136 134 4 4 - 21 21 - - * 6 4 - “ - - - 1 1 A L WR E S L OKR M IN E A C C R N R ------------------------A T N N E A PE TE S M N F C U IN ------------------------------------A UA T R G 54 41 $ 6 .2 7 6 .3 0 $ 6 .2 0 6 .2 0 $ $ 5 . 3 8 - 6 .7 2 5 . 4 8 - 6 .2 0 2 2 M IN E A C ELECTRICIANS -------------------A TNNE M N F C U IN ------------------------------------A UA T R G 152 141 6 .4 8 6 .4 5 6 .0 3 6 .0 3 5 .9 8 6 .0 3 - 6 .8 9 6 .5 3 * - 2 2 - - - 3 * - M IN E A C MACHINISTS---------------------— A TNNE 55 5 .7 1 5 .6 3 5 .6 3 - 5 .8 7 - - - 2 - - - 8 M IN E A C M C A IC (M C IN Y) A T N N E E H N S A H ER M N F C U IN ---------------------A UA T R G 182 178 5 .8 0 5 .7 8 5 .7 7 5 .7 7 5 . 6 1 - 5 .7 7 5 .6 1 - 5 .7 7 * 8 8 - - - - 6 6 - M IN E A C M C A IC A TNNE EHN S (M T R VEH OO ICLES) --------------------NN AU C R G O M N FA TU IN --------- ' ------PU BLIC UTILITIES ---------------- 149 132 125 7 .0 7 7 .0 1 7 . Cl 7 .2 5 7 .1 0 7 .0 1 6 .4 6 6 .4 6 6 .6 1 - 7 .7 0 7 .2 5 7 .2 5 2 - - - 3 3 - - - - - 1 - 6 6 6 * * 2 1 1 10 10 10 14 14 14 26 26 26 5 5 5 3 3 3 38 38 38 - 12 3 3 1 1 1 18 18 18 8 4 * 75 6 .7 0 6 .8 9 5 .5 7 - 7 .6 5 * - - * 3 2 " 1 21 3 “ 4 * 3 * 2 * * * 27 2 5 2 STA N RY E G E R TIO A N IN E S ----------------- • See fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s . 7 3 T able A -5 . Hourly earnings o f m a te ria l m ovem ent and custodial w o rkers in W estchester C ounty, N .Y ., M a y 1976 N u m ber o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s t r a ig h t-t im e h o u r ly e a rn in g s o f — Hourly earnings 4 O ccu p ation and in du stry d iv is io n 1 M ean 2 M edian M id d le range 2 S 1 2 .2 0 Number o fv ! 2 .^ 0 I 2 .6 0 I 2 .6 0 $ S 3 .0 0 I 5 3 .2 0 S S 3 .4 0 5 $ 3 .6 0 I $ 3 .8 0 I S 4 .0 0 I 4 .2 0 $ s $ 4 64. 0 0 6 . 4 04 . 6 .8 0 . 0 and under 2 .4 0 0 7 .2 0 . 6 0 and 2 .6 0 2 .8 0 3 .0 0 3 .4 0 3 .2 0 3 .6 0 3 .8 0 4 .0 0 4 .2 0 4 .4 0 4 .6 0 4 .8 0 5 ,2 0 5.4 Q 5 ,6 0 5 ,8 0 16 15 91 91 1 5 .0 0 1 6 .0 0 6 .4 0 6 .8 0 7 .2 0 over. ALL WORKERS $ $ $ $ 8 1 1 1 1 12 16 38 133 TRUCKDRIVERS, HEAVY TRUCK (TRAILER) TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK tT J T n L K 1MAN 1H A lL L 't > 18 1 b n l r r IN w A *»U K t L L 1 V 1 I.U 1 14 L L L f 'iV i 174 2 .9 5 2 .9 5 - 78 17 3 .1 9 19 17 51 40 3 1 UKULH r 1 L L l.K j * 16 200 130 r V /K ftL 1 r 1 4 I 33- 4 .5 2 5 .7 6 5 .3 0 - 4 .8 1 6 .8 9 86 17 2 .5 0 - 2 .9 5 C• L • 2^ 8 16 12 24 14 32 38 69 65 10 30 18 1 1 1 1 1 1 39 4j 1 1 U r t i'H 1U K i 1 1 1 0 48 27 1 * 274 2 .3 4 - 3 .0 0 5 .2 4 - 3 .7 5 52 77 11 18 9 6 .6 9 2 .5 4 - 151 Q 0 JANITORS. PORTERS. AND CLEANERS ------ 2 ,7 2 4 1 3 .0 0 203 571 198 106 620 r iU n m A IN U r A L 1 U K l r v j * W o r k e r s w e r e d is trib u te d as fo llo w s : 50 at $ 8 to $ 8 .4 0 ; and 14 at $ 8 .8 0 to $ 9 .2 0 . S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s . 8 246 79 233 3 .2 3 13 1 GUARDS* 85 1 70 85 16 10 392 177 215 1 9 19 2 1 10 71 * 30 10 4 1 1 1 5 80 6 - _ Table A-6. Average hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, powerplant, material movement, and custodial workers. by sex, in Westchester County, N.Y., May 1976 S ex, 3 Number of workers o c c u p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n A vera ge (m e a n 2 ) hourly earnings4 MAINTENANCE. TOOLROOM. AND POWERPLANT OCCUPATIONS - MEN m a t e r ia l movement OCCUPATIONS 54 Number of workers Sex, 3 o c c u p a tio n , and in d u stry d iv is io n and A verage (m e a n 2 ) hourly earnings 4 c u s t o d ia l MEN— CONTINUED $ 6 .2 7 $ 3* 14 5 .0 0 c l A I N 1Li iAHv C- 141 . . T . _______ _ 6 48 6 .4 5 5 .4 9 ,,,r ■ H l r r X it w j (MACHINERY) - 182 178 5 .8 0 5 .7 8 125 MAINTENANCE MECHANICS r Mbit L n J " " " " ® 11 r ®B* ■■■■■ ™A 1 l n i A L n Ml ’t U u 1 n ib L A o U H tr'i " " " 1" 7 .0 1 ■ t n U | U V L ' >1 v L C j i K r ur<r\L x r 1 U* t ' ' A 1 UKj _ u" 1 ■ mm "*" 40 • 0 1 '■*36 X u 1 .0 8 6 MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL OCCUPATIONS - M EN GUARDS: 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 595 5 .7 7 229 TRUCKDRIVERS JANITORS* PORTERS* AND CLEANERS 5 .5 9 2 .1 8 4 3 .3 0 6*82 -------- TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL OCCUPATIONS - W OMEN TRUCKDRIVERS. HEAVY TRUCK I v i Ty » it 1 M AN 1HA 1 . 3 .0 5 03 K t v u I V I I yw ULu K* j JANITORS. PORTERS* AND CLEANERS See fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s . 9 — 540 2 .9 3 Table A-7. Percent increases in average hourly earnings for selected occupational groups, adjusted for employment shifts, in Westchester County, N.Y., for selected periods In d u stry and o c c u p a tio n a l gro u p (m e n and w o m e n com b in ed ) M ay 1975 to M ay 1976 A ll in d u s tr ie s : 6.2 E le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s i n g ___ ________ __ _____ ________ ___ In d u s tria l n u r s e s _______________________________ _________________ S k ille d m ain ten an ce tr a d e s ________________________ ______ ______ 7.3 7.4 6.2 7.3 M anufacturin g: O ffic e c l e r i c a l 6.9 5.3 8.4 U n sk illed plant w o r k e r s ___________ ________ ________ .. 5.6 6.4 „ N on m an u factu rin g : O ffic e c le r ic a l!---------------------- ----------------------------- — — — — — I n d u s tria l n u r s e s ___________ _______________ ____________ U n sk ille d plant w o r k e r s ____________________________ * .. 5.2 * * * 7.7 ___ _____________ Data d o not m e e t p u b lica tio n c r it e r i a . Footnotes1 4 * 1 Standard h ou rs r e fle c t the w o rk w e e k fo r w hich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e th eir r e g u la r s t r a ig h t-t im e to th ese w eek ly h ou rs. s a la r ie s (e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e r t im e at r e g u la r a n d /o r p r em iu m r a te s ) ' and the e a rn in g s c o r r e s o o n d & r , , \ fThe m ean i s co rn Puted f o r e a ch i ° b b y to ta lin g the e a rn in g s o f a ll w o r k e r s and d ivid in g by the n u m b er o f w o r k e r s . Th e m e d ia n d e s ig n a te s p o s itio n — h a lf o f the e m p lo y e e s su rv ey ed r e c e iv e m o r e and h alf r e c e iv e le s s than the rate show n. The m id d le ran ge is d efin ed by 2 r a te s o f pay; a fou rth o f the w o r k e r s e a rn le s s than the lo w e r o f th ese r a te s and a fou rth e a rn m o r e than the h igh er rate E a rn in g s data r e la te o n ly to w o r k e r s w h ose se x id e n tific a tio n w as p r o v id e d by the e s ta b lis h m e n t. 4 E x clu d es p r em iu m pay fo r o v e r t im e and fo r w o rk on w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and late s h ifts . 10 Appendix A A r e a w a g e and r e la t e d b e n e f it s d a ta a r e o b ta in 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 ie ld 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 ls . 1 In e a c h o f th e i n t e r v e n in g y e a r s , in fo r m a t io n on e m p lo y m e n t and o c c u p a t io n a l e a r n in g s i s c o l le c t e d b y a c o m b in a t io 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 io n n a ir e , and t e le p h o n e in t e r v i e w f r o m e s t a b lis h m e n t s p a r t ic ip a t in g in th e p r e v io 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 in d u s t r y d iv is io n s w ith in th e s c o p e o f th e 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 it h e r (1) e m p lo y m e n t in th e b c c u p a t io n i s t o o s m a ll to p r o v id e e n o u g h d a ta to m e r i t p r e s e n t a t io 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 in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t d a ta . S epa r a t e m e n 's and w o m e n 's e a r n in g s da ta a r e n o t p r e s e n t e d w h en th e n u m b e r o f w o r k e r s n o t id e n t i fie d b y s e x i s 20 p e r c e n t o r m o r e o f th e m e n o r w o m e n id e n t i fie d in an o c c u p a t io n . E a r n in g s d a ta n o t sh o w n s e p a r a t e ly f o r in d u s t r y d iv is io n s a r e in c lu d e d in da ta f o r a ll in d u s t r ie s c o m b in e d . L ik e w is e , d a ta a r e in c lu 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 en 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 ic ia n s , s e c r e t a r i e s , o r t r u c k d r i v e r s i s n o t sh ow 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 i s n o t 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 , d a ta a r e o b ta in e d f r o m r e p r e s e n t a t iv e e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith in s i x b r o a d in d u s t r y d i v i s i o n s : M a n u fa c t u r in g ; t r a n s p o r t a t io n , c o m m u n ic a t io n , and o th e r p u b lic u t ilit ie s ; w h o le s a le t r a d e ; r e t a i l t r a d e ; f in a n c e , in 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 d u s t r y g r o u p s e x c lu d e d f r o m t h e s e s tu d ie s a r e g o v e r n m e n t o p e r a t io n s and th e c o n s t r u c t io n and e x t r a c t iv e in d u s t r ie s . E s t a b lis h m e n t s having* f e w e r th an 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 o m it t e d b e c a u s e o f in s u f fic ie n t e m p l o y m e n t in th e o c c u p a t io n s s tu d ie d . S e p a r a te ta b u la tio n s a r e p r o v id e d f o r e a c h o f th e b r o a d in d u s t r y d iv is io n s w h ic h m e e t p u b lic a t io n c r i t e r i a . O c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t and e a r n in g s d a ta a r e sh ow n f o r f u l l - t i m e w o r k e r s , i . e . , t h o s e h ir e d to w o r k a r e g u la r w e e k ly s c h e d u le . E a r n in g s d a ta e x c lu d e p r e m iu m p a y f o r o v e r t im e and f o r w o r k o n w e e k e n d s , h o lid a y s , and la te s h if t s . N o n p r o d u c t io n b o n u s e s a r e e x c lu d e d , but c o s t - o f - l i v i n g a llo w a n c e s and in c e n t iv e b o n u s e s a r e in c lu d e d . W e e k ly 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 ic a l o c c u p a t io n s r e f e r to th e s ta n d a rd 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 lf h o u r ) f o r w h ic h e m p lo y e e s r e c e i v e r e g u la 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 im e at r e g u la r a n d / o r p r e m iu m r a t e s ) . A v e r a g e w e e k ly e a r n in g s f o r t h e s e o c c u p a t io n s a r e r o u n d e d to th e n e a r e s t h a lf 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 le b a s i s . T h e s a m p lin g p r o c e d u r e s in v o lv e d e t a ile d s t r a t ifi c a t io n o f a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith in th e s c o p e o f an in d iv id u a l a r e a s u r v e y b y in 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 th is s t r a t ifi e d u n iv e r s e a p r o b a b ilit y s a m p le i s s e l e c t e d , w ith e a c h e s t a b lis h m e n t h a v in g a p r e d e t e r m in e d c h a n c e o f s e l e c t i o n . T o o b ta in o p t im u m a c c u r a c y at m in im u m c o s t , a g r e a t e r p r o p o r t io n o f l a r g e th a n s m a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s i s s e le c t e d . W h en d a ta are c o m b i n e d , e a c h e s t a b lis h m e n t is w e ig h te d a c c o r d i n g to it s p r o b a b ilit y o f s e l e c t i o n , s o th a t u n b ia s e d e s t im a t e s a re g e n e ra te d . F o r e x a m p le , i f on e ou t o f fo u r e s t a b lis h m e n t s i s s e l e c t e d , it i s g iv e n a w e ig h t o f f o u r t o 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 . A n a lte r n a te o f th e s a m e o r i g i n a l p r o b a b ilit y i s c h o s e n in th e s a m e i n d u s t r y - s i z e c l a s s i f ic a t io n i f d a ta a r e n ot a v a ila b le f r o m th e o r i g i n a l s a m p le m e m b e r . If no s u it a b le s u b s titu te i s a v a ila b le , a d d itio n a l w e ig h t is a s s ig n e d to a s a m p le m e m b e r th a t is s i m i l a r t o th e m i s s i n g u n it. O c c u p a t io n s and e a r n in g s O c c u p a t io n s s e l e c t e d f o r stu dy a r e c o m m o n to a v a r ie t y o f m a n u f a c tu r in g and n o n m a n u fa c t u r in g in d u s t r ie s , and a r e o f the f o llo w in g t y p e s : (1) O f f ic 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 in t e n a n c e , t o o l r o o m , an d p o w e r p la 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 ia l. O c c u p a t io n a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i s b a s e d on a u n ifo r m s e t o f jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s d e s ig n e d to ta k e a c c o u n t o f in t e r e s t a b lis h m e n t v a r ia t io n in d u tie s w ith in th e s a m e j o b . O ccu p a t io n s s e l e c t e d f o r stu d y a r e lis t e d and d e s c r i b e d in a p p e n d ix B . U n le s s o t h e r w is e in d ic a t e d , th e e a r n in g s d a ta f o llo w in g th e jo b t i t l e s a r e f o r a ll i n d u s t r ie s c o m b i n e d . E a r n in g s da ta f o r s o m e o f th e o c c u p a t io n s lis t e d and 1 2 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 . — a .; Birmingham, A la .; Fort Lauderdale— P Hollywood and West Palm Beach— Boca Raton, F la.; Lexington— Fayette, K y .; Melbourne—Titusville—Cocoa, Fla.; Norfolk— Virginia Beach— Portsmouth and Newport News— Hampton, Va. — C . ; Poughkeepsie— N. 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 100 areas at the request of the Employment Standards Administration of the U. S. Department o f Labor. 11 T h e s e s u r v e y s m e a s u r e th e l e v e l o f o c c u p a t io n a l e a r n in g s in an a r e a at a p a r t ic u la r t i m e . C o m p a r is o n s o f in d iv id u a l o c c u p a t io n a l a v e r a g e s o v e r t im e m a y n ot 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 in d iv id u a l jo 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 lo y m e n t p a t t e r n s . F o r e x a m p le , p r o p o r t io n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d b y h ig h - o r lo w - w a g e f i r m s m a y c h a n g e , o r h ig h -w a g e w o r k e r s m a y a d v a n c e t o b e t t e r j o b s and b e r e p la 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 . Su ch s h ift s in e m p lo y m e n t c o u ld d e c r e a s e an o c c u p a t io n a l a v e r a g e e v e n th ou g h m o s t e s t a b lis h m e n t s in am a r e a i n c r e a s e w a g e s d u r in g th e y e a r . C h a n g e s in e a r n in g s o f o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p s , sh o w n in ta b le A - 7 , a r e b e t t e r in 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 in g s c h a n g e s f o r in d iv id u a l j o b s w ith in ^ th e g r o u p s . A v e r a g e e a r n in g s r e f l e c t c o m p o s i t e , a r e a w id e e s t im a t e s . I n d u s t r ie s and e s t a b lis h m e n t s d i f f e r in p a y l e v e l and jo b s ta ffin g , and th u s c o n t r ib u t e d if f e r e n t l y t o th e e s t im 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 fa il to r e fle 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 jo b s in in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis 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 le c t e d o c c u p a t io n s s h o u ld n o t b e a s s u m e d to r e f l e c t d i f f e r e n c e s in p a y o f th e s e x e s w ith in in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t s . F a c t o r s w h ic h m a y c o n t r ib u t e to d i f f e r e n c e s in c lu d e p r o g r e s s i o n w ith in e s t a b lis h e d r a t e r a n g e s (o n ly th e r a t e s p a id in 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 tie s w ith in th e g e n e r a l s u r v e y jo b d e s c r ip tio n s . 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 lo y e e s in t h e s e s u r v e y s u s u a lly a r e m o r e g e n e r a l i z e d th a n t h o s e u s e d in in d iv id u a l e s t a b lis h m e n t s and a llo 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 lis h m e n t s in s p e c i f i c d u tie s p e r fo r m e d . O c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t e s t i m a t e s r e p r e s e n t th e t o t a l in a ll e s t a b lis h m e n t s w ith in th e s c o p e o f th e stu d y and n o t th e n u m b e r a c t u a lly s u r v e y e d . B e c a u s e o c c u p a t io n a l s t r u c t u r e s a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s d i f f e r , e s t im a t e s o f o c c u p a t io n a l e m p lo y m e n t o b ta in e d f r o m th e s a m p le o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s s tu d ie d s e r v e o n ly to in d ic a t e th e r e la t iv e im p o r t a n c e o f th e jo b s s tu d ie d . T h ese d i f f e r e n c e s in o c c u p a t io n a l s t r u c t u r e d o n ot 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 in g s d a ta . W a g e t r e n d s f o r s e l e c t e d o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p s 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 ta b le A - 7 a r e b a s e d on c h a n g e s in a v e r a g e h o u r ly e a r n in g s f o r e s t a b lis h m e n t s r e p o r t in g th e t r e n d j o b s in b o th th e 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 lis h m e n t s ). T h e d a ta a r e a d ju s te d to r e m o v e th e e f f e c t s on a v e r a g e e a r n in g s o f e m p lo y m e n t s h ift s a m o n g e s t a b lis h m e n t s and t u r n o v e r o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s in c lu d e d in s u r v e y s a m p le s . T h e p e r c e n t i n c r e a s e s , h o w e v e r , a r e s t i l l a ff e c t e d b y f a c t o r s o t h e r th an w a g e i n c r e a s e s . H ir in g s , 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 lis h m e n t a v e r a g e f o r an o c c u p a t io n w h en 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 r a n g e o f w a g e r a t e s f o r in d iv id u a l j o b s . In p e r i o d s o f i n c r e a s e d h ir in g , f o r e x a m p le , n e w e m p l o y e e s e n t e r at th e b o t t o m o f th e r a n g e , d e p r e s s i n g th e a v e r a g e w ith o u t a ch a n g e in w a g e r a t e s . E l e c t r o n i c d a ta p r o c e s s i n g (m e n and w o m e n ) : C om p u ter sy ste m s a n a ly s t s , c l a s s e s A , B , and C C om p u ter p r o g r a m m e r s , c l a s s e s A , B , and C C om p u ter o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s e s A , B , a nd C I n d u s t r ia l n u r s e s (m e n and w o m e n ): R e g i s t e r e d in d u s t r ia l n u rses S k ille d m a in t e n a n c e (m e n a nd w o m e n ) : C a rp e n te rs E le c tr ic ia n s P a in t e r s M a c h in is t s M e c h a n ic s (m a c h in e r y ) M e c h a n ic s ( m o t o r v e h ic le ) P ip e fitte r s T o o l and d ie m a k e r s U n s k ille d p la n t (m e n and w o m e n ): J a n it o r s , p o r t e r s , and c le a n e r s M a t e r ia l h a n d lin g l a b o r e r s P e r c e n t c h a n g e s f o r in d iv id u a l a r e a s in th e p r o g r a m as fo llo w s : a r e co m p u te d O c c u p a t io n s u s e d to c o m p u t e w a g e t r 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 ): O f f ic 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 e c r e ta r ie s S ten og ra p h ers, g e n e ra l S te n o g r a p h e rs , s e n io r T y p i s t s , c l a s s e s A and B F il e c l e r k s , c l a s s e s A , B , and C M essen gers S w it c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r s O rd er c le r k s A c c o u n t in g c l e r k s , c l a s s e s A an d B B o o k k e e p i n g - m a c h in e o p e r a to r s , c la s s B P a y r o ll c le r k s K eypu n ch o p e r a t o r s , c l a s s e s A and B T a b u la tin g - m a c h ine o p e r a t o r s , c la s s B E a c h o c c u p a t io n i s a s s i g n e d a w e ig h t b a s e d on it s p r o p o r t io n a t e e m p lo y m e n t in- th e o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p in th e base y e a r. 2. T h e p e r c e n t c h a n g e s r e la t e t o w a g e c h a n g e s b e tw e e n th e in d ic a t e d d a tes. W h en th e t im e s p a n b e t w e e n s u r v e y s is o t h e r th a n 12 m o n t h s , a n n u a l r a te s a r e sh ow n . (It i s a s s u m e d th a t 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 te b e tw e e n s u r v e y s .) 1. T h e s e w e ig h t s a r e u s e d t o c o m p u t e g r o u p a v e r a g e s . E a c h o c c u p a t i o n 's a v e r a g e (m e a n ) e a r n in g s i s m u lt ip lie d b y it s w e ig h t. T h e p r o d u c t s a r e t o t a le d t o o b ta in a grou p a v e ra g e . 3. T h e r a t i o o f g r o u p a v e r a g e s f o r 2 c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r s is c o m p u t e d b y d iv id in 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 . T he re s u lt— e x p r e s s e d a s a p e r c e n t — l e s s 100 i s th e 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 ile 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 in 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 ie w , Jan u ary 1973, p p . 5 2 -5 7 . E s t a b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s a nd s u p p le 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 la t io n s on s e l e c t e d e s t a b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s an d s u p p le 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 is b u lle t in . I n fo r m a t io n f o r t h e s e t a b u la t io 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 ta b u la t io n s on m in im 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 h ift d i f f e r e n t i a l s ; s c h e d u le d w e e k ly h o u r s and d a y s ; p a id h o lid a y s ; p a id v a c a t io n s ; and h e a lt h , i n s u r a n c e , and p e n s io n p la n s a r e p r e s e n t e d (in th e B - s e r i e s t a b le s ) in p r e v i o u s b u lle t in s f o r th is a r e a . 1 Personal visits were on a 2-year cy cle before July 1972. Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Westchester County, N.Y., May 1976 In du stry d iv is io n 1 M in im um em p lo ym e n t in e s t a b lis h m en ts in s co p e o f study TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, AND o t he r PUBLIC U T I L I T I E S 4 --------------------------------------WHOLESALE TRADE --------------------------------------------------------r e t a i l t r a d e 5 -------------------------------------------- ------------------f i n a n c e , i n s u r a n c e , and r e a l ESTATE -------------SERVICES5 6------------------------------------------------------------------------ W o r k e r s in es ta b lis h m en ts W ithin s c o p e of study 3 W ithin s c o p e o f study * Studied Studied N um ber P ercent 343 ALL DIVISIONS ----- ----------------------------------------------------m a n u f a c t u r i n g ------------------------------------------------------------------n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g -------------------- ---------- ----------------------------- N um ber o f es ta b lis h m e n ts 100 • 91 90,249 100 52,705 118 225 26 65 40,892 49,357 45 55 23,171 29,534 10,423 9,403 12,037 6,783 10,711 12 10 9,903 4,643 6,938 2,992 5,058 100 12 8 50 58 34 44 71 14 100 50 50 11 7 25 13 8 12 1 T he 1967 e d ition o f the Standard In d u stria l C la s s ific a t io n M anual w as u sed in c la s s ify in g e s ta b lis h m e n ts by in d u stry d iv is io n . 2 In clu d e s a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith total em ploym en t at o r a bove the m in im u m lim ita tio n . A ll o u tle ts (w ithin the area) o f c o m p a n ie s in in d u s trie s such as tr a d e , fin a n c e , auto r e p a ir s e r v ic e , and m o tio n p ic tu re th e a te r s a r e c o n s id e r e d as 1 es ta b lis h m e n t. 3 In clu d es a ll w o r k e r s in a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith to ta l em p lo ym e n t (w ithin the area) at o r a b o v e the m in im u m lim ita tion . 4 A b b r e v ia te d to "p u b lic u t ilit ie s " in the A - s e r i e s ta b le s . T a x ic a b s and s e r v ic e s in cid en ta l to w a te r tr a n s p o r ta tio n a r e exclu d ed . 5 T h is d iv is io n is r e p r e s e n te d in e s tim a te s f o r " a ll in d u s t r ie s " and "n o n m a n u fa ctu rin g " in the A - s e r i e s t a b le s . S ep a ra te p res en ta tion o f data is not m ade fo r on e 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 ym e n t is to o s m a ll to p r o v id e enough data to m e r it s e p a r a te study, (2) the sa m p le w as not d es ig n e d in itia lly to p e rm it s e p a r a te p r e s e n ta tio n , (3) r e s p o n s e w as in s u ffic ie n t o r inadequate to p e r m it s e p a r a te p r e s e n ta tio n , and (4) th e r e is p o s s ib ilit y o f d is c lo s u r e o f in divid u al esta b lish m en t data. 6 H o te ls and m o t e ls ; la u n d rie s and o th er p e r s o n a l s e r v ic e s ; b u s in e s s s e r v ic e s ; a u to m o b ile r e p a ir , r e n ta l, and p ark in g; m otion p ic tu r e s ; n on p rofit m e m b e r s h ip o r g a n iz a tio n s (e x clu d in g r e lig io u s and c h a r ita b le o r g a n iz a tio n s ); and e n g in e e rin g and a r c h ite c t u r a l s e r v ic e s . 13 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 i s p e r m i t s th e g r o u p i n g o f o c c u p a t i o n a l w a g e r a t e s r e p r e s e n t i n g c o m p a r a b l e j o b c o n t e n t . B e c a u s e o f t h 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 rep a red for other p u rp os es . 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 , th e 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 SEC R E T A R Y— C o n t i n u e d A s s i g n e d a s 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 ly r e s p o n s i v e r e l a t i o n s h i p t o the d a y - t o - d a y w o r k o f the sup ervisor. W o rk s fa 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 a nd 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 ic a lly r e q u i r e s k n o w le d g e o f o f fic e rou tin 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 the w o r k o f the s u p e r v i s o r . E x clu 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 t o the p r o p e r persons; b. c. in structed; d. E stablish es, M a i n t a i n s th e and r e v i s e s th e s u p e r v is o r 's R elays m e s s a g e s e. o t h e r s f o r the accuracy; f. m a in ta in s, from s u p e rv is o r's files; c a l e n d a r and m a k e s a p p o i n t m e n t s s u p e r v i s o r to N ot 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 th e d e f i n i t i o n a r e as follow s: a. P o s i t i o n s d escrib ed above; as b. subordinates; 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 sional, s u p e r v i s o r ' s s i g 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 P erform s do n ot m eet th e "p erson a l" secretary concept 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 s e c r e t a r i a l - t y p e c . S te n o g r a p h e r s s e r v in g as o f f i c e tech n ical, or m a n a g e ria l p e r so n s ; d u ties; a s s i s t a n t s to a g r o 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 i n 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 ; s t e n o g r a p h i c and t y p i n g w o r k . w hich B e g i n 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 t o 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 n o t 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 th e 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 title s m o r e n e a r ly r e f le c t usual S E C R E T A R Y — Continued S E C 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 r e 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 , d u tie s w h ich a r e not t y p ic a l o f s e c r e t a r i a l w o r k . in volve m o r e difficult o r m o r e 1. S e c r e t a r y t o 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 or sp ecia lized 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 t o o n e o f the s p e c i f i c l e v e l s it u a t io n s in th e d e f i n i t i o n 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 i s u s u a l l y d i v i d e d i n t o 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 t u 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 , t h is l e v e l i n c l u d e s a N O T E : 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 th e 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 o n e o r t w o ; o r fo llo w in g , r e f e r s to th ose o f f i c i a l s who have a sig n ific 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 t o th e h e a d o f an i n d i v i d u a l p la n t, f a c t o r y , e t c . ( o r 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 l l c a s e s 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 than 5, 000 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 t a f f) a r e n o t c o n s i d e r e d to b e " 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 th e 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 ) ; £ r C lass A 1. S e c r e t a r y to 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 that e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 100 but f e w e r th an 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, sk illed techn icia n, o r ex p e rt. (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 th an s e c r e t a r i e s a s d e s c r i b e d a b o v e , t o 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 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 5, 0 00 but f e w e r th an 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 th e 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 d u ty 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 t o t r a n s c r i b e the d ic ta tio n . M ay a lso type f r o m w ritten c o p y . May operate fr o m a steno gra p hic p o o l. 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 i c e r e c o r d i n g s (if p r i m 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 , s e e T r a n s c r i b i n g - M a c h i n e T y p i s t ) . 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 th at o f a s e c r e t a r y in th at 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 escrib e d 3. S e c r e t a r y t o 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 e ith e r a m a j o r c o rp o r a tio n w id e fun ction al a ctiv ity ( e .g ., m a r k e t in g , r e s e a r c h , o p e r a tio n s , in d u stria l r e la tio n s , e tc.) o r a m a jo r g e o g ra p 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 but f e w e r th an 2 5 , 0 0 0 e m p l o y e e s ; o r 4 . S e c r e t a r y to the h e a d o f an i n d i v i d u a l p la 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 ) th at e m p l o y s , in a l l , o v e r 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r 5. S e c r e t a r y to 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 a s 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 , 000 p e r s o n s . secretary jo b d efin itio n . Stenographer, General 1. S e c r e t a r y t o th e c h a i r m a n o f th e 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 t o a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r ( o t h e r than th e c h a i r m a n o f th e 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 th an 5 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ; o r in t h e keep D ictation in v o lv e s a n o r m a l rou tin e v o c a b u la r y . M ay m aintain file s , s im p le r e c o r d s , o r p e r f o r m oth e r r e la t iv e ly rou tin e c l e r i c a l ta s k s . S te n o g r a p h e r. S en 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 fi l e s , k e e p r e c o r d s , e tc . OR P e r f o r m s ste n o g r a p h ic d u ties r e q u ir in g sig n ific a n 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 th a n 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 th e 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 ta sk s such as m ain tain in g fo llo w u p . f i l e s ; a s s e m b lin 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 ; 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 routine q u e s tio n s , etc . T R A N S C R IB IN G -M A C H IN E T Y P IST SW ITC H B O A R D O P E R A T O R P r i m a r y duty 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 v o c a b u la r y fr o m tran sc rib in g -m a c h 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 r ie d t e c h n ic a l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o c a b u la r y such as leg a l b r i e f s o r r e p o r t s on s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h a r e not i n c l u 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 s h o r t h a n d o r b y S t e n o t y p e o r s i m i l a r m a c h i n e i s c l a s s i f i e d as a s t e n o g r a p h e r . O p e r a t e s a t e l e p h o n e s w i t c h b o a r d o r c o n s o l e u s e d w ith a p r i v a t e b r a n c h e x c h a n g e ( P B X ) s y s t e m to r e l a y i n c o m i n g , o u t g o i n g , and i n t r a s y s t e m ca lls. M a y p r o v i d e i n f o r m a t i o n to c a l l e r s , r e c o r d and t r a n s m i t m e s s a g e s , k e e p r e c o r d o f c a l l s p l a c e d and t o l l c h a r g e s . B e s id e s operating a telephone s w itc h b o a r d o r c o n s o l e , m a y a ls o type o r p e r f o r m rou tin e c l e r i c a l w o rk ( ty p in g o r r o u t i n e c l e r i c a l w o r k m a y o c c u p y the m a j o r p o r t i o n o f th e w o r k e r ' s t i m e , and i s u s u a l l y p e r f o r m e d w h i l e at th e s w i t c h b o a r d o r c o n s o l e ) . C h ief o r le a d o p e r a t o 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 o n e o p e r a t o r a r e exclu ded . F o r an o p e r a t o r w h o a l s o a c t s as a r e c e p t i o n i s t , s e e S w i t c h b o a r d O pera tor-R eception ist. TY PIST 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 av e b e e n m a d e by 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 li t t l e 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 com in g m ail. G la ss A . P e r f o r m s o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g : T y p in g m a t e r i a 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 su 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 la y o u t and t y p in 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 ty 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 lass rough o r c l e a r o r s e t t 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 th e f o l l o w i n g : C o p y ty p in g f r o m d r a f t s ; o r r o u t i n 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 cop y in g m o r e c o m p le x ta b le s and s p a c e d p r o p e r l y . FIL E C LE RK F i l e s , c l a s s i f i e s , and r e t r i e v e s m a t e r i a l in an 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 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 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 to l e v e l s o n the b a s i s o f t h e f o l l o w i n g d e f i n i t i o n s . C lass 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 ch as 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 containing a n u m ber o f v a rie d su b je ct m a tter f ile s . M a y a l s o f i l e t h is m a teria l. 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 a y le a d a s m a l l g r o u p o f l o w e r l e v e l f i l e c l e r k s . C l a 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 (su b je c t m a t te r ) h ead ings o r p a rtly c l a s s i f i e d m a t e r i a l by 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 related c le r ic a l tasks r e q u i r e d t o m a i n t a i n and s e r v i c e f i l e s . C la s s 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 that 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 ., alph a b etica l, c h r o n o lo g ic a l, o r n u m e r ic a l). As 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 th at 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 . 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 At a an o p e r a t o r — w o rk in v o lv e s b u s i n e s s and priate p e rso n a r r a n g i n g an s i n g l e - p o s i t i o n t e l e p h o n e s w i t c h b o a r d o r c o n s o l e , a c t s b oth as s e e S w i t c h b o a r d O p e r a t o r — and a s a r e c e p t i o n i s t . R e c e p t i o n i s t ' s such du ties as g r e e t in g v i s i t o r s ; d e t e r m in in g nature o f v i s i t o r 's p r o v i d i n g a p p r o p r i a t e i n f o r m a t i o n ; r e f e r r i n g v i s i t o r to a p p r o in the o r g a n i z a t i o n o r c o n t a c t i n g that p e r s o n b y t e l e p h o n e and appointm en t; k eep in g a log o f v i s i t o r s . 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 r c h a n d is e by m a il, phone, o r p e rso 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 to c u s t o m e r s ; m a k i n g ou t an o r d e r s h e e t l i s t i n g th e i t e m s to 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 on o r d e r s h e e t ; a nd 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 to be 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 to 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 ith 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 nk a c c o u n t s ; v e r i f y i n g the 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 fo r c l e r i c a l a c c u r a c y v a r io u s ty pes of r e p o r t s , lis ts , c a lc u la tio n s , posting, e t c .; o r p r e p a rin g s im p le o r a s s is t in g in 'p r e p a r in g m o r e c o m p lic a t e d jo 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 to the c l e r i c a l p r o c e s s i n g and r e c o r d 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 . With e x p e r i e n c e , the 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 , but i s not r e q u i r e d t o h av e a k n o w l e d g e o f the 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 . P osition s d efin ition s. are cla ssified in to levels on the basis o f th e f o l l o w i n g C lass A . Under g e n e r a l s u p e r v is io n , p e r f o r m s accounting c l e r i c a l o p e r a t i o n s w h i c h r e q u i r e 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 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 o n re p e titiv e accou nting t r a n s a ction 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 nting 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 th 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 b e a s s i s t e d by o n e o r m o r e c la s s B accounting c le r k s . A C C O U N T IN G C L E R K — C o n tin u e d KEYPUNCH O PERA TO R C lass B . Under c l o s e s u p e r v is io n , fo llo w in g d e ta iled in s t r u c tio 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 i n 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 , such as p o stin g to ledger.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 ts u sin g a few p r e s c r i b e d accou nting c o d e s . O p e ra te s a k eypun ch m a ch in e to r e c o r d o r v e r i f y alphabetic a n d / o r n u m e r i c da ta o n t a b u l a t i n g c a r d s o r o n ta p e . 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 rd ) to k eep a r e c o r d o f b u s in e s s t r a n s a c tio n s . C l a s s 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 th e s t r u c t u r e o f th e 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 b e u s e d in e a c h p h a s e o f th e 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 e e p s a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e p h ases o r s e c tio n s o f a set of r e c o r d s u su a lly r e q u ir in g little k n ow led ge of b a s ic b oo k k e e p in 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 o f b illin g d e s c r i b e d u nder m a ch in e b i l l e r ) , c o s t d i s trib u tion , ex p en se distrib u tion , in v e n to ry c o n tr o l, e tc . May ch eck or assist 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 th e a c c o u n t i n g departm ent. M ACH INE B IL L E 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 th an an ord in a ry o r ele ctro m a tic ty p ew riter. M a y a l s o k e e p r e c o r d s a s to b i l l i n 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 t o b i l l i n g operation s. 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 billin g m ach in e (com b in a tion t y p in g and a d d in g m a c h i n e ) to 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 not 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 op e r a tio n usually in v o lv e s a la r g e n um ber o f ca r b o n c o p ie s o f the 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 . B ook k eepin g-m ach 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 (w ith o r w it h o u t a t y p e w r i t e r k e y b o a r d ) t o p r e p a r e c u s t o m e r s ' b i l l s a s p a r t o f th e a ccou nts r e c e iv a b le o peration . 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 fig u r e s on c u s t o m e r s ' le d g e r r e c o r d . The m a c h in e a u to m a tica lly a c c u m u la te s f i g u r e s o n 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 the 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 o lv e a know led ge o f b o o k k eepin g. W o r k s f r o m u n i f o r m and s t a n d a r d t y p e s o f s a l e s and c r e d i t s l i p s . PA Y R O L L CLERK 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 th e n e c e s s a r y d a t a on th e p a y r o l l s h e e t s . D uties in v o lv e : Calculating w o r k e r s ' ea rn 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 t a on 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, t im e , ra te , 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 calcu latin g m a ch in e. P osition s defin ition s. are cla ssified in to lev els on th e b a s i s o f th e 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 j u 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 le c t in g , o r c o d in g it e m s to be k eyp un ched f r o m a v a r ie t y of 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 r ie n c e d keypunch o p e r a t o r s . C la ss 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 lo s e su p erv ision o r follow ing s p e c ific p r o c e d u r e s o r in stru ctio n s , w o rk s fr o m v a rio u s stan d a r d i z e d s o u r c e d o c u r& e n ts 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 lil^ le o r n o s e le c t in g , c o d in g , o r in te rp re tin g o f data to be r e c o r d e d . R e f e r s to s u p e r v i s o r p r o b 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 o r m is s in g in fo rm a tio n . T A B U L A T IN G -M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R O p e r a t e s one o r a v a r ie t y o f m a c h in e s such as the ta b u la to r, c a l c u la to r, c o lla t o r , in te r p r e te r , s o r te r , re p ro d u cin g punch, etc. E xcluded fr o m this definition a re w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s . A ls o exclu ded are o p e r a t o r s 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 gh 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 a ccou n tin g m a c h in e equ ip m en t. Positions defin ition s. are cla ssified in to lev els on the b a s i s o f th e 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 t in g a s s i g n m e n t s in clu d in g d e v is in g d ifficu lt c o n t r o l p a n el w irin 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 th e 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 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 th e 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 t o 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 . C lass B . P e r f o r m s w o r k a c c o r d i n g t o e s t a b l i s h e d p r o c e d u r e s and under sp e cific in stru ction 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 t i 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 ra te s m o r e d ifficu lt tabu latin g o r e l e c t r i c a l a cco u n tin g m a c h in e s su ch as 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 th e s i m p l e r m a c h i n e s u s e d b y cla ss C operators. M a y b e r e q u i r e d to d o s o m e w i r i n g f r o m d i a g r a m s . C lass C . U nder s p e c i f i c in s t r u c t io n s , o p e r a t e s sim p le tabulating 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 a s th e 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 dividual so rtin g o r co lla tin g runs, o r rep etitiv e o p e r a tio 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 d o s o m e f i l i n g w o r k . PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , B USINE SS C O M P U T E R S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T , B U SINE SS— C o n t in u e d A n a l y z e s b u s in e s s p r o b l e m s to f o r m u la te p r o c e d u r e s f o r so lvin g t h e m b y u s e o f e l e c t r o n i c da t a p r o c e s s i n g e q u i p m e n t . D evelop s a co 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 t o p r e p a r e r e q u ir e d dig ital 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 th e f o l l o w i n g ; A n a l y z e s s u b j e c t - m a t t e r o p e r a t 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 to 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 b e 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 t o 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 t h i s 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 t o 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 a s s y s t e m s a n a l y s t s i f t h is i s th e 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 . ) 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 out a n a l y s e s as a s s ig n e d , u su a lly o f a sin g 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 analysis w ork . F o r e x a m p le , m a y a s s is t a higher l e v e l s y s t e m s a n a l y s t b y p r e p a r i n g th e d e t a i l e d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s r e q u i r e d b y program 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 . 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 rts statem ents o f bu sin ess p r o b le m s , ty p ica lly p re p a re 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 to 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 , th e 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 t o the c o m p u t e r s y s t e m in c o d e d l a n g u a g e , c a u s e th e m a n i p u la t i o n o f da ta t o 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 th e f o l l o w i n g : A p p lie s k n ow led ge o f c o m p u te r ca p a b ilitie s , m a t h e m a tic s , lo g ic e m p lo y e d by c o m p u t e r s , 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 to a n a l y z e c h a r t s and d i a g r a m s o f th e p r o b l e m to b e p r o g r a m m e d ; d e v e 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 t o s h o w o r d e r in w h i c h d a t a w i l l b e p r o c e s s e d ; c o n v e r t s th e s e c h a r ts to c o d e d in s t r u c tio n s f o r m a c h 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 ru 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 in g e f f i c i e n c y o r adapt to n ew r e q u i r e m e n t s ; m a in ta in s r e c o r d s o f p r o g r a m d e v e l o p m e n t and r e v i s i o n s . (N O T E : W o r k e r s p e r f o r m i n g b o th 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 if t h is is th e s k i l l u s e d to d e t e r m i n e t h e i r pa y.) 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 th e m a n a g e m e n t o r s u p e r v is io n o f o th 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 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 p h 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 in pu t 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 tpu t 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 l i n 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 th r o u g h the 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 it ia t e d b y th e c o m p u t e r . ) C o n f e r s w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e t e r m i n e th e 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 th e 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 t a 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 ation 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 equip m en 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 th e m a n a g e m e n t o r s u p e r v is io n o f o th 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 n j s . For M ay p r o v id e fun ction al who a r e a s s i g n e d to a s s i s t . d irection to low er lev el system s s tu d y p u r p o s e s , program m ers a r e c l a s s i f i e d as f o llo w s : C l a s s 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 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 th e 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 t o e f f i c i e n t l y u t i l i z e the 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 en d p r o d u c t s . 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 p r o b l e m s that 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 th e ou tp ut d a t a a r e c l o s e l y r e l a t e d . (F o r exam ple, 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 i n 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 to d e t e r m i n e th e d a 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 o n th e i m p l i c a t i o n s o f th e da t a p r o c e s s i n g s y s t e m s to be a p p lied . At th is le v e l, p r o g r a m m in g is d ifficu lt b e c a u s e c o m p u t e r equip m en 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 da t a 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 internal p r o c e s s in g actions m u st o c c u r . T h is r e q u i r e s such a c tio n s as d e v e l o p m e n t o f c o m m o n o p e r a t i o n s w h i c h c a n be r e u s e d , e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f l i n k a g e p o i n 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 to d a t a 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 t a e l e m e n t s t o f o r m a h i g h l y i n t e g r a t e d p r o g r a m . OR W o r k s on a s e g m e n t o f a c o m p l e x d a t a p r o c e s s i n g s c h e m e o r s y s t e m , as d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A . W o r k s i n d e p e n d e n t l y o n r o u t i n 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 o n 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 t o 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 . wage analysts 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 . 18 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 tin u e d C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R ---- C o n tin u e d C la ss B . W o r k s in d ep en d en tly o r u n der o n ly g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n on r e la t iv e ly s im p le p r o g r a m s , o r on s im p le se g m e n ts 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 t a in t w o o r th ree va ried sequen ces or form 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 t in 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 input d a t a 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 d a t a 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 s o th at th e a c c u r a c y and s e q u e n c i n g o f d a t a 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 i n e c h e c k s . T y p i c a l l y , t h e p r o g r a m d e a l s w it h r o u t in e r e c o r d k e e p i n g o p e r a t i o n 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 s u a l l y i n v o l v e s a p p l y i n g p r e v i o u s l y p r o g r a m m e d c o r r e c t i v e s t e p s , o r u s in g standard c o r r e c t i o n tech n iq u es. 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 h igher 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 . M ay a s s i s t higher l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r by in dependently p e r fo r m in g l e s s difficult 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 ay guide o r in st r u c t lo w e r l e v e l p r o g r a m m e r s . C la ss 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 t o d e v e l o p c o m p e t e n c e in th e 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 to rou tin e p r o b l e m s . R e c e i v e s c l o s e s u p e r v is io n on new a s p e c t s o f a s sig 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 i t 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 procedures. COMPUTER OPERATOR M o n i t o r s and o p e r a t e s th e c o n t r o l c o n s o l e o f a d 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 t o 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 th e f o l l o w i n g ; S t u 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 in to c i r c u i t , and s t a r t s and o p e r a t e s c o m p u t e r ; m a k e s a d j u s t m e n t s t o 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 i 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 purposes, com puter operators are cla ssified as follow s: C la ss A . O p e r a t e s in 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 , 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 th e 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 th at 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 t o l o w e r l e v e l o p e r a t o r s . C la ss B . O p e r a t e s in depen den tly , o r under on ly g e n e r a l d ir e c t io 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 th e 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 o n 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 lit t le o r n o 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 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 r u n n in g p r o g r a m s o r . s e g m e n t s o f p r o g r a m s w ith th e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s d e s c r i b e d f o r c l a s s A . May a s s i s t a h ig h e r 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 le 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 ility to receiv ed operator C lass C . W o rk s on rou tin e p r o g r a m s under c l o s e s u p e r v is io 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 th e 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 la ss 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 a v 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 preceden ts. W o r k s in c l o s e s u p p o r t w ith the d e s i g n o r i g i n a t o r , and m a y re co m m e n d m in o r design ch an ges. A n a l y z e s th e e f f e c t o f e a c h c h a n g e o n 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 o f s u p e r v i s o r y a s s i s t a n c e . C om p le te d w o rk 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 ay eith er p r e p a r e draw in gs o r d ir e c t th e ir pre p a ra tio n by lo w e r le v e l d rafters. C lass 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 th e 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 re g u la rly used. D uties ty p ic a lly in v o lv e such w o r k a s : P r e p a re 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 o sitio n a l re la tio n 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 in g s f o r c o n s t r u c t io n o f a building in clud ing d e ta il d raw in g s o f fou 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 to 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 eceiv es 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 r k is ch eck ed f o r te c h n ic a l adequ acy. C lass 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 en gin eerin g, co n stru ctio n , m anufactu rin g, o r re p a ir p u rp o s e s . Types of d raw in gs p r e p a r e d include i s o m e t r i c p r o je c t io n s (depictin g th ree d im e n sio 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 solid a tes details fro m a num 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 a s 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 iv e n w ith i n i t i a l a s s i g n m e n t s . In stru c tio n s a r e l e s s c o m p le t e when a ssig n m e n ts recur. W ork m a y be s p o t -c h e c k e d du rin g p r o g r e s s . D R A F T E R -T R A C E R E L E C T R O N IC S T E C H N IC IA N — C o n tin u e d C o p i e s p la n s and d r a w in g s p r e p a r e d b y o t h e r s b y p la c in g t r a c in g c lo t h o r p a p e r o v e r d r a w in g s and t r a c i n g w ith p e n o r p e n c i l . (D o e s n ot in c lu d e t r a c i n g lim it e d , t o p la n s p r i m a r i l y c o n s i s t in g o f s tr a ig h t lin e s and a l a r g e s c a l e n o t r e q u ir in g c l o s e d e lin e a t io n .) W o r k m a y b e r e v ie w e d b y s u p e r v i s o r ( fr e q u e n t ly an e n g in e e r o r d e s i g n e r ) f o r g e n e r a l c o m p lia n c e w ith a c c e p t e d p r a c t i c e s . M a y p r o v id e t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e to lo w e r l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n s . A N D /O R W ork is P r e p a r e s s im p le o r r e p e t it iv e d r a w in g s o f e a s i l y v i s u a l i z e d i t e m s . c l o s e l y s u p e r v i s e d 'd u r i n g p r o g r e s s . E L E C T R O N I C S T E C H N IC IA N C l a s s B . A p p lie s c o m p r e h e n s iv e t e c h n i c a l k n o w le d g e to s o lv e c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s ( i . e . , t h o s e th a t t y p i c a l l y c a n b e s o lv e d s o l e l y b y p r o p e r l y in t e r p r e t in g m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' m a n u a ls o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n t s ) in w o r k in g o n e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t . W ork in v o lv e s : A f a m i l i a r i t y w ith th e i n t e r r e l a t i o n s h ip s o f c i r c u i t s ; a nd ju d g m e n t in d e t e r m in in g w o r k s e q u e n c e and in s e le c t in g t o o l s a nd t e s t in g i n s t r u m e n t s , u s u a lly l e s s c o m p l e x th a n t h o s e u s e d b y th e c l a s s A t e c h n ic ia n . R e c e i v e s t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e , a s r e q u i r e d , f r o m s u p e r v i s o r o r h ig h e r l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n , and w o r k i s r e v ie w e d f o r s p e c i f i c c o m p lia n c e w ith a c c e p t e d p r a c t i c e s an d w o r k a s s i g n m e n t s . M a y p r o v id e t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e to lo w e r l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n s . W o r k s on v a r io u s t y p e s o f e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t and r e la t e d d e v i c e s b y p e r f o r m i n g o n e o r a c o m b in a t io n o f th e f o l l o w i n g : I n s t a llin g , m a in ta in in g , r e p a i r i n g , o v e r h a u lin g , t r o u b le s h o o t in g , m o d if y in g , c o n s t r u c t in g , and t e s t in g . W o r k r e q u i r e s p r a c t i c a l a p p lic a t io n o f t e c h n i c a l k n o w le d g e o f e l e c t r o n i c s p r i n c i p l e s , a b ilit y to d e t e r m i n e m a lf u n c t io n s , and s k ill to put e q u ip m e n t in r e q u ir e d o p e r a t in g c o n d it io n . C l a s s C . A p p lie s w o r k in g t e c h n i c a l k n o w le d g e t o p e r f o r m s im p le o r r o u t in e t a s k s in w o r k in g o n e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t , f o llo w in g d e t a ile d i n s t r u c t io n s w h ic h c o v e r v i r t u a l l y a ll p r o c e d u r e s . W o r k t y p i c a l l y in v o lv e s s u c h ta sk s a s: A s s i s t i n g h ig h e r l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n s b y p e r f o r m i n g s u c h a c t i v i t i e s a s r e p l a c i n g c o m p o n e n t s , w ir in g c i r c u i t s , and ta k in g t e s t r e a d in g s ; r e p a ir in g s im p le e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t; and u s in g t o o l s and c o m m o n t e s t in s t r u m e n t s ( e . g . , m u l t i m e t e r s , a u d io s ig n a l g e n e r a t o r s , tu b e t e s t e r s , o s c i l l o s c o p e s ) . Is n o t r e q u i r e d to b e f a m i l i a r w ith th e in t e r r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f c i r c u i t s . T h is k n o w le d g e , h o w e v e r , m a y b e a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a s s ig n m e n t s d e s ig n e d to i n c r e a s e c o m p e t e n c e (in c lu d in g c l a s s r o o m t r a in in g ) s o th at w o r k e r c a n a d v a n c e t o h ig h e r l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n . T h e e q u ip m e n t— c o n s i s t in g o f e it h e r m a n y d if f e r e n t k in d s o f c i r c u i t s o r m u lt ip le r e p e t it io n o f th e s a m e k in d o f c i r c u i t — in c l u d e s , but i£ n ot lim it e d t o , th e f o llo w in g : (a ) E l e c t r o n i c t r a n s m it t in g and r e c e i v i n g e q u ip m e n t ( e . g . , r a d a r , r a d i o , t e l e v i s i o n , t e l e p h o n e , s o n a r , n a v ig a t io n a l a id s ) , (b ) d ig it a l and a n a lo g c o m p u t e r s , and (c ) in d u s t r ia l and m e d i c a l m e a s u r in g and c o n t r o lli n g e q u ip m e n t. T h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n e x c lu d e s r e p a i r e r s o f s u c h s ta n d a r d e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t a s c o m m o n o f f i c e m a c h in e s and h o u s e h o ld r a d io and t e l e v i s i o n s e t s ; p r o d u c t io n a s s e m b l e r s a nd t e s t e r s ; w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y du 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 in s t r u m e n t s ; t e c h n ic ia n s w h o h av e a d m in is t r a t iv e o r s u p e r v i s o r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ; and d r a f t e r s , d e s i g n e r s , and p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g in e e r s . P o s it io n s d e f in it io n s . are c la s s ifie d in to le v e ls on th e b a s is R e c e i v e s t e c h n i c a l g u id a n c e , a s r e q u i r e d , f r o m s u p e r v i s o r o r h ig h e r l e v e l t e c h n ic ia n . W o r k i s t y p i c a l l y s p o t c h e c k e d , b u t i s g iv e n d e t a ile d r e v ie w w h e n n e w o r a d v a n c e d a s s i g n m e n t s a r e in v o lv e d . R E G IS T E R E D IN D U S T R IA L N U R SE o f th e f o llo w in g A r e g i s t e r e d n u r s e w h o g i v e s n u r s in g s e r v i c e u n d e r g e n e r a l m e d i c a l d i r e c t i o n t o i l l o r in ju r e d e m p l o y e e s o r o t h e r p e r s o n s w h o b e c o m e - i l l o r s u f f e r an a c c id e n t o n th e p r e m i s e s o f a f a c t o r y o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t . D u tie s in v o lv e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f th e f o l l o w i n g : G iv in g f i r s t a id t o th e i l l o r i n ju r e d ; a tte n d in g t o s u b s e q u e n t d r e s s i n g o f e m p l o y e e s ' i n j u r i e s ; k e e p in g r e c o r d s o f p a t ie n t s t r e a t e d ; p r e p a r in g a c c id e n t r e p o r t s f o r c o m p e n s a t io n o r o t h e r p u r p o s e s ; a s s i s t i n g in p h y s i c a l e x a m in a t io n s and h e a lth e v a lu a t io n s o f a p p lic a n t s and e m p l o y e e s ; and p la n n in g and c a r r y i n g ou t p r o g r a m s in v o lv in g h e a lth e d u c a t io n , a c c id e n t p r e v e n t io n , e v a lu a t io n o f p la n t e n v ir o n m e n t , o r o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s a ff e c t in g th e h e a lt h , w e l f a r e , and s a fe t y o f a ll p e r s o n n e l. N u r s in g s u p e r v i s o r s o r h e a d n u r s e s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g m o r e than on e n u r s e a r e e x c lu d e d . C la s s A . A p p lie s a d v a n c e d t e c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e to s o lv e u n u s u a lly c o m p l e x p r o b l e m s ( i . e . , t h o s e th a t t y p i c a l l y ca n n o t b e s o lv e d s o l e l y b y r e f e r e n c e t o m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' m a n u a ls o r s i m i l a r d o c u m e n t s ) in w o r k in g on e l e c t r o n i c e q u ip m e n t. E x a m p le s o f s u c h p r o b l e m s in c lu d e lo c a t io n and d e n s it y o f c i r c u i t r y , e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c r a d ia t io n , is o la t in g m a lf u n c t io n s , and fr e q u e n t e n g in e e r in g c h a n g e s . W ork in v o lv e s : A d e t a ile d u n d e r s ta n d in g o f th e i n t e r r e la t io n s h ip s o f c i r c u i t s ; e x e r c i s i n g in d e p e n d e n t ju d g m e n t in p e r f o r m i n g s u c h t a s k s a s m a k in g c i r c u i t a n a ly s e s , c a lc u la t in g w a v e f o r m s , t r a c in g r e l a t i o n s h ip s in s ig n a l f lo w ; a nd r e g u l a r l y u s in g c o m p l e x t e s t in s t r u m e n t s ( e . g . , d u a l t r a c e o s c i l l o s c o p e s , Q - m e t e r s , d e v ia t io n m e t e r s , p u ls e g e n e r a t o r s ) . MAINTENANCE, TOOLROOM, AND POWERPLANT M A IN T E N A N C E C A R P E N T E R M A IN T E N A N C E C A R P E N T E R — C o n tin u e d P e r f o r m s th e c a r p e n t r y d u tie s n e c e s s a r y t o c o n s t r u c t and m a in ta in in g o o d r e p a i r b u ild in g w o o d w o r k and e q u ip m e n t s u ch a s b in s , c r i b s , c o u n t e r s , b e n c h e s , p a r t it i o n s , d o o r s , f l o o r s , s t a i r s , c a s i n g s , and t r i m m a d e o f w o o d in an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k i n v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : P la n n in g and la y in g o u t o f w o r k f r o m b lu e p r in t s , d r a w in g s , m o d e l s , o r v e r b a l in s t r u c t io n s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f c a r p e n t e r 's h a n d t o o ls , p o r t a b le p o w e r t o o l s , and s ta n d a r d m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; m a k in g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g to d im e n s io n s o f w o r k ; and s e l e c t i n g m a t e r i a l s n e c e s s a r y f o r th e w o r k . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f th e m a in t e n a n c e c a r p e n t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g an d e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g an d e x p e r i e n c e . 20 M A IN T E N A N C E E L E C T R I C I A N M A IN T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC ( M o t o r v e h ic le ) P e r f o r m s a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c a l t r a d e f u n c t io n s suph a s th e i n s t a l la t io n , m a in t e n a n c e , o r r e p a i r o f e q u ip m e n t f o r th e g e n e r a t io n , d is t r ib u t io n , o r u t iliz a t io n o f e l e c t r i c e n e r g y in an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : I n s t a llin g o r r e p a ir in g a n y o f a v a r i e t y o f e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s g e n e r a t o r s , t r a n s f o r m e r s , s w it c h b o a r d s , c o n t r o l l e r s , c i r c u i t b r e a k e r s , m o t o r s , h e a tin g u n it s , c o n d u it s y s t e m s , o r o t h e r t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t ; w o r k in g f r o m b lu e p r in t s , d r a w in g s , la y o u t s , o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; lo c a t in g and d ia g n o s in g t r o u b le in th e e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m o r e q u ip m e n t ; w o r k in g s ta n d a r d c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g to lo a d r e q u ir e m e n t s o f w ir in g o r e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t; and u s in g a v a r ie t y o f e l e c t r i c i a n 's h a n d t o o ls and m e a s u r in g and t e s t in g in s t r u m e n t s . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e e l e c t r i c i a n r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e . R e p a ir s a u t o m o b ile s , b u s e s , m o t o r t r u c k s , and t r a c t o r s o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k i n v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : E x a m in in g a u t o m o t iv e e q u ip m e n t to d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d is a s s e m b l i n g e q u ip m e n t and p e r f o r m in g r e p a i r s th a t in v o lv e th e u s e o f s u ch h a n d t o o ls a s w r e n c h e s , g a u g e s , d r i l l s , o r s p e c i a l i z e d e q u ip m e n t in d i s a s s e m b lin g o r fitt in g p a r t s ; r e p la c in g b r o k e n o r d e f e c t i v e p a r t s f r o m s t o c k ; g r in d in g and a d ju s tin g v a l v e s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g and in s t a llin g th e v a r io u s a s s e m b l i e s in th e v e h i c l e a nd m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t m e n t s ; and a lig n in g w h e e l s , a d ju s tin g b r a k e s and lig h t s , o r tig h te n in g b o d y b o lts . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f th e m o t o r v e h i c l e m a in te n a n c e m e c h a n ic r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e . M A IN T E N A N C E P A IN T E R M A IN T E N A N C E P I P E F I T T E R P a in ts and r e d e c o r a t e s w a l l s , w o o d w o r k , and fix t u r e s o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k i n v o lv e s th e f o l l o w i n g : K n o w le d g e o f s u r f a c e p e c u l i a r i t i e s a nd t y p e s o f p a in t r e q u ir e d f o r d if f e r e n t a p p lic a t io n s ; p r e p a r in g s u r f a c e f o r p a in tin g b y r e m o v in g o ld fin is h o r b y p la c in g p u tty o r f i l l e r in n a il h o le s and i n t e r s t i c e s ; and a p p ly in g p a in t w ith s p r a y gun o r b r u s h . M ay" m i x c o l o r s , o i l s , w h ite le a d , and o t h e r p a in t in g r e d ie n t s to o b ta in p r o p e r c o l o r o r c o n s i s t e n c y . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e p a in te r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e . M A IN T E N A N C E M A C H IN IS T P r o d u c e s r e p la c e m e n t p a r t s and n e w p a r t s in m a k in g r e p a i r s o f m e t a l p a r t s o f m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m e n t o p e r a t e d in an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o rk i n v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : I n t e r p r e t in g w r it t e n in s t r u c t io n s and s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; p la n n in g and la y in g ou t o f w o r k ; u s in g a v a r ie t y o f m a c h i n i s t 's h a n d t o o ls and p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; s e ttin g up and o p e r a t in g s ta n d a r d m a c h in e t o o l s ; s h a p in g o f m e t a l p a r t s to c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; m a k in g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u ta tio n s r e la t in g t o d im e n s io n s o f w o r k , t o o l i n g , f e e d s , an d s p e e d s o f m a c h in in g ; k n o w le d g e o f th e w o r k in g p r o p e r t i e s o f th e c o m m o n m e t a l s ; s e le c t in g s ta n d a rd m a t e r i a l s , p a r t s , and e q u ip m e n t r e q u ir e d f o r th is w o r k ; and fitt in g and a s s e m b lin g p a r t s in to m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m e n t. In g e n e r a l, th e m a c h i n i s t 's w o r k n o r m a lly r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d tr a in in g in m a c h i n e - s h o p p r a c t i c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e . M A IN T E N A N C E M E C H A N IC (M a c h in e r y ) R e p a ir s m a c h in e r y o r m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m e n t o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ; E x a m in in g m a c h in e s and m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip m e n t to d ia g n o s e s o u r c e o f t r o u b le ; d is m a n t lin g o r p a r t ly d is m a n t lin g m a c h in e s and p e r f o r m i n g r e p a i r s th at m a in ly in v o lv e th e u s e o f h a n d t o o ls in s c r a p in g and fitt in g p a r t s ; r e p la c in g b r o k e n o r d e f e c t iv e p a r t s w ith it e m s o b t a in e d f r o m s t o c k ; o r d e r i n g th e p r o d u c t io n o f a r e p la c e m e n t p a r t b y a m a c h in e s h o p o r s e n d in g th e m a c h in e to a m a c h in e s h o p f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s ; p r e p a r in g w r it t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r m a j o r r e p a i r s o r f o r th e p r o d u c t io n o f p a r t s o r d e r e d f r o m m a c h in e s h o p s ; r e a s s e m b l i n g m a c h in e s ; a nd m a k in g a ll n e c e s s a r y a d ju s t m e n t s f o r o p e r a t io n . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f a m a c h in e r y m a in t e n a n c e m e c h a n ic r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r i en ce. E x c lu d e d f r o m th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n a r e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u tie s in v o lv e s e tt in g up o r a d ju s tin g m a c h in e s . T h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s n o t in c lu d e m e c h a n ic s w h o r e p a ir c u s t o m e r s v e h i c l e s in a u t o m o b ile r e p a i r s h o p s . 21 I n s t a lls 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 ip e and p ip e fit t in g s in an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k in v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g :' L a y in g ou t w o r k and m e a s u r in g t o lo c a t e p o s it io n o f p ip e f r o m d r a w in g s o r o t h e r w r it t e n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; cu ttin g v a r io u s s i z e s o f p ip e t o c o r r e c t le n g th s w ith c h i s e l and h a m m e r o r o x y a c e t y le n e t o r c h o r p ip e -c u t t in g m a c h in e s ; t h r e a d in g p ip e w ith s t o c k s and d ie s ; b e n d in g p ip e b y h a n d - d r i v e n o r p o w e r - d r i v e n m a c h in e s ; a s s e m b lin g p ip e w ith c o u p lin g s and f a s t e n in g p ip e to h a n g e r s ; m a k in g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g to p r e s s u r e s , f lo w , and s i z e o f p ip e r e q u ir e d ; and m a k in g s ta n d a r d t e s t s t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r f in is h e d p ip e s m e e t s p e c ific a tio n s . In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m a in te n a n c e p ip e fi t t e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e . W o rk e r s p r im a r ily e n g a g e d in in s t a llin g and r e p a ir in g b u ild in g s a n it a tio n o r h e a tin g s y s t e m s a r e e x c lu d e d . M A IN T E N A N C E S H E E T - M E T A L W O R K E R F a b r i c a t e s , i n s t a l l s , and m a in ta in s in g o o d r e p a i r th e s h e e t - m e t a l e q u ip m e n t and f ix t u r e s ( s u c h a s m a c h in e g u a r d s , g r e a s e p a n s , s h e 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 in g ) o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t . W o r k in v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g ; P la n n in g and la y in g ou t a ll t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l m a in t e n a n c e w o r k f r o m b lu e p r in t s , m o d e l s , o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; s e tt in g up and o p e r a t in g a l l a v a ila b le t y p e s o f s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k in g m a c h in e s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d t o o ls in c u tt in g , b e n d in g , f o r m in g , s h a p in g , f it t in g , and a s s e m b l i n g ; and in s t a llin g s h e e t - m e t a l a r t i c l e s a s r e q u i r e d . In g e n e r a l , th e w o r k o f th e m a in t e n a n c e s h e e t - m e t a l w o r k e r r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e . M IL L W R IG H T I n s t a lls n e w m a c h in e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m e n t, and d is m a n t le s and i n s t a lls m a c h in e s o r h e a v y e q u ip m e n t w h e n c h a n g e s in th e p la n t la y o u t a r e r e q u ir e d . W o r k i n v o l v e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : P la n n in g and la y in g ou t w o r k ; in t e r p r e t in g b lu e p r in t s o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u s in g a v a r i e t y o f h a n d t o o l s and r ig g in g ; m a k in g s ta n d a r d s h o p c o m p u t a t io n s r e la t in g t o 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 , a nd c e n t e r s o f g r a v it y ; a lig n in g a nd b a la n c in g e q u ip m e n t ; s e le c t in g s ta n d a r d t o o l s , e q u ip m e n t , and p a r t s t o b e u s e d ; a nd in s t a llin g and m a in ta in in g in g o o d o r d e r p o w e r t r a n s m i s s i o n e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s d r i v e s and s p e e d r e d u c e r s . In g e n e r a l, th e m i l l w r i g h t 's w o r k n o r m a lly r e q u i r e s a r o u n d e d tr a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e in th e tr a d e a c q u ir e d th r o u g h a f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e . M A IN T E N A N C E T R A D E S H E L P E R T O O L A N D D IE M A K 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 th e s k ille d m a in te n a n c e t r a d e s , by 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 ie s o f l e s s e r s k ill, su ch a s k e e p in g a w o r k e r s u p p lie d w ith m a t e r i a l s and t o o l s ; c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a , m a c h in e , and e q u ip m e n t; a s s i s t in g jo u r n e y m a n b y h o ld in g m a t e r i a l s o r t o o l s ; and p e r f o r m in g o t h e r u n s k ille d t a s k s a s d i r e c t e d b y jo u r n e y m a n . T h e k in d o f w o r k th e h e lp e r is p e r m it t e d to p e r f o r m v a r i e s f r o m t r a d e to t r a d e : In s o m e t r a d e s th e h e lp e r i s c o n fin e d to s u p p ly in g , lif t in g , and h o ld in g m a t e r i a l s and t o o l s , and c le a n in g w o r k in g a r e a s ; and in o t h e r s he is p e r m it t e d to p e r f o r m s p e c i a l i z e d m a c h in e o p e r a t i o n s , o r p a r t s o f a tr a d e th a t a r e a ls o p e r f o r m e d b y w o r k e r s on a f u l l - t i m e b a s i s . C o n s t r u c t s and r e p a i r s j i g s , f i x t u r e s , c u ttin g t o o l s , g a u g e s , o r m e t a l d ie s o r m o l d s u s e d in s h a p in g o r f o r m in g m e t a l o r n o n m e t a llic m a t e r i a l ( e . g . , p l a s t i c , p l a s t e r , r u b b e r , g l a s s ) . W o r k t y p i c a l l y i n v o l v e s : P la n n in g and la y in g ou t w o r k a c c o r d i n g to m o d e l s , b lu e p r in t s , d r a w in g s , o r o t h e r w r it te n o r o r a l s p e c i f i c a t i o n s ; u n d e r s t a n d in g th e w o r k in g p r o p e r t i e s o f c o m m o n m e t a ls and a l l o y s ; s e le c t in g a p p r o p r ia t e m a t e r i a l s , t o o l s , and p r o c e s s e s r e q u ir e d to c o m p le t e t a s k s ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y sh o p c o m p u t a t io n s ; s e tt in g up and o p e r a t in g v a r io u s m a c h in e t o o l s and r e la t e d e q u ip m e n t; u s in g v a r io u s t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's h a n d t o o ls and p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; w o r k in g to v e r y c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s ; h e a t - t r e a t i n g m e t a l p a r t s and f in is h e d t o o l s and d ie s to a c h ie v e r e q u ir e d q u a lit ie s ; fitt in g and a s s e m b lin g p a r t s t o p r e s c r i b e d t o l e r a n c e s and a llo w a n c e s . In g e n e r a l, th e t o o l and d ie m a k e r 's w o r k r e q u i r e s r o u n d e d tr a in in g in m a c h i n e - s h o p and t o o l r o o m p r a c t i c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h f o r m a l a p p r e n t ic e s h ip o r e q u iv a le n t t r a in in g and e x p e r i e n c e . M A C H I N E -T O O L O P E R A T O R ( T o o l r o o m ) S p e c i a l i z e s in o p e r a t in g o n e o r m o r e th an o n e ty p e o f m a c h in e t o o l ( e . g . , j i g b o r e r , g r in d in g m a c h in e , e n g in e la t h e , m i llin g m a c h in e ) to m a c h in e m e t a l f o r u s e in m a k in g o r m a in ta in in g j i g s , f i x t u r e s , cu ttin g t o o l s , g a u g e s , o r m e t a l d ie s o r m o l d s u s e d in s h a p in g o r f o r m in g m e t a l o r n o n m e t a llic m a t e r ia l (e .g ., p la s t ic , p la s t e r , ru b b e r , g la s s ). W ork ty p ic a lly in v o lv e s : P la n n in g and p e r f o r m i n g d if f ic u l t m a c h in in g o p e r a t io n s w h ic h r e q u ir e c o m p li c a t e d s e tu p s o r a h igh d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y ; s e tt in g up m a c h in e t o o l o r t o o l s ( e . g . , i n s t a ll c u ttin g t o o l s and a d ju s t g u id e s , s t o p s , w o r k in g t a b le s , and o t h e r c o n t r o l s to h a n d le th e s i z e o f s t o c k to be m a c h in e d ; d e t e r m in e p r o p e r 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 io n s e q u e n c e o r s e l e c t t h o s e p r e s c r i b e d in d r a w in g s , b lu e p r in t s , o r la y o u t s ) ; u s in g a v a r ie t y o f p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r in g in s t r u m e n t s ; m a k in g n e c e s s a r y a d ju s tm e n t s d u r in g m a c h in in g o p e r a t io n to a c h ie v e r e q u is i t e d im e n s io n s to v e r y c l o s e t o l e r a n c e s . M ay be r e q u ir e d to s e l e c t p r o p e r c o o la n t s and cu ttin g and lu b r ic a t in g o i l s , to r e c o g n i z e w h e n t o o l s n e e d d r e s s i n g , and to d r e s s t o o l s . In g e n e r a l, th e w o r k o f a m a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r ( t o o l r o o m ) at th e s k i l l l e v e l c a l l e d f o r in th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n r e q u i r e s e x t e n s iv e k n o w le d g e o f m a c h i n e - s h o p and t o o l r o o m p r a c t i c e u s u a lly a c q u ir e d th r o u g h c o n s i d e r a b l e o n - t h e - j o b tr a in in g a n d e x p e r ie n c e . in c lu d e sh op s. F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g d stu d y p u r p o s e s , th is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s n ot in c lu d e t o o l and d ie m a k e r s w h o (1 ) a r e e m p lo y e d in t o o l and d ie jo b b in g s h o p s o r (2 ) p r o d u c e f o r g in g d ie s (d ie s in k e r s ) . S T A T IO N A R Y E N G IN E E R O p e r a t e s and m a in ta in s and m a y a ls o s u p e r v is e th e o p e r a t io n o f s t a t io n a r y e n g in e s and e q u ip m e n t ( m e c h a n ic a l o r ' e l e c t r i c a l ) t o s u p p ly the e s t a b lis h m e n t in w h ic h e m p lo y e d w ith p o w e r , h e a t, r e f r i g e r a t i o n , o r a i r c o n d it io n in g . W ork in v o lv e s : O p e r a t in g and m a in ta in in g e q u ip m e n t s u c h a s s te a m e n g in e s , a i r c o m p r e s s o r s , g e n e r a t o r s , m o t o r s , t u r b in e s , v e n tila t in g and r e f r i g e r a t i n g e q u ip m e n t , s te a m b o i l e r s and b o i l e r - f e d w a te r p u m p s ; m a k in g e q u ip m e n t r e p a i r s ; and k e e p in g a r e c o r d o f o p e r a t io n o f m a c h in e r y , t e m p e r a t u r e , and f u e l c o n s u m p t io n . M a y a l s o s u p e r v is e t h e s e o p e r a t io n s . H ea d o r c h i e f e n g in e e r s in e s t a b lis h m e n t s e m p lo y in g m o r e th an on e e n g in e e r a re e x c lu d e d . B O IL E R T E N D E R F ir e s s t a t io n a r y b o i l e r s to f u r n is h th e e s t a b lis h m e n t in w h ic h e m p lo y e d w ith h e a t, p o w e r , o r s te a m . F e e d s f u e ls t o f i r e b y hand o r o p e r a t e s a m e c h a n i c a l s t o k e r , g a s , o r o i l b u r n e r ; and c h e c k s w a t e r and s a fe t y v a l v e s . M a y c l e a n , o i l , o r a s s i s t in r e p a ir in g b o i l e r r o o m e q u ip m e n t. F o r c r o s s - i n d u s t r y w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , t h is c l a s s i f i c a t i o n d o e s n ot m a c h i n e - t o o l o p e r a t o r s ( t o o l r o o m ) e m p lo y e d in t o o l and d ie jo b b in g MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL T R U C K D R IV E R — C o n tin u e d T R U C K D R IV E R T r u c k d r iv e r , T r u c k d r iv e r , T r u c k d r iv e r , T r u c k d r iv e r , D r iv e s a t r u c k w ith in a c it y o r in d u s t r ia l a r e a to t r a n s p o r t m a t e r i a l s , m e r c h a n d i s e , e q u ip m e n t , o r w o r k e r s b e tw e e n v a r io u s ty p e s o f e s t a b lis h m e n t s s u ch a s : M a n u fa c tu r in g p la n t s , f r e ig h t d e p o t s , w a r e h o u s e s , w h o l e s a le and r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s , o r b e tw e e n r e t a i l e s t a b lis h m e n t s and c u s t o m e r s ' h o u s e s o r p l a c e s o f b u s in e s s . M a y a l s o lo a d o r u n lo a d t r u c k w ith o r w ith o u t h e l p e r s , m a k e m i n o r m e c h a n 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 working ord er. 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 a r e e x c l u d e d . S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E IV IN G C L E R K P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h ip m e n t, o r r e c e i v e s and i s r e s p o n s ib le f o r in c o m in g s h ip m e n ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l s . S h ip p in g w o r k i n v o l v e s : A k n o w le d g e o f s h ip p in g p r o c e d u r e s , p r a c t i c e s , r o u t e s , a v a ila b le m e a n s o f t r a n s p o r t a t io n , and r a t e s ; and p r e p a r in g r e c o r d s o f th e g o o d s F o r w a g e stu 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 iz e and ty p e o f e q u ip m e n t, a s f o l l o w s : ( T r a c t o r - t r a i l e r s h o u ld b e r a te d on th e b a s is o f t r a i l e r c a p a c it y .) lig h t t r u c k (u n d e r 1 V2 to n s ) m e d iu m t r u c k (1 V2 to and in c lu d in g 4 t o n s ) h e a v y t r u c k ( t r a i l e r ) ( o v e r 4 to n s ) h e a v y t r u c k (o t h e r th a n t r a i l e r ) ( o v e r 4 t o n s ) 22 S H IP P IN G A N D R E C E IV IN G C L E R K — C o n tin u e d S H IP P IN G P A C K E R ---- C o n tin u e d s h ip p e d , m a k in g up b i l l s o f la d in g , p o s t in g w e ig h t and s h ip p in g c h a r g e s , and k e e p in g a f i l e o f s h ip p in g r e c o r d s . M a y d i r e c t o r a s s i s t in p r e p a r in g th e m e r c h a n d i s e f o r s h ip m e n t. R e c e iv in g w o r k i n v o l v e s : V e r if y in g o r d i r e c t i n g o t h e r s in v e r i f y i n g th e c o r r e c t n e s s o f s h ip m e n ts a g a in s t b i l l s o f la d in g , i n v o i c e s , o r o t h e r r e c o r d s ; c h e c k in g f o r s h o r t a g e s and r e j e c t i n g d a m a g e d g o o d s ; r o u tin g m e r c h a n d is e o r m a t e r i a l s to p r o p e r d e p a r t m e n t s ; and m a in ta in in g n e c e s s a r y r e c o r d s and f i l e s . s h ip p in g c o n t a in e r s and m a y in v o lv e o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g : K n o w le d g e o f v a r io u s it e m s o f s t o c k in o r d e r to v e r i f y c o n t e n t ; s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r ia t e ty p e and s i z e o f c o n t a in e r ; in s e r t in g e n c l o s u r e s in c o n t a in e r ; u s in g e x c e l s i o r o r o t h e r m a t e r i a l t o p r e v e n t b r e a k a g e o r d a m a g e ; c l o s i n g and s e a lin g c o n t a in e r ; and a p p ly in g la b e ls o r e n t e r in g id e n t ify in g d a ta on c o n t a in e r . P ack ers w h o a l s o m a k e w o o d e n b o x e s o r c r a t e s a r e e x c lu d e d . M A T E R I A L H A N D L IN G L A B O R E R F o r w age s tu d y p u r p o s e s , w ork ers are c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s : A w o r k e r e m p lo y e d in a w a r e h o u s e , m a n u fa c t u r in g p la n t, s t o r e , o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t w h o s e d u tie s in v o lv e o n e o r m o r e o f th e f o l l o w i n g : L o a d in g and u n lo a d in g v a r io u s m a t e r i a l s and m e r c h a n d is e on o r f r o m f r e ig h t c a r s , t r u c k s , o r o t h e r t r a n s p o r t in g d e v i c e s ; u n p a c k in g , s h e lv in g , o r p la c in g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d is e in p r o p e r s t o r a g e lo c a t i o n ; and t r a n s p o r t in g m a t e r i a l s o r m e r c h a n d is e b y h a n d t r u c k , c a r , o r w h e e l b a r r o w . L on gshore w o r k e r s , w h o lo a d and u n lo a d s h ip s , a r e e x c lu d e d . S h ip p in g c l e r k R e c e iv in g c l e r k S h ip p in g and r e c e i v i n g c l e r k W AREH OUSEM AN A s d i r e c t e d , p e r f o r m s a v a r ie t y o f w a r e h o u s in g d u tie s w h ic h r e q u ir e an u n d e r s t a n d in g o f th e e s t a b l i s h m e n t 's s t o r a g e p la n . W o rk i n v o lv e s m o s t o f th e f o l l o w i n g : V e r if y in g m a t e r i a l s ( o r m e r c h a n d is e ) a g a in s t r e c e i v i n g d o c u m e n t s , n o tin g a nd r e p o r t in g d i s c r e p a n c i e s and o b v io u s d a m a g e s ; r o u tin g m a t e r i a l s to p r e s c r i b e d s t o r a g e l o c a t i o n s ; s t o r i n g , s t a c k in g , o r p a lle t iz in g m a t e r i a l s in a c c o r d a n c e w ith p r e s c r i b e d s t o r a g e m e t h o d s ; r e a r r a n g in g and t a k i n g in v e n t o r y o f s t o r e d m a t e r i a l s ; e x a m in in g s t o r e d m a t e r i a l s and r e p o r t in g d e t e r i o r a t i o n and d a m a g e ; r e m o v in g m a t e r i a l f r o m s t o r a g e and p r e p a r in g it f o r s h ip m e n t. M a y o p e r a t e h an d o r p o w e r t r u c k s in p e r f o r m i n g w a r e h o u s in g d u t ie s . E x c lu d e w o r k e r s w h o s e p r i m a r y d u tie s in v o lv e s h ip p in g and r e c e i v in g w o r k ( s e e S h ip p in g and R e c e iv in g C le r k and S h ip p in g P a c k e r ) , o r d e r f illin g ( s e e O r d e r F i l l e r ) , o r o p e r a t in g p o w e r t r u c k s ( s e e P o w e r - T r u c k O p e r a t o r ) . O R D ER F IL L E R F i l l s s h ip p in g o r t r a n s f e r o r d e r s f o r f in is h e d g o o d s f r o m s t o r e d m e r c h a n d 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 o n s a le s s l i p s , c u s t o m e r s ' o r d e r s , o r o t h e r i n s t r u c t io n s . M a y , in a d d itio n to f illin g o r d e r s and in d i c a t in g it e m s f i l l e d o r o m it t e d , k e e p r e c o r d s o f o u tg o in g o r d e r s , r e q u is i t io n a d d it io n a l s t o c k o r r e p o r t s h o r t s u p p lie s t o s u p e r v i s o r , and p e r f o r m o t h e r r e la t e d d u t ie s . S H IP P IN G P A C K E R P r e p a r e s f in is h e d p r o d u c t s f o r s h ip m e n t o r s t o r a g e b y p la c in g th e m in s h ip p in g c o n t a i n e r s , th e s p e c i f i c o p e r a t io n s p e r f o r m e d b e in g d e p e n d e n t u p on th e t y p e , s i z e , and n u m b e r o f u n its to b e p a c k e d , the ty p e o f c o n t a in e r e m p l o y e d , and m e t h o d o f s h ip m e n t. W o rk r e q u i r e s th e p la c i n g o f it e m s in 23 P O W E R -T R U C K O P E R A T O R O p e r a t e s a m a n u a lly c o n t r o l l e d g a s o l i n e - o r e l e c t r i c - p o w e r e d t r u c k o r t r a c t o r t o 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 fa c t u r in g p la n t, o r o t h e r e s t a b lis h m e n t . tru ck , F o r w a g e stu d y p u r p o s e s , w o r k e r s a r e as fo llo w s : c l a s s i f i e d b y ty p e o f p o w e r - F o r k lift o p e r a to r P o w e r - t r u c k o p e r a t o r ( o t h e r th a n f o r k l i f t ) GUARD AND W ATCHM AN G u ard. P e r f o r m s r o u tin e p o l i c e d u t ie s , e it h e r at f ix e d p o s t o r on t o u r , m a in ta in in g o r d e r , u s in g a r m s o r f o r c e w h e r e n e c e s s a r y . 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Bulletins m ay be purchased from any o f the BLS regional offices shown on the back cov er o r from the Superintendent of Docum ents, U.S. Government Printing O ffice, Washington, D.C. 20402 A rea A k ro n , O h io, D e c . 1975_____________________________________________ A lb a n y -S ch e n e cta d y —T r o y , N .Y ., Sept. 1 9 7 5 1_____________________ A n aheim — Santa A n a -G a r d e n G ro v e , C a lif., O ct. 19 7 5 1___________ A tlanta, G a „ M ay 1976___________________________________________ A u stin , T e x ., D e c . 1 97 51 _________________________________________ B a lt im o r e , M d ., A u g. 19 7 5 1 ________________________________________ B illin g s , M on t., J u ly 1976___________________________________________ B ingh am ton , N .Y ^ P a ., J u ly 1975 __________________________________ B irm in g h a m , A la ., M a r . 1976*______________________________________ B o s to n , M a s s ., A u g. 1 9 7 5 1__________________________________________ B u ffa lo , N .Y ., O ct. 1 9 7 5 1_________________________________________ C anton, O h io, M ay 1 9 7 6 __________________________________________ C h attanooga, T e n n ^ G a ., Sept. 1 9 7 5 1_______________________________ C h ic a g o , 111., M ay 1976______________________________________________ C in cin n a ti, O h io -K y .—Ind., M a r . 19 7 6 ______________________________ C le v e la n d , O h io, Sept. 1975____________________ ____________________ C o lu m b u s, O h io, O ct. 1 9 7 5 1 ________________________________________ C o rp u s C h r is t i, T e x ., J u ly 1976____________________________________ D a ll a s - F o r t W orth , T e x ., O ct. 1 9 7 5 1 ______________________________ D a v e n p o rt— o c k Island— o lin e , I o w a -I ll., F e b . 1976____________ R M D ayton, O h io, D e c . 1975_____________________________________________ D aytona B e a ch , F la ., A u g. 1976____________________________________ D enver—B o u ld e r , C o lo ., D e c . 197 5_________________________________ D e tr o it, M ic h ., M a r . 1976*__________________________________________ F o r t L a u d e rd a le — o lly w o o d and W e s t P a lm B ea ch — H B o c a R a ton , F la ., A p r. 197 6__________________________ ___________ F r e s n o , C a lif., June 1 97 6___________________________________________ G a in e s v ille , F la ., Sept. 1975________________ __ _____________________ G re e n B ay, W is ., J u ly 19761________________________________________ G r e e n s b o r o — in s to n -S a le m -H ig h P o in t, N .C ., A ug. 197 5 _______ W G re e n v ille — pa rtan bu rg, S .C ., June 1976 1________________________ S H a r tfo r d , C on n ., M a r . 1 97 6____________________________________ ____ H ouston, T e x ., A p r . 197 6____________________________________________ H u n tsv ille , A la ., F e b . 1976 _________________________________________ In d ia n a p olis, Ind., O ct. 1 9 7 5 * _______________________________________ J a ck s o n , M is s ., F e b . 1976___________________________________________ J a c k s o n v ille , F la ., D e c. 1975_______________________________________ K a n sa s C ity , M o r -K a n s „ Sept. 197 5_______________________________ L exin gton — a y e tte , K y ., N ov. 1 9 7 5 1________________________________ F L o s A n g e le s —L on g B e a ch , C a lif., O ct. 1975 1 _____________________ L o u is v ille , K y,—Ind., N o v. 1 97 5_____________________________________ M e lb o u rn e — it u s v ille — o c o a , F la ., A u g. 197 5___ _________________ T C M e m p h is , Tenn.— r k ,— is s ., N o v . 1975___________________________ A M Prices are determ in ed by the G overnm ent Printing O ffic e and are su bject to change. 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Bulletin number and p rice * 1 8 5 0 -8 0 , 1 8 5 0 -6 3 , 1 8 5 0 -7 5 , 1 9 0 0 -3 0 , 1 8 5 0 -8 3 , 1 8 5 0 -6 2 , 1 9 0 0 -3 9 , 1 8 5 0 -5 0 , 1 9 0 0 -1 1 , 1 8 5 0 -5 8 , 1 8 5 0 -6 9 , 1 9 0 0 -2 8 , 1 8 5 0 -6 7 , 1 9 0 0 -3 2 , 1 9 0 0 -7 , 1 8 5 0 -6 4 , 1 8 5 0 -7 8 , 1 9 0 0 -4 1 , 1 8 5 0 -5 9 , 1 9 0 0 -2 5 , 1 8 5 0 -7 3 , 1 9 0 0 -4 5 , 1 8 5 0 -8 2 , 1 9 0 0 -1 5 , 45 cen ts $ 1 .2 0 85 cen ts 85 cen ts 75 cen ts $ 1 .3 0 55 cen ts 65 ce n ts 95 ce n ts $ 1 .5 0 95 cen ts 55 ce n ts 85 cen ts $1.05 75 cen ts $ 1 .3 0 95 ce n ts 55 cen ts $ 1 .5 0 55 cen ts 45 ce n ts 45 cents 75 cen ts $ 1 .2 5 1 9 0 0 -2 0 , 190 0 -2 9 , 1 8 5 0 -5 7 , 1 9 0 0 -3 7 , 1 8 5 0 -4 9 , 1 9 0 0 -3 6 , 1 9 0 0 -1 4 , 1 9 0 0 -2 6 , 1 9 0 0 -1 7 , 1 8 5 0 -6 6 , 1 9 0 0 -8 , 1 8 5 0 -8 1 , 1 8 5 0 -5 5 , 1 8 5 0 -8 4 , 1 8 5 0 -8 6 , 1 8 5 0 -7 9 , 1 8 5 0 -5 4 , 1 8 5 0 -8 5 , 55 cents 55 ce n ts $ 1 .1 0 55 cen ts 65 ce n ts 85 cen ts 55 cen ts 85 cen ts 55 ce n ts 95 cen ts 55 cen ts 45 cen ts 80 cen ts 75 cen ts $ 1 .1 5 45 cen ts 65 cen ts 45 cen ts A rea M ia m i, F la ., O ct. 1975______________________________________________ M ilw au k ee, W is ., A p r . 19 7 6 ____________________ ____________________ M in n e a p o lis— St. P a u l, M inn.—W is ., Jan . 1976_____________________ N a s s a u -S u ffo lk , N .Y ., June 1976___________________________________ N ew ark, N .J ., Jan . 197 6_____________________________________________ N ew O rle a n s , L a ., Jan . 19 7 6 __ ___ __ ___________ ________________ __ N ew Y o r k , N .Y ^ -N .J ., M ay 1 9 7 5 1__________________________________ N o rfo lk — ir g in ia B e a c h -P o r t s m o u t h , V a.— .C ., M ay 1 9 7 6 1_____ V N N o rfo lk — ir g in ia B e a c h -P o r t s m o u t h and N ew p ort N ew s— V H am pton, V a,— .C ., M ay 1 9 7 6 * ______________ _ N ________________ N o rth e a s t P e n n s y lv a n ia , A u g. 1976_______ ___ _____________________ O k la h om a C ity, O k la ., A u g .] 1976__________________ __ _____________ O m aha, N e b r,—Iow a, O ct. 1975______________________________________ P a t e r s o n - C l i ft o n - P a s s a i c , N .J ., June 1976_______________________ P h ila d e lp h ia , P a ,— .J ., N ov. 197 5_________________________________ N P itts b u r g h , P a ., Jan . 1 9 7 6 1 ________________________________________ P o r tla n d , M ain e, N ov. 1975________________________ _________ _ P o r tla n d , O r e g ^ W a s h ., M ay 197 5_________________________________ P o u g h k e e p s ie , N .Y ., June 1 9 7 5 * ___________________________________ P o u g h k e e p s ie -K in g s to n -N e w b u r g h , N .Y ., June 1 9 7 5 1_ _ ________ P r o v id e n c e -W a r w ic k —P a w tu ck et, R . I .- M a s s ., June 1976________ R a le ig h — u rh am , N .C ., F e b . 1 97 6 _________________________________ D R ich m o n d , V a ., June 1976___________________________________________ St. L o u is , M o ^ r n ., M a r . 1 9 7 6 1 ____________________________________ S a c r a m e n to , C a lif., D e c . 197 5____________________ ________ Saginaw , M ic h ., N ov. 197 5__________________________________________ Salt L a ke City— gden, Utah, N ov. 1 9 7 5 1__________________________ O San A n ton io, T e x ., M ay 1976________________________________________ San D ie g o , C a lif., N o v . 1975________________________________ San F r a n c is c o — akland, C a lif., M a r . 197 6_________________________ O San J o s e , Cad if., M a r . 1976_________________________________________ S e a t t le -E v e r e t t, W a sh ., Jan . 1 97 6_________________________________ South B en d, Ind., M a r . 197 6________________________________________ S ta m fo rd , C o n n ., M ay 197 6*________________________________________ S y r a c u s e , N .Y ., J u ly 1976___________________________________________ T o le d o , O h io -M ic h ., M ay 1976______________________________________ T re n to n , N .J ., Sept. 1 9 7 5 1__________________________________________ U tic a -R o m e , N .Y ., J u ly 1 9 7 5 1______________________________________ W ash in gton , D .C ,-M d ,— a ., M a r . 1976____________________________ V W e s t c h e s te r C ou nty, N .Y ., M ay! 1976_______________ ,, ______ W ich ita , K a n s ., A p r . 1976___________________________________________ W o r c e s t e r , M a s s ., A p r . 1 97 6______________________________________ Y o r k , P a ., F e b . 19 7 6 ________________________________________________ Bulletin number and p rice * 18 5 0 -7 6 , 190 0 -2 2 , 1 90 0-3 , 1 9 0 0 -3 5 , 190 0 -1 0 , 1 9 0 0 -2 , 18 5 0 -4 5 , 1 9 0 0 -2 7 , 95 cen ts 85 cen ts 95 cen ts 85 cen ts 85 cen ts 75 cen ts $ 1 .1 0 85 cen ts 1 9 0 0 -3 3 , 1 9 0 0 -4 3 , 1 9 0 0 -4 2 , 1 85 0-5 6, 1 90 0-3 8, 185 0 -6 5 , 19 0 0 -1 , 185 0 -7 2 , 185 0 -4 0 , 1 85 0-7 0, 1 85 0-6 8, 1 9 0 0 -3 1 , 1 90 0-1 8, 1 9 0 0 -3 4 , 19 0 0 -1 9 , 1 85 0-8 7, 18 5 0 -7 1 , 185 0 -7 4 , 19 0 0 -2 3 , 18 5 0 -7 7 , 1 90 0-9 , 1 9 0 0 -1 3 , 1 9 0 0 -6 , 1 90 0-5 , 1 90 0-4 0, 190 0 -4 4 , 190 0 -2 4 , 1 85 0-6 0, 18 5 0 -4 8 , 19 0 0 -1 2 , 19 0 0 -4 6 , 19 0 0 -2 1 , 1 90 0-1 6, 1 9 0 0 -4 , 85 cen ts 65 cents 55 cen ts $ 1 .1 0 55 cen ts 85 cen ts $ 1 .1 5 45 cen ts 75 cen ts 65 cen ts 75 cen ts 75 cen ts 55 cen ts 65 cen ts $ 1 .2 5 45 cen ts 35 cen ts 75 cen ts 65 cen ts 45 cen ts 95 cen ts 75 cen ts 65 cen ts 55 cen ts 85 cen ts 55 cents 55 cen ts $ 1 .2 0 80 cen ts 85 cen ts 55 cen ts 55 cen ts 55 cents 55 cen ts U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D.C. 20212 Postage and Fees Paid U.S. Department of Labor Third Class Mail Official Business Penalty for private use, $300 Lab-441 Bureau of Labor Statistics Regional Offices R e g io n I R e g io n II R e g io n I I I R e g io n IV 1 6 0 3 J F K F e d e ra l B u ild in g G o v e r n m e n t C e n te r B o s to n , M a s s . 0 2 2 0 3 P h o n e : 2 2 3 -6 7 6 1 (A re a C o d e 6 1 7 ) S u ite 3 4 0 0 1 5 1 5 B ro a d w a y N e w Y o rk , N .Y . 1 0 0 3 6 P h o n e : 9 7 1 -5 4 0 5 (A re a C o d e 2 1 2 ) 3 5 3 5 M a rk e t S tre e t, P .O . 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