X S S3 Area Wage Survey Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Virginia North Carolina Metropolitan Areas May 1976 Bulletin 1900 33 U S Department of Labor Preface This bulletin p r o v i d e s r e s u lts of a M ay 1976 s u r v e y of o c cu p a t io n a l earn ing s and su p p le m e n t a r y w age ben efits in the Norfolk irg in ia Beach V P o r t s m o u t h and N e w p or t News Hampton V i r g i n i a N orth C a rolina Standard M e tr o p o lit a n S tatistical A r e a s c i t i e s of C h esa peak e Hampton N ew p ort New s N o r f o l k P o q u o s o n Portsm outh Suffolk V irg in ia B ea ch a n d W il lia m s b u r g Va and the c oun ties o f G lo u c e s t e r J a m e s City and Y o rk Va and C u rritu ck N C The s u r v e y w as made as p a rt of the Bureau of L a b o r S t a t is t ic s annual a r e a w age s u r v e y p r o g r a m w h ich is d e s ig n e d to y ie ld data f o r in div id ual m e t r o p o l ita n a r e a s as w e l l as national and r e g io n a l e s t im a t e s f o r a ll Standard M etr op olita n S t a t is t ic a l A r e a s in the United States excluding A l a s k a and Hawaii A m a j o r c o n s id e r a t i o n in the a r e a wage s u r v e y p r o g r a m is the n eed to d e s c r i b e the l e v e l and m o v e m e n t of w a g e s in a v a r i e t y of la b or m a r k e t s through the a n a ly s is o f 1 the l e v e l and d is tribu tion o f w a g e s b y oc cu p a tion and 2 the m o v e m e n t of w a g e s by oc c u p a t io n a l c a t e g o r y and s k i ll le v e l The p r o g r a m d e v e lo p s in f o r m a t io n that m a y be u s e d f o r m a n y p u r p o s e s including w age and s a la r y a d m in is t r a t i o n c o l l e c t i v e b a rg a in in g and a s s i s t a n c e in d e t e r m in in g plant lo c a tio n S u rvey resu lts a l s o are u sed b y the U S D e p a r tm en t of L a b o r to m a k e w age det e rm in a tio n s under the S e r v i c e C on tract A c t o f 1965 C u r ren tly 81 a r e a s a r e in clu d ed in the p r o gram See lis t of a r e a s on in side b a c k c o v e r In e a c h a r ea o c c u p a t io n a l earn ings data are c o l l e c t e d annually In form a tion on est a b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and su p p lem en ta r y w age b en efits is ob tain ed e v e r y th ird y e a r E a ch y e a r a f t e r a l l in div id ual a r e a w age s u r v e y s have b e e n c o m p le t e d two s u m m a r y bu lletin s a r e is s u e d The f i r s t b r in g s to g e th e r data 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 national and r e g io n a l e s t im a t e s p r o j e c t e d f r o m in d i v id u a l m e t r o p o l ita n a r e a data The Norfolk V i r g in ia B e a c h o r ts m o u t h and P N e w p or t News Hampton s u r v e y was con du cted b y the B u r e a u s r e g i o n a l o f f i c e in Philadelph ia P a under the g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n o f Ir w in L F eig en b a u m A s s i s tant R e g io n a l C o m m i s s i o n e r f o r O p era tion s The s u r v e y c ou ld not have b e e n a c c o m p l i s h e d without the c o o p e r a t i o n o f the m a n y f i r m s w h os e w age and s a la r y data p r o v i d e d the b a s i s f o r the st a t is t ic a l in f o r m a t io n in this bulletin The Bu reau w is h e s to e x p r e s s sin c e r e a p p r e c ia tio n f o r the c o o p e r a t i o n r e c e iv e d Note C u r r e n t r e p o r t s on oc c u p a t io n a l earn ing s in the N or folk i r g in ia B e a c h P o r t s mouth and N ew port V News Ham pton a r e a s a r e a v a ila b le f o r the m ovin g and s t o r a g e M a y 1976 and la undry and d r y clean in g M ay 1976 in d u str ie s A l s o a v a ilab le f o r the N or folk a r e a a r e lis tin g s o f union wage rates f o r building tr a d e s prin ting tr a d e s l o c a l t r a n s i t o p er a tin g e m p l o y e e s l o c a l t r u c k d r i v e r s and h e lp e r s and g r o c e r y store em p loyees F r e e c o p ie s of th ese a r e a v a ilab le f r o m the B u r e a u s r e g io n a l o f f i c e s See b a c k c o v e r f o r a d d r e s s e s Bulletin A rea W age Survey September 1976 N o rfo lk V irg in ia B each P o rtsm o u th and U S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W J Usery Jr Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Julius Shiskin Commissioner New port N ew s Hampton Virginia North Carolina Metropolitan A rea M ay 1976 C o n t e n t s Page Introduction Page T a b le s Continued B T a b le s A Ea rn in gs 3 A l W eek ly earn ings o f o f f i c e w o r k e r s A 2 W eek ly earn ings o f p r o f e s s i o n a l and te c h n ic a l w o r k e r s A 3 A v e r a g e w e e k ly earn ings o f o f f i c e p r o f e s s i o n a l and te c h n ic a l w o r k e r s by s e x A 4 H ou rly earn ing s o f m a in ten a n ce t o o l r o o m and pow erplant 7 w o r k e r s A 5 H ou rly earnings o f m a t e r ia l m ov e m e n t and cus tod ia l 8 w o r k e r s A 6 A v e r a g e h ou r ly earn ings of m a in ten an ce t o o l r o o m p o w e r plant m a t e r ia l m o v e m e n t and c u s to d ia l w o r k e r s by s e x A l P e r c e n t in c r e a s e s in a v er ag e h o u r ly earn ing s f o r s e le c t e d o c c u p a t io n a l g r o u p s ad justed f o r e m p loy m en t s h i f t s E s ta blis h m en t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p lem en ta r y w ag e p r o v i s i o n s B 1 M in im u m en tran ce s a la r ie s f o r in e x p e r ie n c e d typists and c l e r k s B 2 Late shift pay p r o v i s i o n s fo r f u l l t i m e m a nu factu ring plant w o r k e r s B 3 Scheduled w e e k ly h ours and days of f u l l t i m e f i r s t s h i f t w o r k e r s B 4 Annual paid h olida ys f o r f u l l t i m e w o r k e r s B 5 Paid vacation p r o v i s i o n s fo r f u l l t i m e w o r k e r s B 6 Health in s u r a n c e and p en sion plan p r o v i s i o n s f o r f u l l t i m e w o r k e r s Appendix A Appendix B Scope and m ethod o f s u r v e y O cc u p a tion a l d e s c r i p t i o n s For sale by the Superintendent of Documents U S Government Printing Office Washington D C 20402 GPO Bookstores or BLS Regional Offices listed on back cover Price 85 cents Make checks payable to Superintendent of Documents Introduction n u r s e s sk illed m a in ten an ce t r a d e s w o r k e r s and unskilled plant w o r k e r s W h e re p o s s i b l e data ar e p r e s e n te d f o r all in d u s tr ie s m a n u factu rin g and nonm an ufacturin g This ta ble p r o v i d e s a m e a s u r e o f w age tr e n d s after elim in ation o f changes in a v e r a g e earnin gs c a u se d by e m p loy m en t shifts among e s t a b lis h m en ts as w e ll as t u r n o v e r o f e st a b lis h m e n t s i n cluded in s u r v e y s a m p l e s F o r fu rther d e t a ils see ap pendix A This a r e a is 1 o f 84 in w hich the U S D epartm ent o f L a b o r s Bu reau o f L a b o r Statistics conduces s u r v e y s o f oc c u p a t io n a l earn ings and r e lated b e n e fit s In this a r e a data w e r e obtain ed by p e r s o n a l v is it s o f Bu reau fie ld e c o n o m i s t s to r e p r e s e n ta tiv e est a b lis h m e n t s within six b r o a d industry d iv is io n s M an ufacturin g t r a n s p o r t a tio n c o m m u n i c a tio n and oth er pu blic u tilities w h o l e s a l e trad e r eta il tr a d e fin a n ce in s u r a n c e and r e a l estate and s e r v i c e s M a jo r in du stry g rou ps ex clu d ed f r o m th ese studies ar e g ov e r n m e n t op e r a t io n s and the c o n stru c tion and e x tr a c tiv e in du stries E s ta b lis h m en ts having f e w e r than a p r e s c r i b e d num ber o f w o r k e r s a r e om itted b e c a u s e of in suffic ient e m p loy m en t in the o c c u p a t io n s studied Separate ta bula tions are p r o v i d e d f o r each o f the b r o a d in du stry d iv is io n s w h ich m e e t pu blica tion c r i t e r i a B s e r i e s ta bles The B s e r i e s ta b le s p r e s e n t in form ation on m in im u m e n tran ce s a l a r i e s f o r o f f i c e w o r k e r s late shift pay p r o v i s i o n s and p r a c t i c e s f o r plant w o r k e r s in m anu factu ring and data se p a r a t e l y f o r plant and o f f i c e w o r k e r s on sch eduled w eek ly h ours and days o f f i r s t s h i f t w o r k e r s paid h o lid a y s paid v a c a tio n s and health in s u r a n c e and p en sion plans A s e r i e s ta b le s T a b le s A l th rough A 6 p r o v i d e es t im a te s o f s t r a ig h t t im e w e e k ly o r h o u r ly earn ings f o r w o r k e r s in o c c u p a t io n s c o m m o n to a v a r ie ty of m a n u f a c turing and nonm an ufacturin g in d u str ies O cc u p a tion s w e r e s e l e c t e d f r o m the follow 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 and t e c h n ic a l c m a in ten a n ce t o o l r o o m and pow erp la n t and d m a te r ia l m o v e m e n t and c u s to d ia l In the 31 la r g e s t s u r v e y a r e a s ta b le s A l a through A 6 a p r o v id e s i m il a r data f o r e st a b lis h m e n t s em p loying 500 w o r k ers or m ore A pp endixes App endix A d e s c r i b e s the m eth od s and c o n cepts u sed in the a r e a w ag e su r v e y p r o g r a m It p r o v i d e s in form a tion on the s c o p e o f the a r e a s u r v e y on the a r e a s in du stria l c o m p o s i t i o n in m a n u f a c t u r ing and on la b o r m a n a g e m e n t a g r e e m e n t c o v e r a g e App endix B p r o v i d e s jo b d e s c r i p t i o n s u sed by Bureau field e c o n o m i s t s to c l a s s i f y w o r k e r s by o c c u p a t io n T a b le A 7 p r o v i d e s p e r c e n t changes in a v e r a g e h o u r ly earn ings o f o f f i c e c l e r i c a l w o r k e r s e l e c t r o n i c data p r o c e s s i n g w o r k e r s in dustr ia l 2 A Earnings Table A 1 Weekly earnings of office workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 W eek ly earnings standard O ccu p a tio n and in d u s tr y d iv is io n Number of worker 1 N u m b e r of w o r k e r s receiving strai ght t im e w e e k l y e a r n i n g s of S w eek ly hour standard 70 M ean 2 M edian 2 M id d le ran g e2 s no s vLA j j s 170 s u s 190 s S S L v L 1AKALj t vLA nAnUr Av 1UK il u U ge ne ral STENOGRAPHERS SENIOR S S o v e r i i 4 6 i i i i d n JV P U B L IC U T I L I T I E S no U 357 s t e n o g r a p h e r s j 140 s s s 130 an d AKIL j i NUNnANU Mv 1UK irlu 1 90 S WORKERS J Z j 3 80 S an d under 80 ALL Ill n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g SWITCHBOARD OPtRATOR RECEPTIONISTS C U K U t LLL i b v UL A u W orkers w ere distributed as follow s W orkers w ere distributed as follow s n i n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g n at 280 to 300 and 2 at 300 to at 300 to 320 and 1 at 320 to 340 See footnotes at end of tables i i i i 10 i Table A 1 Weekly earnings of office workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Continued W e e k l y e ar n in gs 1 N u m b e r of w o r k e r s receiving st ra ig ht t im e w e e kly e a r n i n g s of s ta n d a rd umber 70 w e e k ly O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n d u s t r y division orkeR Ho u r 1 M ean 2 s ta nd ar d M edian 2 M iddle ra n g e 2 and under S S S s S S S S S n o S S S S S S s and over 2 8 0 ALL WO R K E R S CONTINUED A C C O U N T I N G C L E R K S C L A S S A 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 C A C C O U N T I N G C L E R K S C L A S S 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 BOOKKEEPING MACHINE OPERATORS C L A S S B P A Y R O L L C L E R K S M A N U F A C T U R I N G K E Y P U N C H O P E R A T O R S C L A S S A 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 K E Y P U N C H O P E R A T O R S C L A S S B M A N U F A C T U R I N G C U0 S e e footnotes at en d of tables T Table A 2 Weekly earnings of professional and technical workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 W e e k ly earnings stan da rd N um be r of O c c u p a t i o n a n d i n du st ry division w orkers A v e ra ge w e e k ly h o u rs 1 standard 1 N u m b e r of w o r k e rs receiving strai g h t t i m e w e e k l y e a rn in g s of M ea n M e d ia n M id d le ran ge d ALL ANALYSTS PROGRAMMERS PROGRAMMERS COMPUTER S s 24o no t l s C J A class A el e c t r o n i c s TECHNICIANS TECHNICIANS CLASS CLASS B c N A n u r A w 1U H i S e e footnotes at e n d of tables C lot t e c h n i c i a n s ELECTRONICS BUSINESS 51 el e c t r o n i c s v u M i s 130 BUSINESS U K A P 1C K by WORKERS SYSTEMS 71 COMPUTER S no and under 100 COMPUTER lo o So i Table A 3 Average weekly earnings of office professional and technical workers by sex in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 A verage m e a n 2 A v era g e m e a n 2 Sex 3 o c c u p a tio n and in d u s try d iv is io n OFFICE SECRETARIES OCCUPATIONS Number of woikers W eek ly h e u rs1 standard W eek ly earnings 1 standard S ex 3 o c c u p a tio n and in d u stry d iv is io n WOMEN OFFICE OCCUPATIONS WOMEN CONTINUED j L v KL 1A K A l j v L CLERKS Sex 3 o c c u p a tio n and in d u stry d iv is io n W eek ly hours 1 standard C W eek ly earnings standard P R O F ES SI ON AL AND TECH NI CA L OCCUPATIONS MEN CONTINUED OPERATORS o p e r a t o r r r e c e p t i o n i s t s CLASS n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g s w it chb oar d 61 86 W eek ly earnings standard c 09 00 U W eek ly hours 2 standard A verage m e a n 2 N um ber of workers FILE s w it chb oar d 37 Number of w oikeis 39 5 UKA r 1C K v f ORDER CLERKS CLASS 8 v L j j n A r iU r A v 1UK i v 1c J P A m m r 1 l j no n m a n u f a c t u r i n g 35 a c c o unt ing c l e r k s cl as s CLERKS CLASS r j yy A L L tv 1 UN i ACCOUNTING r r B rUHL1v U l l L l l l t b J l r r vr A PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL O C CU PA TI ON S MEN COMPUTER SYSTEMS OCCUPATIONS n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g CLASS c WOMEN ANALYSTS 70 See footnotes at end of tables t e c h n i c i a n s T e l e c t r o n i c s 6 0 Table A 4 Hourly earnings of maintenance toolroom and powerplant workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 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 ou r ly earn in gs o f Hourly earnings 4 M e d ia n 2 M id d le range 2 ru w M ean and under S S s S S s S s 5 00 S 3 00 i Q S o Occupation and industry division N um be r of workers ALL WORKERS n A IN 1CNANCC L L U t I K lL lA N u w 3 rA IN 1t K j B M A IN 1C N A N v L MAINTENANCE MECHANICS MACHINERY J MAINTENANCE MECHANICS MOTOR VEHICLES n A n U r A v 1U K lIT y MAINTENANCE SHEET METAL WORKERS n A iN ILN AN Ll IKMUt3 nLLrbK AO j See footnotes at end of tables i n rg 8 3 Table A 5 Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Hourly earnings 4 N u m b e r of w o r k e r s receiving straight t i m e h o u r l y ea r n in gs of ALL S s S S u S 4 60 S S 5 80 i 6 20 i 6 6 0 i Of workers O c c u p a t i o n a n d industry division V c b a Mean 2 Median2 Middle range 2 an d under WORKERS T R U C K D R I V E R S 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 P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S C TRUCKDRIv e r s li gh t tr uc k l JO Cm f T R U C K D R I V E R S M E D I U M T R U C K 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 TRUCKDRIVERS HEAVY TRUCK T R A I L E R 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 P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S li TRUCKDRIVERS HEAVY TRUCK O T H E R T H A N T R A I L E R J OcT S H I P P I N G C L E R K S N O N M A N U F A C T U P I N G RECEIVING CLERKS MANUFACTURING S H I P P I N G A N D R E C E I V I N G C L E R K S N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G W A R E H O U S E M E N 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 pu bl ic u t i l i t i e s O R D E R F I L L E R S 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 i u ZZ L A B O R E R S N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G F O R K L I F T O P E R A T O R S 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 P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S MATERIAL HANDLING m a n u f a c t u r i n g S e e footnotes at e n d of tables Table A 5 Hourly earnings of material movement and custodial workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Continued H o u rly ea nings 4 N u m b e r of w o r k e r s re ceiving straight time h o u r l y e a r n i n g s of O c c u p a t i o n a n d industry division workers M ean2 M e d ia n 2 M id d le range S o and under 2 30 ALL W O R K E R S CONTINUED P O W E R T R U C K O P E R A T O R S OTHER T H A N F O R K L I F T M A N U F A C T U R I N G G U A R D S A N D W A T C H M E N N O N M A N U F A C T U R I N G P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S c a i WATCHMEN J A N I T O R S P O R T E R S A N D C L E A N E R S 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 P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S S e e footnotes at e n d of tables Table A 6 Average hourly earnings of maintenance toolroom powerplant material movement and custodial workers by sex in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Sex 3 occupation a n d in du st ry division m a i n t e n a n c e p o w e r p l a n t t o o l r o o m o c c u p a t i o n s N um ber of workers A vera ge m ea n 2 hourly earnings4 and Sex 3 occupation a n d i n d u st ry division ma t e r i a l mo v e m e n t and OCCUPATIONS MEN 76 52 Number of workers A vera ge m e a n 2 hourly earnings4 Sex 3 occupation a n d i n d u st ry division rU bL Iv U 1 L 11 I t s MANUFACTURING 1K U vM N 1 V tK b L lu n 1 K U t nA iN LNANLL nAvM 1N 1 j IJ MECHANICS a MAINTENANCE A verage m ea n 2 hourly earnings4 MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL OCCUPATIONS MEN CONTINUED cu s t o d i a l MEN Number of workers MACHINERY TRUCKDRIVERSt HEAVY TRUCK POWER TRUCK OPERATORS OTHER U JL 1 v U 1 wi 1lu J gu ar ds and wa t c h m e n NONMANUFACTURING m a i n t e n a n c e m e c h a n i c s l HU 1 U K V t n 1 L L l j 1 K UU f t U K 1 V L N o I V 1n tK 1 HAN ntA V T K U t i IKAXLt WATCHMENS JANITORS PORTERS AND CLEANERS HAN Ur AO 1 UK 1 l v I L v t V iN w v L t r i M A IN L N AN vt 1K A U t i MANUr A v U K i N o n o n m a n u f a c t u r i n g Tl i b o il er te n d e r s n tL rL o f l X r XN w APiU K u v C 1 V 1 NO AND CUSTODIAL WOMEN 4 38 r r JANITORS U N U t r ILLt K b S e e footnotes at e n d of tables MATERIAL MOVEMENT OCCUPATIONS vwwMf Vs PORTERS AND CLEANERS Table A 7 Percent increases in average hourly earnings for selected occupational groups adjusted for employment shifts in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C for selected periods Industry and occupational group men and women combined January 1972 to January 1973 January 1973 to January 1974 January 1974 to May month increase Annual rate of increase May 1975 to May 1976 A ll industries O ffice c l e r i c a l E lectronic data p rocessin g Industrial n u r s e s Skilled maintenance trades Unskilled plant w orkers Manufacturing Office c le r ic a l E lectronic data p r o c e s s in g Industrial n u r s e s Skilled maintenance trades Unskilled plant w orkers sje ss jeje a je s e Nonmanufacturing Office c l e r i c a l E lectronic data p r o c e s s in g Industrial n u r s e s Skilled maintenance trades Unskilled plant w orkers s je jo ss jcje ss jejc ss jefc ss jsje Data not available Data do not m eet publication criteria Percent in creases for periods ending p rior to 1976 relate to men only 11 B Establishment practices and supplementary wage provisions Table B 1 Minimum entrance salaries for inexperienced typists and clerks in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Inexperienced typists Minimum weekly straight tim e s a la r y 4 Other inexperienced c le rica l w orkers 5 Nonmanufacturing Manufactur ing Manufacturing All industries Based on standarc weekly hours 6 of A ll industries All schedules All schedules XXX 117 All schedules 40 All schedules XXX 117 XXX XXX XXX XXX ESTABLISHMENTS h a v i n g a s p e c i f i e d M I N I M U M ESTABLISHMENTS UNDEk st u d i e d A N D u n d e r A N D U N D E R A N D U N D E R A N D U N D E R A N D U N D E R A N D U N D E R A N D U N D E R A N D U N D E R and AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND U N D E R U N D E R U N D E R U N O E R U N D E R U N D E R U N D E R U N D E R U N D E R U N D E R U N D E R O V E R d 3 1 1 I Nonmanufacturing Based on standard weekly hours 6 of d ESTABLISHMENTS HAVING NO SPECIFIED M I N I M U M XXX 15 XXX XXX XXX 29 XXX XXX ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH DID NOT EMPLOY W O R K E R S I N T H I S C A T E G O R Y XXX 89 XXX XXX XXX 51 XXX XXX See footnotes at en d of tables Table B 2 Late shift pay provisions for full time manufacturing plant workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 All full time m a n u f a c t u r i n g plant w o r k e r s 100 percent W o r k e r s o n late shifts All w o r k e r s 7 Item S e c o n d shift PERCENT IN e s t a b l i s h m e n t s w i th OF AVERAGE PAY S e c o n d shift T h i r d shift WORKERS l a te shift p r o v i s i o n s W I T H N O P A Y D I F F E R E N T I A L F O R L A T E S H I F T W O R K W I T H P A Y D I F F E R E N T I A L F O R L A T E S H I F T W O R K U N I F O R M C E N T S P E R H O U R D I F F E R E N T I A L U N I F O R M P E R C E N T A G E D I F F E R E N T I A L O T H E R D I F F E R E N T I A L UNIFORM UNIFORM T h i r d shift a DIFFERENTIAL C E N T S P E R H O U R D I F F E R E N T I A L P E R C E N T A G E D I F F E R E N T I A L P E R C E N T O F W O R K E R S By T Y P E A N D AMOUNT OF PAY D I F F ER EN TI AL UNIFORM CENTS PER HOUR 5 CENTS 7 A N D U N D E R 8 C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S A N D U N D E R 1 4 C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S A N D U N D E R 2 7 C E N T S C E N T S C E N T S UNIFORM PERCENTAGE 5 P E R C E N T P E R C E N T P E R C E N T S e e footnotes at en d of tables Table B 3 Scheduled weekly hours and days of full time first shift workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Pl an t w o r k e r s Item All industries Office w o r k e r s Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing lot All industries Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing Pu b l i c utilities Pu b l i c utilities PERCENT OF WORKERS BY SCHEDULED WEEKLY HOURS AND DAYS 10 0 HOURS 5 DAYS HOURS DAYS HOURS 5 DAYS HOURS 6 DAYS HOURS 5 D A Y S HOURS 5 DAYS HOURS 5 DAYS HOURS 5 DAYS HOURS 5 DAYS H O U R S d a y s da ys 5 d a y s HOURS 5 DAYS HOURS 5 DAYS HOURS DAYS D A Y S HOURS 5 DAYS HOURS 6 DAYS H O U R S 5 D A Y S HOURS DAYS D A Y S HOURS 5 DAYS av e r a g e w e ek ly loo T SCHEDULED HOURS ALL WEEKLY WORK SCHEDULES P o o a O O ALL F U L L T I M E WORKERS See footnote at end of tables 14 Table B 4 Annual paid holidays for full time workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Pl a n t w o r k e r s Office w o r k e r s Item All industries PERCENT ALL IN OF FULL TIME Manufacturing N o n m anuf actur ing Pu b l i c utilities All industries Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing P u b l i c utilities 10 0 loo l WORKERS WORKERS NOT PROVIDING P A I D H O L I D A Y S IN E S T A B L I S H M E N T S P R O V I D I N G P A I D H O L I D A Y S es t a b l i s h m e n t s AVERAGE NUMBER FOR WORKERS PROVIDING OF PAID HOLIDAYS IN E S T A B L I S H M E N T S H O L I D A Y S P E RC EN T OF W O RK ER S BY NU MB ER OF P A I D H O L I D A Y S P R O V I D E D H O L I D A Y H O L I D A Y S H O L I D A Y S H O L I D A Y S H O L I D A Y S P L U S 2 H A L F D A Y S H O L I D A Y S P L U S 1 h a l f O A Y H O L I D A Y S P L U S 1 H A L F D A Y P L U S 2 H A L F D A Y S P L U S 4 H A L F D A Y S H O L I D A Y S P L U S 2 H A L F D A Y S H O L I D A Y S P L U S 1 H A L F D A Y IQ H O L I D A Y S H O L I D A Y S H O L I D A Y S P L U S 2 H A L F D A Y S H O L I D A Y S PERCENT PAID h OF WORKERS o li day time ip BY T O T A L P R O V I D E D 11 1 D A Y O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R E d a y s O R M O R E D A Y S O R M O R t D A Y S S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s Table B 5 Paid vacation provisions for full time workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Plant w o r k e r s Item O ffic e w o r k e r s A ll in d u s trie s M an u factu rin g N on m anufacturing P u b lic u t ilitie s A ll in d u s trie s M an u factu rin g N onm an u factu rin g P u b lic u tilitie s lo o s A A 10 1 YEAR OF SERVICE U N D E R 1 W E E K W E E K O V E R 1 A N D U N D E R 2 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 2 A N U U N O E R 3 W E E K S W E E K S A YEARS OF SERVICE I W E E K O V E R 1 A N D U N D E R 2 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 2 A N D U N D E R 3 W E E K S W E E K S PERCENT ALL OF FULL TIME WORKERS WORKERS IN E S T A B L I S H M E N T S N O T P R O V I D I N G P A I D V A C A T I O N S IN E S T A B L I S H M E N T S P R O V I D I N G P A I O V A C A T I O N S L E N G T H O F T I M E P A Y M E N T P E R C E N T A G E P A Y M E N T AMOUNT OF PAID VACATION A F T E R 12 6 MO N T H S OF SERVICE U N D E R 1 W E E K W E E K O V E R 1 A N D U N D E R 2 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 2 A N U U N O E R 3 W E E K S A YEARS OF SERVICE 1 W E E K O V E R 1 A N D U N D E R 2 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 2 A N O U N D E R 3 W E E K S W E E K S YEARS OF SERVICE 1 W E E K O V E R 1 A N D U N D E R 2 W E E K S WEEKS O V E R 2 A N D U N D E R 3 W E E K S W E E K S YEARS OF SERVICE 1 WEEK O V E R 1 A N D U N D E R 2 W E E K S WEEKS O V E R 2 A N O U N D E R 3 W E E K S WEEKS 4 W E E K S A A A A A S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f t a b le s A A6 5 A A Table B 5 Paid vacation provisions for full time workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Continued Pl a n t w o r k e r s Office w o r k e r s Item All industries AMOUNT OF PAID CONTINUED VACATION Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing A 1A A6 1 12 Y E A R S O F S E R V I C E 1 W E E K W E E K S O V E R 2 A N D U N D E R 3 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 3 A N D U N D E R A W E E K S A W E E K S W E E K S A Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing i A 1 27 3 6A A A A A A 1 80 1 A A Y E A R S O F S E R V I C E 1 W E E K W E E K S O V E R 2 A N D U N O E R 3 W E E K S WEEKS O V E R 3 A N D U N D E R A W E E K S A WEEKS O V E R A A N D U N D E R 5 W E E K S W E E K S A 7 1 A1 2 A All industries A3 A A1 10 A A A AA A 1 22 1 Pu b l i c utilities A F T E R 12 10 Y E A R S O F S E R V I C E 1 WEEK 2 W E E K S O V E R 2 A N D U N D E R 3 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 3 A N D U N D E R A W E E K S A W E E K S W E E K S Pu b l i c utilities A A YEARS 1 WEEK 2 WEEKS O V E R 2 3 WEEKS OVER 3 A WEEKS OVER A 5 WEEKS 6 WEEKS OF SERVICE A N D U N D E R 3 W E E K S A N D U N D E R A W E E K S A N O U N D E R 5 W E E K S A A YEARS 1 WEEK 2 WEEKS O V E R 2 3 WEEKS OVER 3 A WEEKS OVER A 5 WEEKS 6 WEEKS OF SERVICE A N D U N D E R 3 W E E K S A N D U N D E R A W E E K S A N D U N D E R 5 W E E K S A A A A S ee fo o tn o te s at end o f ta b le s A Table B 5 Paid vacation provisions for full time workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Continued Plant w o r k e r s Item AM OUNT OF P A ID CONTINUED 30 VACATION All industries Manufacturing Office w o r k e r s Nonmanufacturing Pu b l i c utilities All industries Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing Pu bl ic utilities A F T E R 12 YEARS OF SERVICEt 1 W E E K W E E K S O V E R 2 A N D U N D E R 3 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 3 A N D U N D E R 4 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 4 A N O U N D E R 5 W E E K S W E E K S W E E K S MAXIMUM VACATION AVAILABLE 1 W E E K W E E K S O V E R 2 A N D U N D E R 3 W E E K S W E E K S O V E R 3 A N D U N D E R 4 W E E K S A W E E K S O V E R A A N D U N D E R 5 W E E K S W E E K S W E E K S S e e footnotes at e n d of tables Table B 6 Health insurance and pension plans for full time workers in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C May 1976 Pl a n t w o r k e r s Office w o r k e r s Item All industries PERCENT ALL OF FULL TIME Manufacturing N o a m anuf actur ing Pu b l i c utilities All industries Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing Pu b l i c utilities WORKERS WORKERS IN E S T A B L I S H M E N T S P R O V I D I N G AT LEAST ONE OF THE BE NE FI TS S H O W N B E L O W L I F E I N S U R A N C E N O N C O N T R I B U T O R Y P L A N S d ACCI DE NT AL DE AT H AND D I S M E M B E R M E N T I N S U R A N C E n o n c o n t r i b u t o r y p l an s AO SICKNESS OR SICK AND AC CIDENT INSURANCE L E A V E O R B O T H SI CK NE SS AND ACCIDENT I N S U R A N C E N O N C O N T R I B U T O R Y P L A N S SICK LE A V E FULL PAY AND NO W A I T I N G P E R I O O S I C K L E A V E P A R T I A L PA Y OR W A I T I N G P E R I O D LONG TERM DISABILITY I N S U R A N C E N O N C O N T R I B U T O R Y P L A N S H O S P I T A L I Z A T I O N I N S U R A N C E N O N C O N T R I B U T O R Y P L A N S S U R G I C A L I N S U R A N C E NONCONTRIBUTORY PLANS MEDICAL INSURANCE NONCONTRIBUTORY D E N T A L I N S U R A N C E N O N C O N T R I B U T O R Y p l a n s RETIREMENT ma jo r me d i c a l plans in su ran ce NONCONTRIBUTORY PENSION n o n c o n t r i b u t o r y PLANS P L A N S S e e footnotes at e n d of tables 19 Footnotes L e s s than 0 05 p e r c e n t L e s s than 0 5 p e r c e n t 11 A ll co m b in a tio n s o f fu ll and h a lf days that add to the sa m e am ount are c o m b in e d fo r e x a m p le the p r o p o r tio n o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g a total o f 1 0 days in clu d es th ose with 10 fu ll days and no h a lf d a y s 9 fu ll days and 2 h alf d a y s 8 fu ll days and 4 h a lf d a y s and so on P r o p o r t io n s then w e r e cu m u la ted 12 In clu d es p a ym en ts oth e r than len g th o f t i m e such as p e rce n ta g e o f annual ea rn in g s o r fla t s u m p a y m en ts c o n v e rte d to an equ ivalent tim e b a s is fo r ex a m p le 2 p e r c e n t o f annual ea rn in g s w as c o n s id e r e d as 1 w e e k s pay P e r io d s o f s e r v ic e are ch o s e n a r b it r a r ily and do not n e c e s s a r ily r e fle c t in dividu al p r o v is io n s fo r p r o g r e s s io n fo r e x a m p le ch a n ges in p r o p o r tio n s at 10 y e a r s in clu de ch a n g es b etw een 5 and 10 y e a r s E stim a tes are cu m u la tiv e T hus the p r o p o r t io n e lig ib le fo r at le a s t 3 w e e k s pay after 10 y e a r s in clu d es th ose e lig ib le fo r at le a s t 3 w e e k s pay after fe w e r y ea rs o f s e r v ic e 13 E s tim a te s lis te d a fter type o f b e n e fit are f o r all plans fo r w hich at le a s t a p a rt o f the c o s t is b o rn e by the e m p lo y e r N o n c o n trib u to r y p la n s in clu de on ly th ose fin a n ced e n tir e ly by the e m p lo y e r E x clu d ed are le g a lly r e q u ir e d p la n s su ch as w o r k e r s d is a b ilit y co m p e n sa tio n s o c ia l s e c u r it y and r a ilr o a d r e tir e m e n t 14 U n du plicated total o f w o r k e r s r e c e iv in g s ic k le a v e o r s ic k n e s s and a ccid e n t in su ra n ce show n s e p a r a te ly b e lo w S ick le a v e plans are lim ite d to th ose w hich d e fin ite ly e s ta b lis h at le a s t the m in im u m n u m ber o f d a y s pay that each e m p lo y e e can e x p e ct In fo rm a l s ic k le a v e a llow a n ces d eterm in ed on an in dividu al b a s is are ex clu d e d A ll o f th ese stan dard fo o tn o te s m a y not apply to this b u lletin Standard h ou rs r e fle c t the w o rk w e e k fo r w h ich 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 tim e 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 e m iu m r a te s and the ea rn in g s c o r r e s p o n d to th ese w eek ly h o u r s 2 The m ea n is com p u ted fo r ea ch jo b by totalin g the ea rn in g s o f all w o r k e r s and d iv id in g by the n um ber o f w o r k e r s The m ed ian d e s ig n a te s p o s itio n h a lf o f the w o r k e r s r e c e iv e m o r e and h a lf 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 two r a te s o f pay a fou rth o f the w o r k e r s ea rn le s s than the lo w e r o f th ese ra te s and a fou rth earn m o r e than the h igh er r a te 3 E a rn in gs data re la te on ly to w o r k e r s w h ose s e x id e n tifica tio n w as p rov id ed by the esta b lis h m e n t 4 E x clu d e s p r e m iu m pay fo r o v e r t im e and fo r w ork on w eek en d s h olid a y s and late s h ifts 3 F o r m a lly e s ta b lis h e d m in im u m r e g u la r s t r a ig h t tim e h irin g s a la r ie s that a r e paid f o r stan dard w o rk w e e k s 6 E x clu d e s w o r k e r s in s u b c le r ic a l jo b s su ch as m e s s e n g e r 7 D ata are p r e s e n te d fo r all standard w ork w eek s co m b in e d and fo r the m o s t c o m m o n stan dard w o rk w e e k s r e p o r te d 8 In clu des all plant w o r k e r s in e sta b lis h m e n ts c u r re n tly op era tin g la te s h ifts and e sta b lis h m e n ts w h ose fo r m a l p r o v is io n s c o v e r la te sh ifts even though the e sta b lis h m e n ts w e r e not c u r r e n tly op era tin g la te s h ifts 20 Appendix A all in d u strie s co m b in e d E a rn in gs data fo r so m e o f the occu p a tio n s lis te d and d e s c r ib e d o r fo r so m e in d u stry d iv is io n s w ithin the s c o p e o f the s u r v e y are not p r e s e n te d in the A s e r i e s t a b le s b e c a u s e e ith e r 1 em p loym en t in the occu p a tio n is to o s m a ll to p r o v id e enough data to m e r it p r e se n ta tio n o r 2 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 div idu al esta b lish m en t data Sep arate m e n s and w o m e n s earn in g s data a re not p r e s e n te d when the n u m ber o f w o r k e r s not id e n tifie d by se x is 20 p e r c e n t o r m o r e o f the m en o r w om en id e n tifie d in an o c cu p a tio n E a rn in gs data not show n s e p a ra te ly fo r in d u stry d iv is io n s a re in clu d ed in data fo r a ll in d u str ie s com b in ed L ik e w is e data a re in clu d ed in the o v e r a ll c la s s ific a t io n when a s u b c la s s ific a tio n o f e l e c tr o n ic s te c h n ic ia n s s e c r e t a r ie s o r tr u c k d r iv e r s is not shown o r in form a tion to s u b c la s s ify is not a v a ila b le A r e a w age and re la te d b e n e fits data are obtain ed by p e r s o n a l v is it s o f B u reau fie ld r e p re s e n ta tiv e s at 3 y e a r in te r v a ls In ea ch o f the in te r v e n 1 ing y e a r s in fo rm a tio n on em p loym en t and o c cu p a tio n a l ea rn in g s is c o lle c te d b y a com b in a tion o f p e r s o n a l v is it m a il q u e s tio n n a ir e and telep h on e in t e r v iew fr o m e sta b lis h m e n ts p a rticip a tin g in the p r e v io u s s u rv e y In ea ch o f the 8 4 2 a re a s c u r re n tly su r v e y e d data a re obtain ed fr o m r e p re s e n ta tiv e e sta b lish m e n ts w ithin six b r o a d in d u stry d iv is io n s M an u factu rin g tr a n s p o rta tio n com m u n ica tio n and oth e r p u b lic u tilitie s w h o le sa le tr a d e r e ta il tr a d e fin a n ce in s u r a n c e and r e a l e sta te and s e r v ic e s M a jo r in d u stry grou p s e x clu d ed fr o m th e se stud ies are g overn m en t o p e r a tio n s and the c o n s tr u c tio n and e x tr a c tiv e in d u s tr ie s E sta b lish m en ts having fe w e r than a p r e s c r ib e d n u m ber o f w o r k e r s a re o m itte d b e c a u se o f in s u ffic ie n t em p loym en t in the occu p a tio n s stu d ied S ep arate ta bu la tion s are p r o v id e d fo r ea ch o f the b ro a d in d u stry d iv is io n s w h ich m eet p u b lica tion c r it e r ia O ccu p a tion a l em p loy m en t and ea rn in g s data are shown fo r fu ll tim e w o r k e r s i e th o se h ir e d to w ork a re g u la r w eek ly sch ed u le E arn in gs data e x clu d e p r e m iu m pay f o r o v e r t im e and fo r w ork on w eek en d s h o lid a y s and late sh ifts N on p rod u ction b on u ses a re e x clu d e d but c o s t o f li v i n g a llow a n ces and in ce n tiv e b o n u se s are in clu d ed W eek ly h ou rs fo r o ffic e c le r i c a l and p r o fe s s io n a l and te c h n ic a l o ccu p a tio n s r e fe r to the stan dard w orkw eek roun ded to the n e a r e s t h a lf h ou r fo r w h ich e m p lo y e e s r e c e iv e re g u la r s t r a ig h t tim e s a la r ie s e x c lu s iv e o f pay fo r o v e r tim e at r e g u la r a n d o r p r e m iu m r a te s A v e ra g e w eek ly ea rn in g s fo r th e se o ccu p a tion s a re rounded to the n e a r e s t h a lf d o lla r T h e se s u rv e y s are con d u cted on a sa m p le b a s is The sa m plin g p r o c e d u r e s in v olv e d eta iled str a tific a tio n o f all e sta b lis h m e n ts w ithin the s c o p e o f an in div idu al a r e a su r v e y by in d u stry and n u m ber o f e m p lo y e e s F r o m th is s tr a tifie d u n iv erse a p r o b a b ility sa m p le is s e le c t e d w ith ea ch esta b lish m en t having a p r e d e te r m in e d chance o f s e le c t io n To obtain optim 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 te r p r o p o r tio n o f la r g e than s m a ll e s t a b lis h m en ts is s e le c t e d When data are c o m b in e d ea ch esta b lish m en t is w eigh ted a c c o r d in g to its p ro b a b ility o f s e le c t io n so that u nbiased e stim a te s are g en e ra te d F o r e x a m p le if one out o f fo u r e sta b lish m e n ts is s e le c t e d it is given a w eigh t o f fo u r to r e p re s e n t it s e lf plus th ree o th e r s An altern a te o f the sa m e o r ig in a l p r o b a b ility is ch osen in the sa m e in d u s t r y s iz e c l a s s i f i cation i f data a r e not a v a ila b le fr o m the o r ig in a l sa m p le m e m b e r If no su itab le su bstitu te is a v a ila b le ad dition a l w eigh t is a s sig n e d to a sa m p le m e m b e r that is s im ila r to the m is s in g unit T h e se su r v e y s m e a s u r e the le v e l o f occu p a tio n a l earn in g s in an a rea at a p a r t ic u la r tim e C o m p a r is o n s o f in d iv id u al occu p a tion a l a v e ra g e s o v e r tim e m a y not r e fle c t e x p e cte d w age ch a n g es The a v era g es fo r in dividu al jo b s a re a ffe c te d by changes in w ag es and em p loy m en t p a ttern s F o r ex a m p le p r o p o r t io n s o f w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d by h ig h o r lo w w a g e fir m s m a y change o r h ig h w a g e w o r k e r s m a y ad vance to b e tte r jo b s and be r e p la c e d b y new w o r k e r s at lo w e r r a te s Such sh ifts in em p loym en t could d e c r e a s e an o c cu p a tio n a l a v e ra g e even though m o s t e sta b lish m en ts in an a re a in c r e a s e w ages during the y e a r C hanges in earn in g s o f o ccu p a tio n a l g r o u p s show n in ta b le A 7 are b e tte r in d ic a to r s o f w age tren d s than a re earn in gs changes fo r in d iv id u al jo b s w ithin the g ro u p s O ccu p ation s and ea rn in gs O ccu p a tion s s e le c t e d fo r study are co m m o n to a v a r ie ty o f m a n u fa ctu rin g and n on m an u fa ctu rin g in d u s tr ie s and a re o f the follow in g ty p e s 1 O ffice c le r i c a l 2 p r o fe s s io n a l and te c h n ic a l 3 m a in ten a n ce t o o lr o o m and p ow erp la n t and 4 m a te r ia l m ov em en t and c u s to d ia l O ccu p a tion a l c la s s ific a t io n is b a s e d on a u n ifo rm set o f jo b d e s c r ip tio n s d esig n ed to take accou n t o f in te r e sta b lish m e n t v a ria tio n in duties w ithin the sa m e jo b O ccu p a tion s s e le c t e d fo r study are lis te d and d e s c r ib e d in appendix B U n less o th e r w is e in d ica te d the ea rn in gs data fo llo w in g the jo b title s a re fo r A v e ra g e ea rn in g s r e fle c t c o m p o s ite area w id e e s tim a te s In du stries and e sta b lis h m e n ts d iffe r in pay le v e l and jo b sta ffin g and thus con trib u te d iffe r e n tly to the e s tim a te s f o r ea ch jo 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 ly the w age d iffe r e n tia l am ong jo b s in in dividu al e s ta b lis h m e n ts 1 Personal visits were on a 2 year cycle before July 1972 2 Included in the 84 areas are 14 studies conducted by the Bureau under contract These areas are Akron Ohio Austin Tex Binghamton N Y Pa Birmingham Ala Fort Lauderdale Hollywood and West Palm Beach Boca Raton Fla Lexington Fayette Ky Melbourne Titusville Cocoa Fla Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C Poughkeepsie Kingston Newburgh N Y Raleigh Durham N C Stamford Conn Syracuse N Y Utica Rome N Y and Westchester County N Y In addition the Bureau conducts more limited area studies in approximately 70 areas at the request of the Employment Standards Administration of the U S Department of Labor 21 A v e ra g e pay le v e ls fo r m en and w om en in s e le c t e d occu p a tio n s sh ou ld not be a s su m e d to r e fle c t d iffe r e n c e s in pay o f the s e x e s within in div idu al e sta b lis h m e n ts F a c to r s w hich m a y con trib u te to d iffe r e n c e s in clu d e p r o g r e s s io n w ithin e s ta b lis h e d rate ran ges only the ra tes paid in cu m b en ts a re c o lle c t e d and p e r fo r m a n c e o f s p e c ific duties w ithin the g e n e r a l s u r v e y jo b d e s c r ip tio n s Job d e s c r ip tio n s u sed to c la s s ify e m p lo y e e s in th e se su r v e y s u su ally a re m o r e g e n e r a liz e d than th o se u sed in in dividu al esta b lis h m e n ts and a llow f o r m in o r d iffe r e n c e s am ong esta b lish m en ts in s p e c ific duties p e r fo r m e d O ccu p a tion a l em p loy m en t e s tim a te s r e p re s e n t the tota l in a ll e s t a b lish m en ts w ithin the s c o p e o f the study and not the n u m ber a ctu ally s u r v e y e d B e c a u s e o c cu p a tio n a l str u c tu r e s am ong esta b lis h m e n ts d iffe r e stim a te s o f o c cu p a tio n a l em p loy m en t obtain ed fr o m the sa m p le o f esta b lis h m e n ts stu d ied s e r v e on ly to in d ica te the r e la tiv e im p o rta n ce o f the jo b s stu d ied T h e se d iffe r e n c e s in o c cu p a tio n a l stru c tu re do not a ffe c t m a te r ia lly the a c c u r a c y o f the ea rn in g s data P e r c e n t changes fo r in div idu al a r e a s in the p r o g r a m are com pu ted as fo llo w s 1 E a ch o c cu p a tio n is a s sig n e d a w eigh t b a se d on its p r o p ortion a te em p loy m en t in the o c cu p a tio n a l g rou p in the base y ear 2 T h e se w eigh ts a re u sed to com pu te g rou p a v e r a g e s E a ch o c c u p a t io n s a v e ra g e m ean ea rn in g s is m u ltip lied by its w eigh t The p r o d u c ts a re to ta le d to obtain a group average 3 The ra tio o f grou p a v e r a g e s fo r 2 c o n s e cu tiv e y e a r s is com p u ted by d ividin g the a v e r a g e fo r the cu rre n t y e a r b y the a v e ra g e fo r the e a r lie r y e a r The resu lt e x p r e s s e d as a p e r c e n t le s s 100 is the p e r c e n t change W age tr e n d s fo r s e le c t e d o c cu p a tio n a l grou ps The p e r c e n t in c r e a s e s p r e s e n te d in ta b le A 7 a re b a se d on changes in a v e r a g e h o u rly ea rn in g s fo r e sta b lis h m e n ts re p o rtin g the tren d jo b s in both the c u rre n t and p r e v io u s y e a r m a tch ed e s ta b lis h m e n ts T he data are a d ju sted to r e m o v e the e ffe c t on a v e ra g e ea rn in g s o f em p loy m en t sh ifts am ong e sta b lis h m e n ts and tu r n o v e r o f esta b lis h m e n ts in clu d ed in s u r v e y s a m p le s The p e r c e n t in c r e a s e s h o w e v e r are s t ill a ffe c te d by fa c to r s o th e r than w age in c r e a s e s H ir in g s la y o ffs and tu r n o v e r m a y a ffe ct an e sta b lis h m e n t a v e ra g e fo r an o c cu p a tio n w hen w o r k e r s a re paid under plans p r o v id in g a ran ge o f w age ra tes fo r in d iv id u al jo b s In p e r io d s o f in c r e a s e d h irin g fo r e x a m p le new e m p lo y e e s en ter at the b o tto m o f the ra n g e d e p r e s s in g the a v e r a g e w ithout a change in w age r a te s F o r a m o r e d eta iled d e s c r ip tio n o f the m eth od u sed to com pu te th e se w age t r e n d s se e Im p r o v in g A r e a W age S u rvey I n d e x e s M onthly L a b or R e v ie w Janu ary 1973 pp E s t a b lis h m e n t p r a c t i c e s and s u p p le m e n ta r y w a g e p r o v is io n s The p e r c e n t ch a n ges r e la te to w age ch a n ges b etw een the in d ica ted d a tes When the tim e span b etw een s u rv e y s is o th e r than 12 m on th s annual ra tes a re show n It is a s su m e d that w ag es in c r e a s e at a constan t rate betw een s u r v e y s The in c id e n c e o f s e le c t e d esta b lis h m e n t p r a c t ic e s and su p p lem en ta ry w age p r o v is io n s is stud ied fo r plant w o r k e r s and o f f ic e w o r k e r s P lant w o r k e r s in clu d e n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r s and w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s en gaged in n o n o ffic e fu n ctio n s C a fe te r ia w o r k e r s and route w o r k e r s a re e x clu d e d in m a n u fa ctu rin g in d u s tr ie s but in clu d e d in n on m an u fa ctu rin g in d u s tr ie s O ffic e w o r k e r s in clu d e n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r s and w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s p e r fo r m in g c l e r i c a l o r re la te d fu n c tio n s L ead w o r k e r s and tr a in e e s are in clu d ed am ong n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r s A d m in is tr a tiv e e x e c u tiv e and p r o fe s s io n a l e m p lo y e e s and c o n s tr u c tio n w o r k e r s u tiliz e d as sep a ra te w ork fo r c e s a re e x clu d e d fr o m both the plant and o ffic e w o r k e r c a t e g o r ie s O c c u p a tio n s u s e d to c o m p u te w a g e tr e n d s a r e O ffic e c l e r i c a l m en and w om en E le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g m en and w om en Continued S e c r e t a r ie s S te n o g r a p h e rs g e n e r a l S te n o g r a p h e rs s e n io r T y p is t s c la s s e s A and B F ile c le r k s c la s s e s A B and C M essen g ers O r d e r c le r k s c la s s e s A and B A ccou n tin g c le r k s c la s s e s A and B B o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e o p e r a t o r s c la s s B P a y r o ll c le r k s K eypunch o p e r a t o r s c la s s e s A and B T a b u la tin g m a ch in e o p e r a t o r s c la s s B C om p u ter p r o g r a m m e r s c la s s e s A B and C C om p u ter o p e r a t o r s c la s s e s A B and C E le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g m en and w o m e n C om p u ter s y s te m s a n a ly s ts c la s s e s A B and C M in im u m e n tra n ce s a la r ie s table B l M in im u m en tra n ce s a la r ie s fo r o ffic e w o r k e r s r e la te on ly to the e sta b lis h m e n ts v is it e d B e c a u se o f the op tim u m sa m p lin g tech n iq u es u sed and the p r o b a b ility that la r g e e s t a b lis h m en ts a r e m o r e lik e ly than s m a ll e sta b lis h m e n ts to have fo r m a l en tra n ce ra tes a b ove the s u b c le r ic a l le v e l the ta b le is m o r e r e p re s e n ta tiv e o f p o lic ie s in m e d iu m and la rg e e sta b lis h m e n ts In d u stria l n u r s e s m en and w o m e n R e g is te r e d in d u stria l n u rse s Shift d iffe r e n t ia ls m a n u fa ctu rin g table B 2 Data w e re c o lle c te d on p o lic ie s o f m an u factu rin g e sta b lis h m e n ts r e g a rd in g pay d iffe r e n tia ls fo r plant w o r k e r s on late sh ifts E s ta b lis h m e n ts c o n s id e r e d as having p o lic ie s a re th o se w h ich 1 have p r o v is io n s in w ritin g c o v e r in g the op e ra tio n o f late s h ifts o r 2 have o p e r a te d late sh ifts at any tim e during the 12 m onths p r e c e d in g a s u rv e y W hen e sta b lis h m e n ts have s e v e r a l d iffe r e n tia ls w h ich v a r y b y jo b the d iffe r e n tia l applying to the m a jo r it y o f the plant w o r k e r s is r e c o r d e d When esta b lis h m e n ts have d iffe r e n t ia ls w h ich apply on ly to certa in h ou rs o f w o rk the d iffe r e n tia l applying to the m a jo r it y o f the shift h ou rs is record ed S k illed m a in ten an ce m en and w o m e n C a rp en ters E le ct r ic ia n s P a in te rs M a ch in ists M e ch a n ics m a ch in ery M ech a n ics m o to r v e h ic le P ip e fitte r s T o o l and die m a k e rs F o r p u rp o s e s o f th is study a la te sh ift is e ith e r a se c o n d even in g sh ift w h ich ends at o r n ea r m idn igh t o r a th ird night sh ift w hich sta r ts at o r n ea r m idnigh t U n sk illed plant m en and w o m e n J a n ito r s p o r t e r s and c le a n e r s M a te r ia l handling la b o r e r s D iffe re n tia ls fo r s e c o n d and th ir d sh ifts a re su m m a r iz e d s e p a r a te ly fo r 1 e sta b lis h m e n t p o li c ie s an e s ta b lis h m e n t s d iffe r e n tia ls are w eigh ted by 22 a ll plant w o r k e r s in the esta b lish m en t at the tim e o f the su r v e y and 2 e ffe c t iv e p r a c t ic e s an e s ta b lis h m e n t s d iffe r e n tia ls are w eigh ted by plant w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d on the s p e c ifie d sh ift at the tim e o f the su r v e y w h ich the e m p lo y e r has co n trib u te d o r 3 b orn e d ir e c tly b y the e m p lo y e r out o f op era tin g funds o r a fund set asid e to c o v e r the c o s t A plan is in clu d ed even though a m a jo r it y o f the e m p lo y e e s in an esta b lish m en t do not c h o o s e to p a rticip a te in it b e c a u s e they a re re q u ire d to b e a r pa rt o f its cost p r o v id e d the c h o ic e to p a rticip a te is a v a ila b le o r w ill ev en tu a lly b e c o m e a v a ila b le to a m a jo r it y L e g a lly r e q u ire d plans su ch as s o c ia l s e c u r it y r a il road r e tir e m e n t w o r k e r s d is a b ility co m p e n sa tio n and te m p o r a r y d is a b ility in su r a n ce 3 are e x clu d e d S ch ed u led w eek ly h o u r s pa id h o lid a y s pa id v a c a tio n s and h ea lth in s u r a n c e and p en sion p la n s P r o v is io n s w h ich apply to a m a jo r ity o f the plant o r o ffic e w o r k e r s in an e sta b lis h m e n t a re c o n s id e r e d to apply to all plant o r o ffic e w o r k e r s in the e s ta b lis h m e n t a p r a c t ic e o r p r o v is io n is c o n s id e r e d n on ex isten t when it a p p lies to le s s than a m a jo r ity H olid a y s v a c a tio n s and h ealth in s u r a n c e and p e n sio n plans a re c o n s id e r e d a p p lica b le to e m p lo y e e s c u r re n tly e lig ib le fo r the b e n e fits as w e ll as to e m p lo y e e s who w ill even tu a lly b e c o m e e lig ib le th rou gh A c c id e n ta l death and d is m e m b e r m e n t is lim ite d to plans w hich p r o v id e b en efit pa ym en ts in c a se o f death o r lo s s o f lim b o r sight as a d ir e c t re s u lt o f an a ccid e n t S ch edu led w eek ly h ours and days table B 3 S ch ed u led w eek ly h ou rs and days r e fe r to the n u m ber o f h ou rs and days p e r w eek w h ich fu ll tim e fir s t day sh ift w o r k e r s a re e x p e cte d to w o rk w h eth er p a id fo r at s tr a ig h t tim e o r o v e r t im e ra te s S ick n e ss and a ccid e n t in su r a n ce in clu d es on ly th ose plans w hich p r o v id e that p r e d e te r m in e d ca sh p a ym en ts be m ade d ir e c tly to e m p lo y e e s who lo s e tim e fr o m w ork b e c a u s e o f illn e s s o r in ju ry e g 50 a w eek fo r up to 26 w eek s o f d is a b ility P a id h olid a y s table B 4 H olid ays are in clu d ed on ly i f they are gra n ted annually on a fo r m a l b a s is p ro v id e d f o r in w ritten fo r m o r e sta b lis h e d by cu stom and e m p lo y e e s are paid f o r the tim e o ff T h ey are in clu d ed even though in a p a r tic u la r y e a r they fa ll on a n onw orkd ay and e m p lo y e e s are not gra n ted an oth er day o ff S ick le a v e plans a re lim ite d to fo r m a l p la n s 4 w hich p r o v id e fo r continu in g an e m p lo y e e s pay during a b se n ce fr o m w ork b e c a u se o f illn e s s Data c o lle c t e d d istin g u ish betw een 1 plans w h ich p r o v id e fu ll pay w ith no w aitin g p e r io d and 2 plans w hich e ith er p r o v id e p a rtia l pay o r r e q u ire a w aitin g p e r io d Data a re tabu lated to show the p e r ce n t o f w o r k e r s who 1 are granted s p e c ific n u m b ers o f w hole and h a lf h olid a y s and 2 are gra n ted s p e c ifie d am ounts o f to ta l h olid a y tim e w hole and h a lf h olid a y s a re a g g reg a ted L o n g t e r m d is a b ility in su ra n ce plans p r o v id e paym ents to tota lly d is a b le d e m p lo y e e s upon the e x p ira tio n o f th e ir paid s ick lea ve a n d o r s i c k n ess and a ccid e n t in s u r a n c e o r a fter a p r e d e te r m in e d p e r io d o f d is a b ility ty p ic a lly 6 m on th s P a y m en ts a re m ade until the end o f the d is a b ility a m a x im u m a g e o r e lig ib ilit y fo r re tir e m e n t b e n e fits F u ll o r p a rtia l p a y m en ts a r e a lm o s t alw ays re d u ce d by s o c ia l s e c u r it y w o r k e r s d is a b ility c o m p e n sa tio n and p r iv a te p en sion b en efits payable to the d is a b le d e m p lo y e e P a id v a ca tion s table B 5 E sta b lish m en ts re p o rt th e ir m eth od o f ca lcu la tin g v a ca tion pay tim e b a s is p e r ce n t o f annual e a r n in g s fla t s u m pa ym en t e t c and the am ount o f v a ca tion pay g ra n ted O nly b a s ic fo r m a l plans a re r e p o rte d V a ca tion b o n u s e s v a c a tio n s a v in g s p la n s and e x te n d e d o r s a b b a t ic a l b en efits b eyon d b a s ic plans a re ex clu d ed H o sp ita liz a tio n s u r g ic a l and m e d ic a l in su ra n ce plans r e p o rte d in th e se s u r v e y s p r o v id e fu ll o r p a rtia l paym ent fo r b a s ic s e r v ic e s ren d e re d 3 Temporary disability insurance which provides benefits to covered workers disabled by injury or illness which is not work connected is mandatory under State laws in California New Jersey New York and Rhode Island Establishment plans which meet only the legal requirements are excluded from these data but those under which 1 employers contribute more than is legally required or 2 benefits exceed those specified in the State law are included In Rhode Island benefits are paid out of a State fund to which only employees contribute In each of the other three States benefits are paid either from a State fund or through a private plan F o r tabulating v a ca tio n pay g ra n ted all p r o v is io n s a r e e x p r e s s e d on a tim e b a s is V a ca tio n pay ca lcu la te d on oth e r than a tim e b a s is is co n v e rte d to its equ ivalen t tim e p e r io d Tw o p e r ce n t o f annual e a r n in g s fo r e x a m p le is ta bu la ted as 1 w e e k s v a ca tion pay State fund financing In California only employees contribute to the State fund in New Jersey employees and employers contribute in New York employees contribute up to a specified maximum and employers pay the difference between the employees share and the total contribution required A ls o p r o v is io n s a fte r ea ch s p e c ifie d length o f s e r v ic e a re re la te d to a ll plant o r o ffic e w o r k e r s in an esta b lish m en t r e g a r d le s s o f length o f s e r v ic e V a ca tio n plans c o m m o n ly p r o v id e f o r la r g e r amount o f v a ca tio n pay as s e r v ic e len g th en s Counts o f plant o r o ffic e w o r k e r s by length o f s e r v ic e w e r e not ob ta in ed The tabu lation s o f v a ca tio n pay granted p r e s e n t s t h e r e f o r e s t a t is t ic a l m e a s u r e s o f th ese p r o v is io n s ra th er than p r o p o r tio n s o f w o r k e r s a ctu a lly r e c e iv in g s p e c ific b e n e fits Private plan financing In California and New Jersey employees cannot be required to contribute more than they would if they were covered by the State fund in New York employees can agree to contribute more if the State rules that the additional contribution is commensurate with the benefit provided Federal legislation Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act provides temporary disability insurance benefits to railroad workers for illness or injury whether work connected or not The legislation requires that employers bear the entire cost of the insurance 4 An establishment is considered as having a formal plan if it specifies at least the minimum number of days of sick leave available to each employee Such a plan need not be written but informal sick leave allowances determined on an individual basis are excluded H ealth in s u r a n ce and p en sion plans table B 6 H ealth in s u r a n ce and p en sion plans in clu d e plans f o r w hich the e m p lo y e r pays e ith e r all o r pa rt o f the c o s t The c o s t m ay be 1 u n d erw ritten b y a c o m m e r c ia l in su ra n ce com pa n y o r n on p rofit o r g a n iz a tio n 2 c o v e r e d by a union fund to L ife in su r a n ce in clu d e s fo r m a l plans p ro v id in g in dem n ity u su ally an in su r a n ce p o lic y in c a se o f death o f the c o v e r e d w o r k e r 23 H o sp ita liza tio n in su ra n ce c o v e r s h o sp ita l r o o m and b o a rd and m a y c o v e r oth e r h o sp ita l e x p e n s e s S u r g ic a l in su ra n ce c o v e r s s u r g e o n s fe e s M e d ica l in su ra n ce c o v e r s d o c t o r s fe e s f o r h o m e o f f ic e o r h osp ita l c a lls Plans r e s t r ic t e d to p o s t o p e r a t iv e m e d ic a l c a r e o r a d o c t o r s c a r e fo r m in o r a ilm en ts at a w o r k e r s p la c e o f em p loy m en t are not c o n s id e r e d to be m e d ic a l in su r a n ce d e d u c tib le e g be m et b e fo r e b en efit b e g in 2 has a c o in s u ra n c e fea tu re that r e q u ir e s the in su r e d to pay a p o r tio n e g 20 p e r c e n t o f c e rta in e x p e n s e s and 3 has a s p e c ifie d c o lla r m a x im u m o f b e n e fits e g a y e a r M a jo r m e d ic a l in su ra n ce c o v e r a g e a p p lies to s e r v ic e s w hich go b eyon d the b a s ic s e r v ic e s c o v e r e d under h o s p ita liz a tio n s u r g ic a l and m e d ic a l in s u r a n ce M a jo r m e d ic a l in su ra n ce ty p ic a lly 1 r e q u ir e s that a R e tire m e n t p e n sio n plans p r o v id e fo r re g u la r paym en ts to the r e tir e e fo r life In clu ded a re d e fe r r e d p r o fit s h a r in g plans w h ich p r o v id e the option o f p u rch a sin g a life t im e annuity D ental in su r a n ce plans p r o v id e n o r m a l den tal s e r v ic e b e n e fit s u su ally fo r fillin g s e x tr a c tio n s and X r a y s P la n s w h ich p r o v id e b en efits on ly fo r o r a l s u r g e r y o r re p a ir in g a ccid en t dam age a re not re p o rte d 24 Appendix table 1 Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied in Norfolk Virginia Beach Portsmouth and Newport News Hampton Va N C 1 May 1976 N u m b e r of es ta bl i s h m e n t s Minimum employment in establish m e n t s in s c o p e of st ud y In du st ry d i v i si on2 W o r k e r s in esta bl is hm en ts W i t h i n sc o p e of study W i t h i n sc o p e of s t u d y 3 Studied Total4 Studied Number 544 ALL D I V I S I O N S MANUFACTURING NONMANUFACTURING T R AN S P OR TA TIO N COMMUNICATION AND OTHER p u b l i c U T I L I T I E S WHOLESALE TRADE re ta il TRADE FI N A N C E INSURANCE AND HEAL E S T A T E S ERV ICE S Percent Full time plant w o r k e r s Full time office w o r k e r s Total The N orfolk V ir g in ia B e a c h P o r t s m o u t h and N ew port News H am pton Standard M e tro p o lita n S ta tis tic a l A r e a s as d e fin e d b y the O ffic e o f M an agem en t and B u dget th rou gh F e b r u a r y 1974 c o n s is t o f the c it ie s o f C h esap eak e H am pton N ew p ort N ew s N o rfo lk P o q u o s o n P o r ts m o u th S u ffo lk V ir g in ia B e a ch and W illia m s b u r g V a and the c ou n ties o f G lo u c e s t e r Jam es C ity and Y ork V a and C u rritu ck N C The w o r k e r s w ith in s c o p e of stu dy e s tim a te s show n in this table p r o v id e a re a s o n a b ly a c c u r a te d e s c r ip t io n o f the s iz e and c o m p o s it io n o f the la b o r f o r c e in clu d ed in the su rvey E s tim a te s a r e n ot intended h o w e v e r f o r c o m p a r is o n w ith o th e r e m p lo y m e n t in d e x e s to m e a s u r e e m p lo y m e n t tre n d s o r le v e ls s in c e 1 planning o f w age s u r v e y s r e q u ir e s es ta b lis h m en t data c o m p ile d c o n s id e r a b ly in adva n ce o f the p a y r o ll p e r io d studied and 2 s m a ll es ta b lis h m e n ts a r e ex clu d e d f r o m the s c o p e o f the su rv e y 2 The 1967 ed ition o f the Standard In d u stria l C la s s ific a t io n M anual w as u s e d to c la s s i f y e s ta b lis h m e n ts b y in d u s tr y d iv isio n 3 In clu d es a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts w ith to ta l e m p lo y m e n t at o r a b o v e the m in im u m lim ita tio n A ll ou tlets w ithin the a r e a o f c o m p a n ie s in in d u s tr ie s s u ch as tra d e fin a n ce auto r e p a ir s e r v ic e and m o tio n p ic tu r e th ea ters a r e c o n s id e r e d as 1 e sta b lish m e n t 4 In clu d es e x e c u tiv e p r o fe s s io n a l p a r t t im e and o th er w o r k e r s e x c lu d e d f r o m the s e p a ra te plant and o f fi c e c a t e g o r ie s 5 A b b r e v ia te d to p u b lic u t ilit ie s in the A and B s e r ie s t a b le s T a x ic a b s and s e r v ic e s in cid e n ta l to w a te r tr a n s p o r ta tio n a r e e x clu d ed 6 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 l l 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 ta b le s and f o r a l l in d u s t r ie s in the B s e r ie s ta b le s S epa ra te p res en ta tion o f data is not m ade f o r one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g r e a s o n s 1 E m p lo y m e n t is too s m a ll to p r o v id e enough data to m e r it s e p a ra te study 2 the sa m p le w as not d esig n ed in itia lly to p e r m it sep a ra te presen ta tion 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 se p a ra te p r e s e n ta tio n and 4 th e re is p o s s ib ilit y o f d is c lo s u r e o f in d ivid u a l e s ta b lis h m en t data 7 W o r k e r s f r o m this en tire d iv isio n a r e r e p r e s e n te d in e s tim a te s f o r a l l 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 ta b le s but f r o m the r e a l esta te p o r tio n on ly in estim a te s f o r a ll in d u s t r ie s and n on m a n u fa ctu rin g in the B s e r ie s ta b le s S ep a ra te p r e s e n ta tio n of data is not m ade f o r one o r m o r e o f the re a s o n s give n in fo o tn o te 6 8 H otels and m o t e ls la u n d ries and o th e r 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 ren tal and p a rk in g m o tio n p ic t u r e s n o n p ro fit m e m b e r s h ip o rg a n iz a tion s exclu 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 L a b o r m a n a g e m e n t a g r e e m e n t c o v e r a g e Th e fo llo w in g tabu lation show s the p e r c e n t o f fu ll t im e plant and o f fic e w o r k e r s e m p lo y e d in es ta b lis h m e n ts in the N o rfo lk ir g in ia B e a c h P o r ts m o u th and N ew port N ews V H am pton a r e a s in w h ich a union c o n t r a c t o r c o n t r a c ts c o v e r e d a m a jo r it y o f the w o r k e r s in the r e s p e c t iv e c a t e g o r ie s M ay 1976 In d u stria l c o m p o s itio n in m an u factu rin g A lm o s t o n e h a lf o f the w o r k e r s w ithin the s c o p e of the su r v e y in the N orfolk V ir g in ia B e a c h P o r t s m o u t h and N ew port N ew s am pton a r e a s w e r e e m p lo y e d in m anu H fa ctu rin g f ir m s T h e fo llo w in g p r e s e n ts the m a jo r in d u s try g ro u p s and s p e c ific in d u s tr ie s as a p e r c e n t o f a ll m a n u fa ctu rin g In d u stry grou ps T r a n s p o rta tio n eq u ip m e n t 52 E l e c t r ic a l equipm ent and s u p p l i e s F o o d and k in d red p r o d u c t s Plant w o r k e r s A l l in d u s t r ie s M a n u fa c tu r in g N o n m a n u fa c tu r in g P u b lic u t i l i t i e s S p e c ific in d u strie s Ship and b o atbu ild in g and r e p a i r in g R a d io and T V r e c e iv in g e q u ip m e n t A n e s ta b lis h m e n t is c o n s id e r e d to have a c o n t r a c t c o v e r in g a ll plant o r o f fic e w o r k e r s if a m a jo r it y o f su ch w o r k e r s a r e c o v e r e d b y a la b o r m a n a g e m e n t a g reem en t T h e r e fo r e a ll o th e r plan t o r o ffic e w o r k e r s a r e e m p lo y e d in e s ta b lis h m e n ts that eith er d o not have la b o r m a n a g e m e n t c o n tr a c ts in e ffe c t o r have co n tr a c ts that a pp ly to fe w e r than half of th e ir plant o r o f fi c e w o r k e r s E s tim a te s a r e not n e c e s s a r il y re p r e s e n ta tiv e of the extent to w h ich a ll w o r k e r s in the a r e a m ay b e c o v e r e d b y the p r o v is io n s of la b o r m a n a g e m e n t a g r e e m e n ts b e c a u s e s m a ll e s ta b lis h m e n ts a r e ex c lu d e d and the in d u stria l s co p e of the s u r v e y is lim ite d T h is in fo r m a t io n is b a s e d on e s tim a te s o f to ta l e m p lo y m e n t d e r iv e d f r o m u n iv e r s e m a te r ia ls c o m p ile d b e fo r e a ctu a l su rv e y P r o p o r t io n s in v a r io u s in d u stry d iv is io n s m ay d iffe r f r o m p r o p o r t io n s b a s e d on the r e s u lts o f the s u r v e y as sh ow n in app endix table 1 O ffic e w o r k e r s Appendix B Occupational Descriptions The p r im a r y p u rp o s e o f p re p a rin g jo b d e s c r ip tio n s fo r the B u r e a u s w age s u r v e y s is to a s s is t its fie ld sta ff in c la s s ify in g in to a p p ro p ria te o ccu p a tio n s w o r k e r s who a re e m p lo y e d u nder a v a r ie ty o f p a y r o ll title s and d iffe r e n t w o rk a rra n g em en ts fr o m esta b lis h m e n t to esta b lish m en t and fr o m a r e a to a r e a T his p e r m its the g rou pin g o f o c cu p a tio n a l w age ra te s re p re s e n tin g co m p a ra b le jo b con ten t B e c a u s e o f this em p h a sis on in te r e sta b lish m e n t and in te r a r e a c o m p a ra b ility o f o c cu p a tio n a l con ten t the B u r e a u s jo b d e s c r ip tio n s m a y d iffe r s ig n ifica n tly fr o m th o se in use in in d iv id u a l e sta b lish m e n ts o r th o se p r e p a r e d f o r oth er p u r p o s e s In applying th ese jo b d e s c r ip t io n s the B u r e a u s fie ld e c o n o m is t s a re in s tr u c te d to e x clu d e w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s a p p re n tice s le a r n e r s b e g in n e r s t r a in e e s and h an dicapped p a r t t im e te m p o r a r y and p r o b a tio n a r y w o r k e r s OFFICE SECRETARY S E C R E T A R Y Continued A s s ig n e d as p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y n o rm a lly to one in d iv id u al M ain tain s a c lo s e and h igh ly r e s p o n s iv e re la tio n s h ip to the d a y to d a y w ork o f the s u p e r v is o r W o rk s fa ir ly in depen den tly r e c e iv in g a m in im u m o f d eta iled s u p e r v is io n and gu id an ce P e r fo r m s v a r ie d c le r i c a l and s e c r e t a r ia l d u tie s u su ally in clu din g m o s t o f the fo llo w in g d e R ev iew s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e m e m o ra n d u m s and r e p o rts p r e p a r e d by o th e rs fo r the s u p e r v is o r s sign a tu re to a s s u r e p r o c e d u r a l and ty p o g ra p h ic accuracy a R e c e iv e s telep h on e c a lls p e r s o n a l c a l l e r s and in com in g m a il a n sw e rs routine in q u ir ie s and rou tes te c h n ic a l in q u iries to the p r o p e r p erson s b c in stru cte d E s ta b lis h e s f P e r fo r m s ste n o g ra p h ic and typin g w o rk M ay a lso p e r fo r m oth e r c l e r i c a l and s e c r e t a r ia l ta sk s o f c o m p a ra b le nature and d ifficu lty The w ork ty p ic a lly r e q u ir e s kn ow led ge o f o ffic e routine and understan din g o f the o r g a n iz a tio n p r o g r a m s and p r o c e d u r e s re la te d to the w ork o f the s u p e r v is o r m a in ta in s and r e v is e s the s u p e r v is o r s file s M aintains the s u p e r v is o r s R ela y s m e s s a g e s fr o m s u p e r v is o r to s u b o r d in a te s ca le n d a r and m akes appointm ents as B egin ning w ith ca len d a r y e a r 1976 s u r v e y s the B u reau has g rou p ed occu p a tio n s stu d ied in its a r e a w age s u rv e y s into jo b fa m ilie s in o r d e r to p r e s e n t in fo rm a tio n on re la te d o ccu p a tio n s in s e q u e n c e Job fa m ilie s have not b een title d h o w e v e r sin c e doing so m ight have added ex tra n eou s e le m e n ts to the jo b m a tch in g p r o c e s s The B u reau has a lso r e v is e d s e v e r a l o c cu p a tio n a l title s u su al w o rd o r d e r and a re m o r e d e s c r ip tiv e o f the s u r v e y jo b s The r e v is e d title s m o r e n e a r ly r e fle c t R e v is e d o c cu p a tio n a l d e s c r ip tio n s are b ein g in tro d u ce d th is y e a r fo r O r d e r c le r k p a y r o ll c le r k sw itch b o a rd o p e r a t o r sw itch b oa rd o p e r a t o r r e c e p t io n is t tr a n s c r ib in g m a c h in e ty p is t p r e v io u s ly title d t r a n s c r ib in g m a c h in e o p e r a t o r m a c h in e to o l o p e r a t o r to o lr o o m and t o o l and die m a k e r Th ey a re the re su lt o f the B u r e a u s p o lic y o f p e r io d ic a lly re v iew in g a r e a w age su r v e y o c cu p a tio n a l d e s c r ip tio n s in o r d e r to take into accou n t te c h n o lo g ic a l d ev elop m en ts and to c la r ify d e s c r ip tio n s so that th ey a re m o r e re a d ily u n d erstood and u n ifo rm ly in te r p r e te d Even though the r e v is e d d e s c r ip tio n s r e fle c t b a s ic a lly the sa m e occu p a tio n s as p r e v io u s ly d efin ed so m e rep ortin g changes m ay o c c u r b e c a u s e o f the r e v is io n s 26 S E C R E T A R Y Continued S E C R E T A R Y Continued E x clu s io n s Not a ll p o s itio n s that a re title d s e c r e t a r y p o s s e s s the above c h a r a c t e r is t ic s E x am p les o f p o s itio n s w h ich a re e x clu d e d fr o m the defin ition a r e as fo llo w s a P o s itio n s d e s c r ib e d a b ove b w hich do not m e e t the p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r y con cep t S ten og ra p h ers not fu lly tr a in e d in s e c r e t a r ia l t y p e d u ties c S ten og ra p h ers s e r v in g as o ffic e fe s s io n a l t e c h n ic a l o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n s a s sista n ts to a g rou p of p r o d S e c r e ta r y p o s itio n s in w h ich the duties a r e e ith e r su bsta n tially m o r e routine o r su b sta n tia lly m o r e c o m p le x and r e s p o n s ib le than th ose c h a r a c t e r iz e d in the d efin ition e A s s is ta n t ty p e p o s itio n s w h ich in v o lv e m o r e d ifficu lt o r m o r e r e s p o n s ib le te c h n ic a l a d m in is tra tiv e s u p e r v is o r y o r s p e c ia liz e d c le r i c a l du ties w h ich a re not ty p ic a l o f s e c r e t a r ia l w ork N O T E The t e r m c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r u sed in the le v e l d efin ition s fo llo w in g r e fe r s to th o se o ffic ia ls who have a sig n ifica n t c o rp o r a te w id e p o licy m a k in g r o le w ith r e g a rd to m a jo r com pa n y a c tiv it ie s The title v ic e p r e s id e n t though n o rm a lly in d ica tiv e o f th is r o le does not in all c a s e s id en tify su ch p o s itio n s V ic e p r e s id e n ts w h ose p r im a r y r e s p o n s ib ility is to act p e r s o n a lly on in div idu al c a s e s o r tr a n s a ctio n s e g a p p rov e o r deny in dividu al loan o r c re d it a ctio n s a d m in iste r in d iv id u al tru st a c c o u n ts d ir e c tly s u p e r v is e a c le r i c a l sta ff are not c o n s id e r e d to be c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r s fo r p u rp o s e s o f applying the fo llo w in g le v e l d e fin it io n s C la ss A 1 S e c r e ta r y to the ch a irm a n o f the b o a rd o r p r e sid e n t o f a com pa n y that e m p lo y s in a ll o v e r 100 but fe w e r than 5 000 p e r s o n s o r 2 S e c r e t a r y to a c o r p o r a te o f f ic e r oth er than the ch a irm a n o f the b o a rd o r p r e s id e n t o f a com pan y that e m p lo y s in a ll o v e r but fe w e r than 25 000 p e r s o n s o r 3 S e c r e t a r y to the h ead im m e d ia te ly b e lo w the c o r p o r a t e o f f ic e r le v e l o f a m a jo r seg m en t o r s u b s id ia r y o f a com pany that e m p lo y s in a ll o v e r p e r s o n s C la ss B 1 S e c r e t a r y to the ch a irm a n o f the b o a r d o r p r e s id e n t o f a com pany that e m p lo y s in a ll fe w e r than 100 p e r s o n s o r 3 S e c r e ta r y to the h ead im m e d ia te ly b e lo w the o f f ic e r le v e l o v e r e ith e r a m a jo r co rpo rate w ide fu n ction a l a ctiv ity e g m a rk etin g r e s e a r c h o p e r a t io n s in d u stria l r e la t io n s e t c o r a m a jo r g e o g r a p h ic o r o r g a n iz a tio n a l seg m en t e g a r e g io n a l h e a d q u a rte rs a m a jo r d iv is io n o f a com pa n y that e m p lo y s in a ll o v e r but fe w e r than e m p lo y e e s o r 4 S e c r e ta r y to the h ead o f an in d iv id u al plant fa c to r y e tc o r o th e r equ ivalen t le v e l o f o ffic ia l that e m p lo y s in a ll o v e r p e r s o n s o r 5 S e c r e t a r y to the head o f a la rg e and im portan t o rg a n iz a tio n a l seg m en t e g a m id d le m a n a gem en t s u p e r v is o r o f an o rg a n iz a tio n a l seg m en t often in v olv in g as m any as s e v e r a l hundred p e r s o n s o r a com pany that e m p lo y s in a ll o v e r p e r s o n s C la ss C 1 S e c r e ta r y to an e x e cu tiv e o r m a n a g e r ia l p e r s o n w h ose r e s p o n s ib ility is not equ ivalent to on e o f the s p e c ific le v e l situ ation s in the defin ition fo r c la s s B but w h ose o r g a n iz a tio n a l unit n o rm a lly n u m b ers at le a st s e v e r a l d ozen e m p lo y e e s and is u su a lly d iv id ed into o rg a n iz a tio n a l seg m en ts w hich a r e often in tu rn fu rth e r su bd ivid ed In so m e c o m p a n ie s this le v e l in clu d es a w ide ran ge o f o r g a n iz a tio n a l e c h e lo n s in o th e r s on ly on e o r tw o o r 2 S e c r e ta r y to the head o f an in div idu al plant fa c t o r y e tc o r o th e r equ ivalent le v e l o f o ffic ia l that e m p lo y s in a ll fe w e r than p e r s o n s 2 1 C la ss D 1 S e c r e ta r y to the s u p e r v is o r o r head o f a s m a ll o r g a n iz a tio n a l unit e g fe w e r than about 25 o r 30 p e r s o n s oj 2 S e c r e ta r y to a n o n s u p e r v is o r y s ta ff s p e c ia lis t p r o fe s s io 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 s is ta n t s k ille d te c h n ic ia n o r e x p e rt N O TE M any co m p a n ie s a s sig n ste n o g r a p h e r s ra th er than s e c r e t a r ie s as d e s c r ib e d a b o v e to th is le v e l o f s u p e r v is o r y o r n o n s u p e r v is o r y w o r k e r STENOGRAPH ER P r im a r y duty is to take d icta tion using sh orth an d and to tr a n s c r ib e the d icta tio n M ay a lso type fr o m w ritten cop y M ay o p e r a te fr o m a ste n o g ra p h ic p o o l M ay o c c a s io n a lly tr a n s c r ib e fr o m v o ic e r e c o r d in g s if p r im a r y duty is tr a n s c r ib in g fr o m r e c o r d in g s se e T r a n s c r ib in g M a c h in e T y pi s t N O TE T his jo b is d is tin g u ish ed fr o m that o f a s e c r e t a r y in that a s e c r e t a r y n o r m a lly w o rk s in a co n fid e n tia l r e la tio n s h ip w ith on ly one m a n a g er o r e x e cu tiv e and p e r fo r m s m o r e r e s p o n s ib le and d is c r e tio n a r y ta sk s as d e s c r ib e d in the s e c r e t a r y jo b d efin ition S te n o g ra p h e r G e n e ra l 2 S e c r e ta r y to a c o r p o r a t e o f f i c e r oth er than the ch a irm a n o f the b o a rd o r p r e s id e n t o f a com p a n y that e m p lo y s in a ll o v e r 100 but fe w e r than p e r s o n s o r keep D icta tion in v o lv e s a n o r m a l routine v o c a b u la r y M ay m ain tain f ile s s im p le r e c o r d s o r p e r fo r m o th e r r e la t iv e ly routine c l e r i c a l ta s k s ST E N O G R A P H E R Continued F IL E C L E R K Continued S ten og ra p h er 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 vocabularysu ch as in le g a l b r ie fs o r r e p o rts on s c ie n t ific r e s e a r c h M ay a lso set up and m ain tain f ile s k eep r e c o r d s e tc C la ss B S o r ts c o d e s and file s u n c la s s ifie d m a te r ia l by s im p le su b je ct m a tte r h eadin gs o r p a rtly c la s s ifie d m a te r ia l by fin e r su bh eadin gs P r e p a r e s s im p le re la te d in dex and c r o s s r e f e r e n c e a id s As re q u e ste d lo c a te s c le a r ly id e n tifie d m a te r ia l in file s and fo r w a rd s m a te r ia l M ay p e r fo r m re la te d c l e r i c a l ta sk s re q u ire d to m aintain and s e r v ic e file s OR P e r fo r m s ste n o g r a p h ic duties re q u irin g s ig n ifica n tly g r e a te r in depen d en ce and r e s p o n s ib ility than ste n o g r a p h e r g e n e r a l as e v id e n ce d by the fo llo w in g W ork r e q u ir e s a high d e g re e o f s te n o g ra p h ic sp eed and a c c u r a c y a th orou g h w ork in g k n ow led ge o f g e n e r a l b u sin e s s and o ffic e p r o c e d u r e and o f the s p e c ifi c b u sin e s s o p e r a t io n s o r g a n iz a tio n p o li c ie s p r o c e d u r e s f i l e s w o rk flo w etc U ses this kn ow led ge in p e r fo rm in g sten og ra p h ic du ties and r e s p o n s ib le c l e r i c a l ta sk s such as m ain taining follow u p file s a s s e m b lin g m a te r ia l f o r r e p o r t s m e m o ra n d u m s and le t te r s co m p o s in g s im p le le t te r s fr o m g e n e r a l in s tr u c tio n s readin g and routing in com in g m a il and a n sw erin g rou tin e q u e s tio n s e tc T R A N SC R IB IN G M A C H IN E T Y P IS T P r im a r y duty is to type c o p y o f v o ic e r e c o r d e d d icta tion w hich does not in v olv e v a r ie d te c h n ic a l o r s p e c ia liz e d v o ca b u la r y su ch as that u sed in le g a l b r ie fs o r r e p o rts on s c ie n t ific r e s e a r c h M ay a lso type fr o m w ritten cop y M ay m ain tain f ile s k eep s im p le r e c o r d s o r p e r fo r m o th e r re la tiv e ly routine c le r i c a l ta s k s See S ten og ra p h er d efin ition fo r w o r k e r s in v olv ed w ith sh orth an d d icta tio n T Y P IST U ses a ty p e w r ite r to m ake c o p ie s o f v a r io u s m a te r ia ls o r to m ake out b ills a fter c a lcu la tio n s have been m ade by an oth er p e r s o n M ay in clude typing o f s t e n c ils m a ts o r s im ila r m a te r ia ls fo r use in duplicatin g p rocesses M ay do c le r i c a l w ork in v olv in g little s p e c ia l tra in in g such as k eepin g sim p le r e c o r d s filin g r e c o r d s and r e p o r t s o r so rtin g and distribu tin g in com in g m a il C la ss A P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g Typin g m a te r ia l in fin a l fo r m when it in v o lv e s com bin in g m a te r ia l fr o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s o r r e s p o n s ib ility fo r c o r r e c t s p e llin g s y lla b ic a tio n pu nctuation e t c o f t e c h n ica l o r unusual w o rd s o r fo r e ig n language m a te r ia l o r planning layout and typing o f c o m p lic a te d s t a tis tic a l ta b le s to m ain tain u n iform ity and b a la n ce in sp a cin g M ay type routine fo r m le t t e r s v a ryin g d eta ils to suit c ir c u m s t a n c e s C la ss B P e r fo r m s one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g C opy typing fr o m rough o r c le a r d r a fts o r routine typing o f fo r m s in su ra n ce p o li c ie s e t c o r settin g up sim p le stan dard ta b u la tion s o r cop yin g m o r e c o m p le x ta bles a lrea d y set up and sp a c e d p r o p e r ly F IL E CLE R K F il e s c la s s if i e s and r e tr ie v e s m a te r ia l in an e s ta b lis h e d filin g s y s te m M ay p e r fo r m c le r i c a l and m anual ta sk s r e q u ire d to m ain tain file s P o s itio n s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g d efin ition s C la ss A C la s s ifie s and in d ex es file m a te r ia l such as c o r r e s p o n d e n c e r e p o r t s te c h n ic a l d o cu m e n ts e t c in an e sta b lis h e d filin g s y s te m contain in g a n u m b er o f v a r ie d su b je ct m a tte r f ile s M ay a lso file this m a te r ia l M ay k eep r e c o r d s o f v a r io u s ty p es in con ju n ction w ith the file s M ay lea d a s m a ll g rou p o f lo w e r le v e l file c le r k s C la ss C P e r fo r m s routine filin g o f m a te r ia l that has a lrea d y been c la s s ifie d o r w h ich is e a s ily c la s s ifie d in a sim p le s e r ia l c la s s ific a tio n s y s te m e g a lp h a b e tica l c h r o n o lo g ic a l o r n u m e r ic a l A s r e q u e ste d lo c a t e s r e a d ily a v a ila b le m a te r ia l in file s and fo r w a r d s m a te r ia l and m ay fill out w ith draw al c h a rg e M ay p e r fo r m sim p le c le r i c a l and m anual tasks r e q u ire d to m ain tain and s e r v ic e f ile s M ESSENG ER P e r fo r m s v a r io u s routine duties su ch as running e r r a n d s op era tin g m in o r o ffic e m a ch in e s such as s e a le r s o r m a ile r s open in g and distribu tin g m a il and oth e r m in o r c le r i c a l w o rk E x clu d e p o s itio n s that re q u ire o p e r a tio n o f a m o t o r v e h ic le as a sig n ifica n t duty SW ITC H B O A R D O P E R A T O R O p era tes a telep h on e s w itch b o a rd o r c o n s o le u sed with a p riv a te b ra n ch ex ch an ge P B X s y s te m to re la y in c o m in g o u tg o in g and in tr a s y s te m c a lls M ay p r o v id e in fo rm a tio n to c a lle r s r e c o r d and tr a n sm it m e s s a g e s k eep r e c o r d o f c a lls p la ce d and t o ll c h a r g e s B e s id e s op era tin g a teleph on e sw itch b o a rd o r c o n s o le m a y a lso type o r p e r fo r m rou tin e c le r i c a l w ork typing o r routine c le r i c a l w ork m a y o c cu p y the m a jo r p o r tio n o f the w o r k e r s tim e and is u su ally p e r fo r m e d w h ile at the sw itch b o a rd o r c o n s o le C h ief o r lea d o p e r a t o r s in esta b lis h m e n ts em p loy in g m o r e than on e o p e r a t o r are e x clu d e d F o r an o p e r a t o r who a lso a cts as a r e c e p t io n is t see S w itch b oa rd O p e r a to r R e c e p tio n is t 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 s in g le p o s it io n telep h on e s w itch b o a rd o r c o n s o le acts both as an o p e r a to r se e S w itch b oa rd O p e ra to r and as a r e c e p tio n is t R e c e p tio n is t s w ork in v o lv e s su ch duties as g re e tin g v is it o r s d eterm in in g nature o f v i s it o r s b u sin e s s and p ro v id in g a p p ro p ria te in fo rm a tio n r e fe r r in g v is it o r to a p p ro p ria te p e r s o n in the o r g a n iz a tio n o r con tactin g that p e r s o n by telep h on e and arra n gin g an appoin tm en t k eepin g a log o f v is it o r s ORDER CLERK R e c e iv e s w ritten o r v e r b a l c u s t o m e r s p u rc h a s e o r d e r s fo r m a te r ia l o r m e r c h a n d is e fr o m c u s to m e r s o r sa le s p e o p le W ork ty p ic a lly in v o lv e s som e com b in a tion o f the fo llo w in g d u ties Quoting p r ic e s d eterm in in g a v a ila b ility o f o r d e r e d ite m s and su g gestin g su bstitu tes when n e c e s s a r y ad visin g e x p e cte d d e liv e r y date and m eth od o f d e liv e r y r e c o r d in g o r d e r and c u s to m e r in fo rm a tio n on o r d e r sh e e ts ch eck in g o r d e r sh eets fo r a c c u r a c y and ad equ acy o f in fo rm a tio n r e c o r d e d a s ce r ta in in g c re d it rating o f c u s to m e r fu rn ish in g c u s to m e r w ith a ck n ow led gem en t o f r e c e ip t o f o r d e r fo llo w in g u p to se e that o r d e r is d e liv e r e d by the s p e c ifie d date o r to let c u s to m e r know o f a delay in d e liv e r y m a in tain in g o r d e r file ch eck in g shipping in v o ic e against o r ig in a l o r d e r O R D E R C L E R K Continued B O O K K E E P IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R E x clu d e w o r k e r s p a id on a c o m m is s io n b a s is o r w h ose duties in clu d e any o f the fo llo w in g R e c e iv in g o r d e r s f o r s e r v ic e s ra th er than f o r m a te r ia l o r m e r c h a n d is e p r o v id in g c u s to m e r s w ith con su lta tiv e a d v ice u sin g kn ow led ge gain ed fr o m en g in eerin g o r e x te n siv e te c h n ic a l tr a in in g em p h a sizin g s e llin g s k ills handling m a te r ia l o r m e r c h a n d is e as an in te g ra l p a rt o f the jo b O p era tes a b ook k eep in g m a ch in e w ith o r w ithout a ty p e w r ite 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 tr a n s a c t io n s P o s itio n s d e fin it io n s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls a c c o r d in g to the fo llo w in g C la ss A H andles o r d e r s that in v olv e m akin g ju dgm en ts su ch as ch oosin g w h ich s p e c ific p ro d u ct o r m a te r ia l fr o m the e s ta b lis h m e n t s p rod u ct lin e s w ill s a tis fy the c u s t o m e r s n e e d s o r d eterm in in g the p r ic e to be qu oted w hen p r ic in g in v o lv e s m o r e than m e r e ly r e fe r r in g to a p r ic e lis t o r m aking so m e s im p le m a th e m a tic a l c a lc u la tio n s C la ss B H andles o r d e r s in volvin g ite m s w h ich have r e a d ily id e n tifie d u ses and a p p lic a tio n s M ay r e fe r to a c a ta lo g m a n u fa c tu r e r s m anu al o r s im ila r docu m en t to in su re that p r o p e r ite m is su pplied o r to v e r ify p r ic e o f o r d e r e d ite m ACCOUNTIN G C LE R K P e r fo r m s on e o r m o r e accou n tin g c l e r i c a l ta sk s su ch as p ostin g to r e g is t e r s and le d g e r s r e c o n c ilin g bank a c c o u n ts v e r ify in g the in tern a l c o n s is te n c y c o m p le t e n e s s and m a th em a tica l a c c u r a c y o f accou n tin g d ocu m en ts a ssig n in g p r e s c r ib e d accou n tin g d istrib u tion c o d e s exam in in g and v e rify in 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 p es o f r e p o r t s lis t s c a lc u la tio n s p o s tin g e t c o r p r e p a r in g sim p le o r a s sistin g in p r e p a r in g m o r e c o m p lic a te d jo u r n a l vou ch ers M ay w ork in e ith e r a m anual o r au tom ated a ccou n tin g s y ste m The w ork r e q u ire s a kn ow led ge o f c l e r i c a l m eth od s and o ffic e p r a c t ic e s and p r o c e d u r e s w h ich r e la te s to the c l e r i c a l p r o c e s s in g and r e c o rd in g o f tr a n s a ctio n s and accou n tin g in fo rm a tio n W ith e x p e r ie n c e the w o r k e r ty p ic a lly b e c o m e s fa m ilia r w ith the b ook k eep in g and accou n tin g te r m s and p r o c e d u r e s u sed in the a s sig n e d w o rk but is not re q u ire d to have a k n ow led ge o f the fo r m a l p r in c ip le s o f b ook k eep in g and accou n tin g P o s itio n s d e fin itio n s are c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the b a sis o f the follow in g C la ss A U nder g e n e r a l s u p e r v is io n p e r fo r m s accou n tin g c le r i c a l o p e r a tio n s w h ich r e q u ire the a p p lica tion o f e x p e r ie n c e and ju d g m en t fo r e x a m p le c le r i c a lly p r o c e s s in g c o m p lica te d o r n o n re p e titiv e accou n tin g t r a n s a c tio n s s e le c tin g am ong a su bstan tial v a r ie ty o f p r e s c r ib e d accou n tin g cod es and c la s s ific a t io n s o r tr a c in g tra n s a ctio n s though p r e v io u s a ccou n tin g action s to d e te rm in e s o u r c e o f d is c r e p a n c ie s M ay be a s s is te d b y on e o r m o r e c la s s B a ccou n tin g c le r k s C la ss B U nder c lo s e s u p e r v is io n fo llo w in g d eta iled in stru ctio n s and sta n d a rd iz ed p r o c e d u r e s p e r fo r m s one o r m o r e routine a ccou n tin g c le r i c a l o p e r a t io n s su ch as p ostin g to le d g e r s c a r d s o r w o rk s h e e ts w h ere id e n tifica tio n o f ite m s and lo c a tio n s o f p o s tin g s a re c le a r ly in d ica te d c h e c k ing a c c u r a c y and c o m p le te n e s s o f sta n d a rd ized and r e p e titiv e r e c o r d s or accou n tin g d o cu m e n ts and codin g d ocu m en ts u sin g a few p r e s c r ib e d a c c o u n t ing c o d e s C la ss A K eep s a set o f r e c o r d s re q u irin g a k n ow ledge o f and e x p e r ie n c e in b a s ic b ook k eep in g p r in c ip le s and fa m ilia r ity w ith the stru ctu re o f the p a r t ic u la r accou n tin g s y s te m u sed D e te rm in e s p r o p e r r e c o r d s and d is trib u tio n o f debit and c r e d it ite m s to be u sed in ea ch phase o f the w ork M ay p r e p a r e c o n s o lid a te d r e p o r t s b a la n ce sh e e ts and o th e r r e c o r d s b y hand C la ss B K eeps a r e c o r d o f one o r m o r e p h a ses o r se c tio n s o f a set o f r e c o r d s u su ally r e q u irin g little k n ow led ge o f b a s ic b ook k eep in g P h a s e s o r s e c tio n s in clu d e a ccou n ts p a y a b le p a y r o ll c u s t o m e r s a ccou n ts not in cluding a s im p le type o f b illin g d e s c r ib e d under m a ch in e b i lle r c o s t d is tr ib u tio n ex p en se d is trib u tio n in v e n to ry c o n t r o l e tc M ay ch eck o r a s s is t in p r e p a r a tio n o f t r ia l b a la n c e s and p r e p a r e c o n tr o l sh eets fo r the accou n tin g dep a rtm en t M ACHINE B IL L E R P r e p a r e s sta tem en ts b i lls and in v o ic e s on a m a ch in e o th e r them an o r d in a r y o r e le c t r o m a t ic ty p e w r ite r M ay a lso k eep r e c o r d s as to b illin g s o r shipping c h a rg e s o r p e r fo r m oth e r c l e r i c a l w ork in cid en ta l to b illin g o p e r a tio n s F o r w age study p u r p o s e s m a ch in e b ille r s a re c la s s ifie d by type o f m a ch in e as fo llo w s B illin g m a c h in e b i l l e r U ses a s p e c ia l b illin g m a ch in e com b in a tion typin g and adding m a ch in e to p r e p a r e b ills and in v o ic e s fr o m c u s t o m e r s p u rch a se o r d e r s in te rn a lly p r e p a r e d o r d e r s shipping m e m o ra n d u m s e tc U sually in v o lv e s a p p lica tion o f p r e d e te r m in e d d iscou n ts and shipping ch a rg es and en try o f n e c e s s a r y e x te n s io n s w h ich m ay o r m a y not be com pu ted on the b illin g m a ch in e and to ta ls w h ich a re a u tom a tica lly accu m u la ted by m a ch in e The o p e r a tio n u su ally in v o lv e s a la rg e n u m ber o f ca rb on c o p ie s o f the b ill b ein g p r e p a r e d and is often done on a fan fold m a ch in e B o o k k e e p in g m a c h in e b i l l e r U ses a book k eepin g m a ch in e with o r w ithout a ty p e w r ite r k e y b o a r d to p r e p a r e c u s t o m e r s b ills as pa rt o f the a ccou n ts r e c e iv a b le o p e r a tio n G e n e ra lly in v o lv e s the sim u ltan eou s en try 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 ch in e a u tom a tica lly a ccu m u la tes fig u r e s on a n u m ber o f v e r t ic a l colu m n s and com p u tes and u su ally p rin ts a u tom a tica lly the debit o r c r e d it b a la n c e s D oes not in v olv e a kn ow led ge o f b ook k eep in g W ork s fr o m u n ifo rm and stan dard typ es o f s a le s and c re d it s lip s P A Y R O L L C LE R K P e r fo r m s the c l e r i c a l ta sk s n e c e s s a r y to p r o c e s s p a y r o lls and to m ain tain p a y r o ll r e c o r d s W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g P r o c e s s in g w o r k e r s tim e o r p ro d u ctio n r e c o r d s ad ju sting w o r k e r s r e c o r d s fo r changes in w age r a te s su p p lem en ta ry b e n e fit s o r tax d e d u ction s editing p a y r o ll lis tin g s against s o u r c e r e c o r d s tr a c in g and c o r r e c t in g e r r o r s in lis tin g s and a s s is tin g in p r e p a r a tio n o f p e r io d ic su m m a ry p a y r o ll r e p o r t s In a n on au tom ated p a y r o ll s y s t e m com p u tes w a g e s W ork m a y req u ire a p r a c t ic a l k n ow led ge o f g o v e rn m e n ta l r e g u la tio n s com p a n y p a y r o ll p o lic y o r the c o m p u te r s y s te m fo r p r o c e s s in g p a y r o lls K EY PU N CH O P E R A T O R T A B U L A T IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R Continued O p era tes a keypunch m a ch in e to r e c o r d o r v e r ify a lp h a b etic a n d o r n u m e ric data on tabulating c a r d s o r on tape fr o m th is d efin ition a re w ork in g s u p e r v is o r s A ls o e x clu d e d are o p e r a t o r s o f e le c t r o n ic d ig ita l c o m p u te r s even though th ey m a y a ls o o p e r a te e le c t r ic a ccou n tin g m a ch in e equ ipm en t P o s itio n s d e fin itio n s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g C la ss A W ork r e q u ir e s the a p p lica tion o f e x p e r ie n c e and ju dgm en t in s e le c tin g p r o c e d u r e s to be fo llo w e d and in s e a rc h in g fo r in te r p r e tin g s e le c t in g o r cod in g ite m s to be k eyp u n ch ed fr o m a v a r ie ty o f s o u r c e d ocu m en ts On o c c a s io n m a y a lso p e r fo r m so m e routine keypun ch w ork M ay tr a in in e x p e r ie n c e d keypun ch o p e r a t o r s C la ss B W ork is routine and r e p e titiv e U nder c lo s e s u p e r v is io n o r fo llo w in g s p e c ifi c p r o c e d u r e s o r in s t r u c t io n s w o rk s fr o m v a r io u s stan d a r d iz e d s o u r c e d ocu m en ts w h ich have b een co d e d and fo llo w s s p e c ifie d p r o c e d u r e s w h ich have b een p r e s c r i b e d in d eta il and re q u ire little o r no s e le c t in g co d in g o r in te r p r e tin g o f data to b e r e c o r d e d R e fe r s to su p e r v is o r p r o b le m s a r is in g fr o m e r r o n e o u s ite m s o r cod es o r m is s in g in fo rm ation P o s itio n s d e fin it io n s c la s s ifi e d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the fo llo w in g C la ss A P e r fo r m s c o m p le te r e p o rtin g and tabulating a ssign m en ts in clu din g d e v isin g d ifficu lt c o n tr o l pa n el w irin g u nder g e n e r a l su p e r v is io n A s sig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e a v a r ie ty o f lon g and c o m p le x r e p o rts w h ich often a re ir r e g u la r o r n o n r e c u r r in g r e q u irin g so m e planning o f the n ature and seq u en cin g o f o p e r a t io n s and the u se o f a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in e s Is t y p ic a lly in v o lv e d in tra in in g new o p e r a t o r s in m a ch in e o p e ra tio n s o r tra in in g lo w e r le v e l o p e r a t o r s in w irin g fr o m d ia g r a m s and in the op era tin g se q u e n ce s o f lon g and c o m p le x r e p o r t s D oes not in clu d e p o s itio n s in w h ich w irin g r e s p o n s ib ility is lim ite d to s e le c t io n and in s e r tio n o f p r e w ir e d b o a r d s C la ss B P e r fo r m s w ork a c c o r d in g to e s ta b lis h e d p r o c e d u r e s and under s p e c ific in s tr u c tio n s A s sig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e c o m p le te but routine and r e c u r r in g r e p o r ts o r p a rts o f la r g e r and m o r e c o m p le x r e p o r t s O p e ra te s m o r e d ifficu lt tabulating o r e le c t r i c a l a ccou n tin g m a ch in es su ch as the ta b u la to r and c a lc u la to r in ad dition to the s im p le r m a ch in es u sed by c la s s C o p e r a t o r s M ay be r e q u ir e d to do so m e w irin g fr o m d ia g r a m s M ay tr a in new e m p lo y e e s in b a s ic m a ch in e o p e r a t io n s C la ss C U n der s p e c ifi c in s t r u c t io n s o p e r a te s sim p le tabulating o r e le c t r ic a l accou n tin g m a ch in e s su ch as the s o r t e r in t e r p r e t e r re p ro d u cin g punch c o lla t o r e tc A s sig n m e n ts t y p ic a lly in v o lv e p o r tio n s of a w ork unit fo r e x a m p le in d iv id u a l s o rtin g o r c o lla tin g ru n s o r r e p e titiv e o p e r a tio n s M ay p e r fo r m s im p le w irin g fr o m d ia g r a m s and do som e filin g w o rk T A B U L A T IN G M A C H IN E O P E R A T O R c u la to r a re O p e ra te s one o r a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in e s su ch as the ta b u la to r c a l c o lla t o r in t e r p r e t e r s o r t e r r e p ro d u c in g punch e tc E x clu d ed PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL C O M P U T E R SYSTEM S A N A L Y S T BUSINESS Continued C O M P U T E R SYSTEM S A N A L Y S T BUSINESS F o r w age study p u r p o s e s s y s te m s an alysts a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s A n a ly ze s b u s in e s s p r o b le m s to fo r m u la te p r o c e d u r e s fo r solv in g th em by u se o f e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g equ ipm ent D evelop s a com p le te d e s c r ip tio n o f a ll s p e c ific a tio n s n eed ed to en able p r o g r a m m e r s to p r e p a re r e q u ir e d d ig ita l c o m p u te r p r o g r a m s W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g A n a ly zes s u b je c t m a tte r o p e r a tio n s to be autom ated and id e n tifie s con d ition s and c r it e r i a r e q u ire d to a ch iev e s a tis fa c to r y r e s u lts s p e c ifie s n u m ber and ty p es o f r e c o r d s f ile s and d ocu m en ts to be u sed ou tlin es a ction s to be p e r fo r m e d by p e r s o n n e l and co m p u te rs in su ffic ie n t d etail fo r p re se n ta tio n to m a n a gem en t and fo r p r o g r a m m in g ty p ica lly th is in v o lv e s p r e p a r a tio n o f w ork and data flo w c h a rts co o rd in a te s the d ev elop m en t o f te s t p r o b le m s and p a r tic ip a te s in t r ia l runs o f new and r e v is e d s y s t e m s and r e co m m e n d s equipm ent changes to obtain m o r e e ffe c t iv e o v e r a ll o p e r a tio n s N O TE W o r k e r s p e r fo r m in g b oth system s a n a ly sis and p r o g r a m m in g sh ou ld be c l a s s ifie d as sy s te m s a n alysts if th is is the s k ill u sed to d eterm in e th e ir p a y C la ss A W ork s in depen den tly o r u nder on ly g e n e ra l d ir e c tio n on c o m p le x p r o b le m s in v olv in g a ll p h a ses o f s y s t e m a n a ly s is P r o b le m s are c o m p le x b e c a u s e o f d iv e r s e s o u r c e s o f input data and m u lt ip le u s e r e q u ir e m en ts o f output data F o r e x a m p le d e v e lo p s an in teg ra ted p ro d u ctio n s ch e d u lin g in v e n to ry c o n t r o l c o s t a n a ly s is and s a le s an alysis r e c o r d in w h ich e v e r y ite m o f e a ch type is a u to m a tica lly p r o c e s s e d th rough the fu ll s y s te m o f r e c o r d s and a p p rop ria te fo llo w u p a ctio n s are in itiated b y the c o m p u te r C o n fe rs w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e te rm in e the data p r o c e s s in g p r o b le m s and a d v is e s s u b je c t m a t t e r p e r s o n n e l on the im p lic a tio n s o f new o r r e v is e d s y s te m s o f data p r o c e s s in g o p e r a t io n s M akes r e co m m e n d a tio n s if n e e d e d fo r a p p ro v a l o f m a jo r s y s te m s in sta lla tio n s o r changes and fo r obtain in g equ ipm ent M ay p r o v id e fu n ction a l d ir e c tio n who a re a s sig n e d to a s s is t lo w e r le v e l sy s te m s an alysts C la ss B W ork s in depen den tly o r u nder on ly g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n on p r o b le m s that a re r e la tiv e ly u n c o m p lica te d to a n a ly ze pla n p r o g r a m and o p e r a te P r o b le m s a re o f lim ite d c o m p le x ity b e c a u s e s o u r c e s o f input data a re h om og en eou s and the output data a re c lo s e ly re la te d F o r e x a m p le D oes not in clu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r ily r e s p o n s ib le fo r the m a n agem en t o r s u p e r v is io n o f o th e r e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s o r s y s te m s an alysts p r im a r ily c o n c e r n e d w ith s c ie n t ific o r en g in eerin g p r o b le m s to 30 C O M P U T E R SY S T E M S A N A L Y S T BUSINESS Continued C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R BUSINESS Continued d ev e lo p s s y s te m s fo r m ain taining d e p o s ito r a ccou n ts in a bank m ain taining a ccou n ts r e c e iv a b le in a r e ta il e sta b lis h m e n t o r m ain taining in v en tory accou n ts in a m a n u factu rin g o r w h o le s a le e s ta b lis h m e n t C o n fe rs w ith p e r s o n s c o n c e r n e d to d e te rm in e the data p r o c e s s in g p r o b le m s and a d v is e s s u b je c t m a tte r p e r s o n n e l on the im p lic a tio n s o f the data p r o c e s s in g sy ste m s to be a p plied 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 com p u ter eq u ip m en t m u st b e o r g a n iz e d to p r o d u c e s e v e r a l in te r r e la te d but d iv e r s e p r o ducts fr o m n u m erou s and d iv e r s e data e le m e n ts A w ide v a r ie ty and e x te n s iv e n u m b er o f in te rn a l p r o c e s s in g a ction s m u st o c c u r T his r e q u ire s su ch a ction s as d ev elop m en t o f co m m o n o p e ra tio n s w hich can be r e u sed esta b lish m en t o f lin kage poin ts betw een o p e r a tio n s ad ju stm ents to data w hen p r o g r a m r e q u ire m e n ts e x c e e d co m p u te r sto ra g e c a p a city and su bsta n tial m an ipu lation and re se q u e n cin g o f data elem en ts to fo r m a h igh ly in te g ra te d p r o g r a m OR W ork s on a seg m en t o f a c o m p le x data p r o c e s s in g s c h e m e o r s y s te m as d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A W ork s in depen den tly on routine a ssig n m en ts and r e c e iv e s in stru ctio n and guid an ce on c o m p le x a s sig n m e n ts W ork is re v ie w e d fo r a c c u r a c y o f ju d g m en t c o m p lia n ce w ith in s tr u c tio n s and to in su re p r o p e r align m en t w ith the o v e r a ll s y s te m M ay p r o v id e fu n ction a l d ir e c tio n a re a s sig n e d to a s s is t C la ss B W ork s in depen den tly o r under on ly g e n e ra l d ir e c tio 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 seg m en ts o f c o m p le x p r o g r a m s P r o g r a m s o r se g m e n ts u su ally p r o c e s s in fo rm a tio n to p ro d u ce data in two o r th re e v a r ie d se q u e n ce s o r fo r m a t s R e p o rts and lis tin g s are p r o d u c e d by re fin in g adapting a r r a y in g o r m aking m in o r additions to o r d eletion s fr o m input data w h ich are r e a d ily a v a ila b le W hile n u m erou s r e c o r d s m ay be p r o c e s s e d the data have b een re fin e d in p r io r action s so that the a c c u r a c y and seq u en cin g o f data can be te s te d by using a few routine c h e ck s T y p ic a lly the p r o g r a m d ea ls w ith routine r e co r d k e e p in g o p e r a tio n s C la ss C W ork s under im m e d ia te s u p e r v is io n c a r ry in g out a n a lyses as a s sig n e d u su ally o f a sin g le a c tiv ity A s sig n m e n ts a re d esig n ed to d ev e lo p and expand p r a c t ic a l e x p e r ie n c e in the a p p lica tion 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 a n a ly sis w o rk F o r e x a m p le m ay a s s is t a h ig h e r le v e l s y s te m s an alyst by p re p a rin g the d eta iled s p e c ific a tio n s r e q u ir e d by p r o g r a m m e r s fr o m in fo rm a tio n d e v e lo p e d by the h ig h e r le v e l an alyst C O M P U T E R P R O G R A M M E R BUSINESS OR C on v erts statem en ts o f b u sin e s s p r o b le m s ty p ic a lly p r e p a r e d by a s y s te m s an alyst in to a seq u en ce o f d eta iled in s tru ctio n s w h ich a re r e q u ir e d to so lv e the p r o b le m s b y au tom atic data p r o c e s s in g equ ipm ent W orkin g fr o m ch a rts o r d ia g r a m s the p r o g r a m m e r d ev elop s the p r e c is e in stru ctio n s w h ich when e n tered into the com p u ter s y s te m in c od ed la n gu a ge ca u se the m anipulation o f data to a ch iev e d e s ir e d r e s u lts W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g A p p lies k n ow led ge o f c o m p u te r c a p a b i lit ie s m a th e m a tic s lo g ic em p lo y e d by c o m p u te r s and p a r tic u la r su b je c t m a tte r in v olv ed to an alyze ch a rts and d ia g ra m s o f the p r o b le m to be p r o g r a m m e d d ev elop s seq u en ce o f p r o g r a m s te p s w rite s d eta iled flow ch a rts to show o r d e r in w h ich data w ill be p r o c e s s e d co n v e rts th ese ch a rts to co d e d in s tru ctio n s fo r m a ch in e to fo llo w te s ts and c o r r e c t s p r o g r a m s p r e p a r e s in stru ctio n s fo r op era tin g p e r s o n n e l during p ro d u ctio n run a n a ly z e s r e v ie w s and a lte r s p r o g r a m s to in c r e a s e op era tin g e f f i c ie n c y o r adapt to new re q u ire m e n ts m ain tains r e c o r d s o f p r o g r a m d e v elo p m en t and r e v is io n s N O TE W o r k e rs p e r fo r m in g both sy s te m s an al y s is and p r o g r a m m in g should be c la s s ifie d as sy s te m s an alysts i f this is the s k ill u sed to d e te rm in e th e ir p a y W ork s on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s as d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A under c lo s e d ir e c tio n o f a h ig h e r 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 is t h ig h e r le v e l p r o g r a m m e r by in depen den tly p e r fo r m in g le s s d ifficu lt tasks a s s ig n e d and p e r fo r m in g m o r e d ifficu lt ta sk s under fa ir ly c lo s e d ir e c tio n M ay guide o r in stru ct lo w e r le v e l p r o g r a m m e r s C la ss C M akes p r a c t ic a l a p p lica tion s o f p ro g ra m m in g p r a c tic e s and co n c e p ts u su ally le a rn e d in fo r m a l tra in in g c o u r s e s A ssig n m en ts a re d es ig n e d to d ev elop c o m p e te n ce in the ap p lica tion o f stan dard p r o c e d u r e s to routine p r o b le m s R e c e iv e s c lo s e s u p e r v is io n on new a sp ects o f a s sig n m e n ts and w ork is re v ie w e d to v e r ify its a c c u r a c y and c o n fo r m a n c e w ith r e q u ire d p r o c e d u r e s COM PUTER O PERATOR M o n ito rs and o p e r a te s the c o n tro l c o n s o le o f a dig ital c o m p u te r to p r o c e s s data a c c o r d in g to op era tin g in s tr u c tio n s u su ally p r e p a r e d by a p r o g r a m m e r W ork in clu d e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g Studies in stru ctio n s to d e te rm in e equipm ent setup and o p e r a tio n s loa d s equipm ent w ith re q u ire d ite m s tape r e e ls c a r d s e t c sw itch e s n e c e s s a r y a u x ilia ry equ ipm ent into c ir c u it and sta rts and o p e r a te s c o m p u te r m a k es adju stm en ts to c o m p u te r to c o r r e c t op era tin g p r o b le m s and m e e t s p e c ia l c o n d itio n s re v ie w s e r r o r s m ade during o p e r a tio n and d e te rm in e s ca u se o r r e fe r s p r o b le m to s u p e r v is o r o r p r o g r a m m e r and m a in tain s o p e ra tin g r e c o r d s M ay te s t and a s s is t in c o r r e c t in g p r o g r a m D oes not in clu d e e m p lo y e e s p r im a r ily r e s p o n s ib le f o r the m a n agem ent o r s u p e r v is io n o f oth e r e le c t r o n ic data p r o c e s s in g e m p lo y e e s o r p r o g r a m m e r s p r im a r ily c o n c e rn e d w ith s c ie n tific a n d o r en gin eerin g p r o b le m s F o r w age study p u r p o s e s p r o g r a m m e r s a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s C la ss A W ork s in depen den tly o r under on ly g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n on c o m p le x p r o b le m s w hich re q u ire c o m p e te n c e in all p h a ses o f p r o g ra m m in g co n ce p ts and p r a c t ic e s W orkin g fr o m d ia g ra m s and ch a rts w hich id en tify the n ature o f d e s ir e d r e s u lts m a jo r p r o c e s s in g steps to be a c c o m p lis h e d and the r e la tio n s h ip s betw een v a r io u s steps o f the p r o b le m so lv in g rou tin e pla n s the fu ll ran ge o f p r o g r a m m in g a ction s n eeded to e ffic ie n tly u tilize the c o m p u te r s y s te m in a ch ievin g d e s ir e d end p r o d u c ts to lo w e r le v e l p r o g r a m m e r s who For w age study p u r p o s e s c o m p u te r op era tors are c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s C la ss A O p e ra te s in d ep en d en tly o r u nder on ly g e n e r a l d ir e c tio n a c o m p u te r running p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f the fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s New p r o g r a m s a re freq u en tly te s te d and in tro d u ce d sch ed u lin g re q u ire m e n ts are 31 C O M P U T E R O P E R A T O R Continued D R A F T E R Continued o f c r it ic a l im p o rta n ce to m in im iz e dow n tim e the p r o g r a m s a re o f c o m p le x d esig n so that id e n tifica tio n o f e r r o r s o u r c e often r e q u ir e s a w ork in g k n ow led g e o f the to ta l p r o g r a m and a ltern a te p r o g r a m s m ay not be a v a ila b le M ay g iv e d ir e c tio n and guid an ce to lo w e r le v e l o p e r a t o r s m a te r ia ls to be u sed loa d c a p a c it ie s stre n g th s s t r e s s e s e tc R e c e iv e s in itia l in s t r u c t io n s r e q u ir e m e n ts and a d v ice fr o m s u p e r v is o r C om p leted w ork is ch e ck e d fo r te c h n ic a l ad equ acy C la ss B O p era tes in depen den tly o r under on ly g e n e ra l d ir e c tio n a co m p u te r running p r o g r a m s w ith m o s t o f the fo llo w in g c h a r a c t e r is t ic s M ost o f the p r o g r a m s are e sta b lis h e d p ro d u ctio n ru n s ty p ic a lly run on a r e g u la r ly r e c u r r in g b a s is th e r e is little o r no testin g o f new p r o g r a m s re q u ire d a ltern a te p r o g r a m s are p r o v id e d in c a se o r ig in a l p r o g r a m n eeds m a jo r change o r cannot be c o r r e c t e d w ithin a re a so n a b ly sh ort tim e In co m m o n e r r o r situ a tion s d ia g n o se s ca u se and takes c o r r e c t iv e a ction T h is u su ally in v o lv e s applying p r e v io u s ly p r o g r a m m e d c o r r e c t iv e s te p s o r using stan dard c o r r e c t io n tech n iq u e s OR O p e ra te s u nder d ir e c t s u p e r v is io n a co m p u te r running p r o g r a m s o r segm en ts o f p r o g r a m s w ith the c h a r a c t e r is t ic s d e s c r ib e d fo r c la s s A May a s s is 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 ta sk s a s s ig n e d and p e r fo r m in g d ifficu lt ta sk s fo llo w in g d eta iled in s tru ctio n s and w ith frequ en t r e v ie w o f o p e r a tio n s p e r fo r m e d e x p e cte d a b ility to r e c e iv e d op era tor C la ss C W ork s on routine p r o g r a m s u nder c lo s e s u p e r v is io n Is to d e v e lo p w ork in g kn ow led ge o f the c o m p u te r equ ipm ent u sed and d etect p r o b le m s in v o lv e d in running routine p r o g r a m s U su a lly has so m e fo r m a l tra in in g in c o m p u te r o p e r a tio n M ay a s s is t h ig h e r le v e l on c o m p le x p r o g r a m s DRAFTER C la ss A P la n s the g ra p h ic p re se n ta tio n o f c o m p le x ite m s having d is tin c tiv e d esig n fe a tu r e s that d iffe r sig n ific a n tly fr o m e sta b lis h e d drafting p r e c e d e n ts W ork s in c lo s e su pport w ith the d esig n o r ig in a to r and m ay r e co m m e n d m in o r d esig n ch a n g es A n a ly zes the e ffe c t o f ea ch change on the d eta ils o f fo r m fu n ction and p o s itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s o f com p on en ts and p a r ts W ork s w ith a m in im u m o f s u p e r v is o r y a s s is ta n c e C om p leted w ork is re v ie w e d by d e sig n o r ig in a to r f o r c o n s is t e n c y w ith p r io r en g in eerin g d e te rm in a tio n s M ay e ith e r p r e p a r e draw in gs o r d ir e c t th e ir p r e p a r a tio n by lo w e r le v e l d r a fte r s C la ss B P e r fo r m s n on rou tin e and c o m p le x d raftin g a ssign m en ts that re q u ire the a p p lica tion o f m o s t o f the sta n d a rd iz ed draw ing tech n iq u es r e g u la r ly u sed D uties ty p ic a lly in v o lv e su ch w o rk as P r e p a r e s w ork in g draw in gs o f s u b a s s e m b lie s w ith ir r e g u la r sh a p e s m u ltip le fu n c tio n s and p r e c i s e p o s itio n a l re la tio n s h ip s b etw een com p on en ts p r e p a r e s a r c h ite ctu r a l draw in gs f o r co n s tr u c tio n o f a bu ildin g in clu din g d eta il draw in gs o f fou nda tio n s w a ll s e c t io n s flo o r p la n s and r o o f U ses a c c e p te d fo r m u la s and m anu als in m aking n e c e s s a r y com pu ta tion s t o d eterm in e qu an tities o f C la ss C P r e p a r e s d eta il draw in gs o f sin g le units o r p a rts f o r e n g in e e r in g c o n s tr u c tio n m a n u fa ctu rin g o r r e p a ir p u r p o s e s T y p es o f draw in gs p r e p a r e d in clu d e is o m e t r ic p r o je c t io n s d ep ictin g th re e d im en sion s in a c c u r a te s c a le and s e c tio n a l v iew s to c la r ify p osition in g o f com p on en ts and co n v e y n eed ed in fo rm a tio n C o n so lid a te s d eta ils fr o m a n u m b er o f s o u r c e s and ad ju sts o r tr a n s p o s e s s c a le as r e q u ire d S u g gested m eth od s o f a p p roa ch a p p lica b le p r e c e d e n ts and a d v ice on s o u r c e m a te r ia ls a re given w ith in itia l a s sig n m e n ts In stru ction s a re le s s c o m p le te when a ssign m en ts r e c u r W ork m ay be s p o t c h e c k e d during p r o g r e s s D R A F T E R T R A C E R C op ies plans and draw in gs p r e p a r e d by o th e rs by p la cin g tra cin g cloth o r p a p er o v e r draw in gs and tr a c in g w ith pen o r p e n c il D oes not in clu d e tr a c in g lim ite d to plans p r im a r ily c o n s is tin g o f stra ig h t lin e s and a la rg e s c a le not re q u irin g c lo s e d e lin e a tio n A N D O R P r e p a r e s s im p le o r r e p e titiv e d raw in gs o f e a s ily v is u a liz e d ite m s W ork is c lo s e ly s u p e r v is e d during p r o g r e s s E LE C TR O N IC S TECH N ICIAN W ork s on v a r io u s ty p es o f e le c t r o n ic equ ipm ent and rela ted d e v ic e s by p e r fo r m in g one o r a com b in a tion o f the fo llo w in g In sta llin g m a in tain in g r e p a ir in g ov e rh a u lin g tr o u b le s h o o tin g m o d ify in g c o n s tr u c tin g and testin g W ork r e q u ir e s p r a c t ic a l a p p lica tion o f te c h n ic a l k n ow led ge o f e le c t r o n ic s p r in c ip le s a b ility to d eterm in e m a lfu n c tio n s and s k ill to put equipm ent in r e q u ire d op era tin g con d ition The equ ipm ent co n s is tin g o f e ith e r m any d iffe re n t kinds o f c ir c u its o r m u ltip le re p e titio n o f the sa m e kind o f c ir c u it in c lu d e s but is not lim ite d to the fo llo w in g a E le c t r o n ic tr a n sm ittin g and r e c e iv in g equipm ent e g r a d a r r a d io te le v is io n te le p h o n e s o n a r n a v iga tion a l a id s b dig ital and analog c o m p u te r s and c in d u str ia l and m e d ic a l m e a su rin g and c o n tr o llin g equ ipm ent T h is c la s s ific a t io n e x clu d e s r e p a ir e r s o f su ch standard e le c t r o n ic equ ipm ent as co m m o n o ffic e m a ch in e s and h ou seh old ra d io and t e le v is io n s e t s p r o d u c tio n a s s e m b le r s and t e s t e r s w o r k e r s w h ose p r im a r y duty is s e r v ic in g e le c t r o n ic te s t in stru m e n ts te c h n ic ia n s who have a d m in istra tiv e o r s u p e r v is o r y r e s p o n s ib ility and d r a ft e r s d e s ig n e r s and p r o fe s s io n a l e n g in e e r s P o s itio n s d e fin itio n s a re c la s s ifie d into le v e ls on the b a s is o f the follow in g C la ss A A p p lies ad va n ced te c h n ic a l k n ow led ge to so lv e unusually c o m p le x p r o b le m s i e th o se that ty p ic a lly cannot be s o lv e d s o le ly by r e fe r e n c e to m a n u fa c tu r e r s m anu als o r s im ila r d ocu m en ts in w ork in g on ELE C T R O N IC S T E C H N IC IA N Continued E L E C T R O N IC S TE C H N IC IA N Continued C la ss C A p p lies w ork in g te c h n ic a l k n ow led ge to p e r fo r m sim p le o r routine ta sk s in w ork in g on e le c t r o n ic equ ipm en t follow in g d eta iled in s tru c tio n s w h ich c o v e r v ir tu a lly a ll p r o c e d u r e s W ork ty p ic a lly in v o lv e s such ta sk s as A s s is tin g h ig h er le v e l te ch n icia n s by p e r fo r m in g such a c tiv itie s as re p la c in g co m p o n e n ts w irin g c ir c u it s and taking te s t rea d in g s re p a irin g sim p le e le c t r o n ic equ ipm en t and using to o ls and com m on te s t in stru m en ts e g m u lt im e t e r s audio sign a l g e n e r a t o r s tube t e s t e r s o s c ill o s c o p e s Is not re q u ire d to be fa m ilia r w ith the in te r re la tio n s h ip s o f c ir c u it s T h is k n ow led g e h o w e v e r m a y be a c q u ir e d th rou gh a ssign m en ts d esig n ed to in c r e a s e co m p e te n ce in clu din g c la s s r o o m tra in in g so that w o r k e r can advance to h ig h e r le v e l te ch n icia n e le c t r o n ic equ ipm ent E x a m p les o f su ch p r o b l e m s in clu de lo c a tio n and den sity o f c ir c u it r y e le c tr o m a g n e tic ra d ia tion is o la tin g m a lfu n c tio n s and frequ en t e n g in eerin g ch a n g es W ork in v o lv e s A d eta iled understan din g o f the in te r re la tio n s h ip s o f c ir c u it s e x e r c is in g independent ju dgm en t in p e r fo rm in g su ch ta sk s as m aking c ir c u it a n a ly s e s ca lcu la tin g w ave fo r m s tr a c in g re la tio n s h ip s in sig n a l flow and r e g u la r ly using c o m p le x te s t in stru m en ts e g dual tr a c e o s c i l l o s c o p e s Q m e t e r s dev iation m e t e r s pu lse g e n e r a to r s W ork m a y be re v ie w e d by s u p e r v is o r freq u en tly an e n g in eer o r d e s ig n e r fo r g e n e r a l c o m p lia n ce w ith a c c e p te d p r a c t ic e s M ay p r o v id e te c h n ic a l guidan ce to lo w e r le v e l te c h n ic ia n s R e c e iv e s te c h n ic a l g u id a n ce as r e q u ire d fr o m s u p e r v is o r o r h igh er le v e l te ch n icia n W ork is ty p ic a lly spot ch e ck e d but is given d eta iled r e v ie w w hen new o r ad va n ced a ssign m en ts a re in v olv ed R E G ISTE R E D IN D U STRIA L NURSE C la ss B A p p lies c o m p r e h e n s iv e te c h n ic a l k n ow led ge to so lv e c o m p lex p r o b le m s i e th ose that ty p ic a lly can be s o lv e d s o le ly by p r o p e r ly in te rp re tin g m a n u fa c tu r e r s 1 m anu als o r s im ila r d ocu m en ts in w ork in g on e le c t r o n ic equ ipm ent W ork in v o lv e s A fa m ilia r ity w ith the in te r r e la tio n sh ips o f c ir c u it s and ju dgm en t in d eterm in in g w ork seq u en ce and in s e le ctin g to o ls and testin g in stru m e n ts u su ally le s s c o m p le x than th o se u sed by the c la s s A tech n icia n A r e g is t e r e d n u rse who g iv e s n u rsin g s e r v ic e under g e n e r a l m e d ic a l d ir e c tio n to ill o r in ju re d e m p lo y e e s o r oth er p e r s o n s who b e c o m e ill o r s u ffe r an a ccid e n t on the p r e m is e s o f a fa c to r y o r oth er esta b lish m en t D uties in v o lv e a com b in a tion o f the fo llo w in g G iving fir s t aid to the ill o r in ju re d attending to su bsequ en t d r e s s in g o f e m p lo y e e s in ju r ie s keeping r e c o r d s o f patien ts tr e a te d p re p a rin g a ccid e n t r e p o rts fo r com p en sa tion o r oth e r p u r p o s e s a s s is tin g in p h y s ic a l ex am in a tion s and health evalu ation s o f a p plican ts and e m p lo y e e s and planning and c a r ry in g out p r o g r a m s in volvin g h ealth ed u ca tion a ccid e n t p r e v e n tio n evalu ation o f plant en viron m en t o r oth e r a c tiv itie s a ffectin g the h ealth w e lfa r e and sa fety o f all p e r so n n e l N u rsin g s u p e r v is o r s o r head n u r s e s in e sta b lish m en ts em p loyin g m o r e than one n u rse a re e x clu d ed R e c e iv e s te c h n ic a l g u id a n ce as r e q u ir e d fr o m s u p e r v is o r o r h igh er le v e l te c h n ic ia n and w ork is r e v ie w e d fo r s p e c ific c o m p lia n ce w ith a c c e p te d p r a c t ic e s and w o rk a s sig n m e n ts M ay p r o v id e te c h n ic a l guidan ce to lo w e r le v e l te c h n ic ia n 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 E L E C T R IC IA N Continued P e r fo r m s the ca rp en try duties n e c e s s a r y to c o n s tr u c t and m ain tain in g ood r e p a ir bu ildin g w ood w ork and equipm ent su ch as b in s c r ib s c o u n te r s b e n c h e s p a r titio n s d o o r s f lo o r s s t a ir s c a s in g s and tr im m ade o f w ood in an e sta b lish m en t W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g P lanning and layin g out o f w ork fr o m b lu e p r in ts d ra w in g s m o d e ls o r v e r b a l in s tru ctio n s using a v a r ie ty o f c a r p e n t e r s h a n d tools p o rta b le p o w e r t o o ls and stan dard m e a su rin g in stru m e n ts m aking stan dard shop com pu tation s relatin g to d im en sion s o f w o rk and s e le ctin g m a te r ia ls n e c e s s a r y fo r the w ork In g e n e r a l the w o rk o f the m a in ten an ce c a r p e n te r r e q u ire s roun ded train in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su a lly a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalent train in g and e x p e r ie n c e w irin g o r e le c t r ic a l equ ipm ent and using a v a r ie ty o f e le c t r ic ia n s handtools and m e a su rin g and testin g in stru m e n ts In g e n e r a l the w ork o f the m a in ten an ce e le c t r ic ia n r e q u ir e s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e usu ally a c q u iic d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e M A IN TE N AN C E P A IN T E R P ain ts and r e d e c o r a t e s w a lls w o o d w o rk and fix tu re s o f an e s ta b lish m en t W ork in v o lv e s the fo llo w in g K now ledge o f s u r fa c e p e c u lia r itie s and ty p es o f paint r e q u ire d fo r d iffe re n t a p p lica tio n s p re p a rin g s u r fa c e fo r painting by r em ov in g o ld fin ish o r by p la cin g putty o r f ill e r in n ail h oles and in t e r s t ic e s and applying paint w ith sp ra y gun o r b ru sh M ay m ix c o lo r s o ils w hite lea d and oth e r paint in g red ien ts to obtain p r o p e r c o lo r o r c o n s is te n c y In g e n e r a l the w ork o f the m ain ten an ce p a in ter r e q u ire s rounded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su ally a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e M A IN T E N A N C E E L E C T R IC IA N P e r fo r m s a v a r ie ty o f e le c t r ic a l tra d e fu n ction s su ch as the in sta lla tio n m a in ten a n ce o r r e p a ir o f equipm ent fo r the g e n e ra tio n d is t r i b u tion o r u tiliza tion o f e le c t r ic en e rg y in an esta b lis h m e n t W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g In stallin g o r re p a ir in g any o f a v a r ie ty o f e le c t r ic a l equipm ent su ch as g e n e r a t o r s t r a n s fo r m e r s s w itch b o a rd s c o n t r o lle r s c ir c u it b r e a k e r s m o t o r s heating units conduit s y s t e m s o r oth er t r a n s m is s io n equ ipm ent w ork in g fr o m b lu e p r in ts d ra w in g s la y o u ts o r oth er s p e c ific a tio n s lo c a tin g and d ia gn osin g tr o u b le in the e le c t r ic a l s y s te m o r equipm ent w ork in g stan dard com pu ta tion s rela tin g to loa d re q u ire m e n ts o f M AIN TE N AN C E MACHINIST P r o d u c e s re p la c e m e n t p a rts and new p a rts in m aking re p a ir s o f m e ta l p a rts o f m e c h a n ic a l equipm ent o p e r a te d in an esta b lish m en t W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g In terp retin g w ritten in stru ction s and s p e c if i c a tio n s planning and layin g out o f w o rk using a v a r ie ty o f m a ch in is t s handtools 33 M A IN T E N A N C E M ACH IN IST Continued M A IN T E N A N C E P IP E F IT T E R Continued and p r e c is io n m e a su rin g in stru m e n ts settin g up and op era tin g stan dard m a ch in e t o o ls shaping o f m e ta l p a rts to c lo s e t o le r a n c e s m aking stan dard shop com pu ta tion s rela tin g to d im en sion s o f w o rk to o lin g fe e d s ana sp eed s o f m a ch in in g k n ow led ge o f the w ork in g p r o p e r t ie s o f the co m m o n m e ta ls s e le c tin g stan dard m a t e r ia ls p a r t s and equ ipm ent r e q u ire d fo r th is w o rk and fittin g and a s s e m b lin g p a rts into m e c h a n ica l equ ipm ent In g e n e r a l the m a c h in is t s w ork n o r m a lly r e q u ir e s a roun ded tra in in g in m a c h in e s h o p p r a c t ic e u su ally a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalent tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e m e e t s p e c ific a t io n s In g e n e r a l the w o rk o f the m a in ten an ce p ip e fitte r r e q u ir e s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su ally a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e W o r k e r s p r im a r ily en ga ged in in sta llin g and r e p a ir in g bu ildin g sa n ita tion o r heating sy s te m s a re e x c lu d e d M AIN TE N AN C E M ECH ANIC M ACH IN E RY R e p a irs m a ch in e ry o r m e c h a n ica l equ ipm ent o f an esta b lis h m e n t W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g E xam in in g m a ch in es and m e c h a n ica l equipm ent to d ia g n ose s o u r c e o f tr o u b le dism a n tlin g o r p a rtly d ism a n tlin g m a ch in es and p e r fo r m in g r e p a ir s that m a in ly in v o lv e the use o f h an dtools in sc r a p in g and fittin g p a r t s re p la cin g b rok en o r d e fe c tiv e p a rts w ith ite m s obtain ed fr o m s to ck o r d e r in g the p r o d u ctio n o f a re p la ce m e n t p a rt by a m a ch in e sh op o r sending the m a ch in e to a m a ch in e shop fo r m a jo r r e p a ir s p r e p a r in g w ritten s p e c ific a tio n s fo r m a jo r r e p a ir s o r fo r the p r o d u c tio n o f p a rts o r d e r e d fr o m m a ch in e sh op s r e a s s e m b lin g m a ch in e s and m aking all n e c e s s a r y ad ju stm en ts f o r o p e r a tio n In g e n e r a l the w ork o f a m a ch in e ry m a in ten a n ce m e c h a n ic r e q u ir e s roun ded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su ally a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalent tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e E x clu d ed fr o m th is c la s s ific a t io n a re w o r k e r s w h ose p r im a r y du ties in v olv e settin g up o r ad ju sting m a ch in e s M A IN TE N AN C E M ECH AN IC M O TO R V E H IC L E R e p a ir s a u to m o b ile s b u s e s m o t o r t r u c k s and tr a c t o r s o f an e s t a b lis h m e n t W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g E xam in ing a u tom otive equ ipm ent to d ia g n ose s o u r c e o f tr o u b le d is a s s e m b lin g equ ipm ent and p e r fo r m in g r e p a ir s that in v o lv e the use o f su ch h an dtools as w r e n c h e s g a u g es d r ills o r s p e c ia liz e d equ ipm ent in d is a s s e m b lin g o r fittin g p a rts re p la cin g b ro k e n o r d e fe c tiv e p a rts fr o m s to c k g rin din g and adju sting v a lv e s r e a s s e m b lin g and in sta llin g the v a r io u s a s s e m b lie s in the v e h ic le and m aking n e c e s s a r y a d ju stm en ts and aligning w h e e ls ad ju sting b ra k e s and lig h ts o r tightening bod y b o lts In g e n e r a l the w ork o f the m o t o r v e h ic le m a in ten an ce m e c h a n ic r e q u ir e s rounded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su ally a c q u ir e d th rough a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e T h is c la s s ific a t io n does not in clu d e m e c h a n ics who r e p a ir c u s t o m e r s v e h ic le s in a u tom ob ile r e p a ir sh op s M A IN TE N AN C E P IP E F IT T E R In sta lls o r r e p a ir s w a te r ste a m g a s o r oth er ty p es o f pipe and p ip efittin g s in an e sta b lish m en t W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g L aying out w o rk and m e a su rin g to lo c a te p o s itio n o f pipe fr o m draw in gs o r oth er w ritten s p e c ific a t io n s cutting v a r io u s s iz e s o f pip e to c o r r e c t lengths with c h is e l and h a m m e r o r o x y a ce ty le n e t o r c h o r p ip e c u ttin g m a ch in e s th readin g pipe w ith sto ck s and d ie s ben din g pip e by h a n d d riv e n o r p o w e r d r iv e n m a ch in e s a s s e m b lin g pip e w ith cou p lin g s and fa sten in g pipe to h a n g e rs m aking stan dard sh op com pu tation s rela tin g to p r e s s u r e s flo w and s iz e o f pipe r e q u ire d and m aking standard te s ts to d e te rm in e w h eth er fin ish ed p ip es M AIN TE N A N C E S H E E T M E T A L W O RK ER F a b r ic a t e s in s t a lls and m a in tain s in g ood r e p a ir the s h e e t m e ta l equ ipm ent and fix tu re s su ch as m a ch in e g u a rd s g r e a s e p a n s s h e lv e s lo c k e r s ta n k s v e n t ila t o r s ch u te s d u cts m e ta l r o o fin g o f an esta b lish m en t W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g P lann in g and layin g out a ll ty p e s o f s h e e t m e ta l m a in ten an ce w ork fr o m b lu e p r in ts m o d e ls o r oth er s p e c if i c a tio n s settin g up and op era tin g a ll a v a ila b le ty p es o f s h e e t m e ta l w ork in g m a ch in e s using a v a r ie ty o f h an dtools in cuttin g ben d in g fo r m in g sh ap ing fittin g and a s s e m b lin g and in sta llin g s h e e t m e ta l a r t ic le s as r e q u ire d Tn g e n e r a l the w ork o f the m a in ten an ce s h e e t m e ta l w o r k e r r e q u ire s rounded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e u su ally a c q u ir e d th rou gh a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e M ILLW RIG H T In sta lls new m a ch in e s o r h ea v y equ ipm en t and d ism a n tles and in s ta lls m a ch in e s o r h eav y equ ipm ent w hen ch a n ges in the plant la you t are re q u ire d W ork in v o lv e s m o s t o f the fo llo w in g P lann in g and layin g out w o rk in te r p r e tin g b lu e p rin ts o r oth e r s p e c ific a t io n s using a v a r ie ty o f h an dtools and r ig g in g m akin g stan dard shop com p u ta tion s rela tin g to s t r e s s e s stren g th o f m a t e r ia ls and c e n te rs o f g r a v ity a lign in g and ba la n cin g equ ipm ent s e le c tin g stan d ard t o o l s equ ipm en t and p a rts to be u sed and in sta llin g and m ain taining in g ood o r d e r p o w e r tr a n s m is s io n equ ipm ent su ch as d r iv e s and sp e e d r e d u c e r s In g e n e r a l the m illw r ig h t s w o rk n o rm a lly r e q u ir e s a rounded tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e in the tra d e a c q u ir e d th rough a fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r eq u ivalen t tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e M A IN TE N A N C E T R A D E S H E L P E R A s s is t s one o r m o r e w o r k e r s in th e s k ille d m a in ten an ce t r a d e s by p e r fo r m in g s p e c ifi c o r g e n e r a l duties o f l e s s e r s k ill such as k eepin g a w o r k e r su p p lied w ith m a te r ia ls and t o o l s clea n in g w ork in g a r e a m a ch in e and equ ipm en t a s s is tin g jo u rn e y m a n by h old in g m a te r ia ls o r t o o ls and p e r fo r m in g oth e r u n s k ille d ta sk s as d ir e c t e d b y jou rn ey m a n The kind o f w ork the h e lp e r is p e r m itte d to p e r fo r m v a r ie s fr o m trad e to tra d e In so m e tr a d e s the h e lp e r is con fin ed to su p p lyin g liftin g and h olding m a te r ia ls and t o o l s and clean in g w ork in g a r e a s and in o th e r s he is p e r m itte d to p e r fo r m s p e c ia liz e d m a ch in e o p e r a tio n s o r p a rts o f a trad e that are a lso p e r fo r m e d by w o r k e r s on a fu ll t im e b a s is M A C H IN 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 ia liz e s in op era tin g on e o r m o r e than one type o f m a ch in e t o o l e g jig b o r e r g rin din g m a ch in e en gin e la th e m illin g m a ch in e to m a ch in e m eta l f o r u se in m akin g o r m ain taining ji g s fix tu r e s cutting t o o l s g a u g es o r m e ta l d ies o r m o ld s u sed in shaping o r fo rm in g m e ta l o r n o n m e ta llic m a te r ia l e g p la s t ic p la s t e r r u b b e r g la s s W ork ty p ic a lly in v o lv e s Planning and p e r fo r m in g d ifficu lt m ach in in g o p e ra tio n s w h ich re q u ire c o m p lic a te d setups o r a high d e g r e e o f a c c u r a c y setting up m a ch in e M A C H IN E T O O L O P E R A T O R T O O LR O O M Continued T O O L AND DIE M A K E R Continued to o l o r to o ls e g in s ta ll cutting to o ls and adjust g u id es s to p s w ork in g ta b le s and oth er c o n t r o ls to handle the s iz e o f s to ck to be m a ch in ed d eterm in e p r o p e r fe e d s s p e e d s to o lin g and o p e r a tio n seq u en ce o r s e le c t th ose p r e s c r ib e d in d ra w in g s b lu e p r in ts o r la y o u ts u sin g a v a r ie ty o f p r e c is io n m e a su rin g in stru m e n ts m akin g n e c e s s a r y ad ju stm en ts during m ach in in g o p e r a tio n to a ch iev e r e q u isite d im en sion s to v e ry c lo s e t o le r a n c e s M ay be r e q u ire d to s e le c t p r o p e r coola n ts and cutting and lu b rica tin g o ils to r e co g n iz e when to o ls n eed d r e s s in g and to d r e s s t o o ls In g e n e r a l the w ork o f a m a c h in e to o l o p e r a t o r to o lr o o m at the s k ill le v e l ca lle d fo r in this c la s s ific a t io n r e q u ir e s e x te n siv e k n ow led ge o f m a c h in e s h o p and t o o l room p r a c tic e u su a lly a c q u ir e d th rou gh c o n s id e r a b le o n t h e jo b tra in in g and e x p e r ie n c e w ork in g to v e r y c lo s e to le r a n c e s h e a t tre a tin g m eta l p a rts and fin ish ed to o ls and dies to a ch ie v e re q u ire d q u a litie s fittin g and a ssem b lin g p a rts to p r e s c r ib e d to le r a n c e s and a llo w a n ce s In g e n e r a l the to o l and die m a k e r s w o rk r e q u ir e s roun ded tra in in g in m a c h in e s h o p and t o o lr o o m p r a c tic e u su ally a c q u ir e d th rou g h fo r m a l a p p re n tice s h ip o r equ ivalent train in g and e x p e r ie n c e F o r c r o s s in d u s t r y w age study p u r p o s e s th is c la s s ific a tio n does not in clu d e t o o l and die m a k e rs who 1 are em p lo y e d in to o l and die job b in g shops o r 2 p r o d u c e fo r g in g d ies die s in k e r s ST A TIO N A R Y EN GIN EER F o r c r o s s in d u s t r y w age study p u r p o s e s th is c la s s ific a t io n does not in clude m a c h in e t o o l o p e r a t o r s to o lr o o m e m p lo y e d in t o o l and die job b in g sh ops O p era tes and m a in tain s and m ay a lso s u p e r v is e the op e ra tio n o f sta tion a ry en gin es and equ ipm ent m e c h a n ica l o r e le c t r ic a l to supply the e sta b lish m en t in w h ich e m p lo y e d w ith p o w e r h eat r e fr ig e r a tio n o r a i r con d ition in g W ork in v o lv e s O p era tin g and m ain taining equipm ent su ch as stea m e n g in e s a ir c o m p r e s s o r s g e n e r a t o r s m o t o r s tu r b in e s ventilatin g and r e fr ig e r a tin g equ ipm en t stea m b o ile r s and b o i le r f e d w a ter pu m ps m aking equipm ent r e p a ir s and keep in g a r e c o r d o f op era tion o f m a ch in e ry te m p e r a tu r e and fu el con su m p tion M ay a lso su p e r v is e th ese o p e r a tio n s H ead o r c h ie f e n g in e e rs in e sta b lish m e n ts em p loy in g m o r e than one e n g in eer are e x c lu d e d TO O L AND DIE M A K E R C o n stru cts and r e p a ir s ji g s fix tu r e s cutting t o o l s g a u ges o r m eta l d ies o r m o ld s u sed in shaping o r fo r m in g m eta l o r n o n m e ta llic m a te r ia l e g p la s t ic p la s t e r r u b b e r g la s s W ork ty p ic a lly in v o lv e s P lanning and la yin g out w ork a c c o rd in g to m o d e ls b lu e p r in ts d ra w in g s o r oth e r w ritten o r o r a l s p e c ific a t io n s understan din g the w ork in g p r o p e r t ie s o f co m m o n m e ta ls and a llo y s s e le ctin g a p p ro p ria te m a te r ia ls t o o l s and p r o c e s s e s re q u ire d to com p lete ta sk m akin g n e c e s s a r y shop com p u ta tion s settin g up and o p e ra tin g v a r io u s m a ch in e to o ls and rela ted equ ipm ent using v a r io u s t o o l and die m a k e r s h an dtools and p r e c is io n m e a su rin g in stru m en ts B O IL E R T E N D E R F ir e s sta tion a ry b o ile r s to fu rn ish the esta b lish m en t in w hich e m p lo y e d w ith h eat p o w e r o r steam F e e d s fu els to fir e by hand o r o p e r a te s a m e c h a n ic a l s to k e r g a s o r o il b u r n e r and ch eck s w a ter and sa fety v a lv e s M ay cle a n o il o r a s s is t in re p a irin g b o ile r r o o m equipm ent MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND CUSTODIAL TR U C K D R IV E R SHIPPING AND RE CEIVIN G C LE R K Continued D riv e s a tr u ck w ithin a city o r in d u stria l a r e a to tr a n s p o r t m a t e r ia ls m e r c h a n d is e equ ipm en t o r w o r k e r s b etw een v a r io u s typ es o f e sta b lish m en ts su ch as M an u factu rin g p la n ts fre ig h t d ep ots w a r e h o u s e s w h o le s a le and re ta il e s ta b lis h m e n ts o r b etw een r e ta il e sta b lish m e n ts and c u s t o m e r s h ou ses o r p la c e s o f b u s in e s s M ay a lso loa d o r unload tru ck w ith o r without h e lp e r s m a ke m in o r m e c h a n ica l r e p a ir s and k eep tru ck in g ood w ork in g o r d e r S a le s r o u t e and o v e r t h e r o a d d r iv e r s are e x c lu d e d in v o lv e s A k n ow led ge o f shipping p r o c e d u r e s p r a c t ic e s ro u te s a v a ila b le m ea n s o f tr a n sp o rta tio n and r a te s and p re p a rin g r e c o r d s o f the g oods sh ip p ed m aking up b ills o f la d in g p ostin g w eigh t and shipping c h a r g e s and k eepin g a file o f shipping r e c o r d s M ay d ir e c t o r a s s is t in p r e p a r in g the m e r c h a n d is e fo r sh ipm ent R e c e iv in g w ork in v o lv e s V e r ify in g o r d ir e c tin g o th e rs in v e r ify in g the c o r r e c t n e s s o f sh ipm ents against b ills o f la d in g in v o ic e s o r oth e r r e c o r d s ch eck in g fo r sh o rta g e s and r e je c tin g dam aged g o o d s routing m e r c h a n d is e o r m a te r ia ls to p r o p e r d ep a rtm en ts and m aintaining n e c e s s a r y r e c o r d s and file s F o r w age study p u r p o s e s tr u c k d r iv e r s are c la s s ifie d by s iz e and type o f equ ip m en t as fo llo w s T r a c t o r t r a ile r should be rated on the b a s is o f t r a ile r c a p a city 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 F o r w age study p u r p o s e s w o r k e r s a re c la s s ifie d as fo llo w s light tru ck under IV2 ton s m ed iu m tru ck 1V2 to and in clu d in g 4 ton s h eavy tru ck tr a ile r o v e r 4 ton s h eavy tru ck oth er than t r a i le r o v e r 4 ton s Shipping c le r k R e c e iv in g c le rk Shipping and r e c e iv in g c le r k SHIPPING AND RE CEIVIN G C LE R K W AREH O USEM AN P r e p a r e s m e r c h a n d is e fo r sh ip m en t o r r e c e iv e s and is r e s p o n s ib le fo r in com in g sh ipm en ts o f m e r c h a n d is e o r o th e r m a te r ia ls Shipping w ork A s d ir e c te d p e r fo r m s a v a r ie ty o f w a reh ou sin g duties w hich re q u ire an u nderstan din g o f the e sta b lis h m e n t s s to ra g e p la n W ork in v o lv e s m o s t 35 W A R E H O U SE M A N Continued M A T E R IA L H AN DLING L A B O R E R Continued o f the fo llo w in g V e r ify in g m a te r ia ls o r m e r c h a n d is e against r e c e iv in g d o cu m e n ts noting and r e p o rtin g d is c r e p a n c ie s and ob v iou s d a m a g e s routing m a te r ia ls to p r e s c r ib e d sto ra g e lo c a t io n s s to rin g sta ck in g o r p a lle tiz in g m a te r ia ls in a c c o r d a n c e w ith p r e s c r ib e d s to ra g e m eth od s r e a rra n g in g and taking in v e n to ry o f s to r e d m a t e r ia ls exam in in g s t o r e d m a te r ia ls and r e p ortin g d e t e r io r a tio n and da m ag e r em ov in g m a te r ia l fr o m s to ra g e and p r e p a r in g it fo r sh ipm ent M ay o p e ra te hand o r p o w e r tru ck s in p e r fo r m in g w a reh ou sin g du ties c a r s tr u c k s o r oth er tr a n sp o rtin g d e v ic e s u npacking sh e lv in g o r p la cin g m a te r ia ls o r m e r c h a n d is e in p r o p e r s to ra g e lo c a tio n and tr a n s p o rtin g m a te r ia ls o r m e r c h a n d is e by h an dtruck c a r o r w h e e lb a r r o w L on gshore w o r k e r s who loa d and unload sh ip s a re e x c lu d e d E x clu d e w o r k e r s w h ose p r im a r y duties in v o lv e shipping and r e c e iv in g w ork s e e Shipping and R e ce iv in g C le rk and Shipping P a c k e r o r d e r fillin g se e O r d e r F il le r o r op era tin g p o w e r tr u ck s se e P o w e r T r u c k O p e ra to r P O W E R T R U C K O P E R A T O R O p e ra te s a m anu ally c o n t r o lle d g a s o lin e o r e le c t r ic p o w e r e d tru ck o r t r a c t o r to tr a n sp o rt good s and m a te r ia ls o f a ll kinds about a w a r e h o u s e m an u factu rin g plant o r oth er esta b lis h m e n t F o r w age study p u r p o s e s w o r k e r s are c la s s ifie d by type o f p o w e r tr u ck as fo llo w s O RD ER F IL L E R F ills shipping o r t r a n s fe r o r d e r s fo r fin ish ed g ood s fr o m s to r e d m e r c h a n d ise in a c c o r d a n c e w ith s p e c ific a tio n s on s a le s s lip s c u s t o m e r s o r d e r s o r oth e r in s tr u c tio n s M ay in addition to fillin g o r d e r s and in dicatin g ite m s fille d o r o m itte d k eep r e c o r d s o f ou tgoing o r d e r s re q u isitio n a d d i tion a l sto ck o r r e p o rt sh ort su p p lies to s u p e r v is o r and p e r fo r m o th e r re la te d d u tie s SHIPPING P A C K E R P r e p a r e s fin ish e d p r o d u c ts fo r shipm ent o r sto ra g e by p la cin g them in shipping c o n ta in e r s the s p e c ific o p e r a tio n s p e r fo r m e d bein g dependent upon the ty p e s iz e and n u m b er o f units to be p a ck e d the type o f con ta in er e m p lo y e d and m eth od o f sh ipm en t W ork r e q u ir e s the p la cin g o f ite m s in shipping con ta in ers and m a y in v o lv e one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g K now ledge o f v a r io u s ite m s o f s to ck in o r d e r to v e r ify con ten t s e le c t io n o f a p p rop ria te type and s iz e o f c o n ta in e r in se r tin g e n c lo s u r e s in co n ta in e r using e x c e ls io r o r oth er m a te r ia l to p rev en t b r ea k a g e o r d a m a g e c lo sin g and sea lin g con ta in er and applying la b e ls o r en terin g id en tifyin g data on co n ta in e r P a c k e r s who a ls o m ake w ood en b o x e s o r c ra te s a re e x clu d ed M A T E R IA L HANDLING L A B O R E R 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 factu rin g plant s t o r e o r oth er esta b lis h m e n t w h ose duties in v olv e one o r m o r e o f the fo llo w in g L oad ing and unloading v a r io u s m a te r ia ls and m e r c h a n d is e on o r fr o m freig h t 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 oth er than fo r k lift GUARD AND W A T C H M A N G u a rd P e r fo r m s routine p o lic e d u tie s e ith e r at fix e d p o s t o r on to u r m ain taining o r d e r using a rm s o r f o r c e w h e re n e c e s s a r y In cludes guards who are station ed at gate and ch eck on iden tity o f e m p lo y e e s and oth e r p e r s o n s e n te r in g W a tch m a n M akes rounds o f p r e m is e s p r o p e r ty against f i r e th eft and ille g a l en try p e r io d ic a lly in p r o te c tin g JA N IT O R P O R T E R O R C L E A N E R C lean s and k eep s in an o r d e r ly con d ition fa c to r y w ork in g a rea s and w a s h r o o m s o r p r e m is e s o f an o f f i c e ap artm en t h o u s e o r c o m m e r c ia l o r o th e r esta b lis h m e n t D uties in v o lv e a com b in a tion o f the fo llo w in g Sw eeping m op pin g o r sc r u b b in g and p o lish in g f l o o r s r e m o v in g ch ip s tr a s h and oth e r r e fu s e dusting equ ip m en t fu rn itu r e o r fix tu r e s p o lish in g m eta l fix tu re s o r tr im m in g s p r o v id in g su p p lies and m in o r m a in ten an ce s e r v ic e s and clean in g la v a t o r ie s s h o w e r s and r e s t r o o m s W o r k e r s who s p e c ia liz e in w indow w ashin g a re ex clu d e d Area Wage Surveys A l is t of the la te s t a v a ila b le b u lle tin s o r b u lle tin su p p lem en ts is p r e s e n te d b e lo w A d ir e c t o r y o f a r e a w age stu dies in clu d in g m o r e lim ite d stu dies con d u cted at the requ est of the E m ploym en t Standards A d m in is tra tio n o f the D epartm en t of L a b o r is a v a ila b le on requ est B u lle tin s m a y be p u r c h a s e d f r o m any o f the BLS r e g io n a l o f fi c e s shown on the b a ck c o v e r B u lletin su pplem en ts m ay be obtained w ithout c o s t w h e re in d ica te d fr o m BLS r e g io n a l o f fic e s A rea Akron Ohio Dec Albany Schenectady Troy N Y Sept Anaheim Santa Ana Garden Grove C alif Oct Atlanta G a May Austin Tex Dec Baltim ore Md Aug Billings M ont July Binghamton N Y Pa July Birmingham Ala Mar Boston M ass Aug Buffalo N Y Oct Canton Ohio May Chattanooga Tenn Ga Sept Chicago 111 May Cincinnati Ohio Ky Ind Mar Cleveland Ohio Sept Columbus Ohio Oct Corpus C hristi T e x July Dallas ort Worth T e x Oct F Davenport Rock Island Moline Iowa Feb Dayton Ohio Dec Daytona Beach F la Aug Denver B oulder C o lo Dec Detroit M ich Mar F ort Lauderdale Hollywood and West Palm Beach Boca Raton Fla Apr Fresno Calif June G ainesville F la Sept Green Bay W is July Greensboro ins ton Salem W High Point N C Aug Greenville Spartanburg S C June Ha rtf ord Conn Mar Houston Tex Apr Huntsville A la Feb Indianapolis Ind Oct Jackson M is s Feb Jacksonville F la Dec Kansas City Mo Kans Sept Lexington Fayette Ky Nov Los Angeles Long Beach C a lif Oct L ou isville Ky Ind Nov Melbourne Titusville C ocoa F la Aug M em phis Tenn rk iss Nov A M Prices are d e te rm in e d by th e G o v e rn m e n t P rin tin g O ffic e and are s u b je c t to change 1 D ata on es ta b lis h m e n t pra c tic e s and s u p p le m e ntary w ag e provisions are also presented 2 T o be surveyed B u lletin n um ber and p r i c e cents cents 85 cents 75 cents cents 65 cents 95 cents cents 55 cents 85 cents cents cents 65 cents cents 45 cents 65 cents 75 cents cents 45 cents cents 65 cents 65 cents 55 cents 85 cents 55 cents 95 cents 55 cents 45 cents 80 cents 75 cents cents 65 cents 45 cents A rea M ia m i F l a O ct M ilw aukee W is A p r M in n eap olis St P aul M inn W is Jan N assau u ffolk N Y June S N ew ark N J Jan New O rle a n s L a Jan New Y o r k N Y N J M ay N orfolk V ir g in ia Beach o rts m o u th V a N C M ay P N orfolk V ir g in ia B each P o rts m o u th and N ew port N ews H am pton V a N C M ay N orth ea st P e n n s y lv a n ia A ug O klahom a C ity O k la A u g O m aha N ebr Iowa O ct P a te rs o n C lifton P a s s a ic N J June P h ila d e lp h ia P a N J Nov P ittsb u rgh P a Jan P o rtla n d M aine N ov P o rtla n d O r e g a s h M ay W P o u g h k e e p sie N Y June P ou gh k e e p sie King s ton ew burgh N Y June N P r o v id e n c e W arw ick Paw tucket R I a s s June M R a leigh urham N C F eb D R ich m on d V a June St L o u is M o M ar S a cra m e n to C a lif D ec Saginaw M ic h Nov Salt Lake City Ogden Utah Nov San A n ton io T e x M ay San D ie g o C a lif Nov San F r a n c is c o Oakland C a lif M a r San J o s e C a lif M ar Seattle E v e re tt W ash Jan South B en d In d M ar S ta m fo rd Conn S y r a c u s e N Y July T o le d o Ohio ic h M ay M T ren ton N J Sept U tica R o m e N Y July W ashington D C d V a M ai M W e s tch e s te r County N Y M ay W ich ita K a n s A p r W o r c e s t e r M a s s A p r Y o rk P a F eb B u lletin n u m ber and p r ic e cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cents cents cents cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cen ts cents cen ts cents cents cents cen ts cents cents cents cents 55 cen ts cents 85 cen ts 80 cents 55 cents 55 cen ts 55 cents 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 Region I Region II 1603 JFK Federal Building Suite 3400 Government Center 1515 Broadway Boston Mass 02203 New York N Y 10036 Phone Area Code 617 Phone Area Code 212 C onnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont New Jersey New York Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Region III 3535 Market Street P O Box 13309 Philadelphia Pa 19101 Phone Area Cade 215 Delaware D istrict of Columbia Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Region IV Suite 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