:qntiG. . Operat ing ipyarfcftuTe No. WORKS gaOOBPflS ADMINISTRATION Washington, D. C. July 27, 1936 ALLOCATION OF OCCUPATIONS TO MONTHLY EARNINGS GLASSES "Section 1. ^Use of Lists of Occupations Grouped by Monthly Earn¬ ings Classes The following lists of occupations classified, according to the monthly earnings schedule described in Executive Order No. 7046 (May 20, 1935) are prepared as a guide for determining the monthly earn¬ ings of the various occupations used on the types of works projects to which the monthly earnings schedule applies. These lists are not all- inclusive nor ere they intended as rigid unalterable classifications. They have been devised to show, by examples of selected occupations, the types of work that sho'dld be classified in each of the four monthly earnings classes: Unskilled Work; Intermediate Work; Skilled Work; Pro¬ fessional and Technical Work. The lists do not include supervisory and administrative positions to which the monthly earnings schedule does not apply. Persons who own and operate teams, trucks, and other equipment and who are employed to operate such equipment are also exempted from the pro¬ visions of the monthly earnings schedule. As provided in Administrative Order No. 44, the hourly wage rate at which these monthly earnings are to be earned for each occupation is to be determined by the several State Works Progress Administrators in accordance with the prevailing rates of pay for work of a similar nature. .Section 2. Authority of State Administrator to Change Classifications Occupations may be reclassified or added to the lists herein presented, for No. E-l 9686 page 2 the state, or for any work district or any county within the state, by the State Works Progress Administrator if, in his judgment, such change in i classification or addition is necessary, Section 3. Lists of Occupations Grouped by Monthly Earnings Classes: The various occupations are classified by the four major monthly earnings classes by taking into account the actual degree of skill, experience, and training required to perform the work done, with supplementary consideration of the elements of hazard, trust involved, and disagreeable character of the V tf work. On the following pages the types of occupations in each of the four monthly earnings classes are described generally and examples are / listed. It is to be observed that for a number of occupations the designations "junior" and "senior" have been used to distinguish between the degrees of skill, training, or experience required for the performance of the different types of work, varying in cornelexity, which are included under the same general occupational title (as, for example, "clerk"). To facilitate the use of this bulletin an alphabetical arrangement of the occupational titles, classified by the monthly earnings schedule, is als presented. Section 4. Description of Unskilled Work (Class I) Unskilled manual work includes operations of a simple routine nature which require little or no formal education or previous training or experience. Such work may require a good physique, but it does not expose the individual to any unusually hazardous tasks which becuire special physical fitness or ability. The use of simple hand tools or equipment may be involved in unskilled work. Unskilled work is usually performed under close supervieior -o86 No. E-l Page 3 Unskilled non-manual work includes routine office and other operations for which little or no special education or previous training and experience are necessary. Examples of Occupations in Class I: Addressograph operator Agricultural laborer (farm, soil erosion, etc.) Asphalt loader, shoveler, screener, tamper Attendant or helper (untrained), hospital, library, museum, restaurant, school, theater, etc. Book repairman (not bookbinder) Canner or pickler Cement handler Charwoman or cleaner Cook's assistant Dishwasher or kitchen helper Domestic worker (any not elsewhere classified) Doorman or porter Elevator operator Exterminator (laborer) rodent, insect, etc. Pile clerk, junior Gardener or nurseryman (laborer) Handicraft worker, basketry, ceramics, leather, metal, textile, wood, etc. (beginner) Helper (except helpers included in Class II) Janitor or caretaker Laborer (not elsewhere classified) Laundress or laundryman Lumberman or woodchopper Maid, hospital, library, restroom, etc. Messenger or office boy Mimeograph operator Nursemaid or nursery helper Qparryman Quilter Reinforcing rod layer, roads Seamstress (simple work) Stableman or hostler Stock clerk, junior Teamster (light traffic) Ticket taker (theater, etc.) Tunnel laborer (atmospheric pressure) Usher Watchman or guard No. E-l Pago 4 Section 5. Description of Intermediate Work (Class II) Inter¬ mediate manua1 work calls for a limited degree of skill and experience sufficient to enable the individual to proceed efficiently with his duties after a short breaking-in period. Such work may require an ability to use simple hand tools or operate power-driven tools, machines, or equipment on repetitive operations. This grade of work also includes apprentices and helpers to the skilled manual occupa¬ tions and work of a simple routine nature which is performed under hazardous conditions of employment. Intermediate non-manual work calls for certain minimum formal educational requirements, and some specific previous training or experience. It includes the operation of most office machines and other types of routine clerical work. Examples of Occupations in Class II: A. Manual Acetylene cutter or burner Adobe mason Air compressor operator Asphalt distributor operator or driver Asphalt raker Baker Barber Bill Poster Boatman or sailor Bookbinder Bulldozer operator (contruction) Butcher or meat cutter Gable splicer (not high power line) Caisson digger Caisson worker, open box Calker, pipe or steel plate Calker, tunnel lining Cement finisher Cement gun operator Chauffeur or bus driver Concrete mixer operator (five-bag capacity, or less) No •• Page 5 Manual (cont'd) Cook Crusher operator (daily production rate less than 400 tons) Curb setter Dinky operator Drill operator Finisher, sewing Finishing machine operator, asphalt or concrete Fireman, low pressure or portable steam equipment, for example, steam-shovel, dredge, or asphalt plant Foreman (over Class I workers) Grader (blade, motor-patrol or road) operator Handicraft-worker, basketry, ceramics, leather, metal, textile, wood, etc. (semiskilled) Helper or apprentice, blacksmith's Helper or apprentice, boilermakers Helper or apprentice, bricklayer's Helpe r or apprentice, carpenter's Helper or apprentice, diver's Helper or apprentice, electrician's Helper or apprentice, glazier's Helper or apprentice, machinist's Helper or apprentice, me chanic's Helper or apprentice, painter's Helper or apprentice, pipe-fitter's (gas or steam) Helper or apprentice, plasterer's Helper or apprentice, plumber1s Helper or apprentice, printer's Helper or apprentice, roofer1s Helper or apprentice, sheet metal worker's Helper or apprentice-, steam fitter's Helper or apprentice, stonemason's Helper or apprentice, terrazzo layer's Helper or* apprentice, tinsmith's Helper or apprentice, we -de r's Housekeeper or matron (responsible or supervisory posi¬ tions on?-y) Housekeeping aide Housewrecker Jackhammer or hand-drill operator Kettleman (asphalt or lead) Lineman (neither power lineman nor electrician) Linoleum layer Mechanical finisher operator (asphalt or concrete) Mortar maker or mixer Oiler (machinery) Paver, block-layer Pipe layer, iron or vitrified Plow holder, construction Powder monkey (powderman's helper) Pump operator (pump man, construction) No. E--1 Page 6 A, Manual (cont'd) Rammer, granite block pavement Rig Drill operator Rigger, construction Rivet catcher, heater, or bucker-up Rodman or chainman, surveying Sawyer Scraper operator Seamstress (semiskilled) Shoe repairman Shorer or timberman Spreader-box operator (asphalt, gravel, or stone) Teamster (heavy traffic) Tractor driver Transit mix truck operator Tree pruner Truck driver Tunnel laborer (air pressure) Waterproofer (with brush) Weigher Winch operator B. Non-Manual Adding machine operator Blueprint machine operator Bookkeeper, junior Calculating machine operator Card punch operator Clerk, Junior (except junior file clerk) Coder, junior (research project) Dictating machine operator, junior Draftsman, tracing Editor or checker of schedules, junior (research project) Enumerator (simple routine subject matter) File clerk, senior Information clerk Interviewer or investigator (simple routine subject matter) Photostat machine operator Proof reader Reception clerk Recreation worker, junior Statistical clerk, junior Stenographer, junior Stock clerk, senior Storekeeper (hon-supervisory) Tabulating or sorting machine operator Telephone operator Timekeeper (fewer than 50 persons) Tyoist Usher (head) No. E-l Page 7 Section 6. Description of Skilled, Work (Class III) Skilled manual work requires considerable training or exqjerience, and involves a minimum of supervision in performance. This grade of work includes that normally performed by .journeymen mechanics who have served a standard apprentice¬ ship and who can perform all the more important operations of their trade without special instruction or deta.iled supervision. Most work for which employees must be licensed by municipal, state, or federal authority should be considered skilled work as well as work for which employees are directly responsible and which is subject to inspection by authorized building and construction inspectors. Work which exposes employees to an unusual degree of physical hazard should be considered skilled work. Skilled work involves judgment in the use of tools, equipment and ma¬ terials, and, accuracy in performance of the work. Skilled non-manual work requires considerable training or experience in addition to certain formal educational requirements. Assistance to professional and technical persons, and clerical work involving the as¬ sumption of responsibilities with a minimum of supervision are included in skilled work. Examples of Occupations in Class III: A. Manual Asbestos worker Asphalt plant operator (steam or gas) Blacksmith or tool dresser Blaster or powderraan Boilermaker Bricklayer Cabinet maker Caisson worker (compressed air) Carpenter Central concrete mixer operator Concrete paver operator Cutter, clothing No. E-l Page 8 Manual (cont'd.) Crane (locomotive) operator Crane (overhead) operator Crane (tractor) operator Crusher operator, daily production 400 tons or over Derrick operator Designer, clothing Diver Dragline operator Dredge operator Drill runner, tunnel Drill sharpener Electrician Elevator erector Engineer, asphalt plant, dredge, power plant, portable or stationary equipment Engraver Eireman, locomotive or high pressure boiler Foreman (over Class II workers) Forester or forest ranger Glazier Grader, elevating operator Granite cutter Hoisting engineer (high-speed) Iron and steel worker, structural (erector or riveter) Lather Locksmith Machinist Mechanic (auto) Mechanic, skilled (not elsewhere classified) Millwright Ornamental ironworker Painter Paperhanger Pattern or model maker Pile driver engineer (gas or steam) Pipe fitter Plasterer Plumber Power shovel operator Printer, compositor, linotyper, typesetter, or monotyper Reinforcing rod placer, building Riveter or hammer operator Roller operator, road or asphalt Roofer, composition, slate, tile, etc. Screening or washing plant engineer Sheet metal worker Steam fitter Stone carver Stone cutter Stonemason No. E-l Page 9 A. Manual (cont'd.) Stone or marble petfer Terrazzo layer Tile setter Tinsmith Tool or die maker Trenching or ditching machine operator Upholsterer Welder, electric or acetylene Wood carver B. Non-Manual Abstractor or title searcher Accountant, junior Actor (secondary) ♦Agricultural economist, junior ♦Agronomist, junior ♦Architect, junior Artist or sculptor, junior Assistant box office treasurer Assistant»costume designer Assistant scene designer Assistant scenic artist Auditor, junior ♦Bacteriologist, junior ♦Biologist, junior Bookkeeper, senior ♦Botanist, junior ♦Chemist, junior Clerk, senior (except senior file clerk) Coder, senior or supervisory (research project) Craftsman, junior (artist) Dental hygienist Dictating macnine operator (senior) ♦Dietitian or nutritionist, junior Draftsman (except tracing, engineering, or designing) Editor or checker of schedules, senior (research project) ♦Engineer, junior (technical) ♦Entomologist, junior Enumerator (difficult subject matter) Estimator (building and construction) ♦Geologist, junior Inspector, construction Instrument man, surveying Interviewer or investigator (difficult subject matter) Journalist, editor, or writer (junior) Laboratory technician or assistant ♦Landscape architect, junior Lawyer, junior (law school graduate) Law clerk 6 No. 3-1 Page 10 B. Non-Manual (cont'd.) ■"Librarian, junior Music copyist, junior Music teacher, junior Musician, junior Museum docent Nurse, graduate (neither registered nor licensed to practice in State) Office manager, junior Optometrist or optician (licensed to practice or graduate of a recognized school) ""Pathologist, junior Pharmacist, junior (licensed or graduate of a recognized schoolj Photographer, junior ""Physiotherapist, junior ""Psychologist, junior Recreation worker, senior Research assistant, junior Scene painter Statistical clerk, senior ""Statistician, junior Stenographer - secretary Stenographer, senior Storekeeper (supervisory) Teacher, elementary school Timekeeper (50 or more persons) Translator Veterinarian, junior (licensed to practice or graduate of a recognized school) ""Vocational counsellor, junior Wardrobe supervisor For this designation a college education or its equivalent in training or experience is required. Persons lacking these qualifications should not be given this designation. 6 No. E-l Page 11 Class IV - Professional and Technical (Manual and Hon-Manual) Section 7. Description of Professional and Technical ITork, Manual and Non-Manual (Class IV) Professional and technical work requires recognized professional or technical training in a special¬ ized field of employment. It includes professional, scientific, and technical types of employment as well as work of recognized professional grade in the established fields of art. Examples of Occupations in Class IV Accountant, senior Actor ♦Agricultural economist, senior ♦Agronomist, senior ♦Architect, senior Art lecturer Art teacher Artist or sculptor,•senior Assistant technical director (theater) Auditor, senior ♦Bacteriologist, senior ♦Biologist, senior ♦Botanist, senior Box office treasurer * Chemis t, senio r Costume desi gn (theater) Craftsman, senior (artist) Dentist (licensed to practice or graduate of a recognized school) ♦Dietician or nutritionist, senior Draftsman (engineering or desigiing) ♦Engineer, senior (technical) ♦Entomologist, senior Foreman or supervisor (over Class III workers) ♦Geologist, senior House manager (theater) Journalist, editor, or writer (senior) ♦Landscape architect, senior Lawyer, senior (law school graduate) ♦Librarian, senior Music copyist, senior Music teacher, senior Musician, senior Nurse, registered (licensed to practice in State) Oculist (M.D.) Office manager, senior 9686 I ;to. e«i Page 12 ♦Pathologist, senior Pharmacist, senior (licensed or registered or graduate of a recognized school) Photographer, motion picture Photographer, senior Physician (licensed to practice or graduate of a recognized school) ♦Physiotherapist, senior Playwright Play reader Promotion manager (theater) ♦Psychologist, senior ♦Recreation supervisor ♦Research assistant, senior Research writer (theater) Scene designer Scenic artist Stage manager ♦Statistician, senior Teacher, high school or college Theatrical agent, manager, or director Veterinarian, senior (licensed to practice or graduate of a recognized school) ♦Vocational counsellor, senior ♦ For this designation a college education or its equivalent in training or experience is required. Persons Inching these qualifications should not he given this designation. i No. E-l Page 13 ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT OP OCCUPATIONS CLASSIFIED BY MONTHLY EARNINGS SCHEDULE Monthly- Occupation Earnings Class - A - Abstractor or title searcher HI Accountant, junior HI Accountant, senior IV Acetylene cutter or burner II Acetylene or electric welder III Actor IV • Actor (secondary) HI Adding machine operator II Addressograph operator I Adobe mason II ♦Agricultural economist, junior III ♦Agricultural economist, senior IV Agricultural laborer (farm, soil erosion, etc.) I ♦Agronomist, junior III ♦Agronomist, senior IV Air compressor operator II ♦Architect, junior III ♦Architect, senior IV Art lecturer IV Art teacher IV Artist or sculptor, junior III Artist or sculptor, senior IV Asbestos worker III Asphalt distributor operator or driver II Asphalt loader, shoveler, screener, tamper I Asphalt or lead kettleman II Asphalt plant operator (steam or gas) III Asphalt raker II Assistant box office treasurer III Assistant costume designer III Assistant scene designer III Assistant scenic artist III Assistant technical director (theater) . IV Attendant or helper (untrained), hospital, library, museum, restaurant, school, theater, etc. I Auditor, junior III Auditor, senior IV Auto mechanic III No. E-l Page 14 Monthly Occupation - B - Earnings Class ♦Bacteriologist, junior *** ♦Bacteriologist, senior H Baker Barber H Bill poster H ♦Biologist, junior ' HI ♦Biologist, senior H Blacksmith or tool dresser HI Blaster or powderman HI Blueprint machine operator II Boatman or sailor II Boilermaker III Book repairman (not bookbinder) I Bookbinder II Bookkeeper, junior II Bookkeeper, senior ' HI ♦Botanist, junior HI ♦Botanist, senior IV Box office treasurer IV Box office treasurer (assistant) III Bricklayer HI Bulldozer operator (construction) II Bus driver or chauffeur II Butcher or meat cutter II - C - Cabinet maker III Cable splicer (not high power line) II Caisson digger II Caisson worker (compressed air) III Caisson worker, open box II Calculating machine operator II Calker, pipe or steel plate II Calker, tunnel lining II Canner or pickler I Card punch operator II Caretaker or janitor I Carpenter III Cement finisher II Cement gun operator II Cement handler I Central concrete mixer operator III Cbainman or rodman, surveying II Charwoman or cleaner I Chauffeur or bus driver II Checker or editor of schedules, senior (research project) III ♦Chemist, junior HI ♦Chemist, senior jy Clerk, junior (except junior file clerk) II No. E-l Page 15 Monthly Occupation - C - Continued Earnings Class Clerk, senior (except senior file clerk) Clothing cutter Clothing designer Coder, junior (research project) Coder, senior or supervisory (research project) Concrete mixer operator (five-bag capacity or less) Concrete paver operator Construction rigger Cook Cook's assistant Costume designer (theater) Costume designer (theater) assistant Craftsman, junior (artist) Craftsman, senior (artist) Crane (locomotive) operator Crane (overhead) operator Crane (tractor) operator Crusher operator (daily production rate less than 400 tons) Crusher operator (daily production rate 400 tons or over) Curb setter Cutter, clothing Cutter, granite - D - Dental hygienist III Dentist (licensed to practice or graduate of a recognized school) IV Derrick operator III Designer, clothing III Designer, costumes (theater) IV Dictating machine operator, junior II Dictating machine operator, senior III ♦Dietitian or nutritionist, junior III ♦Dietitian or nutritionist, senior IV Dinky operator II Dishwasher or kitchen helper I Ditching or trenching machine operator III Diver III Do cent, museum III Domestic worker (any not elsewhere classified) I Doorman or porter I Draftsman (engineering or designing) IV Draftsman (except tracing, engineering, or designing) III Draftsman, tracing IX Dragline operator III Dredge operator III III III III II III II III II II I IV III III IV III III III II III II III III Ho. B-l Page 16 Monthly- Occupation - d - Continued. Earnings Class Drill operator ** Drill runner, tunnel *** Drill sharpener *** Driver, tractor - E - Editor or checker of schedules, junior (research project) II Editor or checker of schedules, senior (research project) HI Electrician HI Elevator erector HI Elevator operator I Engineer, asphalt plant, dredge, power plant, portable or stationary equipment III Engineer, hoisting (high speed) III ♦Engineer, junior (technical) III ♦Engineer, senior (technical) IV Engraver . Ill ♦Entomologist, junior III ♦Entomologist, senior IV Enumerator (difficult subject matter) III Enumerator (simple routine subject matter) II Estimator (building or construction) III Exterminator (laborer) rodent, insect, etc. I - F - File clerk, junior I File clerk, senior II Finisher, sewing II Finishing machine operator, asphalt or concrete II Fireman, locomotive or high pressure boiler III Fireman, low pressure or portable steam equipment, for example, steam-shovel, dredge, or asphalt plant II Foreman (over Class I workers) II Foreman (over Class II workers) III Foreman or supervisor (over Class III workers) I? Forester or forest ranger III - G - Gardener or nurseryman (laborer) I ♦Geologist, junior III ♦Geologist, senior IV Glazier III Grader (blade, motor-patrol or road) operator II No. E—1 Page 17 Occupations - Cr - Continued Monthly Earnings Class Grader operator, elevating Granite cutter Guard or watchman III III I - H - Hammer operator or riveter Handicraft worker, "basketry, ceramics, leather, metal, textile, wood, etc. ("beginner) Handicraft worker, "basketry, ceramics, leather, metal, textile, wood, etc. (semiskilled) Helper (except helpers included in Class II) blacksmith's Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice steam) Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Helper or apprentice Hoisting engineer (high, speed) Hostler or stableman House manager (theater) Housekeeper or matron (responsible or visory position only) Housekeeping aide Housewreeke r boilermaker's bricklayer's carpenter1s diver1s electrician's glazier's machinist's mechanic's painter's pipe fitter's (gas or plasterer's plumber's printer's roofer's sheet metal worker's steam fitter's stonemason's tovrazzo layer's tinsmith1s welder's ■r- - I - Information clerk Inspector, construction Instrument man, surveying Interviewer or investigator (difficult subject matter) II III III III m No. E-l Page 18 Monthly Occupations - I - Continued Earnings Class Interviewer or investigator (simple routine subject matter) H Iron and steel worker, structural (erector or riveter) III Ironworker (ornamental) HI - J - Jackhammer or hand-drill operator II Janitor or caretaker I Journalist, editor, or writer (junior) III Journalist, editor, or writer (senior) IV Junior bookkeeper II Junior clerk (except junior file clerk) II Junior file clerk I ♦Junior librarian HI Junior recreation worker H Junior statistical clerk H Junior stenographer II Junior stock clerk I - K - Kettleman (asphalt or lead) II Kitchen helper or dishwasher ' I - L - Laboratory technician or assistant III Laborer (not elsewnere classified) I ♦Landscape architect, junior III ♦Landscape architect, senior IV Lather III Laundress or laundrym-n I Law clerk III Lawyer, junior (law school graduate) III Lawyer, senior (law school graduate) IV ♦Librarian, junior III ♦Librar? an, senior IV Lineman (neither power lineman nor electrician) II Linoleum layer II Linotyper, typesetter, monotyper, printer or compositor III Locksmith III Locomotive fireman or high pressure boiler fireman III Lumberman or woodchopper I - M - Machinist Maid, hospital, library, restroom, etc. Marble or stone setter III I III 9686 No. E-l Page 19 Monthly Occupations - M - Continued. Earnings * Class Mason, stone III Matron or housekeeper (responsible or supervisory position only) II Meat cutter or butcher II Mechanic (auto) III Mechanic, skilled (not elsewhere classified) III Mechanical finisher operator (asphalt or concrete) II Messenger or office boy I Millwright ' HI Mimeograph operator I Model or pattern maker III Monotyper, printer, compositor, linotyper, or typesetter III Mortar maker or mixer II Museum docent III Music copyist, junior III Music copyist, senior- ' IV Music teacher, junior III Music teacher, senior IV Musician, junior III Musician, senior IV - N - Nurse, graduate (neither registered nor licensed to practice in State) III Nurse, registered (licensed to practice in State) IV Nursemaid or nursery helper I Nurseryman or gardener (laborer) I ♦Nutritionist or dietitian, junior III ♦Nutritionist or dietitian, senior IV Oculist (M.D.) IV Office boy or messenger I Office manager, junior III Office manager, senior IV Oiler (machinery) II Operator, asphalt plant (steam or gas) III Operator, concrete paver III Operator, finishing macnine (asphalt or concrete) II Operator, grader (blade, motor-patrol or road) II Operator, jackhammer or hand-drill II Operator, mechanical finisher (asphalt or concrete) II Operator, power shovel * III Operator, trenching or ditching machine III Optometrist or optician (licensed to practice or graduate of a recognized school) ' III Ornamental ironworker III So. E-l Page 20 Monthly Occupations - P - Earnings Class Painter HI Pape rhanger I I I ♦Pathologist, junior HI ♦Pathologist, senior IV Pattern or model maker III Paver, "block-layer II Pharmacist, junior (li