Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families

Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families

December 2018

HANDBOOK OF OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS AND FAMILIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................3

GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................... 3 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 5

CHANGES IN THIS EDITION OF THE HANDBOOK.....................................................7

PART I ......................................................................................................................12

OUTLINE OF POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR WHITE COLLAR OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS AND SERIES ................................................................................................................. 12 DEFINITIONS OF WHITE COLLAR OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS AND SERIES............................... 18

0000 ? MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS GROUP................................................................... 18 0100 ? SOCIAL SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND WELFARE GROUP ......................................... 25 0200 ? HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT GROUP ............................................................. 32 0300 ? GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, AND OFFICE SERVICES GROUP................ 36 0400 ? NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES GROUP........... 43 0500 ? ACCOUNTING AND BUDGET GROUP ........................................................................... 50 0600 ? MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, DENTAL, AND PUBLIC HEALTH GROUP................................. 54 0700 ? VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE GROUP .................................................................. 66 0800 ? ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE GROUP.............................................................. 67 0900 ? LEGAL AND KINDRED GROUP .................................................................................... 75 1000 ? INFORMATION AND ARTS GROUP............................................................................... 80 1100 ? BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY GROUP ............................................................................... 85 1200 ? COPYRIGHT, PATENT, AND TRADEMARK GROUP...................................................... 91 1300 ? PHYSICAL SCIENCES GROUP ...................................................................................... 93 1400 ? LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES GROUP ............................................................................... 98 1500 ? MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES GROUP ......................................................................... 100 1600 ? EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES GROUP.................................................... 103 1700 ? EDUCATION GROUP .................................................................................................. 105 1800 ? INSPECTION, INVESTIGATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND COMPLIANCE GROUP........... 108 1900 ? QUALITY ASSURANCE, INSPECTION, AND GRADING GROUP................................... 115 2000 ? SUPPLY GROUP ......................................................................................................... 116 2100 ? TRANSPORTATION GROUP........................................................................................ 118 2200 ? INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP...................................................................... 123

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF WHITE COLLAR OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS AND SERIES ................................................................................................................................125

PART II...................................................................................................................130

OUTLINE OF POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR JOB FAMILIES AND OCCUPATIONS.................................................................................................................. 130 DEFINITIONS OF TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR FAMILIES AND OCCUPATIONS ........................ 135

2500 ? WIRE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE FAMILY ................................................................................................................................... 135

2600 ? ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE FAMILY ............... 136 2800 ? ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE FAMILY .................................... 138

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3100 ? FABRIC AND LEATHER WORK FAMILY.................................................................... 140 3300 ? INSTRUMENT WORK FAMILY ................................................................................... 142 3400 ? MACHINE TOOL WORK FAMILY .............................................................................. 144 3500 ? GENERAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT WORK FAMILY................................................ 145 3600 ? STRUCTURAL AND FINISHING WORK FAMILY......................................................... 147 3700 ? METAL PROCESSING FAMILY................................................................................... 149 3800 ? METAL WORK FAMILY ............................................................................................ 151 3900 ? MOTION PICTURE, RADIO, TELEVISION, AND SOUND EQUIPMENT OPERATION

FAMILY ..................................................................................................................... 153 4000 ? LENS AND CRYSTAL WORK FAMILY........................................................................ 154 4100 ? PAINTING AND PAPERHANGING FAMILY ................................................................. 155 4200 ? PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING FAMILY ..................................................................... 156 4300 ? PLIABLE MATERIALS WORK FAMILY...................................................................... 157 4400 ? PRINTING FAMILY .................................................................................................... 158 4600 ? WOOD WORK FAMILY.............................................................................................. 160 4700 ? GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS WORK FAMILY................................. 162 4800 ? GENERAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FAMILY...................................................... 165 5000 ? PLANT AND ANIMAL WORK FAMILY ....................................................................... 168 5200 ? MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS FAMILY ............................................................... 170 5300 ? INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FAMILY .................................................. 171 5400 ? INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OPERATION FAMILY ....................................................... 174 5700 ? TRANSPORTATION/MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATION FAMILY .............................. 177 5800 ? TRANSPORTATION/MOBILE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FAMILY......................... 181 6500 ? AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, AND TOXIC MATERIALS WORK FAMILY .................. 183 6600 ? ARMAMENT WORK FAMILY ..................................................................................... 185 6900 ? WAREHOUSING AND STOCK HANDLING FAMILY .................................................... 187 7000 ? PACKING AND PROCESSING FAMILY........................................................................ 189 7300 ? LAUNDRY, DRY CLEANING, AND PRESSING FAMILY ............................................... 191 7400 ? FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVING FAMILY ........................................................... 192 7600 ? PERSONAL SERVICES FAMILY .................................................................................. 194 8200 ? FLUID SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE FAMILY................................................................. 195 8600 ? ENGINE OVERHAUL FAMILY .................................................................................... 197 8800 ? AIRCRAFT OVERHAUL FAMILY................................................................................ 198 9000 ? FILM PROCESSING FAMILY ...................................................................................... 200

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR OCCUPATIONS AND FAMILIES ............................................................................................................201

APPENDIX ...............................................................................................................204

VESSEL JOBS EXCLUDED FROM THE FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEM BY 5 U.S.C. 5342............ 204

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INTRODUCTION

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The Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families provides agencies with a starting point to classify positions. For additional information, please refer to the Introduction to the Position Classification Standards.

The Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families is divided into two parts:

PART I

White Collar Occupational Series Defines occupations and lists the series names and codes used in classifying white collar jobs in the Federal Government. Previous editions of this document referred to these occupations as "General Schedule System Occupations."

PART II

Trade, Craft, or Labor Occupational Series Defines occupations and lists the occupation names and codes used in classifying trade, craft or labor jobs in the Federal Government. Previous editions of this document referred to these occupations as "Federal Wage System Occupations."

GLOSSARY

TERM

Classification Standard

DEFINITION

Classification standards are issued by OPM to relate the grade level definitions in title 5 to specific work situations and thereby provide the basis for assigning to each position the appropriate title, series, and grade. (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS-134, July 1995, Revised 2009)

Federal Wage System

5 U.S.C. 5102 (c)(7) exempts from coverage under the General Schedule those "employees in recognized trades or crafts, or other skilled mechanical crafts, or in unskilled, semi-skilled, or skilled manual-labor occupations, and other employees including foremen and supervisors in positions having trade, craft, or laboring experience and knowledge as the paramount requirement." Such positions are covered by the Federal Wage System.

Flysheet Flysheets provide some information about a series and may suggest standards and guides to use for determining grade levels under the General Schedule or Federal Wage System, but include no grade level criteria.

Functional Guide and Functional guides and functional standards are used to determine the grade of Standards broad categories of Federal work classified under the General Schedule (GS) Classification System and the Federal Wage System (FWS), respectively.

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General Schedule

The classification system covered by chapter 51 of title 5. It includes a range of levels of difficulty and responsibility for covered positions from grades GS-1 to GS-15. It is designated by "GS" for positions at all of these grade levels. (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS-134, July 1995, Revised 2009)

Job Family (for Trade, A job family is a broad grouping of trades, craft, and labor occupations related Craft and Labor) in one or more ways such as: similarity of functions performed, transferability of knowledge and skills from one occupation to another, or similarity of materials or equipment worked on. (Source: Federal Wage System Job Grading System, TS-44, Sep 1981)

Job Family Standard (for A Job Family Standard (JFS) covers a group of related white collar occupations White Collar) or series. (Source: The Classifier's Handbook, TS-107, Aug 1991)

Occupational Group

A major category of white collar occupations, embracing a group of associated or related occupations; e.g., the Accounting and Budget Group, GS-0500; the Engineering and Architecture Group, GS-0800; the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group, GS-0300). (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS-134, July 1995, Revised 2009)

Series

A subdivision of an occupational group or job family consisting of positions similar as to specialized line of work and qualification requirements. Series are designated by a title and number such as the Accounting Series, 0510; the Secretary Series, 0318; the Microbiology Series, 0403. (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS-134, July 1995, Revised 2009)

Trade, Craft, and Labor Occupations

If a position clearly requires trades, craft, or laboring experience and knowledge as a requirement for the performance of its primary duty, and this requirement is paramount, the position is in a trade, craft, or labor occupation regardless of its organizational location or the nature of the activity in which it exists. (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS-134, July 1995, Revised 2009)

White Collar Occupations

A position is considered white collar, even if it requires physical work, if its primary duty requires knowledge or experience of an administrative, clerical, scientific, artistic, or technical nature not related to trade, craft, or manual-labor work. (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS134, July 1995, Revised 2009)

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General Information

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? This handbook does not provide grading criteria. For positions classified under the General Schedule, position classification standards and job family standards provide grading criteria. Job grading standards provide grading criteria for trade, craft, and labor positions classified under the Federal Wage System.

? A single asterisk (*) in this handbook indicates a published position classification standard or job grading standard exists for that series. Two asterisks (**) indicate a flysheet exists for that series. Three asterisks (***) indicate a published job family position classification standard exists for that series.

? For additional information regarding the classification of positions as Professional, Administrative, Technical, Clerical, or Other (PATCO), please refer to the Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS-134, July 1995, Revised 2009).

? Series which are underlined are hyperlinked to the corresponding standard for convenience.

? All agencies may use any occupational series in Parts I and II of this handbook.

? The following series are for the sole use of the agencies and uses specified below.

Series Number

0347 0570

PATCO Category

A A

Series Name

GAO Evaluator Financial Institution

Examining

0580 0898

A Credit Union Examiner O Engineering Trainee

0935 1002

P Administrative Law Judge

T Arts and Information Support

1108 T Business Support

1398 1598

O Physical Science Trainee

O Mathematics or Computer Science Trainee

Agency / Use

General Accounting Office only. Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision only. National Credit Union Administration only. National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) only. Use with Pay Plan code AL (Administrative Law Judges) only. Department of Defense (NSPS only). Not valid for submission to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's Central Personnel Data File. Department of Defense (NSPS only). Not valid for submission to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's Central Personnel Data File. National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) only. National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) only.

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