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1 Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009. 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 .. 24. 0200 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT group .. 31. 0300 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, AND OFFICE SERVICES group .. 35. 0400 NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES group .. 42. 0500 ACCOUNTING AND BUDGET group .. 49. 0600 MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, DENTAL, AND PUBLIC HEALTH group .. 53. 0700 VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE group .

2 66. 0800 ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE group .. 67. 0900 LEGAL AND KINDRED group .. 75. 1000 INFORMATION AND ARTS group .. 79. 1100 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY group .. 84. 1200 COPYRIGHT, PATENT, AND TRADEMARK group .. 89. 1300 PHYSICAL SCIENCES group .. 92. 1400 LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES group .. 97. 1500 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES group .. 99. 1600 EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES group .. 101. 1700 EDUCATION group .. 103. 1800 INSPECTION, INVESTIGATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND COMPLIANCE group .. 106. 1900 QUALITY ASSURANCE, INSPECTION, AND GRADING group .. 112. 2000 SUPPLY group .. 113. 2100 TRANSPORTATION group .. 115. 2200 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY group .. 120. ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF WHITE COLLAR Occupational Groups AND SERIES .. 122. PART II .. 127. OUTLINE OF POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR JOB Families .

3 AND OCCUPATIONS .. 127. DEFINITIONS OF TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR Families AND 132. 2500 WIRE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE FAMILY.. 132. 2600 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE FAMILY .. 132. 2800 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE FAMILY .. 134. 3100 FABRIC AND LEATHER WORK FAMILY .. 135. 3300 INSTRUMENT WORK FAMILY .. 137. Office of Personnel Management 1. Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009. 3400 MACHINE TOOL WORK FAMILY .. 138. 3500 GENERAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT WORK FAMILY .. 139. 3600 STRUCTURAL AND FINISHING WORK FAMILY .. 140. 3700 METAL PROCESSING 141. 3800 METAL WORK FAMILY .. 143. 3900 MOTION PICTURE, RADIO, TELEVISION, AND SOUND EQUIPMENT OPERATION. FAMILY .. 146. 4000 LENS AND CRYSTAL WORK FAMILY .. 147. 4100 PAINTING AND PAPERHANGING 147. 4200 PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING FAMILY.

4 148. 4300 PLIABLE MATERIALS WORK FAMILY .. 148. 4400 PRINTING 149. 4600 WOOD WORK 152. 4700 GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS WORK FAMILY .. 154. 4800 GENERAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FAMILY .. 156. 5000 PLANT AND ANIMAL WORK FAMILY .. 159. 5200 MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS 161. 5300 INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FAMILY .. 162. 5400 INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OPERATION FAMILY .. 166. 5700 TRANSPORTATION/MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATION FAMILY .. 170. 5800 TRANSPORTATION/MOBILE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FAMILY .. 173. 6500 AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, AND TOXIC MATERIALS WORK FAMILY .. 174. 6600 ARMAMENT WORK FAMILY .. 175. 6900 WAREHOUSING AND STOCK HANDLING FAMILY .. 177. 7000 PACKING AND PROCESSING FAMILY .. 178. 7300 LAUNDRY, DRY CLEANING, AND PRESSING FAMILY .. 180. 7400 FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVING FAMILY .. 180. 7600 PERSONAL SERVICES FAMILY.

5 182. 8200 FLUID SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE FAMILY .. 182. 8600 ENGINE OVERHAUL FAMILY .. 183. 8800 AIRCRAFT OVERHAUL FAMILY .. 184. 9000 FILM PROCESSING FAMILY .. 185. ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR OCCUPATIONS AND Families .. 187. 190. VESSEL JOBS EXCLUDED FROM THE FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEM BY 5 190. CHANGES IN PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THE Handbook .. 191. Office of Personnel Management 2. Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009. INTRODUCTION. 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.

6 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 DEFINITION. Classification Standard 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). Federal Wage System 5 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.

7 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. Office of Personnel Management 3. Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009. 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.

8 (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS-134, July 1995). 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; , the Accounting and Budget group , GS 0500; the Engineering and Architecture group , GS 0800; the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services group , GS 0300).

9 (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification Standards, TS-134, July 1995). 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). Trade, Craft, and Labor If a position clearly requires trades, craft, or laboring experience and Occupations 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).

10 White Collar A position is considered white collar, even if it requires physical work, if its Occupations 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, TS- 134, July 1995). Office of Personnel Management 4. Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009. General Information 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.