Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families

1 Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009 Office of Personnel Management 1 Handbook OF Occupational Groups AND Families TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 3 GENERAL 5 CHANGES IN THIS EDITION OF THE 7 PART I .. 12 OUTLINE OF POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR WHITE COLLAR Occupational Groups AND DEFINITIONS OF WHITE COLLAR Occupational Groups AND 18 0000 MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS 18 0100 SOCIAL SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND WELFARE 24 0200 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 31 0300 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, AND OFFICE SERVICES 35 0400 NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 42 0500 ACCOUNTING AND BUDGET 49 0600 MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, DENTAL.

2 AND PUBLIC HEALTH 53 0700 VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 66 0800 ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE 67 0900 LEGAL AND KINDRED 75 1000 INFORMATION AND ARTS 79 1100 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 84 1200 COPYRIGHT, PATENT, AND TRADEMARK 89 1300 PHYSICAL SCIENCES 92 1400 LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES 97 1500 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 99 1600 EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES 101 1700 EDUCATION 103 1800 INSPECTION, INVESTIGATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND COMPLIANCE 106 1900 QUALITY ASSURANCE, INSPECTION, AND GRADING 112 2000 SUPPLY 113 2100 TRANSPORTATION 115 2200 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 120 ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF WHITE COLLAR Occupational Groups AND 122 PART II.

3 127 OUTLINE OF POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR JOB Families AND 127 DEFINITIONS OF TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR Families AND 132 2500 WIRE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE 132 2600 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE 132 2800 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE 134 3100 FABRIC AND LEATHER WORK 135 3300 INSTRUMENT WORK 137 Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009 Office of Personnel Management 2 3400 MACHINE TOOL WORK 138 3500 GENERAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT WORK 139 3600 STRUCTURAL AND FINISHING WORK 140 3700 METAL PROCESSING 141 3800 METAL WORK 143 3900 MOTION PICTURE, RADIO, TELEVISION.

4 AND SOUND EQUIPMENT 146 4000 LENS AND CRYSTAL WORK 147 4100 PAINTING AND PAPERHANGING 147 4200 PLUMBING AND PIPEFITTING 148 4300 PLIABLE MATERIALS WORK 148 4400 PRINTING 149 4600 WOOD WORK 152 4700 GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS WORK 154 4800 GENERAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 156 5000 PLANT AND ANIMAL WORK 159 5200 MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS 161 5300 INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 162 5400 INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OPERATION 166 5700 TRANSPORTATION/MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATION 170 5800 TRANSPORTATION/MOBILE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 173 6500 AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, AND TOXIC MATERIALS WORK 174 6600 ARMAMENT WORK 175 6900 WAREHOUSING AND STOCK HANDLING 177 7000 PACKING AND PROCESSING 178 7300 LAUNDRY, DRY CLEANING, AND PRESSING 180 7400 FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVING 180 7600 PERSONAL SERVICES 182 8200 FLUID SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE 182 8600 ENGINE OVERHAUL 183 8800 AIRCRAFT OVERHAUL 184 9000 FILM PROCESSING 185 ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF TRADE, CRAFT, OR LABOR OCCUPATIONS AND 187 190 VESSEL JOBS EXCLUDED FROM THE FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEM BY 5 5342.

5 190 CHANGES IN PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THE 191 Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009 Office of Personnel Management 3 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.

7 (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. 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.

8 Functional Guide and standards Functional guides and functional standards are used to determine the grade of broad categories of Federal work classified under the General Schedule (GS) Classification System and the Federal Wage System (FWS), respectively. Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families May 2009 Office of Personnel Management 4 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.

9 (Source: Introduction to the Position Classification standards , TS-134, July 1995) Job family (for Trade, Craft and Labor) A job family is a broad grouping of trades, craft, and labor occupations related 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 White Collar) A Job family Standard (JFS) covers a group of related white collar occupations 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).

10 (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 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.