Friday, June 15, 2018

Part-Time Work May Qualify as SGA -- Top 53 Occupations that Need Inquiry

The incidence of full-time work is an important consideration in the ability to perform substantial gainful activity at step five of the sequential evaluation process.  We operate under the agency policy that a claimant must have the ability to perform sustained work activity on a full-time or equivalent schedule in order to have the capacity to engage in substantial gainful activity.

That observation does not mean that part-time work does not count.  If a claimant has a residual functional capacity for full-time work and part-time work meets that assessment and provides an income that meets the threshold of substantial gainful activity, then that occupation counts in the march to significant numbers of jobs.

An example illustrates the point.  Vocational experts identify cashiers with regularity.  The occupation typically provides less than a full-time schedule.  Cashiers have a median wage of $10.11 per hour.  A full-time schedule of 173 hours per month would exceed the substantial gainful activity floor.  The current substantial gainful activity floor rests at more than $1,180 per month.  To exceed $1,180 per month, the median cashier must work in excess of 116.72 hours per month on average over the course of a year.  That equates to 27.15 hours per week.  Without data, it is irresponsible to assume that part-time cashiers will earn more than $14,160 per year.  Consider the following 53 occupations that have full-time work in 25% or less of the jobs as they exist in national economy based on incumbent (workers) surveys:

DOT                   Name                                                                SOC          % Full-Time
371.567-010
GUARD, SCHOOL-CROSSING (government services)
33-9091.00
0
372.667-022
FLAGGER (construction)
33-9091.00
0
311.477-014
COUNTER ATTENDANT, LUNCHROOM OR COFFEE SHOP (hotel & restaurant)
35-3022.00
4
319.474-010
FOUNTAIN SERVER (hotel & restaurant)
35-3022.00
4
153.367-010
CLOCKER (amusement/recreation)
27-2023.00
8
299.647-010
IMPERSONATOR, CHARACTER (any industry)
41-9012.00
8
318.687-018
SILVER WRAPPER (hotel & restaurant)
35-9021.00
8
349.665-010
SCOREBOARD OPERATOR (amusement/recreation)
27-2023.00
8
159.647-010
AMUSEMENT PARK ENTERTAINER (amusement/recreation)
27-2011.00
9
159.647-014
EXTRA (amusement/recreation)
27-2011.00
9
159.647-022
SHOW GIRL (amusement/recreation)
27-2011.00
9
344.667-010
TICKET TAKER (amusement/recreation)
39-3031.00
9
344.677-010
PRESS-BOX CUSTODIAN (amusement/recreation)
39-3031.00
9
344.677-014
USHER (amusement/recreation)
39-3031.00
9
349.673-010
DRIVE-IN THEATER ATTENDANT (amusement/recreation)
39-3031.00
9
349.677-018
CHILDREN'S ATTENDANT (amusement/recreation)
39-3031.00
9
961.667-014
STAND-IN (motion picture)
27-2011.00
9
211.462-010
CASHIER II (clerical)
41-2011.00
11
211.462-038
TOLL COLLECTOR (government services)
41-2011.00
11
211.467-018
PARIMUTUEL-TICKET CASHIER (amusement/recreation)
41-2011.00
11
211.467-022
PARIMUTUEL-TICKET SELLER (amusement/recreation)
41-2011.00
11
211.467-026
SHEET WRITER (amusement/recreation)
41-2011.00
11
211.467-030
TICKET SELLER (clerical)
41-2011.00
11
312.477-010
BAR ATTENDANT (hotel & restaurant)
35-3011.00
11
312.677-010
TAPROOM ATTENDANT (amusement/recreation)
35-3011.00
11
311.472-010
FAST-FOODS WORKER (hotel & restaurant)
35-3021.00
12
249.687-014
PAGE (library)
43-4121.00
14
311.677-010
CAFETERIA ATTENDANT (hotel & restaurant)
35-9011.00
14
311.674-014
RAW SHELLFISH PREPARER (hotel & restaurant)
35-2021.00
18
316.684-014
DELI CUTTER-SLICER (retail trade)
35-2021.00
18
976.385-010
MICROFILM PROCESSOR (business services)
51-9151.00
21
976.685-014
DEVELOPER, AUTOMATIC (photofinishing)
51-9151.00
21
976.685-022
MOUNTER, AUTOMATIC (photofinishing)
51-9151.00
21
976.685-038
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSOR, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS (electronic component)
51-9151.00
21
230.647-010
SINGING MESSENGER (business services)
27-2042.01
22
302.685-010
LAUNDRY WORKER, DOMESTIC (domestic services)
37-2012.00
22
302.687-010
IRONER (domestic services)
37-2012.00
22
323.687-014
CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING (any industry)
37-2012.00
22
350.677-014
PASSENGER ATTENDANT (water transportation)
53-6061.00
23
352.577-010
BUS ATTENDANT (motor transportation)
53-6061.00
23
910.677-010
PASSENGER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE II (railroad transport)
53-6061.00
23
292.687-010
COIN-MACHINE COLLECTOR (business services)
53-3031.00
24
195.367-030
RECREATION AIDE (social services)
39-3091.00
25
340.477-010
RACKER (amusement/recreation)
39-3091.00
25
342.357-010
WEIGHT GUESSER (amusement/recreation)
39-3091.00
25
342.657-010
BARKER (amusement/recreation)
39-3091.00
25
342.667-014
ATTENDANT, ARCADE (amusement/recreation)
39-3091.00
25
342.677-010
RIDE ATTENDANT (amusement/recreation)
39-3091.00
25
343.467-014
FLOOR ATTENDANT (amusement/recreation)
39-3091.00
25
343.577-010
CARDROOM ATTENDANT II (amusement/recreation)
39-3091.00
25
352.677-018
WAITER/WAITRESS, CLUB (hotel & restaurant)
35-3031.00
25
372.667-026
FLAGGER (amusement/recreation)
39-3091.00
25
375.587-010
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (government services)
33-3041.00
25



We can check this data on OccuCollect on the work context report, cognitive and mental, under the heading of structural job requirements.  The O*NET OnLine provides the same information in the detail or summary reports for work context, minimum value 0, and show all.  Here is that part of the report for cashiers from OccuCollect:

Structural Job Characteristics
%
Response
Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.
1
More than 40 hours
19
40 hours
80
Less than 40 hours



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