Thursday, September 13, 2018

Unskilled Sedentary Work in the Boot and Shoe Industry

The DOT lists six occupations requiring sedentary exertion, no skills, and work in the boot & shoe industry either as the sole industry.  The DOT lists 220 occupations containing the descriptor of boot & shoe industry at all exertion and skill levels.  Some other occupations within the boot & shoe industry work in other described industries, but none of the sedentary unskilled occupations do, per the DOT.  The occupations and their SOC group assignments:

51-9123
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
788.687-166
WHITE-SHOE RAGGER
51-9198
Helpers--Production Workers
788.687-022
BUCKLER AND LACER
788.687-114
SHANK TAPER
51-9199
Production Workers, All Other
788.687-158
VAMP-STRAP IRONER
53-7063
Machine Feeders and Offbearers
690.686-046
PLASTIC-DESIGN APPLIER
690.686-066
TOGGLE-PRESS FOLDER-AND-FEEDER

County Business Patterns describe the footwear manufacturing industry group (NAICS 316200):







































This data leads to the inference that whatever sedentary unskilled jobs exist in the boot & shoe industry, those jobs exist in very minimal numbers that do not reach the level of significant numbers of jobs.  The employment projections for the industry subsector (NAICS 316000) lends credence to this inference:

Employment by industry, occupation, and percent distribution, 2016 and projected 2026
316000 Leather and allied product manufacturing
(Employment in thousands)
Occupations with fewer than 50 jobs, confidential data, or poor quality data are not displayed      
Occupation
2016
Sort Order
Code
Title
Employment
Percent of industry
1
00-0000
Total, all occupations
29.5
100.0
99
51-9123
Painting, coating, and decorating workers
0.1
0.3
102
51-9198
Helpers--production workers
0.5
1.8
113
53-7063
Machine feeders and offbearers
0.2
0.8


Missing from the EP list is a number of jobs greater than 50 for the occupational group of production workers, all other (SOC 51-9199).  Vamp-Strap Ironer does not exist in relevant numbers much less significant numbers.  Assuming that the 800 jobs in leather and allied product manufacturing represent only unskilled jobs, the sedentary occupations in the boot & shoe industry (footwear manufacturing) would represent less than 400 jobs.  

Find the DOT, SCO, O*NET, OOH, and ORS data for these occupations on Occu Collect.  

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