Stand-In - 921.667-014 - Occasional Handling and No Fingering

We used the SCO and the aptitudes for dexterity to show that there really are not a significant number of jobs for a person limited to light work (six hours of standing/walking), occasional handling, and no fingering. There is more than one to tackle the problem. We look at stand-in (DOT 921.667-014) through the O*Net.

Stand-in (DOT 921.667-014) belongs to actors (SOC 27-2011).  Actors have erratic schedules and 84% work less than 40 hours per week. Actors never sit in 3% of jobs; stand continually or almost continually in 18% of jobs; and walk/run continually or almost continually in 1% of jobs.  Actors use their hands less than half in the time in 74% of jobs.  We use the O*NET work context reports to prove the point:

Structural Job Characteristics	%	Response
Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.	3	More than 40 hours
	13	40 hours
	84	Less than 40 hours

Environmental	%	Response
Work Schedules — How regular are the work schedules for this job?	5	Regular (established routine, set schedule)
	79	Irregular (changes with weather conditions, production demands, or contract duration)
	15	Seasonal (only during certain times of the year)

Exertional	%	Response
Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting?	0	Continually or almost continually
	3	More than half the time
	13	About half the time
	81	Less than half the time
	3	Never
Exertional	%	Response
Spend Time Standing — How much does this job require standing?	18	Continually or almost continually
	46	More than half the time
	36	About half the time
	0	Less than half the time
	0	Never
Exertional	%	Response
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?	1	Continually or almost continually
	0	More than half the time
	25	About half the time
	52	Less than half the time
	22	Never
Exertional	%	Response
Spend Time Walking and Running — How much does this job require walking and running?	1	Continually or almost continually
	17	More than half the time
	21	About half the time
	57	Less than half the time
	3	Never

We can check the OOH to determine the typical education and training.  

27-2011 Actors

Typical Education Needed	Some college, no degree
Work Experience in a Related Occupation	None
Typical On-The-Job Training Needed to Attain Competency	Long-term on-the-job training
2016 Employment	63,800

Incumbents have at least some college in 90.4% of jobs.  

The Occupational Employment Statistics estimates the occupational group at 43,470 jobs.  The OES statement for mean annual wages points to footnote 4:  "Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries depending on how they are typically paid."  That observation confirms the O*NET states about erratic and below 40-hour work weeks.  

The 2017 data release for the Occupational Requirements Survey does not include actors (SOC 27-2011). 

Actors include 23 DOT codes, four of which are unskilled and light.  Using a gross equal-distribution method of counting jobs within occupations and then adjusting for experience that stand-ins represent fewer jobs than actor (DOT 150.047-010), the number of stand-in jobs is insignificant.  

# of jobs	% unskilled	# of unskilled jobs
63,800	< 100%	< 63,800
# of unskilled jobs	% ≤ occasional manipulation	# ≤ occasional manipulation
< 63,800	74%	< 47,212
# of unskilled jobs	% no manipulation	# no manipulation
< 63,800	22%	< 14,036
# no manipulation	% full-time	# full time, no manipulation
< 14,036	16%	< 2,246
# full time, no manipulation	% regular schedule	# regular, f-t, no manip.
< 2,246	5%	< 112

Starving actors is a cultural given. Most do not make substantial gainful activity. Stand-in is not an appropriate occupation based on the O*NET work context reports and commonsense.