Friday, May 31, 2019

PRW as a Cashier - Medium as Actually Performed -- Generally Performed?

The claimant has past relevant work as a cashier.  The vocational expert identifies cashier II, DOT 211.462-010.  The vocational expert agrees that the claimant performed the cashier job at the medium level of exertion but that it requires light exertion as generally performed, relying on the DOT.  The claimant has a heavy burden to rebut the twin cannons of vocational expert and the DOT.  But it can be done.



41-2011.00 - Cashiers

Structural Job Characteristics%Response
Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.
49
Less Than 40 Hours
28
40 Hours
24
More Than 40 Hours
A little more than half the jobs are full-time and presumptively substantial gainful activity.




41-2011.00 - Cashiers

Series ID: ORUV1000066700000064
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of cashiers; svp is short demonstration only
Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience
Occupation: Cashiers
Estimate: svp is short demonstration only
YearPeriodEstimate
2018Annual4.3
Series ID: ORUV1000066700000065
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of cashiers; svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month
Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience
Occupation: Cashiers
Estimate: svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month
YearPeriodEstimate
2018Annual85.8

The vast majority of cashiers are unskilled.

Series ID: 
ORUP1000066700000662
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of cashiers; strength is light work
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Cashiers
Estimate: strength is light work
YearPeriodEstimate
2018Annual35.5
Series ID: ORUP1000066700000663
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of cashiers; strength is medium work
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Cashiers
Estimate: strength is medium work
YearPeriodEstimate
2018Annual58.6

More cashiers require medium exertion than require light exertion. Those two classifications make up 94.1% of all cashier jobs.



41-2011.00 - Cashiers

Job Number Calculations
# of Jobs
% Full-Time
# Full-Time
3,555,500
51%
1,813,305
# Full-Time
% Unskilled
# Unskilled
1,813,305
90%
1,631,975
# Unskilled
% Medium
# Medium
1,631,975
59%
962,865

When we look at the DOT codes in cashiers (41-2011.00), we see that the occupations have simply changed.  What were light and sedentary types of work are now light and medium types of work.

DOTCode DOTTitle SVP STRENGTH
211.367-010 PAYMASTER OF PURSES 6 S
211.462-010 CASHIER II 2 L
211.462-014 CASHIER-CHECKER 3 L
211.462-018 CASHIER-WRAPPER 3 L
211.462-026 CHECK CASHIER 3 S
211.462-030 DRIVERS'-CASH CLERK 3 L
211.462-034 TELLER 3 L
211.462-038 TOLL COLLECTOR 2 L
211.467-010 CASHIER, COURTESY BOOTH 4 L
211.467-014 MONEY COUNTER 3 L
211.467-018 PARIMUTUEL-TICKET CASHIER 2 L
211.467-022 PARIMUTUEL-TICKET SELLER 2 L
211.467-026 SHEET WRITER 2 L
211.467-030 TICKET SELLER 2 L
211.482-010 CASHIER, TUBE ROOM 3 S
211.482-014 FOOD CHECKER 3 S
249.467-010 INFORMATION CLERK-CASHIER 5 L
294.567-010 AUCTION CLERK 3 S

If a person is limited to light work, that person cannot perform at least 59% of the cashier jobs in the national economy.  This begs the question of the meaning of generally.  The best definition is usually and the best synonym is typically.   Generally, usually, and typically point to either a majority, plurality, median, or commonality.  Medium exertion as to cashiers meets all the statistical conventions of generally, usually, and typically.  A person with past relevant work as a medium cashier cannot perform that kind of work either as actually performed or as generally performed.

See When to Use Occu Collect.