Silver Wrapper

Silver wrapper (DOT 318.687-018) is an occupation used to exemplify light unskilled work with no manipulative limitations and work as a dishwasher.  The Dictionary of 

SILVER WRAPPER (hotel & rest.)

318.687-018 SILVER WRAPPER (hotel & rest.)
Spreads silverware on absorbent cloth to remove moisture. Wraps individual place settings in napkins or inserts them with prescribed accessory condiments in plastic bag and closes bag with electric sealer. May immerse silverware in cleaning solution to remove soap stains before wrapping. May place tarnished and bent eating utensils aside.
GOE: 05.12.18 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 1 DLU: 77

SOC Code: 35-9021.00 

 The Selected Characteristics provides additional data:

SILVER WRAPPER

REACHING: Constantly
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. In Part A, the rating for the Reaching component appears eighth in the first Physical Demand column under the vertical heading Re.

HANDLING: Constantly
Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands. Fingers are involved only to the extent that they are an extension of the hand, such as to tum a switch or shift automobile gears. In Part A, the rating for the Handling component appears ninth in the first Physical Demand column under the vertical heading Ha.

FINGERING: Constantly
Picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. In Part A, the rating for the Fingering component appears tenth (last) in the first Physical Demand column under the vertical heading Fi.

Classified with the DOT/SCO in most professional restatements of the DOT/SCO data set are other characteristics (the unselected) defined in the Revised Handbook for Analyzing Jobs:

SILVER WRAPPER

Motor Coordination: 4, Lower Degree of Aptitude Ability - Lowest Third Excluding Bottom 10%

MOTOR COORDINATION: The ability to coordinate eyes and hands or fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and swiftly. 

Interpretive Information for Analysts: Motor coordination involves hand movements guided by concentrated visual attention. It· is present when objects are guided into position or pans are assembled. Typing and operating adding machines, calculators, and similar keyboards are examples of motor coordination in clerical occupations.
Finger Dexterity: 4, Lower Degree of Aptitude Ability - Lowest Third Excluding Bottom 10%

FINGER DEXTERITY: The ability to move the fingers and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly or accurately. 

Interpretive Information for Analysts: Finger dexterity is present when bolts and screws are handled; small tools. machine controls. and the like are manipulated; musical instruments are played; and fine adjustments and alignments are made to instruments and machines. It may or may not be accompanied by visual stimuli.
Manual Dexterity: 3, Medium Degree of Aptitude Ability - Middle Third

MANUAL DEXTERITY: The ability to move the hands easily and skillfully. Ability to work with the hands in placing and turning motions.
Interpretive Information for Analysts: Manual dexterity involves working with the arms and hands. It is present when objects are moved or stacked by hand or in other situations in which wrists and hands are used in turning and placing movements.

NOTE: Finger movements (Finger Dexterity) may or may not accompany the exercise of manual dexterity.

Assuming unlimited use of the hands and good dexterity, this occupation is appropriate.  But the question is, how many?

35-9021.00-Dishwashers

DOT Code	DOT Title	SVP	Strength
318.687-010	KITCHEN HELPER	2	M
318.687-014	SCULLION	2	M
318.687-018	SILVER WRAPPER	1	L

Three occupations, one light and two medium, all unskilled.  

35-9021 - Dishwashers

Typical Education Needed	No formal educational credential
Work Experience in a Related Occupation	None
Typical On-The-Job Training Needed to Attain Competency	Short-term on-the-job training
2016 Employment	514,300

Source:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Data for Occupations Not Covered in Detail, on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/about/data-for-occupations-not-covered-in-detail.htm 

The typical dishwasher needs no formal education and no training beyond 30 days.

35-9021.00 - Dishwashers

Structural Job Characteristics	%	Response
Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.	4	More than 40 hours
	8	40 hours
	89	Less than 40 hours

Not surprising, very few jobs in the dishwasher category provide full-time and presumptively substantial gainful activity.  They are part-time for the most part.

35-9021.00 - Dishwashers

Series ID: ORUV1000061700000064

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of dishwashers; svp is short demonstration only

Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience

Occupation: Dishwashers

Estimate: svp is short demonstration only

Year	Period	Estimate
2018	Annual	19.2

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUV1000061700000064

Series ID: ORUV1000061700000065

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of dishwashers; svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month

Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience

Occupation: Dishwashers

Estimate: svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month

Year	Period	Estimate
2018	Annual	77.3

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUV1000061700000065

Series ID: ORUP1000061700000662

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of dishwashers; strength is light work

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: Dishwashers

Estimate: strength is light work

Year	Period	Estimate
2018	Annual	23.5

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000061700000662

Series ID: ORUP1000061700000663

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of dishwashers; strength is medium work

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: Dishwashers

Estimate: strength is medium work

Year	Period	Estimate
2018	Annual	67.3

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000061700000663

Most of the jobs are unskilled (96.5%) and most require medium exertion.  This inquiry is looking for the light occupations, 23.5% of the total number of jobs.

35-9021.00 - Dishwashers

Job Number Calculations
# of Jobs	% Full-Time	# Full-Time
514,300	11%	56,573
# Full-Time	% Unskilled	# Unskilled
56,573	96%	54,310
# Unskilled	% Light	# Light
54,310	24%	13,034

The calculator rounds and we end up with 13,000 jobs in the national economy that work in the general category of dishwashers that are unskilled and light.

If a claimant can perform the full range of unskilled light work and is under the age of 55 (at least literate and able to communicate in English), that person is not disabled.  The other data in the ORS confirms what we would logically expect, dishwashers are on their feet 90% of the day at the 10th percentile and 100% of the day at higher reported percentiles.

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