Friday, December 28, 2018

Protective-Clothing Issuer - 222.687-046 - 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 way one to tackle the problem. We look at protective-clothing issuer (DOT 222.687-046) through the O*Net and Occupational Requirements Survey.

Protective-clothing issuer (DOT 222.687-046) belongs to stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard (O*NET 43-5081.03).  Stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard is a detailed O*NET classification that breaks down stock clerks and order fillers (SOC 43-5081).  The occupational group breaks down stock clerks, sales floor (O*NET 43-5081.01); marking clerks (O*NET 43-5081.02); stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard (O*NET 43-5081.03); and order fillers, wholesale and retail stores (O*NET 43-5081.04).

Stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard have irregular or seasonal schedules in 23% of jobs and work less than 40 hours per week in 20% of jobs. Stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard never sit in 40% of jobs; continually or almost continually stand in 52% of jobs; walk/run continually or almost continually in 40% of jobs; and use their hands half the time or more in 85% of jobs.  We use the O*NET work context reports to prove the point:

43-5081.03 - Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard

Structural Job Characteristics
%
Response
Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.
22
More than 40 hours
58
40 hours
20
Less than 40 hours
Environmental
%
Response
Work Schedules — How regular are the work schedules for this job?
77
Regular (established routine, set schedule)
23
Irregular (changes with weather conditions, production demands, or contract duration)
0
Seasonal (only during certain times of the year)
Exertional%Response
Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting?
2
Continually or almost continually
10
More than half the time
14
About half the time
34
Less than half the time
40
Never
Exertional%Response
Spend Time Standing — How much does this job require standing?
52
Continually or almost continually
17
More than half the time
24
About half the time
5
Less than half the time
1
Never
Exertional%Response
Spend Time Walking and Running — How much does this job require walking and running?
40
Continually or almost continually
23
More than half the time
24
About half the time
12
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?
55
Continually or almost continually
22
More than half the time
7
About half the time
4
Less than half the time
11
Never


The Occupational Requirements Survey provides useful data about the occupational group of stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard .

43-5081.03 (stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard)


Series ID: ORUV1000074300000065
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month
Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual50.6


Just over half the jobs are unskilled.

Series ID: ORUP1000074300000663
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; strength is medium work
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: strength is medium work
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual59.9

Series ID: ORUP1000074300000664
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; strength is heavy work
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: strength is heavy work
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual23.7

Stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard require more than sedentary or light exertion in 83.6% of jobs. 

Series ID: ORUP1000074300000769
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; fine manipulation is required
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: fine manipulation is required
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual98.7

With a limitation of no fingering, 1.3% of the jobs are available.

Series ID: ORUP1000074300000771
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; gross manipulation is required
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: gross manipulation is required
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual100


All jobs require gross manipulation. The ORS does not report seldom, occasional, frequent, or constant use of the hands for gross manipulation.

Series ID: ORUP1000074300001004
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; % of day standing/walking is required (10th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required (10th percentile)
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual50

Series ID: ORUP1000074300001005
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; % of day standing/walking is required (25th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required (25th percentile)
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual75

Series ID: ORUP1000074300001006
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; % of day standing/walking is required (50th percentile - median)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required (50th percentile - median)
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual90

Series ID: ORUP1000074300000136
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; hours of sitting (75th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: hours of sitting (75th percentile)
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual2

Series ID: ORUP1000074300000137
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard; hours of sitting (90th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard
Estimate: hours of sitting (90th percentile)
YearPeriodEstimate
2017Annual3.69

We can confidently put the percentage of stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard that stand/walk less than or equal to six hours per day at the 25th percentile.

We can check the OOH to determine aggregate job numbers and the typical education/training.  

43-5081 Stock clerks and order fillers

Typical Education Needed
High school diploma or equivalent
Work Experience in a Related Occupation
None
Typical On-The-Job Training Needed to Attain Competency
Short-term on-the-job training
2016 Employment
2,008,600



The Occupational Employment Statistics estimates the occupational group at 310,970.  

Stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard include 30 DOT codes, nine of which are unskilled and light and another five requiring greater exertion and no skills.  Putting together the date from the OOH, O*NET, and ORS, we get 334 jobs as a protective-clothing issuer or other light unskilled stock clerks and order fillers in the nation that meet the demands of the limitations and constitute presumptive substantial gainful activity:

# of jobs
% unskilled (ORS)
# of unskilled jobs
2,008,600
50.6%
1,016,352
# of unskilled jobs
% light (ORS)
# light and unskilled jobs
1,016,352
16.4%
166,682
# light and unskilled jobs
% no fine manipulation (ORS)
# no fine manipulation jobs
166,682
1.3%
2,167
# no fine manipulation jobs
% occasional gross manipulation (ORS)
# no fine, occasional gross manipulation jobs
2,167
0%
0
# no fine manipulation jobs
% stand/walk ≤ 6 hours/day (ORS)
# no fine, occasional gross, 6 hours s/w jobs
2,167
25%
542
# no fine, 6 hours s/w jobs
% full-time (O*NET)
# full time, no fine, 6 hrs. s/w jobs
542
80%
433
# full time, no fine, 6 hrs. s/w jobs
% regular schedule (O*NET)
# regular, f-t, no fine, occ. gross, 6 hrs. s/w jobs
433
77%
334

BONUS SECTION:  The number of light, unskilled stock clerks and order filler jobs based on the characteristics of stock clerks - stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard  that require six hours or less of standing/walking in an eight-hour day on a regular full-time schedule:

# of jobs
% unskilled
# of unskilled jobs
2,008,600
50.6%
1,016,352
# of unskilled jobs
% light
# light and unskilled
1,016,352
16.4%
166,682
# light and unskilled
% stand/walk ≤ 6 hours/day
# stand/walk ≤ 6 hours/day
166,682
25%
41,670
# 6 hours s/w
% full-time
# full time 6 hrs. s/w
41,670
80%
33,336
# full time 6 hrs. s/w
% regular schedule
# regular, f-t, 6 hrs. s/w
33,336
77%
25,669



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