Thursday, July 11, 2019

Order Clerk, food and Beverage - No; Sedentary Unskilled Order Clerks - Yes.

A go-to occupation for vocational experts is order clerk, food and beverage.  Here is the DOT:

ORDER CLERK, FOOD AND BEVERAGE

209.567-014

DOT: 209.567-014 ORDER CLERK, FOOD AND BEVERAGE (hotel & rest.)

Takes food and beverage orders over telephone or intercom system and records order on ticket: Records order and time received on ticket to ensure prompt service, using time-stamping device. Suggests menu items, and substitutions for items not available, and answers questions regarding food or service. Distributes order tickets or calls out order to kitchen employees. May collect charge vouchers and cash for service and keep record of transactions. May be designated according to type of order handled as Telephone-Order Clerk, Drive-In (hotel & rest.); Telephone-Order Clerk, Room Service (hotel & rest.).
GOE: 07.04.02 STRENGTH: S GED: R3 M1 L2 SVP: 2 DLU: 77
DOT-O*NET Crosswalkhttps://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/DOT?s=209.567-014&g=GO
This occupation requires reasoning level 3. It is not simple.

ORDER CLERK, FOOD AND BEVERAGE

209.567-014

TEMPERAMENTS:
Temperament(s): T P
Dealing with PEOPLE: Involves interpersonal relationships in job situations beyond receiving work instructions.
Attaining Precise Set Limits, TOLERANCES, and Standards: Involves adhering to and achieving exact levels of performance, using precision measuring instruments, tools, and machines to attain precise dimensions; preparing exact verbal and numerical records; and complying with precise instruments and specifications for materials, methods, procedures, and techniques to attain specified standards.
The Revised Handbook for Analyzing Jobs puts the temperaments at "attaining precise set limits and tolerances" and "dealing with people beyond receiving instructions." Order clerk, food and beverage is not repetitive.

The number of jobs relatively high per the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Typical Entry-Level Education
High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience in a related occupation
None
On the job training
Short-term on-the-job training
Number of jobs, 2016
179,000
Source:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Information clerks, on the Internet at 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Information clerks, on the Internet at  https://www.bls.gov/ooh/office-and-administrative-support/information-clerks.htm

Employment Projections by Industry:

Employment Projections by Industry: https://www.bls.gov/emp/ind-occ-matrix/occ-xlsx/occ-43-4151.xlsx 
Most order clerks, food and beverage work full-time. The O*NET OnLine suggests that most sit enough to be classified as sedentary, but the O*NET does not draw that conclusion.


Structural Job Characteristics
%
Response
Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.
28
More than 40 hours
68
40 hours
4
Less than 40 hours
Exertional
%
Response
Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting?
41
Continually or almost continually
48
More than half the time
10
About half the time
2
Less than half the time
0
Never
%
Response
Spend Time Standing — How much does this job require standing?
0
Continually or almost continually
2
More than half the time
5
About half the time
85
Less than half the time
8
Never
%
Response
Spend Time Walking and Running — How much does this job require walking and running?
0
Continually or almost continually
5
More than half the time
25
About half the time
59
Less than half the time
11
Never

The ORS does address Order Clerks.


Series ID: ORUV1000072400000065
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of order clerks; svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month
Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
40.2

Series ID: ORUP1000072400000661
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of order clerks; strength is sedentary
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: strength is sedentary
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
78.8

Series ID: ORUP1000072400000134
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: order clerks; hours of sitting (25th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: hours of sitting (25th percentile)
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
4.8

Series ID: ORUP1000072400000135
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: order clerks; hours of sitting (50th percentile – median)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: hours of sitting (50th percentile – median)
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
7

Series ID: ORUP1000072400000136
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: order clerks; hours of sitting (75th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: hours of sitting (75th percentile)
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
7.5

Series ID: ORUP1000072400000137
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: order clerks; hours of sitting (90th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: hours of sitting (90th percentile)
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
8

Series ID: ORUP1000072400000999
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: order clerks; % of day sitting is required (25th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: % of day sitting is required (25th percentile)
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
75

Series ID: ORUP1000072400001000
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: order clerks; % of day sitting is required (50th percentile – median)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: % of day sitting is required (50th percentile – median)
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
90

Series ID: ORUP1000072400001001
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: order clerks; % of day sitting is required (75th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: % of day sitting is required (75th percentile)
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
95

Series ID: ORUP1000072400001002
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: order clerks; % of day sitting is required (90th percentile)
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: % of day sitting is required (90th percentile)
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
100

Series ID: ORUP1000072400000139
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of order clerks; sitting vs. standing/walking at will is allowed
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: sitting vs. standing/walking at will is allowed
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
71.5

Series ID: ORUP1000072400000140
Not seasonally adjusted
Series Title: % of order clerks; sitting vs. standing/walking at will is not allowed
Requirement: Physical Demands
Occupation: Order Clerks
Estimate: sitting vs. standing/walking at will is not allowed
Year
Period
Estimate
2018
Annual
28.5

Order clerks engage in unskilled work in 40.8% of jobs and sedentary work in 78.8% of jobs.  With the 50th percentile at 90% of the work day and the 25th percentile at 75% of the work day sitting, we could infer that as few as 3.8% of the jobs require sitting six hours a day or less.  Assuming stair steps in requirements, a vocational expert could feebly contend that 28.8% of the jobs have that six hours of sitting characteristic.  That probably is not true. 

We put the data together in the Occu Collect Calculator:



Duration of Typical Work Week Calculations
Hours
Value
Jobs
Calculation
Less Than 40 Hours
4.05%
179,000
7,250
40 Hours
67.6%
179,000
121,004
More Than 40 Hours
28.2%
179,000
50,478
FULL-TIME
171,482
O*NET Resource Center and OOH
Unskilled Calculations
Criteria
Value
Jobs
Calculation
On-the-Job Training ≤ 30 days
75.55%
179,000
135,234
Related Work Experience ≤ 30 days
52.77%
179,000
94,458
Education Level ≤ High School
67.81%
179,000
121,380
UNSKILLED
94,458
O*NET Resource Center and OOH
SVP Calculations
SVP
Value
Jobs
Calculation
SVP 2
40.2%
179,000
71,958
UNSKILLED
71,958
ORS and OOH
Sitting Frequently or Constantly Calculations
Frequency
Value
Jobs
Calculation
Constantly
41%
179,000
73,390
Frequently
48%
179,000
85,920
SEDENTARY SITTING
159,310
O*NET OnLine and OOH
Sitting Frequently or Constantly Calculations
Frequency
Value
Jobs
Calculation
Constantly
78.8%
179,000
141,052
Frequently
0%
179,000
0
SEDENTARY
78.8%
179,000
141,052
ORS and OOH

Order clerks
Total reported jobs


179,000
Full-time
95.8%
179,000
171,482
Unskilled
40.2%
171,482
58,936
Sedentary
78.8%
58,936
54,321

Frequent sitting is the single point at 5.33 hours per day. If the person stand/walks less than 2.67 hours per day, then that person stands more than two-thirds of the day. The number of order clerks that sit six hours per day but at least 5.33 hours per day is 1,650 (58,936 x 2.8%). The number of order clerks that engage in sedentary unskilled work with unlimited sitting is 54,321.
This analysis user Order Clerk, Food and Beverage as an example of sedentary unskilled order clerks in the national economy.  Order clerks in the Accommodation and Food Services industry sector (NAICS 720000) employs 1,400 order clerks.  That sector includes hotels and restaurants.  The number of unskilled sedentary order clerks represents that kind of work across all industries.  Watch for the buzz word "example" or a synonym in the vocational expert's testimony.



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