Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families, FWS-5200 Definitions


Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families		Classification Programs Division
Release Date: August 2001		Section Forty-nine of Sixty-six

5200 - MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS FAMILY

This job family includes occupations that are not covered by the definition of any other job family or that are of such a general or miscellaneous character as to preclude placing them within another job family.

Throughout the following information, an asterisk (*) stands for series with a published standard and a double asterisk (**) stands for series with a published flysheet.

Occupations in this family are:

5205 Gas and Radiation Detecting

This occupation includes jobs involved in placing, reading, and calibrating various types of instruments and using chemical reagents to make standard tests of tanks, compartments, and other enclosures or areas for indications of radiation, oxygen deficiency, or presence of toxic or explosive gases. Does not include jobs that primarily require technical knowledge of the health, medical, or allied sciences.

5210 Rigging*

This occupation includes jobs involved in the selection, installation, and use of cables, ropes, chains, and other weight handling gear to lift, move, and position heavy loads; and the assembly, repair, and installation of standing and running rigging used to support, secure, or operate equipment, machinery, and other items. This work requires a knowledge of rigging practices and weight handling techniques; the ability to plan and select the appropriate gear; and the skill to assemble, repair, and install rigging on a variety of objects.

5220 Shipwright*

This occupation includes jobs involved in the drydocking of marine craft and in the maintenance of marine drydocking equipment.

5221 Lofting

This occupation includes jobs involved in laying out the lines of a ship and its parts to scale on the mold loft floor and developing and making full-size wooden or paper templates or molds to conform to these layouts.

5235 Test Range Tracking

This occupation includes jobs involved in tracking missiles, ships, and other objects by operating electronic, photographic, mechanical, and optical tracking equipment to obtain permanent records of tests.