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Perform related personal services in and around public transportation environment.

2. Keep building premises, working areas in production departments of industrial organizations, or similar sites in clean and orderly condition.

Routemen Helpers

Aid routemen in providing sales, services, or deliveries of goods to customers over an established route. Involves such tasks as loading and unloading trucks, carrying merchandise to and from trucks, and collecting payments.

Sailors and Deck Hands

Stand deck watches and perform a variety of tasks to preserve painted surfaces of ship, and maintain lines, running gear, and cargo handling gear in safe operating condition. Involves such tasks as mopping decks, chipping rust, painting chipped areas, and splicing rope.

Sales Clerks, General

Receive payment for merchandise in a retail establishment, wrap or bag merchandise, and keep shelves stocked.

Sewing-Machine Operators and

Hand-Stitchers

1. Operate single- or multiple-needle sewing machines to join parts in the manufacture of such products as awnings, carpets, and gloves. Specialize in one type of sewing machine limited to joining operations.

2. Join and reenforce parts of such articles as garments, and curtains, sew buttonholes and attach fasteners to articles, or sew decorative trimmings to articles, using needle and thread.

Street Railway and Bus Conductors Collect fares or tickets from passengers, issue transfers, open and close doors, announce stops, answer questions, and signal operator to start or stop.

Telephone Operators

Operate telephone switchboards to relay incoming and internal calls to phones in an establishment, and make connections with external lines for outgoing calls. Taking messages, supplying information, and keeping records of calls and charges is often involved. Some situations primarily involve establishing or aiding telephone users in

establishing local or long distance telephone connections.

Truck Drivers and Tractor Drivers

1. Drive trucks to transport materials,, merchandise, equipment, or people to and from specified destinations, such as plants, railroad stations, and offices.

2. Drive tractors to move materials, draw implements, pull out objects imbedded in ground, or pull cable of winch to raise, lower, or load heavy materials or equipment.

Truck Drivers' Helpers

Assist truck drivers by loading and unloading vehicles, securing items in position on truck to prevent damage, delivering and stacking merchandise on customers premises and collecting payment or obtaining receipt. Typists, lesser skilled

Type straight-copy material, such as letters, reports, stencils, and addresses, from draft or corrected copy. Not required to prepare materials involving the understanding of complicated technical terminology, the arrangement and setting of complex tabular detail, or similar problems. Typing speed in English does not exceed 52 words per minute on a manual typewriter and/or 60 words per minute on an electric typewriter and the error rate reaches 12 or more for a five minute typing period on representative business correspondence.

Ushers (Recreation and Amusement)

Assists patrons at entertainment events in finding seats, searching for lost articles, and locating facilities.

Waiters and Waitresses

Serve food to patrons of eating establishments. Present menus, take orders, relay orders to kitchen, and prepare and present bills.

Warehousemen

Receive, store, ship, and distribute materials, tools, equipment, and products within establishments as directed by others.

Welders' Helpers

Assist workers in welding, brazing, and flame and arc cutting activities by performing such routine tasks as moving equipment and supplies; cleaning work area, equipment, and materials; connecting hoses; starting engines; and setting workpiece in place.

Subtitle B-Regulations Relating

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