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<br /> Job Category Definitions
<br /> 7. Operatives (semi-skilled)— Workers who operate machines or other equipment or perform other
<br /> factory-type duties of intermediate skill level which can be mastered in a few weeks and require only
<br /> limited training. This includes: apprentices (auto mechanics, plumbers, electricians, machinists,
<br /> mechanics, building trades, metal working trades, printing trades, etc.), operatives, attendants (auto
<br /> service and parking) plasters, chauffeurs, delivery workers, dress makers and sewers (except
<br /> factory), dryer's furnaces workers, heaters (metal), laundry and dry cleaning, operatives, milliners,
<br /> mine operatives and laborers, motor operators, pliers and greasers (except auto), painters (except
<br /> construction and maintenance), photographic process workers, boiler tenders, truck and tractor
<br /> drives, weavers (textile), welders and flame metals workers and kindred workers.
<br /> 8. Laborers (unskilled) — Workers in manual occupations which generally require no special
<br /> training perform elementary duties that may be learned in a few days and require the application of
<br /> little or no independent judgment. This includes: garage laborers, car washers and greasers,
<br /> gardeners (except farm) and groundskeepers, stevedores, wood choppers, laborers performing lifting,
<br /> digging, mixing, loading and pulling operations and kindred workers.
<br /> 9. Service workers — Workers in both protective and non-protective service occupations. This
<br /> includes: attendants (hospital and other institutions, professional and personal service, including
<br /> nurses aides and orderlies), barbers, chairworkers and cleaners, cooks (except household), counter
<br /> and fountain workers, elevator operators, firefighters and fire protection guards, door keepers,
<br /> stewards, janitors, police officers and detectives, porters, waiters and waitresses and kindred
<br /> workers.
<br /> Definitions are provided by the Economic Development Administration
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