Social
Security Ruling 96-9p:
The
137 Unskilled Sedentary Occupations
The
Occupational Base for Sedentary Work
The
term "occupational base" means the approximate number of
occupations that an individual has the RFC to perform considering all
exertional and nonexertional limitations and restrictions. (See SSR 83-10) A
full range of sedentary work includes all or substantially all of the
approximately 200 [Note 5] unskilled sedentary occupations administratively
noticed in Table No. 1.
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The regulations specify that this is an approximation. The revised fourth
edition of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and its companion volumes
(the DOT, 1991) lists 137 separate occupations. However, the
introduction to Volume I explains that the fourth edition of the DOT (1977)
"substantially modified or combined with related definitions"
several thousand definitions from the third edition. In 1992, we published a
notice in the Federal Register explaining that an analysis of the revised
fourth edition of the DOT and available data for the then upcoming volume of
the Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Revised
Dictionary of Occupational Titles (SCO) showed "that the range of work
of which the medical-vocational rules take administrative notice continues
to represent more occupations than would be required to represent
significant numbers," and that "we have received no significant
data or other evidence to indicate that * * * the unskilled occupational
base * * * has changed substantially." (See 57 FR 43005, September 17,
1992.) In February 1996, contact with the North Carolina Occupational
Analysis Field Center, the organization that compiles the data the
Department of Labor uses in the SCO, confirmed that there are no precise
updated data but that the regulatory estimate of approximately 200 sedentary
unskilled occupations is still valid, because some of the 137 occupations
in the current edition of the DOT comprise more than one of the separate
occupations of which we take administrative notice.
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DOT
NUMBER
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DOT
TITLE
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017.684-010
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TAPER, PRINTED CIRCUIT LAYOUT
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205.367-014
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CHARGE-ACCOUNT CLERK
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205.367-030
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ELECTION CLERK
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209.567-014
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ORDER CLERK, FOOD AND BEVERAGE
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209.587-010
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ADDRESSER
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214.587-010
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TELEGRAPH-SERVICE RATER
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219.587-010
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PARIMUTUEL-TICKET CHECKER
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221.587-042
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WEAVE-DEFECT-CHARTING CLERK
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237.367-014
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CALL-OUT OPERATOR
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237.367-046
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TELEPHONE QUOTATION CLERK
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239.687-014
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TUBE OPERATOR
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249.587-014
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CUTTER-AND-PASTER, PRESS CLIPPINGS
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249.587-018
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DOCUMENT PREPARER, MICROFILMING
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349.665-010
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SCOREBOARD OPERATOR
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379.367-010
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SURVEILLANCE-SYSTEM MONITOR
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521.687-010
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ALMOND BLANCHER, HAND
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521.687-086
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NUT SORTER
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529.665-014
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WASHROOM OPERATOR
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529.666-014
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CIGARETTE-MAKING-MACHINE CATCHER
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529.685-058
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CIGAR-HEAD PIERCER
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529.687-138
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LEAF TIER
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539.485-010
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WEIGHT TESTER
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559.687-014
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AMPOULE SEALER
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559.687-034
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EGG PROCESSOR
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574.685-010
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COATER, BRAKE LININGS
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579.684-022
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MICA-PLATE LAYER, HAND
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585.665-010
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NAPPER TENDER
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585.685-062
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LABEL PINKER
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615.685-014
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CLEARANCE CUTTER
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652.685-038
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INK PRINTER
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654.687-014
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PAGER
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669.687-014
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DOWEL INSPECTOR
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673.685-042
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CONVEX-GRINDER OPERATOR
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681.685-030
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CARDING-MACHINE OPERATOR
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683.687-018
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HANDER-IN
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685.687-014
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CUFF FOLDER
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685.687-026
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TOPPER
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689.585-018
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STRINGING-MACHINE TENDER
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690.685-194
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GRINDING-MACHINE OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC
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690.685-258
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LAMINATOR I
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690.686-046
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PLASTIC-DESIGN APPLIER
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690.686-066
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TOGGLE-PRESS FOLDER-AND-FEEDER
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692.685-130
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PINKING-MACHINE OPERATOR
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692.685-206
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STOP ATTACHER
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692.685-254
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WINDOW-SHADE-RING SEWER
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692.685-266
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ZIPPER TRIMMER, MACHINE
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694.686-010
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CLIP-LOADING-MACHINE FEEDER
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700.687-018
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BRIMER
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700.687-026
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CHARGER II
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700.687-062
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PREPARER
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706.684-030
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ATOMIZER ASSEMBLER
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712.687-018
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GAUGER
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712.687-034
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SUTURE WINDER, HAND
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713.684-038
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POLISHER, EYEGLASS FRAMES
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713.687-018
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FINAL ASSEMBLER
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713.687-026
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LENS INSERTER
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713.687-034
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POLISHER, IMPLANT
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715.684-010
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ADJUSTER, ALARM MECHANISM
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715.684-026
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BENCH HAND
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715.684-082
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DIAL-SCREW ASSEMBLER
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715.684-138
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LACQUERER
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715.684-146
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OILER
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715.684-178
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SET-STAFF FITTER
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715.685-038
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MAINSPRING WINDER AND OILER
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715.685-050
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PRESS OPERATOR, PIERCE AND SHAVE
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715.687-010
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BAND ATTACHER
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715.687-018
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CRYSTAL ATTACHER
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715.687-022
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DIAL BRUSHER
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715.687-026
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DIPPER, CLOCK AND WATCH HANDS
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715.687-078
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MAINSPRING FORMER, ARBOR END
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715.687-082
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MAINSPRING FORMER, BRACE END
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715.687-086
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MASKER
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715.687-090
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MOTOR POLARIZER
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715.687-094
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MOUNTER, CLOCK AND WATCH HANDS
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715.687-098
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PAINTER, CLOCK AND WATCH HANDS
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715.687-114
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ROTOR ASSEMBLER
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716.687-030
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LENS-BLOCK GAUGER
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723.687-010
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PATCHER
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725.684-018
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STEM MOUNTER
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725.687-022
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GETTERER
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726.684-050
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FILM TOUCH-UP INSPECTOR
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726.684-110
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TOUCH-UP SCREENER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD
ASSEMBLY
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726.685-066
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BONDER, SEMICONDUCTOR
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726.687-030
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LOADER, SEMICONDUCTOR DIES
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726.687-046
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WAFER BREAKER, SEMICONDUCTORS
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729.684-018
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DIAL MARKER
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731.685-014
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STUFFER
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731.687-014
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FINISHER
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732.587-010
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GOLF-BALL TRIMMER
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732.684-062
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FISHING-REEL ASSEMBLER
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733.685-026
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SMOOTHER
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734.684-010
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FEATHER SHAPER
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734.687-010
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ACETONE-BUTTON PASTER
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734.687-018
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ASSEMBLER
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734.687-034
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BUCKLE-WIRE INSERTER
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734.687-042
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BUTTON RECLAIMER
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734.687-058
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HOT-STONE SETTER
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734.687-074
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SLIDE-FASTENER-CHAIN ASSEMBLER
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734.687-086
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SPLITTER, HAND
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734.687-090
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STICKER
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734.687-094
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ZIPPER TRIMMER, HAND
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735.687-018
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PAINTER
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735.687-022
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PIN-OR-CLIP FASTENER
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735.687-034
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STONE SETTER
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737.587-010
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BANDOLEER STRAIGHTENER-STAMPER
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737.687-026
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CHECK WEIGHER
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737.687-126
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SHADOWGRAPH-SCALE OPERATOR
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739.684-094
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LAMP-SHADE ASSEMBLER
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739.684-162
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UMBRELLA TIPPER, HAND
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739.685-046
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TAPPER, BIT
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739.685-050
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TAPPER, SHANK
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739.685-054
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UMBRELLA TIPPER, MACHINE
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739.687-066
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COMPACT ASSEMBLER
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739.687-086
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EYE-DROPPER ASSEMBLER
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739.687-182
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TABLE WORKER
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740.687-010
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BUTTON SPINDLER
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754.684-018
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BIT SHAVER
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770.687-026
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JEWEL STRINGER
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774.687-014
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LACER
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775.687-022
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GOLD BURNISHER
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779.684-034
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LEVEL-VIAL SEALER
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779.687-018
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GLASS-BULB SILVERER
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779.687-038
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WAXER
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782.687-030
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PULLER-THROUGH
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782.687-046
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SACK REPAIRER
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784.684-030
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FOUNDATION MAKER
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784.687-026
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ENDBAND CUTTER, HAND
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788.687-022
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BUCKLER AND LACER
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788.687-114
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SHANK TAPER
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788.687-158
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VAMP-STRAP IRONER
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788.687-166
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WHITE-SHOE RAGGER
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789.687-022
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BUFFING TURNER-AND-COUNTER
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789.687-174
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THREAD SEPARATOR
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919.663-022
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ESCORT-VEHICLE DRIVER
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920.687-030
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BANDER, HAND
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976.684-018
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MOUNTER, HAND
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979.687-026
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