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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Factors. 2014 Feb;56(1):166–177. doi: 10.1177/0018720813496567

Table 2.

Sample of jobs with highest and lowest exposure values for dynamic strength (0–7 scale) and repetitive motion (0–5 scale)

Job titles SOC Code Mean
Highest for dynamic strength

 Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 47-4071.00 3.13
 Carpet installers 47-4071.00 3.12
 Correctional officers and jailers 33-3012.00 3.00
 Construction carpenters 47-2031.01 3.00
 Reinforcing iron and rebar workers 47-2171.00 3.00

Highest for static strength

 Construction carpenters 47-2031.01 4.25
 Carpet installers 47-4071.00 4.25
 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 29-2041.00 4.00
 Cement masons and concrete finishers 47-2051.00 4.00
 Police patrol officers 33-3051.01 3.88

Jobs requiring no dynamic or static strength

 Marketing managers 11-2021.00 0.00
 Sales managers 11-2022.00 0.00
 Administrative services mangers 11-3011.00 0.00
 Computer and information systems managers 11-3021.00 0.00
 Purchasing managers 11-3061.00 0.00

Highest for repetitive movements

 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 39-5012.00 4.81
 Team assemblers 51-2092.00 4.74
 Medical transcriptionists 31-9094.00 4.72
 Reinforcing iron and rebar workers 47-2171.00 4.70
 Cooks, short order 35-2015.00 4.67

Lowest for repetitive movements

 Real estate sales agents 41-9022.00 1.68
 Personal financial advisors 13-2052.00 1.77
 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 41-4011.00 1.78
 Industrial engineers 17-2112.00 1.79
 Occupational health and safety specialist 29-9011.00 1.84