In September 2009, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed to cancel 37 occupational series with approximately 25 or less Federal employees.  Agencies were asked to provide comments on the proposed cancellations.  Based on the comments received, we are canceling the occupations below.

Reclassification actions must be completed with 12 months of the date of this letter.  The series/job will be dropped from the pay tables by February 1, 2011.  Agencies should reclassify impacted positions to the “01” series/job code for the appropriate job family.  Official titles may be constructed in accordance with the Introduction to the Federal Wage System Job Grading System.

Cancelled Trades, Craft, and Labor Occupations

2508-Communications Line Installing and Repair     
3119-Broom and Brush Making                      
3417-Tool Grinding                              
3716-Leadburning                                 
3735-Metal Phototransferring                     
3736-Circuit Board Making                        
3807-Structural and Ornamental Iron Working         
3816-Engraving                                   
3819-Airframe Jig Fitting                        
4005-Optical Element Working                     
4360-Rubber Products Molding
4419-Silk Screen Making and Printing            
4425-Photoengraving     
4440-Stereotype Platemaking                      
4446-Bank Note Engraving                        
4450-Intaglio Die and Plate Finishing            
4639-Timber Working                               
4654-Form Block Making                           
4716-Railroad Car Repairing
4806-Office Appliance Repairing                  
4808-Custodial Equipment Servicing               
4848-Mechanical Parts Repairing                   
5034-Dairy Farming                               
5035-Livestock Ranching and Wrangling               
5235-Test Range Tracking                         
5341-Industrial Furnace Building and Repairing     
5364-Door Systems Mechanic                       
5365-Physiological Trainer Mechanic             
5384-Gasdynamic Facility Installing and Repairing     
5446-Textile Equipment Operating                
5485-Aircraft Weight and Balance Operating      
6606-Artillery Testing                          
8675-Liquid Fuel Rocket Engine Mechanic         
8882-Airframe Test Operating                     

If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Andrea Bright, Manager of Classification and Assessment Policy, at 202-606-3600 or Andrea.Bright@opm.gov.