Thread by @MSS3RosaFerreum

I saw the image posted by @spacetartpop (

https://twitter.com/spacetartpop/status/1396358025007419399

) and I thought I could support that point by citing the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. The trend has been that jobs have gotten more skilled over time, not less, so I thought O*NET would provide further support.

Fast Food Cook was last classified in 1981 in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (under code 313.374-010) as skilled work with a Specific Vocational Preparation of 5 (indicating over 6 months up to and including 1 year of training required) (occupationalinfo.org/31/313374010.h…).

Fast Food Cook is now classified in O*NET OnLine (under code 35-2011.00) as semi-skilled–to–unskilled work with a Specific Vocational Preparation of below 4 (indicating less than 3 months of training required) (onetonline.org/link/summary/3…) indicating a substantial change in the job.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook indicates "[m]ost cooks learn their skills through on-the-job training, usually lasting a few weeks" (bls.gov/ooh/food-prepa…), which starts to sound like the definition of unskilled work (which requires only a month or less of training).

The @BLS_gov indicates Fast Food Cooks (under code 35-2011) require "[n]o formal educational credential," no work experience, and only "[s]hort-term on-the-job training" (bls.gov/emp/tables/edu…), which refers to job training of only a month or less (bls.gov/emp/documentat…).

So I guess I was wrong. I find this a bit surprising, but perhaps there has been a substantial change in how the job of Fast Food Cook has been performed of which I was unaware. This change may well help some disabled folks get benefits though. Silver linings and all that.

So those social media memes going around are wrong: Fast Food Cook is skilled no more!

Read how an occupation that was once considered skilled is now demonstrably unskilled (linkedin.com/pulse/fast-foo…).

@threader_app, please compile.

@threadreaderapp, please unroll.