The standard for grading jobs under the Federal Wage System covers nonsupervisory work involved in handling, marking, and preparing displays of merchandise or other items for selection by customers. This requires skill in observing, counting, and maintaining stock levels, and in matching names, codes, numbers, or sizes of items on shelves to lists on which these items are shown. Workers acquire and use a knowledge of the various kinds, sizes, and locations of stocked items, and how they should be displayed. They also use knowledge of the general characteristics of items handled in recognizing poor or unacceptable quality. (Author/DS)