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059 Construction Foreman

Appendix B lists SSN 059 as Construction Foreman in the September 1942 regulation and supplements and the June 1944 tentative manual, with Construction Chief in the June 1945 Present Title column. Its instruction, “See also 796,” is a cross-reference, not an established conversion to SSN 796 or an explicit cancellation or rename.

Documented history

Construction Foreman

June 1945 is the manual’s publication month, not a conversion or end date for SSN 059. No calendar effective date is given for this entry.

  • Any possible reassignment required review of the individual’s Qualification Card against the job specifications; SSN 796 was not an automatic replacement.
  • Construction Chief is the June 1945 title, not a present-day occupational equivalent.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the June 1944 tentative-manual column: Construction Foreman. Suggested conversions/remarks, as printed: See also 796. The Present Title column is the manual's June 1945 meaning: Construction Chief. It is not a present-day MOS equivalence. This is a cross-reference or instruction to review the job specification, not an explicit fixed replacement or proof of cancellation. The table gives no row-level calendar effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an inferred individual conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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