Glossary of Ergonomics & FCE Terminology
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FINGERING
Defined by the Revised Handbook for Analyzing Jobs as picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. In Part A of "Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Revised Dictionary of Occupational Titles", the rating for the Fingering component appears tenth (last) in the first Physical Demand column under the vertical heading Fi.