Documentation
SkillTRAN provides a comprehensive set of documentation on all facets of its products. Click items on the list below to view.
Also see:
- Articles
- Data Resources
- Reference List
- Frequency Counts for Worker Characteristics
- Common Case Situations
1991 Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
- Documentation
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Recent Court Decisions
Wednesday, 30 September 2020Super UserDuring the last few years, the courts are awakening to the problem of improper citation of government job numbers. There are three methods by which job numbers are quoted. Increasingly, the courts reject the whole number and the equal distribution methods. This page summarizes various decisions and provides some Skill TRAN perspective on each decision. Skill TRAN offers no legal guidance in these...
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O*NET Rejection of SkillTRAN Suggestions for SOC 2010
Sunday, 27 September 2020Super UserIn the fall of 2011, as the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program and other labor market programs began a change to using the newer 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes fr...
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Why SSA Cannot use O*NET in its present form
Friday, 25 September 2020Super UserIn its 2010 review of the first 10 years of the O*NET program, the National Research Council published: A Database for a Changing Economy: Review of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET). Cita...
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Escort Vehicle Driver
Saturday, 08 August 2020Super UserEscort Vehicle Driver Comments: The complete definition and explanation of all factors collected for the DOT is described in the Revised Handbook for Analyzing Jobs (RHAJ). The RHAJ provided all of t...
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Checklist for Common SSA Hypotheticals
Thursday, 09 July 2020Super UserThe late Jim Earhart, a prolific Vocational Expert for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and an enthusiatic sales rep for Vertek OIS and SkillTRAN LLC, prepared a re-usable checklist that he f...
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DOT Estimate Method
Friday, 24 April 2020Super UserThe following articles will be helpful to better understand how SkillTRAN has engineered its approach to estimating employment numbers at the DOT level: 10 Page PDF - Skill TRAN Process for Estimatin...
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Government Data Sources Used In SkillTRAN Products
Wednesday, 04 March 2020Super User
The primary source of data used in SkillTRAN products is the United States government. Each of several government departments collect, gather, and report different aspects of data that can be related...
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Meeting the Daubert-Kumho Challenge
Monday, 02 March 2020Super UserAdmissibility The admissibility of testimony by experts (including rehabilitation professionals) has become an important consideration in the formulation of opinion involving litigated cases. Renewed...
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DOT - History
Monday, 02 March 2020Super UserEarliest government-based efforts to classify occupations stretch back to the post-civil war era. Rapid industrialization spawned the creation of new occupations requiring more specialized skills tha...
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How to Estimate Old Employment Numbers
Tuesday, 01 November 2016Super UserOccasionally, it may be necessary to estimate employment at the DOT level for a point in time earlier than what the Job Browser Pro methodology currently supports. Here is a suggested way to roughly ...
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