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 Changes in Web-Based Products - 3/15/2021
Tuesday, 09 March 2021Super UserMajor Improvements - Since March 2020 Major Web-based Product Changes - Job Browser Pro Web & OASYS Web Multiple system tweaks to improve web-based services, particularly for mobile/tablet/smaller screen devices New RIASEC/SVP Search for Career Exploration by Interest code Easy, one button click to see all the newest Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) 2020 data (Based on SOC 2018) plus displa...
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How often do the SkillTRAN job number estimates change?
Tuesday, 09 March 2021Super UserJob numbers are calculated using a variety of occupational systems and labor market reporting systems. If any one of these systems changes, the calculation of numbers can change as well. Occupational...
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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 re...
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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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