Common Case Situations
The following topics are often encountered by our customer base. It is challenging to apply the DOT as it was built to these "gray areas". Over the years, SkillTRAN has developed these suggested ways of interpreting existing information that may be helpful. Nothing will replace your good judgment and careful review of occupations suggested in any computerized search results.
The suggestions below for adjusting worker characteristics are prepared by SkillTRAN's resident vocational expert, Jeffrey A. Truthan, a Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE). His 40+ years of experience in diverse settings in the rehabilitation industry along with experience handling thousands of analyses every year contribute to these suggestions.
The ultimate responsibility for adjustment of worker characteristics remains exclusively with you. You should have good evidence to support your choice of any restrictions you use. Be prepared to defend your choices.
The characteristics reported about occupations have greatly improved the ability of the vocational professional to isolate suitable occupations. Other health care professionals (especially physicians) need to understand the definitions of these characteristics. Work with them to arrive at a mutual understanding of the definitions used. Learn all you can about the client, the worker characteristics as defined in the Revised Handbook for Analyzing Jobs and the frequency distribution of these characteristics (DOT Pocket Guide). Carefully consider the occupational alternatives identified in the computer search to validate the search results in the context of your knowledge of the local industry and its typical demands on workers in such occupations.
For long term planning, set worker characteristics to the levels expected when maximum medical improvement is achieved.
If training or retraining is anticipated, set GED and SVP characteristics to the anticipated post-training levels.
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Neck Rotation
Tuesday, 27 October 2020Super UserNeck Rotation Adjust Data-People-Things: Things: 2 -Operating-Controlling; 3 -Driving-Operating Adjust Physical Demands: Field of Vision Adjust Aptitude E - Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Rationale: Some or all of these areas can be restricted by impairment of the neck. There are no specific neck rotation factors, so adjust one factor at a time to see if the the adjustments make sense to filter out p...
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Spinal Cord Injury
Monday, 29 April 2013Spinal Cord Injury Adjust Physical Demands: Strength, Climbing, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Crawling, Reaching, Handling, Fingering, and Feeling Adjust Environmental Conditions: Exposur...
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Monday, 29 April 2013Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Adjust GED: Reasoning, (Math, and Language) Adjust Aptitudes: G, V, N, S, P, Q Avoid Temperaments: D, I, V, E, A, S, T, U, P, J Rationale: Aside from additional physical ...
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Setting for Average Worker
Monday, 29 April 2013Average Worker Characteristics Indicate if the worker has at least average characteristics. SkillTRAN interprets "average" worker characteristics to be: Strength = Medium Aptitudes at least = 3 (Aver...
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Hearing Impairment
Monday, 29 April 2013Hearing Impairment Adjust Physical Demands: Talking and Hearing Adjust Environmental Conditions: Noise and Vibration Avoid Temperaments: D, I, E, P Rationale: Depending on the extent of the loss, tim...
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Supervisory Jobs
Monday, 29 April 2013Supervisory Jobs Supervisory jobs indicate if the worker can supervise others. Supervisory jobs are defined as those occupations with a People code = 3 (Supervising) in the Data-People-Things code, o...
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Not able to Speak English
Monday, 29 April 2013Non-English Speaking Adjustments to Consider: NONE Use the values from work history Rationale: No matter in what language an occupation was learned or successfully performed, the worker has demonstra...
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Common Case Situations - General Overview
Wednesday, 13 February 2013Common Case Situations - Overview The suggestions below for adjusting worker characteristics are prepared by SkillTRAN's resident vocational expert, Jeffrey A. Truthan, a Certified Vocational Evaluat...
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No Overhead Reaching
Wednesday, 13 February 2013No Overhead Reaching Set Physical Demand - Reaching = Frequent Set Aptitude K (Motor Coordination) = 4 (Below Average) Set Aptitude M (Manual Dexterity) = 4 (Below Average) Rationale: When observing ...
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PREPOST - Handling Pre-existing conditions
Wednesday, 13 February 2013PREPOST - Pre-injury adjustments for pre-existing conditions or second injury situations. SkillTRAN's current PREPOST product has only a few options for adjusting the worker's pre-injury profile. Tho...
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