Work, Jobs, and Occupations

A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Éditeur: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309030939
eISBN Pdf: 9780309567824
Lieu de publication: United States
Année de publication électronique: 1980
Mois : Janvier
Pages: 454
Langue: Anglais

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Various editions of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles have served as the Employment Service's basic tool for matching workers and jobs. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles has also played an important role in establishing skill and training requirements and developing Employment Service testing batteries for specific occupations. However, the role of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles has been called into question as a result of planned changes in the operation of the Employment Service.

A plan to automate the operations of Employment Service offices using a descriptive system of occupational keywords rather than occupational titles has led to a claim that a dictionary of occupational titles and the occupational research program that produces it are outmoded. Since the automated keyword system does not rely explicitly on defined occupational titles, it is claimed that the new system would reduce costs by eliminating the need for a research program to supply the occupational definitions.

In light of these considerations, the present volume evaluates the future need for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

WORK, JOBS, AND OCCUPATIONS
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Contents
Preface
1 Introduction and Summary
- INTRODUCTION
  - CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE
  - ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
- SUMMARY
  - CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE DOT
  - USE OF THE DOT BY THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
  - USE OF THE DOT OUTSIDE THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
  - THE OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM
  - PRODUCTION OF THE FOURTH EDITION DOT
  - ASSESSMENT OF THE OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION IN THE DOT
  - THE CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONS FOR JOB-WORKER MATCHING
  - CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
    - Data Collection Procedures
    - Measurement of Occupational Characteristics
    - Classification Issues
    - Other Needed Research
    - Organizational and Administrative Issues
  - SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
2 The Fourth Edition Dictionary of Occupational Titles: Structure and Content
- OCCUPATIONAL TITLES
- THE DOT CODE
- INDUSTRY DESIGNATION
- DEFINITIONS
- ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- RELATED PUBLICATIONS
- SUMMARY
3 Use of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles by the U.S. Employment Service
- USE OF THE DOT IN PLACEMENT AND COUNSELING
  - A SOURCE OF OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION
  - PLACEMENT
    - Self-Referral
    - Interviewer Referral
  - COUNSELING
  - EVALUATION OF DOT USE
- OTHER USES OF THE DOT
  - TESTING
  - LABOR CERTIFICATION
- SUMMARY
4 Use of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles Outside the U.S. Employment Service
- COLLECTING DATA ON DOT USES
  - DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE
  - SAMPLING DESIGN
    - Probability Survey of DOT Purchasers
    - Interviews, Case Studies, and a Survey of Institutional Users
    - Survey of Researchers
  - TIMETABLE OF SURVEY PROCEDURES
- INSTITUTIONAL USES OF THE DOT: A SAMPLE OF PURCHASERS
  - HOW THE DOT IS USED
  - HOW ESSENTIAL IS THE DOT?
  - ADEQUACY OF THE DOT
- GOVERNMENT USES OF THE DOT
  - INTERVIEW RESULTS
  - EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND PRODUCTION OF OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION
  - DISABILITY DETERMINATION
  - REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING
  - VOCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION
  - OTHER USERS OF THE DOT
    - Department of Defense
    - Office of Personnel Management
    - Development of the Standard Occupational Classification
    - Bureau of the Census
- STATE GOVERNMENT USERS: THE SOICC GROUP
  - RESEARCH USES OF THE DOT
  - CLASSIFICATION
  - JOB TITLES AND DEFINITIONS
  - WORKER TRAITS AND WORKER FUNCTIONS
    - Data, People, and Things
    - Training Time
    - Other Worker Traits
  - USE OF DOT CONCEPTS IN OTHER SCALES AND CLASSIFICATIONS
  - EVALUATION OF DOT DATA
  - USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS PRODUCTS
  - OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS BRANCH
  - JOB SEARCH BRANCH
  - SUMMARY
5 Organization of the Occupational Analysis Program of the U.S. Employment Service
- INTRODUCTION
- THE OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS BRANCH
- THE JOB SEARCH BRANCH
- THE OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTERS
  - OVERVIEW: ORGANIZATION
  - STAFFING AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK
  - FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION OF THE FIELD CENTERS
  - MAJOR FIELD CENTER ACTIVITIES
    - Production of the DOT
    - Career Guides and Brochures
    - Training and Technical Assistance
    - Special Projects
  - CONCLUSION
6 Procedures Used to Produce the Fourth Edition Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- SAMPLING FOR THE DOT
  - ASSIGNMENT OF INDUSTRIES TO FIELD CENTERS
  - ESTABLISHMENT SELECTION
- JOB ANALYSIS PROCEDURES
  - STAFFING SCHEDULE AND ORGANIZATION AND PROCESS FLOW CHARTS
  - JOB ANALYSIS
  - Writing the Job Description and Assigning a DOT Code
    - Rating Worker Traits
  - COMPLETING AN ESTABLISHMENT STUDY
  - MODIFICATIONS OF PROCEDURES
  - DEFINITION WRITING FOR THE DOT
- CONCLUSION
7 An Assessment of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles as a Source of Occupational Information
- INTRODUCTION
- SAMPLING PROCEDURES
- SOURCE DATA
- RATINGS OF WORKER FUNCTIONS AND WORKER TRAITS
  - VALIDITY
  - RELIABILITY
- OCCUPATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
  - THE FACTOR STRUCTURE
  - SEX BIAS IN THE RATING OF OCCUPATIONS
- CONCLUSION
8 The Classification of Occupations: A Review of Selected Systems
- THE CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE OF THE DOT
  - CREATING OCCUPATIONAL TITLES
  - GROUPING OCCUPATIONS
    - The DOT Code: The First Three Digits
    - The DOT Code: The Second Three Digits
  - Summary
  - THE KEYWORD SYSTEM OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
- EXISTING ALTERNATIVE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR JOB-WORKER MATCHING
  - MINNESOTA THEORY OF WORK ADJUSTMENT
  - HOLLAND CLASSIFICATION OF CAREERS
  - SUMMARY
- A MOBILITY-BASED APPROACH TO JOB-WORKER MATCHING
  - ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
- STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION FOR JOB-WORKER MATCHING
  - OTHER METHODOLOGIES
  - A RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING CLASSIFICATIONS
- CONCLUSION
9 Conclusions and Recommendations
- CONCLUSIONS
  - DICTIONARY
  - CLASSIFICATION
  - OCCUPATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
- GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
- SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
  - DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES
  - MEASUREMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
  - CLASSIFICATION ISSUES
  - OTHER NEEDED RESEARCH
  - ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES
APPENDIXES
- APPENDIX A Materials Associated with the User Survey
- APPENDIX B Site Visits to Selected Federal Users of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
  - BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING
    - USING THE DOT TO EVALUATE THE APPRENTICEABILITY OF OCCUPATIONS
    - ADEQUACY OF THE DOT
  - BUREAU OF DISABILITY INSURANCE
    - USING THE DOT TO DETERMINE DISABILITY AWARDS
    - ADEQUACY OF THE DOT
  - VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
    - USING THE DOT IN COUNSELING AND REHABILITATION
    - ADEQUACY OF THE DOT
- APPENDIX C Annotated Bibliography of Research Uses of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- APPENDIX D Selected Materials Prepared by the Division of Occupational Analysis, U.S. Employment Service
  - PUBLICATIONS OF THE DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS SINCE 1965
    - NATIONAL OFFICE: DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS
    - SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
    - CALIFORNIA OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
    - MICHIGAN OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
    - MISSOURI OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
    - NEW YORK OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
    - NORTH CAROLINA OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
    - TEXAS OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
    - UTAH OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
    - WASHINGTON OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
    - WISCONSIN OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS FIELD CENTER
- APPENDIX E The Rating of DOT Worker Functions and Worker Traits
  - STUDY DESIGN
  - RESULTS
  - TECHNICAL NOTE
- APPENDIX F DOT Scales for the 1970 Census Classification
  - CENSUS SCORES FOR EIGHT DOT VARIABLES
  - CENSUS SCORES FOR FOUR FACTOR-BASED SCALES
- APPENDIX G Using Computers to Match Workers and Jobs: A Preliminary Assessment of the U.S. Employment Service's Automated…
  - AUTOMATION AND JOB-WORKER MATCHING IN THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
  - DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS
  - KEYWORDING: THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE MATCHING SYSTEM
    - DESCRIPTION
    - EVALUATING KEYWORD MATCHING
      - Use of Information
      - The Definition of Similarity
      - Adequacy of the Occupational Unit Division
      - Diversity of Computer Hardware and Languages
  - CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX H Using Mobility Data to Develop Occupational Classifications: Exploratory Exercises
  - STANDARDIZED RATES AND PROBABILITY MODELS
  - CLUSTERING ANALYSES
  - CAREER LADDERS
  - FEASIBILITY
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