WORK, JOBS, AND OCCUPATIONS -- Copyright -- 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 -- References.