Other Sources of Vocational Data

• Author: David Traver/David Ferrari
• Pages: 463-514

OTHER SOURCES OF

VOCATIONAL DATA

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CHAPTER 15

Other Sources of Vocational Data

§1500 INTRODUCTION TO OTHER SOURCES OF VOCATIONAL DATA

§1501 WHAT ARE THE “COMPANION VOLUMES” TO THE DOT?

§1501.1 The Revised Handbook for Analyzing Jobs (1991)

§1501.2 Practice Tip: The SSA May Not Take Administrative Notice of VE Testimony From Other Hearings

§1502 HISTORY OF THE SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DOT (SCO)

§1502.1 Case on Point: O*NET (Document Preparer and Surveillance-System Monitor)

§1503 O*NET AND SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

§1503.1 Challenging the VE’s Knowledge of the Current World of Work (See Chapter 19)

§1504 COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS DO NOT PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL DATA

§1505 CENSUS REPORTS

§1505.1 Census Reports Do Not Contain DOT-Related Vocational Information

§1505.2 Census Occupational Data Limitations

§1505.3 Sample Cross-Examination of a VE — Census Data

§1506 OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK, PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

§1506.1 Practice Tip: Surveillance-System Monitors in Transportation Terminals

Have Been Replaced by Transportation Security Off‌icers (TSO) From the TSA

§1507 OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS (OES)

§1507.1 The Limitations of the “Crosswalk”

§1507.2 The BLS Data Include Unknown Quantities of Part-Time Jobs

§1507.3 Shortcomings of the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)

§1508 VARIOUS STATES’ OCCUPATIONAL DATA COLLECTION METHODS

§1509 EXAMPLE: WISCONSIN PROJECTIONS 20082018

§1509.1 Shortcomings of Wisconsin Projections 2008-2018

§1510 NONGOVERNMENTAL SOURCES

§1510.1 Computer Systems That Allow for Easy Access to the DOT Data

Set From the Revised Fourth Edition to the DOT — Are They Reliable?

OTHER SOURCES OF

VOCATIONAL DATA

Social Security Disability Advocate’s Handbook 15-2

§1510.2 Occupational Employment Quarterly

§1510.2.1 Data Limitation

§1510.2.2 Shor tcomings

§1510.2.3 Sample Vocational Report Regarding U.S. Publishing Data

§1510.3 “Revised” or “Updated” Versions of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles

§1510.3.1 Example of a “Revised” or “Updated” Version of the Dictionary

of Occupational Titles — Economic Research Institute’s eDOT

§1510.3.2 Problems With the PAQ/ERI Data

§1510.3.3 Summary — Weaknesses of the eDOT

§1510.4 SkillTRAN

§1511 TRACKING AN ATTACK ON VE TESTIMONY FROM PREHEARING

MEMO TO THE FINAL DECISION IN A DISTRICT COURT CASE

§1511.1 Setting the Stage — Send the Duces Tecum Letter

§1511.2 VE Testimony

§1511.3 Post-Hearing Memorandum to ALJ

§1511.4 Letter to Appeals Council

§1511.5 Section From the District Court Brief

§1511.6 Reply Brief in District Court

§1511.7 District Court Decision

§1511.8 Conclusion: Tracking an Attack on VE Testimony From

Pre-Hearing Memo to the Final Decision in a District Court Case

§1512 ACTION IDEAS FOR ATTACKING VE TESTIMONY ON ANY DATA

§1512.1 Any Data Source — Sample Letter Attacking VE Testimony (See Chapter 19)

OTHER SOURCES OF

VOCATIONAL DATA

15-3 Other Sources of Vocational Data §1501

§1500 INTRODUCTION TO OTHER SOURCES OF VOCATIONAL DATA

Τηερε ισ νο πυβλισηεδ σουρχε οφ δατα τηατ χουλδ ρελιαβλψ βε υσεδ το ανσωερ τηε τψπιχαλ ηψποτηετιχαλ θυεστιον ατ

α Σοχιαλ Σεχυριτψ δισαβιλιτψ ηεαρινγ. Τηισ χηαπτερ λοοκσ ατ τηε ϖαριουσ σουρχεσ οφ δατα υσεδ βψ ϖοχατιοναλ εξπερτσ

ωηο ασσερτ τηατ τηειρ τεστιµονψ ηασ λεγσ το στανδ ον.

Ηοω ρελιαβλε αρε τηε στατιστιχαλ σουρχεσ τηατ πυρπορτ το ιδεντιφψ τηε νυµβερσ οφ ϕοβσ ιν τηε λαβορ µαρκετ φορ σπε−





τηε ϖαριουσ στατιστιχαλ σουρχεσ αρε λεσσ ρελιαβλε βεχαυσε οφ τηε ωαψ τηε δατα αρε χολλεχτεδ. Σοµε στατιστιχαλ σουρχεσ

πυση τηε ραω δατα ιν ωαψσ τηατ αρε νοτ τεναβλε.





 

ωηιχη ηαϖε λονγ βεεν ρουτινε.

    

χουρτ τηατ ιτ ωασ νοτ ασ αδϖερτισεδ.

§1501 WHAT ARE THE “COMPANION VOLUMES” TO THE DOT?

Βεχαυσε τηε ∆ΟΤ δοεσ νοτ χονταιν ενουγη ινφορµατιον το βε υσεφυλ το τηε Σοχιαλ Σεχυριτψ Αδµινιστρατιονσ αδϕυ−



σηουλδ βε δεεµεδ ρελιαβλε ωηεν αππλιεδ το αδϕυδιχατιον πυρποσεσ ωηιχη ωερε νεϖερ ιντενδεδ βψ τηε αυτηορσ οφ τηε

δατα. Νοτε: Ρελιαβιλιτψ ανδ ϖαλιδιτψ οφ ∆ιχτιοναρψ οφ Οχχυπατιοναλ Τιτλεσ δατα αρε δισχυσσεδ ιν δεταιλ ιν Χηαπτερ 14.

(δ) Αδµινιστρατιϖε νοτιχε οφ ϕοβ δατα.

  





(1) ∆ιχτιοναρψ οφ Οχχυπατιοναλ Τιτλεσ

(2) Χουντψ Βυσινεσσ Παττερνσ

 

 −



(5) Οχχυπατιοναλ Ουτλοοκ Ηανδβοοκ



§1501.1 The Revised Handbook for Analyzing Jobs (1991)

Ανοτηερ ιµπορταντ χοµπανιον ϖολυµε τηατ ισ νοτ λιστεδ ασ αν εξαµπλε ιν τηε αφορεµεντιονεδ Ρεγυλατιον ισ





  

σεε ♣1615.2.

§1501.2 Practice Tip

The SSA May Not Take Administrative Notice of VE Testimony From Other Hearings

Can an ALJ take notice of testimony of a VE given in one hearing and use that testimony at another hear-

ing? No, because such testimony is not presumed valid or reliable. On May 16, 2009, the ODAR Off‌ice of

the Chief Judge issued a bulletin (CJB) making clear that a VE’s response in one case, even in the form of a

written interrogatory, cannot be presumed valid or reliable in another case.