The Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Structure, History, Reliability, and Validity

• Author: David Traver/David Ferrari
• Pages: 415-462

DICTIONARY OF

OCCUPATIONAL TITLES

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CHAPTER 14

The Dictionary of Occupational

Titles: Structure, History,

Reliability, and Validity

§1400 INTRODUCTION

§1400.1 Where Do I Find the DOT?

§1401 THE DOT IS NOT ALL INCLUSIVE

§1402 PARTS OF THE DOT OCCUPATIONAL DEFINITION

§1402.1 Example DOT Def‌inition

§1402.2 The Occupational Code Number

§1402.3 The Occupational Title

§1402.3.1 Master Titles

§1402.3.2 Term Titles

§1402.3.3 Industry Designation

§1402.3.4 Alternate Titles

§1402.3.5 The Body of the Def‌inition

§1402.3.6 Undef‌ined Related Titles

§1402.3.7 Def‌inition Trailer

§1402.3.8 The GOE (Guide for Occupational Exploration) Code

§1402.3.9 The Strength Rating

§1402.3.10 Vocational Experts Versus the DOT Regarding Exertional Classif‌ications

§1402.3.11 The GED Level

§1402.3.12 The SVP Level

§1402.3.13 Sources of Specif‌ic Vocational Preparation

§1402.3.14 The Date of Last Update

§1403 UNDERSTANDING THE DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES  HISTORY AND RELIABILITY

§1403.1 Summary: Sources of Error in the DOT

§1403.1.1 DOT and OIDAP: Recommendations for the Future

§1403.1.2 SSA’s Disability Adjudication Framework Rests Upon the Research,

Theories and Publication of the DOT

§1403.1.3 The DOT and “Companion Volumes” Are Used by the SSA in Past-Work Adjudication

§1403.1.4 The Medical-Vocational Guidelines (Grids) Are Based Upon the Data of the DOT

§1403.1.5 The Grid Tables Were Derived From the DOT, DOT Data,

and the DOT’s Underlying Assumptions

§1403.1.6 SSA’s Physical Exertion Requirement Def‌initions Come From the DOT

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OCCUPATIONAL TITLES

Social Security Disability Advocate’s Handbook 14-2

§1403.1.7 SSA’s Def‌initions of Non-Exertional Work Come From the DOT

§1403.1.8 SAA’s Def‌inition and the Alleged Quantity

of “Unskilled” Jobs Is Based Upon the DOT

§1403.2 The Dictionary of Occupational Titles — An Ancient and Abandoned Taxonomy

§1403.2.1 The Revised Fourth Edition of the DOT

§1403.2.2 Who Compiled the DOT?

§1403.3 The Unreliability of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles

§1403.3.1 The DOT Is No Longer Updated or Produced

§1403.3.2 The DOT Is a Dead Letter Because it Is Obsolete

§1403.3.3 The Production of the DOT Was Seriously Under-Documented and Under-Published

§1403.3.4 How the Methodology Used for the Creation of the DOT Was Flawed

§1403.3.5 How Were the Industries Selected for Analysis?

§1403.3.6 The DOT Never Differentiated Between Full-Time and Part-Time Work

§1403.3.7 The Analysis of “Procedures and Processes” Was Haphazard

§1403.3.8 Who Determined What Was a “Job” or “Occupation”?

§1403.3.9 Shortcuts Were Taken in Writing the Job Descriptions and Assigning the DOT Codes

§1403.3.10 Specif‌ic Vocational Preparation (SVP) Was Not Accurately Assessed

§1403.3.11 Aptitude Ratings Were Most Ambiguous

§1403.3.12 Environmental Conditions and Physical Demands Were Not Measured

§1403.3.13 Some Jobs in the DOT Were Never Reanalyzed after 1965

§1403.3.14 Def‌inition Writing — the Funneling-Down Problem

§1403.3.15 Sampling Procedure Limitations

§1403.3.16 Source Data Limitations

§1403.4 Ratings of Worker Functions and Worker Traits — Validity and Reliability

§1403.4.1 Ratings of Worker Functions and Worker Traits — Validity

§1403.4.2 Ratings of Worker Functions and Worker Traits — Validity and Reliability

§1403.4.3 Ratings of Worker Functions and Worker Traits — the Factor Structure

§1403.5 Sex Bias in the Rating of Occupations

§1404 THE OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY PANEL (OIDAP)

§1404.1 Useful Reports From the OIDAP

§1404.2 What Next? Occupational Information System Project

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OCCUPATIONAL TITLES

14-3 The Dictionary of Occupational Titles: Structure, History, Reliability, and Validity §1400

§1400 INTRODUCTION

Ωε ασκεδ τηε παρτιεσ ατ οραλ αργυµεντ ωηατ µακεσ α ϖοχατιοναλ εξπερτ αν εξπερτ (ανδ ωηερε τηε ινφορ−

µατιον ιν τηε ∆ιχτιοναρψ [οφ Οχχυπατιοναλ Τιτλεσ] χαµε φροµ). Τηεψ διδ νοτ κνοω. Μαψβε βοτη τηε αυτηορσ

οφ τηε ∆ιχτιοναρψ ανδ τηε ϖοχατιοναλ εξπερτ ιν τηισ χασε αρε ταλκινγ ουτ οφ α ηατ.

∆οναηυε ϖ. Βαρνηαρτ, 279 Φ.3δ 441, 446 (7τη Χιρ. 2002).

Τηισ χηαπτερ δισχυσσεσ τηε στρυχτυρε ανδ χοντεντ οφ τηε ∆ιχτιοναρψ οφ Οχχυπατιοναλ Τιτλεσ (∆ΟΤ), τηε ηιστορψ

οφ τηε ∆ΟΤ, ανδ ιτσ λαχκ οφ ρελιαβιλιτψ ανδ ϖαλιδιτψ.

Υνδερστανδινγ τηε ∆ΟΤ ισ εσσεντιαλ το δισαβιλιτψ πραχτιχε ατ τηε Σοχιαλ Σεχυριτψ Αδµινιστρατιον βεχαυσε υσε

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ανδ ΠΟΜΣ. Ασ φατε ωουλδ ηαϖε ιτ, τηε ∆ΟΤ ηασ νεϖερ βεεν ρελιαβλε ωηεν ιτ ωασ πυσηεδ το ιτσ λιµιτσ βψ τηε Σοχιαλ

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ασ ρελιαβλε ϖοχατιοναλ εϖιδενχε.

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τηε κεψστονε ιν τηε αρχη ωηιχη ηολδσ υπ τηε Μεδιχαλ−ςοχατιοναλ Γυιδελινεσ ανδ τηε εντιρε ϖοχατιοναλ φραµεωορκ

ατ τηε Σοχιαλ Σεχυριτψ Αδµινιστρατιον. Ασ α ρεσυλτ, τηε ∆ΟΤ ανδ ιτσ υνδερλψινγ ασσυµπτιονσ αρε φυνδαµενταλ το τηε

δετερµινατιον οφ τηε ουτχοµε ιν µιλλιονσ οφ δισαβιλιτψ χλαιµσ αννυαλλψ.

Τηε ∆ιχτιοναρψ οφ Οχχυπατιοναλ Τιτλεσ, χοµµονλψ κνοων ασ τηε ∆ΟΤ (Προνουνχεδ ∆εε−Οη−Τεε, νοτ δοτ.)

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χλεαρ τηατ α στανδαρδιζεδ ϖολυµε ωασ νεεδεδ. Ασ χοµπυτερσ βεχαµε µορε σοπηιστιχατεδ, τηε ∆ΟΤ αππροαχη ωασ

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§1400.1 Where Do I Find the DOT?

Ωηερε παγε ρεφερενχεσ αρε γιϖεν το τηε ∆ΟΤ, τηε ρεφερενχε ισ το τηε Ρεϖισεδ Φουρτη Εδιτιον οφ τηε ∆ιχτιοναρψ οφ

Οχχυπατιοναλ Τιτλεσ,

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βεχαυσε ιτ ισ οτηερωισε οβσολετε ανδ ασ δεαδ ασ τηε ∆ΟΤ, ιτ ηασ βεεν ουτ οφ πριντ φορ ψεαρσ.



Φεβρυαρψ 21, 2020.

WARNING!

This free online copy of the DOT supra does not contain all of the occupational titles. Your VE may have

some not listed from the complete version.

You can f‌ind the SCO at the following link:

http://www.lb7.uscourts.gov/documents/16-692URL12SelectedCharacteristics.pdf (Last visited Feb-

ruary 21, 2020)