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3 Evolution of the Occupational Classification System
3 Evolution of the Occupational Classification System
Pages 49-60
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Viewing data collection for this many occupational titles as expensive and time-consuming, both the National Research Council (1980) and the Advisory Panel for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (1993)
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meet user needs (National Center for O* NET Development, 2006a)
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NET users about occupations, gathering and analyzing data on proposed new occupations from a variety of sources, and requesting final approval from the Employment and Training Administration to begin gathering data related to these occupations (National Center for O* NET Development, 2006a)
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Dixie Sommers, a member of the interagency SOC policy commit Inclusion of Occupations for Which Data Are Not Collected The current O* NET database maintains and displays for users the names and codes of 137 SOC occupations for which O*
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NET Center contributed specific suggestions for additional detailed occupations to include in SOC, based on their experience in collecting occupational data and on their research into new and emerging occupations. The SOC policy com mittee reviewed the suggested additional occupations in light of both its criteria and public comments in response to the Federal Register notices.
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SOURCE: National Center for O* NET Development (2009)
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For example, job analysts consulting with businesses and government agencies often use O* NET data as a starting point for defining tasks, knowledge, skill, ability, and other attributes required by the job and supplement this with additional information on the particular job context or job.
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NET data primarily in terms of their ability to be linked to wage, employment, and other data collected at the SOC level, state labor market information specialists suggest that the occupational definitions in the two systems be coordinated (Ewald, 2009)
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NET users for more aggregated occupational categories and the need of other users for more disaggregated occupational categories. For the workforce development and career development communities, much of the power of O*
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• evelop methods to maintain, and regularly update crosswalks and D linkages between the new occupations and SOC occupations. REFERENCES Advisory Panel for the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
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NET data collection program. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
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