TEN11-02_AttachII.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

December 20 02 Prepar ed for the U.S. Dep artment of Labo r by Aguirre I nter nationa l 202- 263- 9279 Using the New and Impr oved O NET OnLine online.onetcenter.org The O NET System O NET the Occupationa l Information Network is a database of occupat ional in formation that contains descriptors or key sk ills abilit ies knowl edge and o ther characte risti cs associated wi th over 950 occupations. I ts online applica tion O NET On Line provid es easy public access to the database. Using O NE T OnLine job seekers and workforce business and human resource professional s can 1 find occupations to explore 2 search for occupa tions t hat use d esignated skills 3 look at related occupa tions 4 view o ccupat ion summaries and details 5 use crosswalks to find corresponding occupa tions in other cl assification systems 6 create and print customized reports outlin ing th eir O NET search results 7 connect to other online care er information r esources and 8 access c omprehensive h elp programs. Get started by clicking on onlin e.on etcen ter.org for the O NET Welcome screen. On that page you will see th ree main pa ths you can follo w to access the O NET da tabase using O N ET OnLine. Use th e columns o n the right side of this sheet to gu ide you through each path . Find Occupations Find an occ upation u sing a ke yword co de or job fa mily . 1. Click on Find Occupations on t he O NET We lcome screen. 2. On the Find Occupations screen search f or an occupation by Typing in a key word phr ase or title and clicking go or Typing in an O NE T-SOC Code and clicking go or Scrolling down to select a job fam ily or the all occupations option and clickin g go. 3. On the Search R esults screen f ind the occupation tha t inter ests y ou and click on the ty pe of r epor t you would like about t he occ upation- -Summary Details or Custo m. Skills Search Use a list o f your skills to find matchin g O NET occup ations . 1. Click on Skills Search on the O NET We lcome screen. 2. On the Skills Search screen check the boxes next t o the skills y ou have or plan to acquir e. Select the most signif icant of your skills. Whe n satisfied with skills select ion click go. 3. On the Search Results screen f ind the occupation that interests you. The occupations that r equir e a higher nu mber of your skills a re listed first. Click on the type of repor t y ou would like about t he occupation- -Summary Details or Custo m. Crosswalk Use o ther cl assifica tion systems to find matching O NET oc cu pations. 1. Click on Cross walk on the O NET We lcome screen. 2. On the Crosswalk screen ente r a code par tial code or title for one of the listed classification system s and then click go. 3. The Search Results screen either identifies a unique occupation or lists all the occupations in that classification syst em related to your entr y. On ce y ou have identified t he related O NET occupation that inter ests y ou click on the ty pe of r epor t you would like about the occupation--Su mmary Details or Cu stom. O NET OnLine Reports Summar y Details and Custom Formats Summ ary Details and Custom Reports list and defin e the O NET des criptor s fo r your selected occupation including the tasks knowledge skills abilities wo rk activities work context job zone job interests work values and work needs. Turn this page over for more inform ation about these O NET descr iptor s. Inside each Repor t scroll down t o Related Occupations to see a list of occupations r elated t o your selected oc cupation. View a repor t for a related occupation by clicki ng on Su mmary Details or Custo m repor t. Save any table in t he Su mmary or Details Report by clic king on save tabl e above each tabl e. Details Reports list the O NE T descr iptor s in the order of t heir im por tance to the occupati on based on the scaleassociate d with each descript or. Turn this page over f or more about descriptor scal es. On the Custom Reports Screen check the boxes f or the descr iptor s you want in cluded in y our repor t and select y our desir ed display cutoff leve ls. Turn this page over for definiti ons o f the O NE T descr iptors and inform ation about the descr ipto r scales that deter mine display cutoff le vels. Scr oll down near the end of the Cust om Repor t and click on cr osswalk to identify corresp onding occupati ons in other classificati on systems including the Dictionary of Occupational Titles Milita ry Occu pational Classification Re gistered A pprenticeshi p Inform ation S ystem and Standar d Occu pational Classification. Special New R eport Feature --- ACINet Wages and Employ ment Link Each occupational report e nds w ith a direct link to national and state in formation on salaries and emplo yme nt o utlook for the occupation selected. Scroll do wn to the end of each r eport select the state you are interested in and click go. O NET OnLine W elcome Screen December 20 02 Prepar ed for the U.S. Dep artment of Labo r by Aguirre I nter nationa l 202- 263- 9279 Using the New and Impr oved O NET OnLine Cont d www.onetcenter.org O NET De scriptors Listed in Summary Details and Custom Re ports Task s Specif ic w ork activities that a re specif ic to each occupation such as analyzing and testing co mputer progr ams or system s to identify errors. Kno wledg e Or ganized sets of pr inciples and facts that apply to a wide r ange of situations such as knowledge of mathe matics. Skills Developed capacities that ap ply to multiple jobs th at facilitate learning and th e perform ance of activities such as reading co mprehension. Abilities Endur ing attr ibutes of an individ ual that influ ence per form ance such as ded uctive r easoning. Wo rk Ac tivities Tasks that may be perform ed across multiple occupations like thinki ng creatively. Work Context Phy sical and social factor s that influen ce the na ture of wo rk such as the am ount o f tim e spent sitting. Interests Preferences f or work environ ments and outco mes. For exa mple an interest in investigative occupa tions signals an interest in work ing with ideas and thinking. Work Values Global aspects of wor k that ar e im por tant to a per son s satisfaction like inde pendence. Work Needs Mor e specif ic aspects of work that are i mportant to a per son s satisfaction such as em plo yment security stead y emplo yment . Related Occu pati ons Occupations sim ilar to the selected occ upation r egar ding r equir ed knowledge ar eas skills abilities work env iron ment and work activities. Wages and E mploym ent Link Wage inform ation an d em ploy ment pr ospects by state for your s elected occupation. This inform ation if pr ovided through a link to Am erica s Car eer InfoNet. Descript or Scales O NET desc riptors have an ass ociated scale su ch as I mportance Level Frequency or Extent against which the requir ements of an occupation are rated. All scales range fr om 0-100. Job Zone Each occupation is assigned an O NE T Job Z one L evels 1 5 that distinguishes the over all exper ience education and on- the- job tr aining r equir ed. For exam ple jobs in Jo b Z one One may requir e minim al exper ience and pos sibly a hig h school di plo ma or GE D jobs in J ob Zone Three may requir e so me vocational tr aining and or on-the-job experience or an associate s degree or possibl y a bachelor s degree. The table below outlines t he 5 job zones used in O NE T and pr ovides the equivalent Sp ecif ic Vocational Prepar ation ratin g . JOB ZONE NUMBER EDUC ATION EQ UIV ALENT S PECIFIC VO CATION AL PREP ARATION SVP 1 Ma y require high school diploma or GE D Below 4 2 High school diplo ma and ma y req uire some vocational training or job- related course work 4 to fe wer than 6 3 Training in vocational schools related on-th e- job experience o r an associate s degree. Some ma y requir e a bachelor s de gree. 6 to fe wer than 7 4 Four -year bachel or s deg ree and or 2-4 yea rs of w ork experien ce 7 to fe wer than 8 5 Bachelor s degre e and or g raduat e school plus experience 8 and above More about O NET a nd O NET OnLine OnLine Help provides u ser-friendly infor mation about all aspects of using O NET OnLine. OnLine help can be accessed f rom any scr een by clicking on Help wh ich takes the user directl y to the topic of that screen. Resources for Persons with Disabilit ies O NET OnLine offers universal accessibility through a single online site. Bobby appr oved and 50 8 co mpliant O NE T has scr een reader compatibilit y built in. If a search identifies skills or abilities that may be dif ficult to use because of a health proble m or disability links to th e Job Accom modations Network and the Searchable Online Accommodation R esource are availa ble. Adjust Font Size on All Screens by locating o n the T ask Bar and clicking on Vi ew I ncrease Font in Netscape or View T ext Size in E xplor er. O NET Code Connector is a new tool that assists wor kforce pr ofessi onals code jobs. It uses the O NET database in a sophisticated sear ch engine to dete rmine the cor rect occupational code for any particular occupational title. O NET in Action is a set of exam ples o f how O NE T is being used by many st ate and local workf orce develop ment progra ms with extraordinary success. Th e growing list now includes Expanding the Career P repara tion website Car eer Launch TM of the Bo ys Gi rls Clubs of Am erica. Providing Rapid Response assista nce to dislocated wor kers in Nebr aska using O NET to help workers id entify their skill sets an d identify related or new occupations that might use those skill s. Helping businesse s find candidates for their job openings thr ough a ski lls- based Job M atch Sy stem in I owa. Training One- Stop em plo yees in W isconsin to use O N ET and O NE T OnL ine as par t of their progr ams that i mplement the Workf orce Invest ment Ac t. Assisting u nemployed and underem ployed adults--m any with disabilities--build caree r plans develop job skills a nd find em ploy ment in partnership with the Edgewood T errace Public Housing De velop ment in Washingto n D.C. Defining s kills in new and evolvi ng occupations as part of the Industry Clusters Model in L ancaster County Pennsy lvania. Find the link to O NET In Action on www.o netcenter.org . O NET Career Exploration Tools are a set of caree r exploration a nd as sess ment tools that help individ uals worker s and student s identify occupations that match their work-related interest s and abilities and wh at they consider im por tant on the j ob. The C areer Explor ation Tools include O NET Interest Pr ofiler computer ized and har d- copy ver sions O NET Work Im por tance L ocator and W ork Impor tance Pr ofiler computer ized and har d-copy ver sions O NET Ability Profiler to be rele ased in 2003 . The link to O NET Career Explorati on T ools is www.onetcenter.o rg wh ere th e In terest Pro filer an d Wo rk Impor tance L ocator and Pr ofiler ca n be d ownloaded free of charge. For more information about the O NET system pr oducts and r esour ces and downloadable data files visit www. onetcenter.org or call 202- 693- 3660.