TEN_20-14_Acc.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHINGTON D.C. 20210 TO STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS AMERICAN JOB CENTERS FROM PORTIA WU s Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Release of a study to develop an enhanced military to civilian crosswalk 1. Purpose. To disseminate the final report of a study to develop an enhanced military to civilian occupational crosswalk under the provisions of Section 222 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act and to alert the workforce system and its partners of the availability of the study and resulting enhanced crosswalk. The enhanced crosswalk is designed to help transitioning servicemembers and veterans expand their potential options to transfer military skills and training to civilian careers and employment. 2. References. Section 222 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 VOW Act Title II of Pub. L. 112-56. 3. Background. Section 222 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 Public Law 112-56 required the Secretary of Labor in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract with a qualified organization to conduct a study to identify any equivalences between the skills developed by members of the Armed Forces through various military occupational code MOC successful completion of resident training courses attaining various military ranks or rates or other military experiences and the qualifications required for various positions of civilian employment in the private sector. The completed study is available and the resulting enhanced crosswalk has been incorporated into a number of Federal online tools and is also available as a separate resource. 4. Study Design. The study began with the existing crosswalk from the Defense Manpower Data Center DMDC under the Department of Defense DoD which provides matches between military and civilian occupational classifications. That crosswalk is a key input in the Department of Labor s online career exploration tools. The Department of Veterans Affairs DoD and other agencies utilize military to civilian crosswalk information for a variety of purposes related to recruitment mobilization and transition. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. 20-14 DATE February 3 2015 2 The enhanced crosswalk study a pilot identified additional civilian matches for 68 military occupations which include the top 10 occupations with the greatest number of active duty members in each service branch and which together account for 57 percent of all enlisted servicemembers. These 68 MOCs also included 12 combat arms positions that did not previously match to any civilian occupations in the existing DMDC crosswalk. See Attachment 1 for a list of the 68 military occupations. 5. Study Results. The primary result of this pilot study was a more detailed analysis of the matches of military skills to civilian jobs. The study describes the methodology used to enhance the existing military to civilian crosswalk by analyzing each of the 68 MOCs for 1 specific embedded skill sets 2 related military training curricula and 3 work experience associated with various pay grades or ranks to identify a broader set of related civilian occupations. The DMDC crosswalk mapped these 68 military occupations to 100 civilian occupations an average of 1.5 civilian occupations per MOC. The enhanced crosswalk resulting from this study maps those same 68 MOCs to 962 civilian occupations - an average of 14 civilian occupations for each military occupation studied. The report of the study methodology and results is posted online at http wdr.doleta.gov research keyword.cfm fuseaction dsp resultDetails pub id 2550 m p y . This enhanced crosswalk not only increases the number of matches it also provides enhanced information on the nature of the military to civilian matches by identifying several additional variables 1 whether the MOC to civilian linkage is direct or skill-related 2 the typical minimum military pay grade that would qualify for specific civilian occupations and 3 the likelihood of transitioning to a given civilian occupation after a single term of service in the military occupation Attainability rating . These variables are explained in further detail in the study report. Also see Attachment 2 for an example of how this information is displayed online. This additional information can be very useful for staff who support veterans in obtaining civilian employment and is also useful for transitioning servicemembers making decisions to attain civilian career goals. 6. Availability and online implementation. The enhanced crosswalk for these 68 MOCs is available as a file from the National Crosswalk Service Center at www.xwalkcenter.org . The enhanced crosswalk also has been incorporated into the following DOL-sponsored e- tools O NET Online military crosswalk search My Next Move for Veterans CareerOneStop Veterans Employment portal and Business Center Civilian to Military Occupational Translator . This enhanced military to civilian crosswalk is also incorporated into the Veterans Employment Center VEC on the Department of Veterans Affairs eBenefits portal through use of web services. The VEC is the single authoritative Federal resource for veterans employment and provides additional online services and resources to assist veterans at https www.ebenefits.va.gov ebenefits jobs . 3 The O NET system web services provide the full military crosswalk which combines the DMDC crosswalk and incorporates several enhancements including the results of the subject study. To use these web services in other tools applications and websites see O NET Web Services at https services.onetcenter.org about and click on Military Search. 7. Action Requested. American Job Centers are encouraged to use the additional information available through the enhanced crosswalk by making use of the Veterans Employment Center and DOL s electronic tools. 8. Inquiries. All inquiries should be directed to the appropriate ETA regional office. 9. Attachments. List of 68 military occupations with enhanced crosswalk Sample presentation of enhanced crosswalk information for Army 92A