When to Use Occu Collect

Occu Collect can be used for hearings both during and post-hearing, and for Appeals Council briefs.  

During the hearing, we can look up Dictionary of Occupational Titles; Selected Characteristics of Occupations, and O*NET Online worker requirements.  We can look up Occupational Outlook Handbook job numbers and typical characteristics for education and training.  We can look up occupational requirements survey data about how the jobs are really done within the Occupational Requirements Survey.  Post-hearing, we can put together an evidence submission to show conflict with the vocational expert.  At the Appeals Council, we can put evidence into the record to show conflict.

Evidence submissions to the ALJ is best practice.  In most circuits, submission to the Appeals Council is sufficient to preserve the issue.  

Occu Collect has a DOT-SCO summary and the DOT codes by O*NET/Standard Occupational Classification group.  Those are free just for signing up.  

Full DOT, SCO, O*NET, OOH, and ORS reports (with in-place definitions of terms of art) come with a paid subscription.  Occu Collect has specially reports that describe data from all the sources for specific recurring issues (DOT code with specific data on that worker characteristic from all sources).  

We will post a 400+ page compendium of the sedentary occupations for download to subscribers soon.