Showing posts with label SSA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SSA. Show all posts

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Vocational Experts are Trained by SSA to Give Bogus Testimony

 On the Social Security Hearings and Appeals, Becoming a Vocational Expert web page, SSA has an orientation package for the cadre of vocational experts.  The content of the Vocational Expert Orientation is as illuminating as it is shocking.  

Page 13 defines exertion levels of sedentary, light, and medium exertion.  SSA tells vocational experts that sedentary work requires sitting six hours and standing/walking two hours; light and medium work require standing/walking six hours.  Those are not the definitions of sedentary, light, and medium work out of the DOT or the regulations.  Sedentary work does not have a maximum sitting nor do light or medium work have a maximum of standing/walking.  To state otherwise is wrong, just plain factually wrong not just based on the DOT and regulations but based on Department of Labor definitions and of course the Occupational Requirements Survey.  

Pages 22 and 23 present a hypothetical questions and occupation/job samples.  The hypothetical describes a younger individual with a high school education limited to light work, four hours of standing/walking, using a cane to ambulate more than a block, capable of occasional public contact, no strict production requirements, limited to simple instructions, no more than occasional pulmonary irritants, and no dangerous work environments.  The sample occupations and job numbers caused outrage:

  • Inspector/hand packager; Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) # 559.687-074; Specific Vocational Preparation (SVP) level 2 and light; 82,150 jobs nationally and 1,362 jobs regionally 
  • Assembler, small parts; DOT # 076-684-022; SVP 2 and light; 229,240 jobs nationally and 1,550 jobs regionally 
  • Mailroom clerk; DOT # 209.687-036; SVP 2 and light; 119,960 jobs nationally and 2,120 jobs regionally

Let's take the occupations in reverse order, just for fun.  Mailroom clerk has a main title of mail clerk but does travel under the alternate title of mailroom clerk.  The DOT number is actually 209.687-026.  So much for accuracy.  There is no 209.687-036 occupation in the DOT.  Sloppy.  Mail clerk requires reasoning level 3.  It is not simple.  The 14 DOT codes in Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, except Postal Service (SOC 41-9051) contains six light, unskilled codes.  Those 14 DOT codes currently make up 88,400 jobs per the OOH.  Those 14 DOT codes make up 83,580 jobs per the OES.  In 2010, the OES reported 119,960 jobs for Mail Clerks.  Not only did SSA use 10-year-old data, SSA endorsed the identification of the entire occupational group as representing jobs for the single occupation.  

Small parts assembler is not better.  Small products assembler I carries the DOT code 706.684-022.  There is no 076.684-022 DOT code.  Again, sloppy.  The DOT describes small products assembler as performing repetitive tasks on an assembly line.  There is clearly a strict production requirement on the assembly line.  The 1,590 DOT codes in Production Workers, All Other (SOC 51-9199) contains 405 light, unskilled codes.  Those 1,590 DOT codes currently make up 238,600 jobs per the OOH.   Those 1,590 DOT codes currently make up  222,230 jobs per the OES.  In 2010, the OES reported 229,240 jobs for Production Workers.  SSA again used 10-year-old data and endorsed the identification of the entire occupational group as representing jobs for the single occupation.  

Inspector/hand packager does have the correct DOT code reported.  The 782 DOT codes in Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers contains 135 light, unskilled codes.  Those 782 DOT codes currently make up 590,100 jobs per the OOH.  Those 782 DOT codes make up 576,950 jobs per the OES.  In 2010, the OES reported 410,750 jobs for Inspectors.  SSA did not report the entire occupational group of jobs for this occupation.

Mail clerks require short-term on-the-job training.  Production workers and inspectors, testers require moderate-term on-the-job training.  Those jobs are typically skilled or semi-skilled (more than 30 days and up to one year of education, training, and experience).  The ORS does not provide a basis for any of the occupations in production workers and inspectors, testers as standing four hours or less in a day; less than half of mail clerks limit standing/walking to four hours.  These occupations are absurd examples for the sample hypothetical.  

It does get worse.  The orientation repeats the incorrect characterization of the DOT as listing the maximum requirements of occupations as generally performed on page 27.  That comes out of SSR 00-4p.  It is also wrong.  The DOT says:

Occupational definitions in the DOT are written to reflect the most typical characteristics of a job as it occurs in the American economy. Task element statements in the definitions may not always coincide with the way work is performed in particular establishments or localities.

I do not know what maximum of generally performed means.  It is nonsense.  The most typical characteristics describes either an average, median, or plurality of the jobs.  The maximum of the work as generally performed is an oxymoron and wrong.  

I have wondered on occasional where SSA hid the Kool-Aid that the VEs had consumed.  Here it is as an orientation for inaccuracy, statistical foolery, and just plain nonsense.  SSA should take this ridiculous orientation down and replace it with statements and examples that encourage reliable testimony.  On its way, SSA should rescind SSR 00-4p and replace it with a direction that requires the ALJ to adduce the foundation for VE testimony.  The courts are to blame for that current state of affairs.  

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Suggested Citation:

Lawrence Rohlfing, Vocational Experts are Trained by SSA to Give Bogus Testimony, California Social Security Attorney (March 11, 2021) https://californiasocialsecurityattorney.blogspot.com/2021/03/vocational-experts-are-trained-by-ssa.html 

Monday, February 25, 2019

Occupational Requirements Survey - 2018 Data Release - Has SSA's Fingerprints All Over It

On February 21, 2019, the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, released the 2018 data set for the Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS).  I checked the data against Occu Collect and found significant differences.  I expect data to change with the collection of new information.  What I did not expect was the removal of whole categories of data. 

The ORS no longer reports the cognitive demands of work.  This category is gone:

Cognitive and mental demands
  1. Adaptability
  2. Work schedules
  3. Work tasks
  4. Regular Contacts
  5. Type of interaction
  6. Frequency of interaction
  7. Other Contacts
  8. Type of interaction
  9. Frequency of interaction
  10. Decision-making
  11. Supervision
  12. Pace of work
  13. Control of work pace
The ORS removed data for sitting, standing, and walking.  The percent of the day or the number of hours spent sitting or standing/walking -- gone.  The existence and number of jobs with sitting versus standing/walking -- gone.  Here is the old category:

Physical Demands
  1. Sitting or standing/walking
  2. Standing and walking
  3. Sitting
  4. Sitting vs. standing at will
  5. Hearing
  6. One on one
  7. Group
  8. Telephone
  9. Other sounds
  10. Pass a hearing test
  11. Vision
  12. Near visual acuity
  13. Far visual acuity
  14. Peripheral vision
  15. Communication
  16. Verbal
  17. Climbing
  18. Ramps/stairs: structural only
  19. Ramps/stairs: work-related
  20. Ladders/ropes/scaffolds
  21. Lifting/carrying
  22. Weight (range) lifted/carried – seldom
  23. Weight (range) lifted/carried – occasionally
  24. Weight (range) lifted/carried – frequently
  25. Weight (range) lifted/carried – constantly
  26. Most weight ever lifted/carried (pounds)
  27. Manipulation
  28. Foot/leg controls
  29. One or both
  30. Gross manipulation
  31. One or both
  32. Fine manipulation
And the new list of physical demands:

  1. Climbing ladders, ropes, or scaffolds
  2. Climbing ramps or stairs (structure-related)
  3. Climbing ramps or stairs (work-related)
  4. Communicating verbally
  5. Crawling
  6. Crouching
  7. Driving
  8. Far visual acuity
  9. Fine manipulation
  10. Fine manipulation: one or both hands
  11. Foot/leg controls
  12. Foot/leg controls: one or both feet/legs
  13. Gross manipulation
  14. Gross manipulation: one or both hands
  15. Hearing requirements: Group or conference
  16. Hearing requirements: One-on-one
  17. Hearing requirements: Other Sounds
  18. Hearing requirements: Pass a hearing Test
  19. Hearing requirements: Telephone
  20. Keyboarding: Traditional
  21. Kneeling
  22. Lifting/carrying Constantly
  23. Lifting/carrying Frequently
  24. Lifting/carrying Occasionally
  25. Lifting/carrying Seldom
  26. Maximum weight lifted/carried
  27. Near visual acuity
  28. Peripheral vision
  29. Pushing/pulling: Feet only
  30. Pushing/pulling: Feet/legs
  31. Pushing/pulling: Hands/arms
  32. Pushing/pulling: one or both feet only
  33. Pushing/pulling: one or both feet/legs
  34. Pushing/pulling: one or both hands/arms
  35. Reaching at/below the shoulder
  36. Reaching at/below the shoulder: one or both hands
  37. Reaching overhead
  38. Reaching overhead: one or both hands
  39. Stooping
  40. Strength
There is an innocent explanation. The data may not meet OMB statistical standards and is therefore BLS cannot report the data.  There is a nefarious explanation.  SSA found the data to eliminate most of the sedentary occupations making the sedentary grid tables questionable in application and permitting even a limitation to six hours of sitting so erosive as to eliminate the ability to perform work.  We will have to explore the reasons why BLS removed the categories of data report from the set.  More about this later.  

Saturday, December 8, 2018

How is BLS Improving the Occupational Requirements Survey

Here is what DOL says:

How are we improving ORS?

The Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) was developed collaboratively by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). The BLS is comprised primarily of economists and the SSA is comprised primarily of disability adjudication and policy experts. At the onset of the collaboration, efforts were made to develop estimates for work in the modern US economy that closely mirrored the select data elements found in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), which SSA currently uses in adjudication. However, very little information exists about the DOT’s methodology. Initially, BLS and SSA agreed to define the scope of collection as how work is “generally performed” in each establishment. This meant BLS would collect requirements related to all aspects of work, including job functions that were incidental or not specific to one job and were unrelated to the primary hiring and pay factors of jobs.
Historically, SSA relied upon information from the DOT and its companion the Selected Characteristics of Occupations (SCO). The data from these publications appears to show a narrower scope for data collection. DOT data appears to show that analysts only rated work requirements that pertained to the hiring and pay factors of jobs.
The BLS has taken steps to revise current procedures to align more closely with a narrower scope of work that pertains to the hiring and pay factors of the job. The revised scope of work is limited to only tasks that are related to the “critical job function” (i.e., the reason the job exists). These tasks must be expected and usual, now defined as “critical.” In addition, after reviewing the duration data in the first published results which included point estimates, respondent-determined ranges, and SSA-defined ranges the BLS determined collection of duration data only in the SSA-defined ranges would more accurately reflect duration of job demands. By adjusting the parameters of what work is included to only that of the critical functions of jobs and specifying duration ranges, the BLS expects to more accurately capture job requirements while still identifying changes in the way work is performed in the modern economy.

Last Modified Date: November 15, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018

O*NET Slides from San Francisco


The O*NET—Why We Should Use It Now and What it Contains—Cross Examination of VEs


We Already Know That

  • 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1566(d), 416.966(d)

·        Administrative notice of job data. When we determine that unskilled, sedentary, light, and medium jobs exist in the national economy (in significant numbers either in the region where you live or in several regions of the country), we will take administrative notice of reliable job information available from various governmental and other publications.


The Department of Labor

  • We Already Know That

  • The O*NET uses incumbent surveys to determine the requirements of work.  The Department of Labor intended it to replace the DOT.  The data now granulates into pieces that permit you to determine whether a sit-stand option exists or whether work requires teamwork/contact with others.  Come and see how to use this information before SSA folds it into the upcoming Occupational Information System.


SSA’s Intention for the O*NET

  • The OIS will combine Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data with task information from the Department of Labor Occupational Information Network (O*NET), military occupations from the Military Occupational Classification (MOC), and data from BLS’ Occupational Employment Statistics into a web-based, publicly available, information technology platform known as the VIT.  BLS’ Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) will be the primary source of information on the requirements of work.

·        https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/occupational_info_systems.html


O*NET Overview

·        The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors.




O*NET Overview

·        The database is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation. Information from this freely available database forms the heart of O*NET OnLine, the interactive application for exploring and searching occupations.


O*NET Overview

·        The database also provides the basis for our Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers.


O*NET Overview

·        The O*NET is based on the Standard Occupational Classification system. 


Standard Occupational Classification

·        The DOT covers 13,000 codes

·        The SOC covers 840 groups

·        https://www.bls.gov/soc/2010/


O*NET TAXONOMY

·        The O*NET expands the SOC to
·        1,110 occupational groups

·        https://www.onetcenter.org/taxonomy.html


O*NET TAXONOMY

·        The O*NET will update to the
·        2018 SOC and cover
·        1,170 occupational groups

·        https://www.onetcenter.org/taxonomy/2010/soc2018.html


O*NET TAXONOMY

·        The O*NET will Update to the
·        2018 SOC … in about four years

·        https://www.onetcenter.org/taxonomy/2010/soc2018.html


What We Need to Know

  • The O*NET is a product of the Department of Labor

  • The DOL intended the O*NET to replace the DOT

  • Of the 13,000 DOT codes, 10,000 were last updated in 1977

  • Of the 1,110 O*NET codes, 100 of them were updated in 2018


What We Need to Know

  • The O*NET is the result of a combination of incumbent surveys and vocational analyses


What We Need to Know

  • The O*NET crosswalks to all published DOT codes

·        https://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/DOT/


What We Need to Know

  • The O*NET crosswalks to six governmental classifications

·        https://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/DOT/


What We Need to Know

  • The O*NET reflects a nationwide survey of work

  • The vocational expert relies on anecdotal local experience


What We Need to Know

  • The Department of Labor has more and better data than a vocational expert in your region, period. 
  • O*NET Data

  • Abilities
  • Interests
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
  • Work Activities
  • Work Context
  • Work Styles
  • Work Values


O*NET Data

  • Abilities
  • Interests
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
  • Work Activities
  • Work Context
  • Work Styles
  • Work Values


O*NET Work Context

  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Physical Work Conditions
  • Structural Job Characteristics


O*NET Work Context – Interpersonal Relationships

  • Contact With Others
  • Coordinate or Lead Others
  • Deal with External Customers
  • Deal with Physically Aggressive People
  • Deal with Unpleasant or Angry People
  • Electronic Mail
  • Face-to-Face Discussions
  • Frequency of Conflict Situations
  • Letters and Memos
  • Public Speaking
  • Responsibility for the Outcomes and Results
  • Responsible for Others’ Health and Safety
  • Telephone
  • Work with Work Group or Team


O*NET Work Context – Physical Work Conditions

  • Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions
  • Exposed to Contaminants
  • Exposed to Disease or Infections
  • Exposed to Hazardous Conditions
  • Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
  • Exposed to High Places
  • Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
  • Exposed to Radiation
  • Exposed to Whole body Vibration
  • Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting
  • In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment
  • In an Open Vehicle or Equipment
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  • Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
  • Outdoors, Exposed to Weather
  • Outdoors, Under Cover


O*NET Work Context – Physical Work Conditions

  • Physical Proximity
  • Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable
  • Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body
  • Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles
  • Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance
  • Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling
  • Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
  • Spend Time Sitting
  • Spend Time Standing
  • Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  • Spend Time Walking and Running
  • Very Hot or Cold Temperatures
  • Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets
  • Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection


O*NET Work Context – Structural Job Characteristics

  • Consequence of Error
  • Degree of Automation
  • Duration of Typical Work Week
  • Freedom to make Decisions
  • Frequency of Decision Making
  • Impact of Decisions on Co-Workers or Company Results
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  • Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
  • Level of Competition
  • Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
  • Structured versus Unstructured Work
  • Time Pressure
  • Work Schedules


O*NET Work Abilities

  • Cognitive Abilities
  • Physical Abilities
  • Psychomotor Abilities
  • Sensory Abilities


O*NET Work Abilities – Cognitive Abilities

  • Category Flexibility
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Information Ordering
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Memorization
  • Number Facility
  • Oral Comprehension
  • Oral Expression


O*NET Work Abilities – Cognitive Abilities

  • Originality
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Problem Sensitivity
  • Selective Attention
  • Spatial Orientation
  • Speed of Closure
  • Time Sharing
  • Visualization
  • Written Comprehension
  • Written Expression



O*NET Work Abilities – Psychomotor Abilities

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Control Precision
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Rate Control
  • Reaction Time
  • Response Orientation
  • Speed of Limb Movement
  • Wrist-Finger Speed


O*NET Work Abilities – Physical Abilities

  • Dynamic Flexibility
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Explosive Strength
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Gross Body Coordination
  • Gross Body Equilibrium
  • Stamina
  • Static Strength
  • Trunk Strength


O*NET Work Abilities – Sensory Abilities

  • Auditory Attention
  • Depth Perception
  • Far Vision
  • Glare Sensitivity
  • Hearing Sensitivity
  • Near Vision
  • Night Vision
  • Peripheral Vision
  • Sound Localization
  • Speech Clarity
  • Speech Recognition
  • Visual Color Discrimination


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Markers -- 209.587-034

  • DOT Narrative: 209.587-034 MARKER (retail trade; wholesale tr.) alternate titles: marking clerk; merchandise marker; price marker; ticket maker Marks and attaches price tickets to articles of merchandise to record price and identifying information: Marks selling price by hand on boxes containing merchandise, or on price tickets. Ties, glues, sews, or staples price ticket to each article. Presses lever or plunger of mechanism that pins, pastes, ties, or staples ticket to article. ay record number and types of articles marked and pack them in boxes. May compare printed price tickets with entries on purchase order to verify accuracy and notify supervisor of discrepancies. ay print information on tickets, using ticket-printing machine [TICKETER (any industry); TICKET PRINTER AND TAGGER (garment)].
GOE: 05.09.03 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77


Markers -- 209.587-034

  • SOC Code: 43-5081
  • O*NET Code:  43-5081.02

  • https://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/DOT?s=209.587-034&g=GO


OOH – 43-5081

43-5081 Stock clerks and order fillers
Typical Education Needed
High school diploma or equivalent
Work Experience in a Related Occupation
None
Typical On-The-Job Training Needed to Attain Competency
Short-term on-the-job training
2016 Employment
2,008,600




43-5081.00 – Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

  • This title represents a group of more specific occupations.  For additional information, please select one of the specific occupations below.

o   43-5081.01    Stock Clerks, Sales Floor
o   43-5081.02    Marking Clerks
o   43-5081.03    Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard
o   43-5081.04    Order Fillers, Wholesale and Retail Sales

o   https://www.onetonline.org/link/custom/43-5081.00


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Print and attach price tickets to articles of merchandise using one or several methods, such as marking price on tickets by hand or using ticket-printing machine.
·        Sample of reported job titles: In Store Marketing Associate (ISM Associate), Inventory and Pricing Associate, Label Maker, Marking Clerk, Pricing Associate, Scan Coordinator, Ticketer, Warehouse Pricing and Inventory Clerk

o   https://www.onetonline.org/link/custom/43-5081.02 


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
  • 209.587-034    Marker
  • 216.567-010    Ticket Marker
  • 222.387-054    Sorter-Pricer
  • 229.587-018    Ticketer

o   https://www.onetonline.org/link/custom/43-5081.02 


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
  • 209.587-034    Marker                            Light, SVP 2, retail/wholesale
  • 216.567-010    Ticket Marker                 Light, SVP 3, wholesale
  • 222.387-054    Sorter-Pricer                   Light, SVP 5, nonprofit
  • 229.587-018    Ticketer                           Light, SVP 2, textile

o   https://www.onetonline.org/link/custom/43-5081.02 


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Interpersonal Relationships
%
Response
Contact With Others — How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
60
Constant contact with others
38
Contact with others most of the time
0
Contact with others about half the time
1
Occasional contact with others
0
No contact with others



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Interpersonal Relationships
%
Response
Work With Work Group or Team — How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
27
Extremely important
63
Very important
8
Important
0
Fairly important
1
Not important at all

43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Structural Job Characteristics
%
Response
Consequence of Error — How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
0
Extremely serious
10
Very serious
28
Serious
18
Fairly serious
45
Not serious at all


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Environmental
%
Response
Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
16
Very important results
38
Important results
1
Moderate results
45
Minor results
0
No results



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Environmental
%
Response
Exposed to Contaminants — How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
26
Every day
8
Once a week or more but not every day
19
Once a month or more but not every week
20
Once a year or more but not every month
28
Never


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Environmental
%
Response
Physical Proximity — To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
16
Very close (near touching)
53
Moderately close (at arm's length)
29
Slightly close (e.g., shared office)
0
I work with others but not closely (e.g., private office)
1
I don't work near other people (beyond 100 ft.)


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Structural Job Characteristics
%
Response
Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.
19
More than 40 hours
46
40 hours
35
Less than 40 hours



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Postural
%
Response
Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body — How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
23
Continually or almost continually
21
More than half the time
12
About half the time
43
Less than half the time
0
Never



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Postural
%
Response
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles — How much does this job require climbing ladders, scaffolds, or poles?
0
Continually or almost continually
15
More than half the time
1
About half the time
32
Less than half the time
51
Never



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Postural
%
Response
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance — How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance?
3
Continually or almost continually
13
More than half the time
0
About half the time
39
Less than half the time
46
Never



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Postural
%
Response
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
10
Continually or almost continually
37
More than half the time
52
About half the time
1
Less than half the time
0
Never



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Exertional
%
Response
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
55
Continually or almost continually
18
More than half the time
0
About half the time
11
Less than half the time
16
Never



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Exertional
%
Response
Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting?
0
Continually or almost continually
36
More than half the time
5
About half the time
50
Less than half the time
9
Never


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Exertional
%
Response
Spend Time Standing — How much does this job require standing?
58
Continually or almost continually
0
More than half the time
13
About half the time
30
Less than half the time
0
Never


43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Context

Exertional
%
Response
Spend Time Walking and Running — How much does this job require walking and running?
27
Continually or almost continually
19
More than half the time
18
About half the time
36
Less than half the time
0
Never



43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Importance
  • Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
·        Importance: 53





43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Level
  • Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
·        Level: 45






43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Importance
  • Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
·        Importance: 47





43-5081.02  – Marking Clerks


·        Work Abilities, Level
  • Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
·        Level: 14





43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Importance
  • Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
·        Importance: 41





43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Level
  • Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
·        Level: 32





43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Importance
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
·        Importance: 47




43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Level
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
·        Level: 38






43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Importance
  • Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
·        Importance: 50





43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Level
  • Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
·        Level: 50





43-5081.02  Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Importance
  • Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
·        Importance: 50





43-5081.02 – Marking Clerks

·        Work Abilities, Level
  • Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
·        Level: 50