Comparing the DOT, O*NET and eDOT

eDOT Construct

The construct for eDOT is exactly that of the DOT, used in U.S. courts for over 60 years.

eDOT is based on the original DOT:

• format
• codes and
• selected occupational characteristics

eDOT skill words are taken from the 1991 Revised Handbook for Analyzing Jobs.

Position titles are taken from the:

• U.S. Census
• Canadian NOC
• historic OES (now OEWS)
• UK SOC
• SOC
• and other sources

Work measures

ERI uses the DOT measures, but has added a lower-level measurement for unskilled positions.

Example: For jobs that don't require reading and can be performed by an illiterate individual, ERI rates them as:

Reading = Level 00

The DOT had no measurements for positions that do not require reading.

For a complete list of eDOT’s 90+ work characteristic measures, with the Disability Determination module and About the Job selected, view the eDOT/DOT SCOs page.

Transferable Skills

The Interactive Exercise in this course teaches you how to create a disability determination and transferable skills assessment with the end result being a list of potential alternate jobs appropriate for the individual based on their work history, limitations, and geographic location. Specifically, it will show you how to use the Occupational Assessor to:

• Input the individual's prior jobs (create a "Relevant Work History").
• Review, modify, save and print a Position Description and Job Analysis for each job in the work history.
• Review and modify a Residual Functional Capacity (RFC) Comparison.
• Review, modify and save changes to an auto-created filter based on the work history and RFC.
• Create an alternate jobs filter from scratch.
• Review a filtered list of potential alternate jobs.
• Review Job Availability data for these alternate jobs, along with a list of Potential Employers and Jobs Posted for a specific area.

eDOT's filtering system works to "filter in" jobs that may be appropriate for the individual based on their work experience. It uses a range of values — Selected Characteristics of Occupations (SCO) measures — to identify jobs in the eDOT Skills Project database with matching values.

If a job in the database meets all conditions of the filter, then that job is listed as one in which the individual might expect to transfer his/her abilities.

Because eDOT does not cluster jobs and has added thousands of new jobs to the original DOT position list, it is well suited for use in disability assessments of transferable skills.

Additional eDOT features (Job Availability, Potential Employers) further examine the potential for job availability in the geographic area and/or industry selected.