O*NET

Introduction

The O*NET is the US primary source of occupational information. O*NET database is the core part, contains information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database, which is available to the public at no cost, is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation.

This Information from database forms the heart of O*NET OnLine, an interactive application for exploring and searching occupations. The database also provides the basis for the Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers.

General information

information to be gathered details
Name / title of source/model and version if applicable O*NET Occupational Database
Stakeholder US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA)
URL http://www.onetonline.org/help/onet/database and http://www.workforceinfodb.org/
Orientation Occupational information
Explicit / implicit Explicit. Linkage to skills, knowledge and abilities needed for an occupation are listed
Organisational competence  
Number of people currently affected USA
User communities  
Significant use cases  
Significant business cases  
Sample materials See an example of a description of an occupation here http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/17-2071.00
Key features influencing uptake Here what is important that occupations LOCs are detailed. Its possible to export data about LOCs of O*NET occupations into InLOC model. Data about occupations is stored in excel sheets, they can be transformed into XML InLOC binding

Features

N Features ? notes
00 More than one model    
01 Identifiers 1 The occupation has an identifier but not its required LOCs. The LOCs are listed as unnumbered list
02 Hierarchy (internal) 1 Occupations are has a structure based on subject domain but not LOCs
03 Internal relationships 1  
04 External relationships    
05 Conditionality / optionality    
06 Text syntax 1 There is a structure that controls the occupation description, see here http://www.onetcenter.org/dl_files/ContentModel_DetailedDesc.pdf
07 Structured identifiers 1 Yes for the occupations
08 Classification 1  
09 Level attribution 1 Its rather importance of a LOC. Each LOC has a ranking of its importance, see here http://www.onetonline.org/link/details/17-2071.00; go for example to knowledge part.
10 Level definition    
11 Context    
12 Evidence and assessment    
13 Extensions    
14 Profiles    
15 Adaptation    
16 Definition by example 1 particularly for questionnaires
17 Learning resources    
18 Learner records    
19 Multilinguality 0  

Further information

Definition by example in questionnaires

In the questionnaires section, "Instructions for Making Skills Ratings", they illustrate questions of the form

What level of the skill is needed to perform your current job?

This is then followed by a scale, the example given having 7 points, where 2, 4, and 6 are labelled with examples of tasks that typically use the skill at that level.

Guidance requirements