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 |
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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 |
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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.