What Does The SCO Contain?
The SCO provides additional data not found in the two volumes of the DOT. In addition to the DOT codes and Guide for Occupational Information Group codes, the SCO provides the following:
SVP Specific Vocational Preparation
Physical Demands
- SVP Specific Vocational Preparation
- St Strength
- Cl Climbing
- Ba Balancing
- St Stooping
- Kn Kneeling
- Co Crouching
- Cw Crawling
- Re Reaching
- Ha Handling
- Fi Fingering
- Fe Feeling
- Ta Talking
- He Hearing
- Ts Taste/Smell
- NA Near Acuity
- FA Far Acuity
- DP Depth Perception
- Ac Accommodation
- CV Color Vision
- FV Field of Vision
Environmental Demands
- We Exposure to Weather
- Co Extreme Cold
- Ho Extreme Heat
- Hu Wet and/or Humid
- No Noise Intensity Level
- Vi Vibration
- AC Atmospheric Conditions
- MP Proximity to Moving Mechanical Parts
- ES Exposure to Electric Shock
- HE Working in High Exposed Places
- Ra Exposure to Radiation
- Ex Working with Explosives
- TC Exposure to Toxic or Caustic Chemicals
- Ot Other Environmental Conditions
These data are arranged in the SCO in long columns of rows of letters and numbers, which may seem fairly incomprehensible to the uninitiated, such as
- 6 S NNNNNNNNN NNNNCNNCNN NNNN3NNNNNNNNN
- 2 S NNNNNNNNN NNNNCNNOOO NFFN3NNNNNNNNN
- 3 L NNNNNNNNN NNNNCNNCNN NNNN3NNNNNNONN
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