Work Activities

Purpose:

Provide a mapping of O*NET-SOC codes (occupations) to Work Activity ratings.

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Structure and Description:

Column	Type	Column Content
O*NET-SOC Code	Character(10)	ONET-SOC Code (see Occupation Data)*
Title	Character Varying(150)	ONET-SOC Title (see Occupation Data)*
Element ID	Character Varying(20)	Content Model Outline Position (see Content Model Reference)
Element Name	Character Varying(150)	Content Model Element Name (see Content Model Reference)
Scale ID	Character Varying(3)	Scale ID (see Scales Reference)
Scale Name	Character Varying(50)	Scale Name (see Scales Reference)
Data Value	Float(5,2)	Rating associated with the O*NET-SOC occupation
N	Integer(4)	Sample size
Standard Error	Float(7,4)	Standard Error
Lower CI Bound	Float(7,4)	Lower 95% confidence interval bound
Upper CI Bound	Float(7,4)	Upper 95% confidence interval bound
Recommend Suppress	Character(1)	Low precision indicator (Y=yes, N=no)
Not Relevant	Character(1)	Not relevant for the occupation (Y=yes, N=no)
Date	Character(7)	Date when data was updated
Domain Source	Character Varying(30)	Source of the data

This file contains the Content Model Work Activity data associated with each O*NET-SOC occupation. It is displayed in 15 tab delimited fields and identified using the column names provided above. Item rating level metadata is provided in columns named N, Standard Error, Lower CI Bound, Upper CI Bound, Recommend Suppress, Not Relevant, Date, and Domain Source. Refer to Appendix 2, Item Rating Level Statistics - Incumbent for additional information on these items. The 15 fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 73,308 rows of data in this file.

For more information, see:

O*NET Work Activities Project Technical Report

File Structure Changes:

Release Number	Description of Change
5.0	Date and Source columns added
5.1	Columns added for N, Standard Error, Lower CI Bound, Upper CI Bound, Recommend Suppress, and Not Relevant
6.0 - 28.1	No structure changes
28.2	Standard Error, Lower CI Bound, Upper CI Bound expanded from 2 decimal places to 4
28.3 - 30.0	No structure changes

Data Example - Work Activities:

O*NET-SOC Code	Title	Element ID	Element Name	Scale ID	Scale Name	Data Value	N	Not Relevant	Date	Domain Source
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.a.1	Getting Information	IM	Importance	4.22	18		08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.a.1	Getting Information	LV	Level	5.17	18	N	08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.a.2	Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings	IM	Importance	3.12	17		08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.a.2	Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings	LV	Level	3.94	17	N	08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.b.1	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	IM	Importance	3.83	18		08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.b.1	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	LV	Level	5.00	18	N	08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.b.2	Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials	IM	Importance	3.76	17		08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.b.2	Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials	LV	Level	4.35	17	N	08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.b.3	Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information	IM	Importance	3.17	18		08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.1.b.3	Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information	LV	Level	3.89	18	N	08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.2.a.1	Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People	IM	Importance	3.17	18		08/2025	Occupational Expert
17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	4.A.2.a.1	Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People	LV	Level	3.94	18	N	08/2025	Occupational Expert