Essential Skills
| Purpose: | Provide a mapping of O*NET-SOC codes (occupations) to Essential Skill ratings. |
Structure and Description:
| Column | Type | Column Content |
|---|
| O*NET-SOC Code | Character(10) | O*NET-SOC Code (see Occupation Data) |
| Title | Character Varying(150) | O*NET-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 Essential Skill 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 1, Item Rating Level Statistics - Analyst for additional information on these items. The 15 fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 17,880 rows of data in this file.
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File Structure Changes:
| Release Number | Description of Change |
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| 30.3 | Added as a new file |
Data Example - Essential Skills:
| O*NET-SOC Code | Title | Element ID | Element Name | Scale ID | Scale Name | Data Value | N | Standard Error | Lower CI Bound | Upper CI Bound | Recommend Suppress | Not Relevant | Date | Domain Source |
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| 49-3041.00 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 2.A.1.a | Reading Comprehension | IM | Importance | 3.00 | 8 | 0.0000 | 3.0000 | 3.0000 | N | | 08/2025 | Analyst |
| 49-3041.00 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 2.A.1.a | Reading Comprehension | LV | Level | 2.88 | 8 | 0.1250 | 2.6300 | 3.1200 | N | N | 08/2025 | Analyst |
| 49-3041.00 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 2.A.1.b | Active Listening | IM | Importance | 3.12 | 8 | 0.1250 | 2.8800 | 3.3700 | N | | 08/2025 | Analyst |
| 49-3041.00 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 2.A.1.b | Active Listening | LV | Level | 3.00 | 8 | 0.0000 | 3.0000 | 3.0000 | N | N | 08/2025 | Analyst |
| 49-3041.00 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 2.A.1.c | Writing | IM | Importance | 2.88 | 8 | 0.1250 | 2.6300 | 3.1200 | N | | 08/2025 | Analyst |
| 49-3041.00 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 2.A.1.c | Writing | LV | Level | 2.62 | 8 | 0.1830 | 2.2664 | 2.9836 | N | N | 08/2025 | Analyst |
| 49-3041.00 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 2.A.1.d | Speaking | IM | Importance | 3.12 | 8 | 0.1250 | 2.8800 | 3.3700 | N | | 08/2025 | Analyst |
| 49-3041.00 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 2.A.1.d | Speaking | LV | Level | 3.00 | 8 | 0.0000 | 3.0000 | 3.0000 | N | N | 08/2025 | Analyst |
