The Position Description window is located below each main table (not including the Advanced Reports table).
This window displays three tabs:
•Survey Description
•eDOT Description
•Skills & Competencies (SCOs)
Survey Description: Various salary surveys may use different titles to describe the same job. ERI researchers carefully compare the level and responsibilities of each survey job to assure proper job matching and compilation of data. ERI has over 20 years of extensive knowledge of salary surveys and job matching. This assures the user that ERI data is of the highest reliability. ERI has prepared composite Survey Descriptions to assist the user in finding job matches in their organization to jobs available in the Salary Assessor. The Survey Description for each job is also displayed in the Search Jobs screen.
eDOT Description: These are either those derived by ERI researchers or those originally taken from the latest version of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). By default, they consist of three parts: Alternate Titles, Overview, and Typical Functions. The Typical Functions may include both essential functions and marginal functions. Marginal functions describe duties required of workers in some establishments but not in others. Not all descriptions contain marginal functions. Those that are "marginal" are selected because of their use of the verb "may." Please see the Salary Assessor Descriptions section of the Methodology/Disclaimer for more information.
Skills & Competencies (SCOs): Users may select from a list of available Selected Characteristics of Occupations found above the graph.
DOT Methodology Note: The methodology used by the Department of Labor in developing DOT job descriptions is described in the following publication:
U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration, Handbook for Analyzing Jobs (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972).
This book includes a complete description of the DOL methodology.
See Search Jobs for more information.
Note: Position descriptions are not available for hybrid jobs. The position description for a hybrid job will display the jobs included and their weighting.