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Note: The DOT was created by the Employment and Training Administration, and was last updated in 1991.
It has been replaced by the O*NET.
DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES (4th Ed., Rev. 1991) --
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY
Since its inception, the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) has provided
basic occupational information to many and varied users in both public and
private sectors of the United States economy. This revised Fourth Edition of
the DOT appears at a time when there is growing recognition of the need for
lifetime learning, when rapid technological change is making the jobs of
current workers more complex than they were even a few years ago, and when
timely and accurate labor market information is an increasingly important
component of personal and corporate decision-making.
Publication of this document reaffirms in the clearest way the Department's
continuing commitment to assist jobseekers, employers, educational and
training institutions, researchers, and other interested parties with the most
current and accurate occupational information possible. I hope that
publication of this revised Fourth Edition will constitute a public service as
timely and valuable as was publication of its predecessor volumes.