CVE Vocational Evaluation Methods Flashcards

A vocational evaluator uses the Physical Demands Characteristics of Work (PDC) to match a client's functional capacity to which classification system?

Answer: The U.S. Department of Labor's sedentary, light, medium, heavy, and very heavy work categories

The DOL's physical demand levels (sedentary through very heavy) are used to match a client's functional capacity to the physical requirements of occupations.

Which vocational evaluation approach involves placing a client in a community job site to assess vocational behaviors in a real workplace over time?

Answer: Community-based vocational evaluation (CBVE)

CBVE places clients in real community job sites to observe work behaviors, productivity, and vocational adjustment in natural work environments.

The OASYS (Occupational Access System) software is used in transferable skills analysis to do which of the following?

Answer: Identify occupations a client can perform based on work history and functional limitations

OASYS analyzes a client's work history and functional limitations to identify transferable skills and matching occupations from the DOT.

Which evaluation strategy is MOST appropriate for assessing a client who has never held a job and has limited work history?

Answer: Work samples, situational assessment, and interest/aptitude testing

For clients with no work history, work samples, situational assessments, and aptitude/interest testing provide the most relevant baseline vocational data.

In vocational evaluation, which term describes the range of jobs a person can perform based on their skills, aptitudes, and functional capacities?

Answer: Vocational feasibility

Vocational feasibility refers to the realistic range of occupations a client can access given their assessed abilities, aptitudes, and functional limitations.

A vocational evaluator observes that a client consistently has difficulty following multi-step instructions during work samples. This finding MOST directly informs recommendations about:

Answer: Jobs requiring simple, repetitive tasks and on-the-job training accommodations

Difficulty with multi-step instructions suggests the client may be best suited for positions with simple, repetitive tasks and may need specific job training accommodations.