Revising the Standard Occupational Classification:

Transcript:Revising the Standard Occupational Classification::
Revising the Standard Occupational Classification: How You Can Help U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professions National Center for Health Workforce Analysis NOVEMBER 12th, 2013 Edward Salsberg, MPA Michelle M. Washko, PhD National Center for Health Workforce Analysis: UPDATES 2 Area Health Resource File: State and national level health workforce files have now been added to the AHRF in addition to the county level data file Health Workforce Research Centers: NCHWA just funded 4 new research centers in health workforce: Technical Assistance: Health Research, Inc (SUNY University at Albany Center for Health Workforce Studies) Research: University of California, San Francisco (focus area: long-term care) The George Washington University (focus area: flexible use of workers to improve care delivery and efficiency) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (focus area: flexible use of workers to improve care delivery and efficiency) For more info and updates, visit our website at: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/ Overview of Presentation Description of the Standard Occupational Classification Standard Occupational Classification Revision 3 Description of the Standard Occupational Classification 4 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Many uses for occupational information Estimating supply and demand Decisions on education and training Job search and placement assistance Employer decisions on compensation, training, business location 5 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Classification is critical to providing information about occupations for these uses: How are occupations defined? How is occupational information organized and presented? Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) answers these questions for Federal statistics 6 Why the SOC? Before the SOC – chaos! Federal statistical agencies produced data using different occupational categories Data did not fit together With the SOC – comparability! Data from different statistical agencies fit together Data can be used to tell a more complete story 7 Revising the SOC: How You Can Help First What is the SOC Who is responsible for the SOC How the SOC is structured Then History of SOC revisions The SOC revision process General timeframes 8 Revising the SOC: How You Can Help Finally How you can provide input What information we need from you How to stay connected 9 What is the SOC? A Federal statistical standard set and required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Applies to Federal agencies that publish occupational data for statistical purposes Other OMB standard classification systems North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Race/ethnicity categories Provide