Surveillance system monitor
Encyclopedia
Surveillance System Monitor is an occupation frequently cited by vocational expert
s as available to disabled workers in disability
hearings conducted by the Social Security Administration
. In the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
, it carries a D.O.T. number of 379.367-010.
As last described in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in 1986, the occupation is unskilled, performed at the sedentary level of exertion, and consists of monitoring closed circuit surveillance systems in governmental transportation facilities in order to detect crimes or disturbances.
Very few, if any, employers ask employees to simply sit and watch a bank of monitors all day long. Rather, in order to avoid excessive boredom, fatigue, and the resultant poor performance, employers ask surveillance system monitors to do a wider variety of security-related tasks throughout the work day, thus rendering the exertional level required to do the occupation greater than sedentary. Further, the occupation is no longer unskilled work. Particularly with regard to the security needed at government facilities in the post 9/11 world, experienced and trained workers are needed. A majority of workers doing surveillance type security work are employed by the gambling and gaming industry. Effective monitoring in that industry requires training beyond what would be considered required for unskilled work. Numerous studies by vocational experts have found that, as described in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, the occupation of Surveillance System Monitor does not exist in significant numbers in the nation's economy.
Vocational expert
A Vocational expert is an expert in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, vocational and earning capacity, lost earnings, cost of replacement labor and lost ability/time in performing household services...
s as available to disabled workers in disability
Disability
A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
hearings conducted by the Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration
The United States Social Security Administration is an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits...
. In the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles, commonly known as the DOT was the creation of the U.S. Employment Service, which used its thousands of occupational definitions to match job seekers to jobs from 1939 to the late 1990s....
, it carries a D.O.T. number of 379.367-010.
As last described in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles in 1986, the occupation is unskilled, performed at the sedentary level of exertion, and consists of monitoring closed circuit surveillance systems in governmental transportation facilities in order to detect crimes or disturbances.
Very few, if any, employers ask employees to simply sit and watch a bank of monitors all day long. Rather, in order to avoid excessive boredom, fatigue, and the resultant poor performance, employers ask surveillance system monitors to do a wider variety of security-related tasks throughout the work day, thus rendering the exertional level required to do the occupation greater than sedentary. Further, the occupation is no longer unskilled work. Particularly with regard to the security needed at government facilities in the post 9/11 world, experienced and trained workers are needed. A majority of workers doing surveillance type security work are employed by the gambling and gaming industry. Effective monitoring in that industry requires training beyond what would be considered required for unskilled work. Numerous studies by vocational experts have found that, as described in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, the occupation of Surveillance System Monitor does not exist in significant numbers in the nation's economy.
External links
- U.S. Department of Labor O*net
- The Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR)
- Searchable Online DOT at the Department of Labor Law Library
- National Academy of Sciences Report on the DOT and its job analysis methodology
- NetworkWorld IBM video technology targets security problems
See also
- Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Revised Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- Vocational educationVocational educationVocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
- Bureau of Labor StatisticsBureau of Labor StatisticsThe Bureau of Labor Statistics is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is a governmental statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and...
Further reading
- Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Revised Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- Social Security Disability Advocate's Handbook, by David Traver, James Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-58012-033-3