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R -- DEVELOPMENT OF WORKPLACE LITERACY DEFINITIONS SOL OAFC-SG-95-05 due 060295. POC Technical Inquiries, Bruce Paige, 919-733-7917. The North Carolina Occupational Analysis Field Center (NC OAFC) of the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina (NC SESA) is engaged in a grant with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to participate in a review of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT); the NC OAFC, as part of the U.S. DOL's Occupational Analysis program, seeks to: (a) investigate definitions of literacy and explore methods for obtaining workplace literacy estimates of occupations/occupational clusters that will be included in the new Occupation Information Network (O*NET) which will replace the current DOT, and (b) investigate methods to link occupational literacy requirements and individual literacy levels. (074)

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