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PRW with skill level and SVP: Bulldozer Operator I 850.683-010, skilled, SVP 5.
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Skills: Ability to drive and operate a bulldozer, including operating level controls to estimate
depth of the cut, and ability to read grade stakes to know at what level to set the
blade to get the correct cut level.
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Likelihood skills transfer and why: Skills are unlikely to transfer because the skills the claimant gained in PRW require
exposure to concentrated fumes and dust and require exposure to dangerous machinery.
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Search(es) performed: WF 007, and 011. MPSMS 340, 350, and 360.
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Analysis: Searches only list occupations that must be performed with exposure to concentrated
fumes and dust as well as exposure to dangerous machinery. The claimant’s environmental
limitations prevent them from using their skills in other work.
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Finding: Skills not transferable.
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Applicable Rule and Conclusion: 202.06 disabled.
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Cited occupations if transferable: N/A
5. Claimant is of advanced age (59), high school education, and sedentary
RFC
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PRW with skill level and SVP: Electrician 824.261-010, skilled, SVP 7.
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Skills: Reading blueprints, writing up orders for equipment needed. Used ohmmeters, pliers,
and drills to place wiring. Delegated duties and acted as a lead worker for others.
Wired new construction for electricity. Knowledge of standards for passing inspections
of wiring in new construction.
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Likelihood skills transfer and why: Skills are unlikely to transfer. Given the claimant’s age and RFC, the claimant will
need to make very little, if
any, vocational adjustment in transferring skills. The claimant’s past work was medium and did not include the
extensive administrative skills required to make a successful adjustment to sedentary
work particularly at their age and RFC level.
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Search(es) conducted: WF 111. MPSMS 580.
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Analysis: Search of WF 111 yield no occupations in the construction industry. Search of MPSMS
yields one occupation in any industry but it is a supervisor of vendor parts—someone
who reviews the parts provided by a vendor. This occupation does not use the claimant’s
skills as an electrician wiring at constructions sites.
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Finding: Skills not transferable.
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Applicable rule and conclusion: 201.06 disabled.
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Cited occupations if transferable: N/A
6. Claimant is closely approaching retirement age (60), with limited education and
light RFC
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PRW with skill level and SVP: The claimant performed a job that did not have an occupational counterpart in the
DOT. The job involved some of the tasks of Retail Store Manager 185.167-046, skilled,
SVP 7 and Stock Clerk 299.367-014, semiskilled, SVP 4. Given their duties, overall
SVP was probably a little more than semiskilled with an SVP of 5.
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Skills: Communicating with sales associates to let them know what was needed in different
departments. Cleaning areas and stocking shelves. Bringing supplies to floors and
using scanners to scan barcodes when stocking.
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Likelihood skills transfer and why: Skills are unlikely to transfer. Although the claimant did some managerial tasks,
there were no traditional supervisory duties such as hiring/firing, reviewing work,
completing time sheets, or recommending personnel actions. The claimant did not gain
clerical or management skills. Given age and RFC, the claimant will need to make very little, if any, vocational
adjustment to transfer skills.
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Search(es) conducted: WF 292 and 221. MPSMS 881.
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Analysis: Searches yield several light occupations with SVPs of 5 or less, but they all involve
sales skills which the claimant did not gain in this job. The claimant’s job was essentially
as a manager, helper, stocker in a retail setting. They did not gain sales skills
that would have allowed them to use their skills in other light work.
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Finding: Skills not transferable.
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Applicable rule and conclusion: 202.02 disabled.
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Cited occupations if transferable: N/A