The terms frequent and infrequent that are used in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and in the PDC Chart don’t seem to conform with the usual meaning of those terms. How did that happen?
In the original Handbook for Analyzing Jobs (1972), published by the United States Department of Labor (DOL), the strength demands of work were presented in terms of five levels. Each level carried a connotation of maximum number of pounds to be lifted on a frequent basis. However, frequent and infrequent were not defined. In A Guide to Job Analysis (1982), published by the Materials Development Center at Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute at the University of Wisconsin Stout, several major improvements of this job analysis technique were introduced, including modification and definition of these terms. Instead of infrequent, the term occasional was substituted, defined as “under 20 percent of the time.” Frequent was defined as “between 20 percent and 80 percent of the time.” Constant was defined as “over 88 percent of the time.” This is the format incorporated into the Physical Demands Job Analysis (1981) and in the 1982 supplement to the fourth edition of the Dictionary of Occ
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