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Simulated job or job element performed during a period of time and designed to measure a specific work ability.

Skill that can be applied to a variety of jobs or work situations.

Level IV documents; describe steps of a particular task.

The process of determining the amount of time it takes a worker who does not have a disability to perform an operation or an element of an operation using a prescribed method. This amount of time becomes the “standard” against which the productivity of the worker with a disability is compared to determine the commensurate […]

Process through which vocational capabilities of a person who is blind or otherwise severely disabled are examined, measured, and compared to average employees without disabilities.

Rehabilitation staff responsible for examining and measuring vocational potential of a person who is blind or otherwise severely disabled.

Process through which a person who is blind or otherwise severely disabled is taught to perform a specific job or type of job.

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Inevitable differences among individual outputs of a process; sources of variation can be grouped into two major classes, Common Causes and Special Causes.

A disability that constitutes a barrier to securing or obtaining regular employment.