THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT SVP. WHAT'S THAT?
If you recently were the subject of a Social Security disability hearing, the judge and the vocational expert probably used the term SVP a great deal. What is SVP and what does it have to do with a disability case?
SVP stands for "Specific Vocational Preparation" and refers to the time required for a person to gain the average skills needed to perform a particular job. In other words, how much vocational training is required to learn a particular job? The higher the number assigned to the SVP, the longer it takes to learn the job.
The SVP discussion is most pertinent at Step 5 of the disability consideration: Are there jobs in the US economy that the claimant could perform, given his/her age, education, past work history and residual functional capacity? The vocational expert will often respond with examples of jobs that fit a certain set of hypothetical conditions and will give the SVP required to perform the work. A job with an SVP of 1 or 2 are considered unskilled, while a job with an SVP of 3 is considered semi-skilled. Skilled work has progressively higher SVP numbers assigned.
Below are the SVP values assigned by the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and these are the ones used by Social Security in their disability decision making process.
A disability representative (advocate) is trained to question the vocational witness when jobs are presented that might result in an unfavorable decision for his or her client.
SVP stands for "Specific Vocational Preparation" and refers to the time required for a person to gain the average skills needed to perform a particular job. In other words, how much vocational training is required to learn a particular job? The higher the number assigned to the SVP, the longer it takes to learn the job.
The SVP discussion is most pertinent at Step 5 of the disability consideration: Are there jobs in the US economy that the claimant could perform, given his/her age, education, past work history and residual functional capacity? The vocational expert will often respond with examples of jobs that fit a certain set of hypothetical conditions and will give the SVP required to perform the work. A job with an SVP of 1 or 2 are considered unskilled, while a job with an SVP of 3 is considered semi-skilled. Skilled work has progressively higher SVP numbers assigned.
Below are the SVP values assigned by the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and these are the ones used by Social Security in their disability decision making process.
| SVP |
Amount of Training Required to Learn Job |
|
SVP 1 |
a short demonstration |
|
SVP 2 |
up to one month |
|
SVP 3 |
up to three months |
|
SVP 4 |
three months to six months |
|
SVP 5 |
six months to one year |
|
SVP 6 |
one to two years |
|
SVP 7 |
two to four years |
|
SVP 8 |
four to ten years |
|
SVP 9 |
over ten years |
A disability representative (advocate) is trained to question the vocational witness when jobs are presented that might result in an unfavorable decision for his or her client.
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