What skill level is your work?
SKILLED, SEMISKILLED WORK AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Often times in a case you will hear the terms unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled work. Explaining what skilled and semiskilled work is, and whether or not these skills are transferable is difficult to understand and explain, and is one of the rea sons why Vocational Expert testimony is required at the hearing. If a claimant had past relevant work that was skilled or semiskilled then there is an issue as to whether or not these skills are transferable to other types of work within their physical and mental limitations. If a claimant’s past work was unskilled, there is no issue of transferability because by definition unskilled work does not incorporate learned or acquired skills. With job data obtained through the Department of Labor, the SSA categorizes jobs into broad classifications. The skill set required for successfully performing the work is what determines which job class a position falls under. In reviewing your appl...