A vocational rehabilitation employability study involves a systematic review of a person’s work history, education, and physical capacities. It integrates the information as it relates to possible jobs, the labor market, and potential earnings. It outlines paths for future work through the identification of transferable skills and the industries who use them.

This type of study can involve services such as: medical file review, job analysis, skill transfer analysis, and labor market research. The studies can be used for vocational planning, to evaluate future wage earning capacity and determine if retraining will be cost effective.