Dvop
CurrentDisabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists develop job and training opportunities for Veterans, with special emphasis on Veterans with service-connected disabilities. DVOP specialists provide direct services to Veterans enabling them to be competitive in the labor market. They provide outreach and offer assistance to disabled and other Veterans by promoting community and employer support for employment and training opportunities, including apprenticeship and on-the-job training. Performs related work as required.Develops job and job training opportunities for disabledveterans through contacts with employers, especially smalland medium-size private sector employers. Promotes and develops apprenticeship and other on-the-job training positions. Carries out outreach activities to locate disabled veteransthrough contacts with local veterans organizations,Veterans' Administration, the state employment serviceagency and local employment service offices and community basedorganizations. Provides appropriate assistance to community-basedorganizations and other organizations and appropriategrantees under other federal and federally-funded employmentand training programs in providing services to veterans.Provides assistance to local employment service officeemployees with responsibility for veterans services.Consults and coordinates with other appropriate representativesof federal, state and local programs for the purpose ofdeveloping maximum linkages to promote employmentopportunities for and provide maximum employment assistance to veterans.