Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 373C — Occupational and Career Information

Division 1. Government — Title 21. Labor and Industrial Relations

Hawaii Revised Statutes as published by the Hawaii State Legislature (files updated 1/5/2026 7:14 PM).

Division 1 Government

Title 21 Labor and Industrial Relations

Chapter 373C Occupational and Career Information

Part I Findings and Purpose

§373C-1 Findings

. The legislature finds that there is a need to coordinate the efforts of a variety of employment-related agencies, programs, and activities, for the purpose of strengthening employment, training, and educational planning and delivery of services. Promoting this coordination can be achieved best through the development of an occupational and career information planning base. A Hawaii occupational information system could meet the common needs of vocational education programs and employment and training programs if it contained data on occupational demand and supply based on uniform definitions, standardized estimating procedures, and common classification codes. This occupational information must be geared to the career decision-making process of youth, as well as to the administrative needs of educational and training planning. The delivery of career information is needed to improve the match of youth career desires with available and anticipated labor demand.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 171, §1]

§373C-2 Purpose

. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the development and delivery of occupational and career information on a statewide basis. This information is to be used for the purpose of employment, training, educational, and career planning with a special view toward improving the relationship of current and projected supply and demand in the Hawaii workforce. It is also the purpose of this chapter to provide for the means to develop and deliver occupational and career information through an overall Hawaii occupational information system composed of a career information delivery system and an occupational employment planning system. Additionally, coordination is to be provided for in the development, dissemination, and application of occupational and career information for the purposes of occupational, educational, employment, and training planning and for the delivery and use of career information in educational and occupational decision‑making by youth, trainees, and job seekers.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 171, §2]

Part II Hawaii State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee--Repealed

§373C-11 to 373C-15 REPEALED

L 2001, c 171, §8.

Part III Hawaii Occupational Information System

§373C-21 Purpose

An occupational information database can provide information for employment, training, and educational program planning, as well as provide input for career planning and job search purposes. The system shall use data collection procedures established by various programs for input and apply standardized estimating procedures for developing current and projected labor market supply and demand data. The system shall deliver the necessary occupationally related information to a widely divergent user population, including planners, students, trainees, and job searchers, in appropriate formats whether manual, internet, or computer-based. The overall occupational information system shall be designed to meet the needs of youth and adult career planners and job seekers as well as the needs of educational, training, and employment program planners for planning data on projected occupational supply and demand.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 171, §3]

§373C-22 Repealed

[Repealed]

[L 2001, c 171, §9]

§373C-23 Responsibilities

. The department of labor and industrial relations shall be responsible for the preparation of occupational employment demand information concerning projected needs for occupational skills in Hawaii's labor market. The department of education and University of Hawaii systems shall be responsible for the production of uniform educational supply data concerning students in courses related to each occupational category.

The workforce development council shall be responsible for coordinating the production of federally funded training supply data concerning trainees enrolled and completing training programs in each occupational category. The department of human services shall be responsible for preparing information concerning welfare and vocational trainees enrolled and completing training by occupational category.

All of the identified entities in this section shall jointly develop and produce, to the extent feasible, other data required of the occupational information system.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 2001, c 171, §4]

Part IV Hawaii Career Information Delivery System

§373C-31 System's powers and duties

The Hawaii career information delivery system shall be a part of the Hawaii occupational information system. It shall develop and deliver occupational and educational information used for career choice and job search purposes. The information used in the Hawaii career information delivery system shall be obtained primarily from the Hawaii occupational information system and shall be available to all regions and people of the State. Career information shall be delivered to meet customer needs through schools, training sites, employment service offices, and social service offices but shall not be restricted to these customer sites.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 171, §5]

§373C-32 Organization

. The delivery of career information on a statewide basis shall be through the Hawaii career information delivery system program, operated and managed by the department of labor and industrial relations to provide for the maximum input of customer needs and concerns practicable.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 171, §6]

§373C-33 Personnel

§373C‑33 Personnel. The department of labor and industrial relations may establish positions and hire necessary personnel for the purposes of this part in accordance with chapter 76.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1; am L 2000, c 253, §150; am L 2006, c 300, §12]

§373C-34 Authorization to receive cost reimbursements

The department of labor and industrial relations may make such agreements or contracts as are approved by the governor with any county, city, state, territory, association, society, or person for the purpose of sharing occupational and education information used for career choice and job search purposes. The general fund appropriation shall include the projected income for the terms and conditions of the resulting agreements or contracts for the purposes set forth herein. All moneys received for the sharing of occupational and educational information shall be deposited into the state general fund.

[L 1984, c 190, §2]

Part V Hawaii Occupational Employment Planning System

§373C-41 Powers and duties

The Hawaii occupational employment planning system shall be part of the Hawaii occupational information system. It shall develop and deliver occupational employment demand and supply information used for planning purposes by employment, training, vocational education, vocational rehabilitation, economic development, and other agencies as well as private industry and individuals. The system shall be based on standardized and nonduplicative techniques and processes to the maximum extent practicable.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1]

§373C-42 Organization

. The development of occupational employment planning information shall be carried out through the responsibilities defined in section 373C-23.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 171, §7]

§373C-43 Occupational employment statistics program

The department of labor and industrial relations shall conduct an occupational employment statistics program to develop occupational demand projections in fulfilling the responsibilities of section 373C-23.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1]

§373C-44 Labor market information development program

The department of labor and industrial relations shall conduct a labor market information development program to develop employment and unemployment demographics and to conduct labor market area industrial economic analysis in fulfilling the responsibilities of section 373C-23.

[L 1983, c 193, pt of §1]