The WRQ Technical Manual places the WRQ in the context of job analysis, with special emphasis on the Position Analysis Questionnaire, on which the WRQ is based and which database it uses for reference. Methods that are commonly used to assess work disability are reviewed. The burden of costs associated with psychological distress and work disability are discussed, as are limitations in biomedical and insurance systems that generate excess costs.

Also included in this document are images of WRQ software screens that appear in the course of applying the WRQ to structuring functional capacity evaluations (FCEs); identifying needs for reasonable accommodation after disabling injury or illness; generating lists of jobs potentially appropriate for individuals with functional limitations; collecting self-ratings; assessing inter-rater reliability or convergence of results of job-matching under different assumptions; comparing PAQ ratings from one job in the database to those on another; and using the WRQ to support disability determination for Social Security. Forensic applications of the WRQ are explored. Finally, limitations of the WRQ are discussed, as are caveats regarding its use.

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