# Presentation: 281276

## 21st CenturyJob Family Position Classification Standards:A Guided Tour

## Classification Standards

**OLD FOCUS**
- Occupation
- What can be said about the occupation?

**NEW FOCUS**
- Family of occupations
- What can be said _**once**_ that would apply to more than one occupation?

## Purpose of CPD Issuances

- Support accurate classification determinations by experienced _and __**inexperienced**_** **users
- Support decisions about _series_, _title_, and _grade_

## idiosyncrasy

## Information That Supports Classification Determination

- Position classification standards must include, at a minimum --
** ****occupational series definitions**
** ****titling instructions**
** ****grading criteria**
- 	 (in FES format, i.e., _Factor Level Descriptions_ -- **FLDs**)

## What Other Information Does a JFS Provide?  And Why?

## Additional Information Provided in Job Family Standards

**Illustrations** --
- Take a generalized FLD and give it a specific application
- Establish a series (or specialty) frame of reference for a specific FLD

## Additional Information (continued)

**Occupational Information** --
- More thorough than Handbook definition
- Includes up-to-date information
- Acknowledges changing roles and work
- Defines & clarifies specialties
- Introduces & distinguishes specialty clusters
- Supports cross-referencing from other occupations

## Additional Information (continued)

**Distinctions Between Kinds of Work (e.g., 1-grade & 2-grade, GS & WG)** --
- Guidance (especially for managers)
- Clarifies issues (e.g., contrasting developmental work & support work)
**Impact of Automation** --
- (As promised in *Classifier’s Handbook*)
- Gives automation a place
- Emphasizes that *primary* (i.e., job family) duties drive classification, not ancillary skills

## Additional Information (continued)

**Crosswalk to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)** --
- Educating users
- Laying groundwork for future applications

## Additional Information (continued)

**Historical Record & Explanatory Information** **(Appendix H)** --
- Records “family history” (e.g., using a Table of Changes)
- Describes changes from previous standard
- Indicates relationships among series & specialties
- Introduces & describes “series clusters”
- Comments on possible future additions

## The Classification Hierarchy

- General Schedule
- Occupational Group
- 1-grade Interval Work (C/T)        2-grade Interval Work (P/A)
**JOB FAMILY**
- Series Cluster
- Occupational Series
- Specialty Cluster
- Parenthetical Specialty

## Job Family Standards -- Mapping Structure & Content

- Job Family Standards -- Mapping Structure & Content

## Consistent Across JFSs

- General Titling Provisions
- Organizational Titles
- How To Use This Standard
- Position Evaluation Summary
- Grade Conversion Table Values

## Highly Consistent Across JFSs

- Introduction
- Distinctions Between Kinds of Work
- Impact of Automation
- Exclusions
- Factor 2 FLDs
- Factor 3 FLDs
- Factor 6 & 7 FLDs
- Factor 8 & 9 FLDs

## Factor 2 Format

**FLDs use common language across JFSs**
- 	(for each factor level described)** ****	**
**	****How Work Is Assigned -- ** The supervisor (or designated employee) instructs/outlines or discusses/provides...
- 	**Employee Responsibility --** The employee:
- mmmmmmm,
- nnnnnnn, and(/or)
- ooooooo
**	****How Work Is Reviewed **-- The supervisor:
- xxxxxxxx,
- yyyyyyyy, and(/or)
- zzzzzzzz

## Factor 3 Format

**List of family-specific guidelines**
**FLDs use common language across JFSs**
- 	(for each factor level described)
**	****Guidelines Used -- **The employee uses....
- aaaaaaaaa,
- bbbbbbbbb, and(/or)
- cccccccccc

**	****Judgment Needed -- **The employee....
- xxxxxxxxxx,
- yyyyyyyyyy, and(/or)
- zzzzzzzzzz

## Factor 6 & 7 Format

**FLDs use common language across JFSs**
**Descriptions for Personal Contacts and Purpose of Contacts**
- Basically boilerplate at lower factor levels
- Family-specific related information included for higher factor levels

## Factor 8 & 9 Format

**FLDs use common language across JFSs**
**Descriptions for Physical Demands and Work Environment**
- Basically boilerplate
- Family-specific information included as appropriate
- Higher factor levels included as appropriate

## Highly Consistent Across JFSs(continued)

- _Formats_ for Factor 1 FLDs & Illustrations
- _Formats_ for Factor 4 FLDs & Illustrations
- _Formats_ for Factor 5 FLDs & Illustrations
- General outline for Appendix H

## Factor 1 Format(for each factor level described)

**Knowledge of, and skill in applying:**
- aaaaaaaaa,
- bbbbbbbbb, and(/or)
- cccccccccc

**sufficient to:**
- xxxxxxxxxx,
- yyyyyyyyyy, and(/or)
- zzzzzzzzzz

## Factor 4 Format(for each factor level described)

**	****Nature of Assignment -- **Work consists of aaaaa, bbbbb, and ccccc.
**	****What Needs To Be Done --** The employee *(how tasks are identified)*:
- mmmmmmm,
- nnnnnnn, and(/or)
- ooooooo
**	****Difficulty and Originality Involved **-- The employee:
- xxxxxxxx,
- yyyyyyyy, and(/or)
- zzzzzzzz

## Factor 5 Format(for each factor level described)

**	****Scope of the Work -- **Work involves aaaaa, bbbbb, and(/or) ccccc.
**	****Effect of the Work --** Work affects/impacts/ etc. *or* Work outcomes
- xxxxxxxx,
- yyyyyyyy, and(/or)
- zzzzzzzz

## A Note About Factors 1, 4 & 5

**Family-specific information is most prevalent in these areas of a JFS**
**Format is consistent, but **_**content**_** differs**

## Questions?