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ing comparisons of work between
classes in the state service and in mak
ing more accurate comparisons with
kinds of work and pay rates of other
employers. Legislators will be provided
a source of reference about kinds of
work in the state service. Department
administrators and supervisors will be
provided with basic information which
may be useful in appraising their or
ganizations, utilization of employees’
skill» and the types of assignments
which are given employees.
Employees also will be able to make
direct use of specifications. For the first
time classification information of a spe
cific nature relating to their positions
will be put in writing. This will pro
vide direct information as to status
and as to promotional and transfer op
portunities. Also the specifications as
part of the classification plan provide
the basis for the development of a fair
salary plan on the basis of similar pay
for similar work.
The class specifications contain dif
ferent types of information. The class
title is intended to be a brief yet de
scriptive identification of the work
which is performed. Roman numerals
are used with titles where more than
one class is found in an occupational
series. In such cases the Roman num
eral I indicates the lowest level of work,
the numeral II the next higher and so
on. Brief titles will be used to the
fullest extent possible in order that
record keeping and pay roll processing
may be simplified. For this reason the
use’ of other more specific organization
titles for other purposes will not be
prevented.
Descriptions of work duties and re
sponsibilities in some detail will be
given. Specifications will contain a gen
eral statement as to kind of work and
detail information describing the rela
tive technical, supervisory or other re
sponsibilities, work hazards and the
other characteristics which differentiate
the class from others in the classifica
tion plan.
Requirements of the work will be
broken down into two types; those
which relate to necessary knowledge,
skills and abilities and those which re
late to experience and training qualifi
cations. The statements of knowledge,
skills and abilities required in the work
are the more significant and important.
These will be used as guides in devel
oping tests and in providing the general
standards by which new employees
should desirably be selected. Generally
speaking, these statements relate to re
quirements for a new employee just en
tering the class of work rather than ex
perienced employees who have already
been serving in the class, and have dem
onstrated ability and capacity.
The statements of minimum experi
ence and training qualifications required
of new employees will have one main
purpose. This purpose is to provide a
basis for either admitting an applicant
to take an examination in the future or
denying him such an opportunity.
Whereas statements of the knowledge,
skills and abilities will be used to es
tablish which applicants may be ad
mitted for consideration.
A sample of a class specification
which will illustrate the foregoing is
shown below. This is set up in a form
similar to that which will be used by
the Civil Service Commission.
EXAMPLE
S torekeeper II
Distinguishing Features of Work
This is supervisory manual and cler
ical work in receiving, storing and issu
ing materials, supplies and equipment.
Employees personally perform and
supervise the conduct of all storekeep
ing activities in a. large central store
room or warehouse. Work differs from
that of a Storekeeper I in that it in
volves a wider variety of commodities,
having greater aggregate value and in-
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