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It is critical that employees possess the
appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of their job. To ensure
candidates for federal positions meet minimum requirements, the Office
of Personnel Management (OPM) has established a set of qualification
standards. If a supervisor can accept someone into a vacancy who does not possess all
of the qualifications required for the full performance level of the position, the
supervisor can restructure the job to reduce the qualification
requirements. OPM will also allow some standards to be modified
for specific types of actions. When filling a job, particularly through Merit Promotion, candidates should be rated and ranked using differentiating criteria to ensure the best qualified candidates are referred. Development of differentiating criteria is normally done by a team of personnelists and supervisors who develop a crediting plan using a job analysis process. When developing a job analysis the supervisor must ensure that the criteria is job related in accordance with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures. |
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Revised: 11/10/98 |