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n Qualification Standards
n Restructuring Positions
n Modifying Qualification Standards
n Job Analysis
n Crediting Plan
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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