Job Descriptions and Ratings. For this program, a job description and the contents therein are for the purposes of rating a job and assigning the job into the proper wage grade for application of the Wage Rate Schedule. The description of a job shall be in sufficient detail to enable that job to be identified and rated. A job description reflects the major duties, responsibilities and qualifications required for proper evaluation and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements inherent to the job. The rating of jobs on the basis of job content involves certain basic determinations being made with respect to the skill level, responsibility and effort required and the working conditions involved in each job. In order to reduce possible errors of personal judgement into practical but reasonable working limits, such determinations and considerations are subdivided and refined into an analysis and rating of each job to assess the relative worth on the basis of specific factors which are to be determined by the Joint Job Evaluation Committee. The factors used are: Education Experience Judgement Communications Physical Effort Mental Effort Dexterity Co-ordination of Others Consequence of Error Safety of Others Working Conditions and Environment Job Ratings serve to:
Job Descriptions and Ratings. 3.01 Accurate evaluations, comparisons and grouping of jobs are dependent on the collection and maintenance of accurate and up-to-date information about job requirements. Therefore, job descriptions are used not only to record current requirements but they also provide a base from which to judge changes in requirements or conditions. Job descriptions note:
