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Job Analysis

The HTTS approach is to "get to know the organisation" to better understand the organisation's product or services, roles, responsibilities and expectations that drive the required job performance.

Job performance can be expressed in terms of competencies, knowledge, skills and behaviour, or task orientated in terms of performance, conditions and standards.

Within the military sector, for example, the task orientated approach is adopted where the tasks, and task elements performed by an individual constitute ’the job’. The job is the basic unit in carrying out the personnel actions of selection, training, classification and assignment.

However, without appreciation of where ownership and/or authority lie within the organisation, the job analysis is likely to be conducted at an inappropriate level.

This applies to any organisation as there are different levels of responsibility and accountability that have to be firmly understood to enable identification of required job performance.

Generally, the factors which need to be considered are:

Main objective/purpose of the job.
Lines of responsibilities and accountability involved including levels of supervision.
Content relating to principal functions, competencies and or duties and tasks.
Work conditions and environment.
Job standards.
Legislation (Health and Safety etc).
Frequency of performance and integration with other departments or team members.
Likely job changes and consequences of inadequate performance.
Quality Assurance – relating to required control, monitoring and or assessment criteria.

It is only by considering these factors within the right context of the organisational need that the appropriate training requirements can be identified.