Writing Federal Position Descriptions (CLAS7910 & CLAS7911)

Writing Federal Position Descriptions

Writing Federal Position Descriptions

Description:

Learn how to make effective use of your organization’s human resources by planning and describing positions completely and accurately. Include important duties, organizational relationships, and essential knowledge in employee position descriptions (PDs) since PDs form the basis for many HR actions, including compensation, hiring, and RIF. Facilitate the accomplishment of an agency’s mission, goals, and objectives at both the macro and micro levels with effective PDs.

  • Instructor assistance and feedback on assignments
  • Facilitated blogging and discussions

Enroll anytime in this online course. All materials supplied. Instructor-based study. Self-paced; take up to six months to complete.

Note: We strongly recommend that participants bring laptops or tablets to the course session so that they can complete PD writing exercises electronically.

Who Should Attend?

Federal supervisors, HR practitioners, and administrative staff who need to be able to apply the basic principles of position planning to the description of positions.

Tuition:

$899.00

Credits:

1.2 CEU's

Class Type:

This course is currently being offered in the following training modalities:

Learning Outcomes:

  • Overview the basic principles of position planning
  • Explain the do’s and don’ts in writing position descriptions
  • Identify supervisory responsibilities in writing PDs
  • Discuss the components of General Schedule non-supervisory and supervisory position descriptions
  • Define the factors necessary for writing General Schedule nonsupervisory and supervisory position descriptions
  • Write complete and accurate General Schedule nonsupervisory and supervisory position descriptions
  • Discuss the components of FWS non-supervisory and supervisory position descriptions
  • Define the factors necessary for writing FWS nonsupervisory and supervisory position descriptions
  • Write complete and accurate Federal Wage System non-supervisory and supervisory position descriptions

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Module 1

  • Guidelines for Writing Position Descriptions

Module 2

  • Writing General Schedule Non-Supervisory Position Descriptions

Module 3

  • Writing General Schedule Supervisory Position Descriptions

Module 4

  • Writing Federal Wage System Position Descriptions

Module 5

  • Putting It All Together

Appendix A

  • Definitions of Terms

Appendix B

  • OF-8
  • Sample Position Descriptions

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