J-LAP

Job-Linked Assessment Procedures 

Overview:

• Perform a task-level job analysis (say 1000 tasks)
• Perform Task Clustering to define Modules of Tasks Co-Performance (These Modules Define Job Performance Dimensions (say 40 dimensions))
• Establish Master List of Knowledge, Skill, Ability and Other Characteristics (such as Competencies) needed to perform all the Performance Dimensions (say 150 elements)
• Link KSAOs to each Performance Dimension (Verbs help establish Bloom’s Taxonomy Level).
• Describe jobs as sets of Performance Dimensions
• For any Target Job, use its KSAOs from its Performance Dimensions for

• establishing Hiring/Promotion standards
• creating/validating Training Programs and
• creating/validating Testing Programs (selection, certification, promotion)

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Job-Linked Assessment Procedures –

Paper by R.A. (Jim) Moon for IRS Project

 

Introduction & Part I:  The Occupational Analysis (Page 2)

Part II.  The Training Needs Analysis (Page 9)

Part III.  The KSA Master Outline (Page 11)

Part IV.  The Master Training/Test Outline (Page 15)

Part V.  Develop/Revise Training (Page 19)

Exhibits:

• J-LAP Process Outline
• CODAP Products Request Form
• Training Setting Recommendation (ATI: Automated Training Indicator)
• J-LAP Content Validity References