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' Components of Job Evaluatioi In measuring the "size" of jobs;job evaluation assumes fully acceptable performance by jobholders. Job content information, as •documented in job descriptions, is evaluated in terms of four factors that are added together to form Total Points. The factors include: Know-How—the sum total of every kind of skill,however acquired,necessary for acceptable job performance. This includes: ■ The depth and breadth of work procedures and vocational/technical/professional knowledge and skills required of the job. ■ The managerial breadth skills that are required for integrating and harmonizing different organizational units or functions. ■ The human relations skills required to directly interact on a person-to-person basis with others in order to produce the desired results. Problem Solving—the original"self-starting"thinking required by the job for analyzing,evaluating,creating,reasoning,arriving at and making conclusions. This includes: ' ■ The organizational and procedural parameters that guide or circumscribe the focus of thinking and freedom to think on the job. ■ The variety,uniqueness,and complexity of problems faced by the job. Accountabili(Y—the responsibility for action and for the consequences thereof the measured effect of the job on end results. This includes: ■ The autonomy or discretion that a job has in taking action and the personal or procedural controls that a job follows. t The magnitude or impact that the job has on the County, what the job works with(or on) and its overall cost/benefit to the County. • ■ The role the job has on impacting end results; whether the job has primary or shared responsibility for committing the County to action or a contributory or ancillary role in supporting such action. Working Conditions—the conditions under which work must be done. This includes: ■ Physical Effort—work requiring physical exertion. • ■ Environment—exposure to objectionable or noxious conditions. ■ Hazards—exposure to factors involving risks of accident,personal injury,or personal health. The following are tug considered in evaluating your job: ' 1 The quality of your job performance ■ Your length of service ■ Your formal education or degree(unless also a job requirement) . • How the job was evaluated in the past ■ The current rate of pay for the job II • Marketability with other employers (3_ C,Cieu,Awinonhraacamoonie.doc(Deeenbe 19.1996)