Obtain information from the classification specification to develop an Essential Function Duty Statement.

Facilitating employee performance appraisal and career development programs.Making transaction determinations such as transfer, demotion in lieu of layoff, voluntary demotion, and reinstatement.Determining status rights of incumbents in a classification when a new classification is created by dividing or combining existing classifications.Making appropriate eligible list determinations.Determining the scope of examinations and identifying critical classification requirements for selection purposes.Establishing internal relationships for salary administration.Allocating positions to classifications.The classification specification has a variety of uses including: Provides a convenient written document, which identifies the basic characteristics of each classification for a variety of personnel management purposes.Arranges classifications in related occupational groupings and logically progressive series.Defines the boundaries of classifications and differentiates each classification from every other classification in terms of type of work, level of responsibility and qualifications required.It services the following general purposes: The classification specification is the most basic and essential tool in administering the classification plan.

A permanent file of specifications for abolished classifications is maintained by General Files for reference at SPB. Each is an explicit statement written in a standardized form which identifies the essential characteristics which make the classification described different from other classifications in the plan.Ĭopies of classification specifications can be obtained on the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) website. Classification specifications identify and describe all the classifications of positions established in the classification plan. A classification specification includes the classification title definition typical tasks performed minimum qualifications required, including licenses, education and experience knowledge, skills and abilities and special personal characteristics. A classification specification is the legal description of a classification or series classification, which has been adopted by the five-Member State Personnel Board (SPB).

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