Assignment: Job Analysis
Directions: Complete a basic job analysis of an existing job (must be a real, existing and compensated job with a Dictionary of Occupational Titles code). The job analysis must be complete; a simple task analysis will not suffice. A complete job analysis includes a job description, occupational outlook, information from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, any applicable documentation, and a task analysis completed through observation and survey. The job analysis that you create for your class project should contain the following:
Title Page in APA format
Abstract Page in APA format
One-paragraph brief description of the job
Narrative of the things that you did
Narrative of what you found
• Include the following information from O*Net (with appendices as necessary):
1. Relationship to other jobs
2. Sample of reported job titles
3. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
4. Work Contexts
5. Wage & Employment Trends
Complete job description (within appendices)
List of tasks performed with the accompanying importance and time spent ratings (in appendices)
• Make a table, labeled in APA format
• Have an accompanying figure, labeled in APA format
Any accompanying paperwork that you can get (within appendices)
Reference Page in APA format with at least 5 sources that do not include your textbook or Wikipedia. At least 3 of these must be professional journal articles or books.
Did you shadow at least 1 incumbent? ______
Was it for an entire work shift? ______
Did you survey at least 4 incumbents? _______