Table of Contents

Introduction

Describing the Job

Appendixes 
(Sample Good Job Description
& Sample Bad Job Description) 

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Check out the interactive "Sample Skills, Knowledge and Abilities" page.


 
 
 

GUIDELINES FOR WRITING SKAS
 

1. A skill, knowledge or ability is something a worker knows or can do that enables the worker to successfully perform the duties of the job.  Basic SKA categories include but are not limited to the following:
 

Vocational (work content skills)

Language Skills  (reading, writing and speaking)

Mathematical Skills

 Human Relations

Reasoning

Self Management

2. Each SKA statement should indicate: 
 

What ability.
At what level, in what amount.
In what context, for what purpose. (Optional)

3. Use examples from the job to help define the SKA concisely.
 

4. Avoid using subjective modifiers, e.g., high level, which have a
different meaning for each individual.