National Occupational Standards in
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AJ5 Select personnel for activities

AJ5.2 Select required personnel

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. using appropriately skilled and experienced people to assess and select personnel
2. ensuring that the information you obtain about each candidate is relevant to and sufficient for the selection process
3. assessing the information objectively against specified selection criteria
4. ensuring that your selection decisions are justifiable from the evidence gained
5. ensuring that you only inform authorised people about selection decisions and the identified development needs of successful candidates
6. ensuring that the information you provide to authorised people is clear and accurate
7. ensuring that all candidates receive feedback and information appropriate to their needs at each stage of the selection process
8. ensuring that your records of the selection process are complete, accurate, clear and comply with organisational and legal requirements
9. passing on your recommendations for improvements to the selection process to the appropriate people in your organisation.

Occupational Context

1. Types of personnel
   • internal
   • external
   • permanent
   • temporary
   • full-time
   • part-time
   • paid
   • voluntary
2. Types of information
   • biographical data
   • letters
   • references
   • interview responses
   • presentations
   • results of work skill tests
   • results of knowledge tests.

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Present and justify selection decisions
• Communicate selection decisions
• Make a case for change in selection processes
• Make fair and objective assessments
• Identify the additional development needs of those you select and what to do with this information

You need to know about:

Continuous improvement

• The importance of continually reviewing your selection processes and how to do so

Information handling

• The importance of confidentiality during the selection process
• The importance of accurate record keeping during the selection process.

Legal requirements

• The legal requirements for the selection of personnel.

Organisational context

• The organisational requirements for the selection of personnel.

Recruitment and selection

• The relative advantages and disadvantages of the range of methods which may be used for the assessment and selection of staff to your work
• The skills and experience staff need to take part in selection processes
• The information you need to select personnel
• Why all candidates should receive feedback at appropriate points during the selection process

Required Skills

• N/A

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can select required personnel

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore how they:

• select required personnel.

Observation of the candidate or witness testimony will be essential as evidence of performance

Evidence Rules

The candidate should have been involved in selecting personnel for a diverse range of activities

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Today's date: 22/11/2008
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