HOW DO YOU DO A JOB ANALYSIS?
Job analysis is one of many services vocational rehabilitation can provide. In a job analysis, the counselor breaks down a job into its individual tasks. Job analysis can be used to determine whether an individual has the skills to do a particular job and also to set steps in a training program to get a person from where he or she is now to being fully capable of performing a job.
Steps in the job analysis:
- Watch an employee do the job. Are there any special tools or skills needed?
- Observe the environment. Must an employee be able to get used to working with a lot of noise, extreme temperatures or under pressure? Will it be easy to get along with co-workers?
- Ask to be trained in the job yourself.
- Perform the job yourself for a day or more.
- Write down everything that is expected for the job tasks. Also include other expectations like dress code or behavior.
- Have the employer review what you have written and agree that this is what is expected.
- Ask about any unusual work expectations, for example, the Christmas shopping season might be more rushed than usual work days, and employees would be expected to work extra hours during that time. (Griffin & Hammis, 2002).
