Concept of Task "Levels" cont'd

Table-Top Job Analysis

Rev 1: December 22, 1994

INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION PAGE

Lesson Title: Overview of TTJA

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Discussion Points

Instructor / Trainee Activity

During job analysis (the purpose

SHOW:

TTJA

of this seminar), we only want to

OVERVIEW-O-5, For

identify the tasks involved in the This Week

job.

In traditional job and task analysis,

REFER participants

people were not always careful to pick

to Workbook p. 12

an appropriate "level" at which to

write tasks.

INSTRUCTOR:

Prior

People would often pick too "low"

to this lesson,

a level (or too detailed, possibly prepare some example

listing elements rather than

task statements for

tasks)

the job being

analyzed that

Thus, they would end up with task

illustrate an

lists that had 300-1000 tasks (and "appropriate" task

elements that they called tasks)

level; show one that

listed on it, which became

is written at too

unmanageable.

high a level (too

broad), one that

On the other hand, we don't

drops down one

want to write tasks at too high

notch, one that is

(or too broad) a level just for

at too low (too

the sake of reducing the number

narrow, like an

of tasks on the task list.

element rather than

certainly want to ensure that

a task) a level,

all vital tasks are listed.

etc.

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