Step 3 - Identify Duty Areas

Make sure everyone

analyzing the job of "Health Physics Technicians" (HP Techs), will you be

understands exactly

including all tasks for all HP Techs (those who work in Dosimetry,

which job position is

Analytical Services, and Area Monitoring), or just the "Area Monitoring HP

being analyzed

Techs"? If you are analyzing the job of "Tank Farm Operators," will you be

including all tasks for all Tank Farm Operators (including those who work

in the Evaporators, Saltwells, and other site areas), or just the "Saltwell

Tank Farm Operators"? If you are analyzing the job of "Waste

Management Technicians," will you be including both "Radiological" and

"Hazardous" Waste Management Technicians? If you are analyzing the job

of "Reactor Operators," will you be including tasks for Auxiliary Operators,

Reactor Operators, Senior Reactor Operators and Supervisors? This step is

crucial to clearly establish the parameters of the job to be analyzed.

Co-Facilitator: Once the job position has been clarified, write the job title

(horizontally) on a white 8-1/2" x 11" page and post it at the top, center of

the TTJA wall.

The next step is to have team members determine the duty areas of the job

under which all specific tasks will fit. A duty area is a distinct major activity

(group of related tasks) involved in performing the job.

First the team needs to determine how they will select duty areas, as

explained in the "Overview" lesson. Depending on the type of job being

analyzed, would it be better to identify duty areas based on systems? Or

Determine how to

components? By location? Or by procedures? A combination? Something

group duty areas

else? Refer team members to the task lists located in the "Workshop"

portion of the Participant Manual to see examples of how duty areas were

chosen for previously-analyzed jobs.

As Facilitator, be aware of the fact that how duty areas are chosen may

have an impact on the ability to write task statements at an appropriate

level. For example, during an analysis of "Distribution and Inspection

Utility Operators," duty areas were chosen based on systems. When

writing tasks, the team realized that they would have to write the same

task statement numerous times within that duty area to indicate the

different buildings in which that system exists. This significantly

increased the number of tasks listed on the task list, almost to the point

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