18- 389 C.M.R. ch. 4, § 4 - CLASS SPECIFICATIONS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

A. Class Specifications - The Director of Human Resources shall provide and maintain written specifications for each member class of the classification schedule. Each specification shall be the summary document of all positions comprising the class and have the following characteristics:

1. The class specification shall include class title, brief description of type/level of work performed, examples of entrance and full performance knowledges, skills and abilities, minimum entrance qualifications and other information special to the class.

2. Information provided by the class specification is intended to be representative of several positions and use of particular examples of duties performed or responsibilities held shall not exclude others of similar kind and difficulty not mentioned.

3. The class title assigned to a class specification shall be the official title of each position it represents and this name, or abbreviation approved by the Director of Human Resources, shall be used by the appointing authority on all official records/reports relating to each such position.

B. Job Evaluation Reports/Forms -- The Director of Human Resources shall gather and maintain documentation which describes individual positions and/or establishes their relation to the organization of which they are a part. Such information may include position description forms, position analysis and/or evaluation forms, organizational charts and general research data.

C. Basis for Allocation and Reallocation - The class specification when considered together with the foregoing supportive data shall provide basis for allocation and reallocation actions.

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18- 389 C.M.R. ch. 4, § 4