DOCUMENT RESUME ED 197 057 CE 027 070 AUTHOR Wesson, Carl E. TTTLE Task analysis Inventories. Series II. INSTITUTION Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washinaton, D.C. PUB DATE BO NOTE 229p. FURS PRICE MF01/PCO1 Plus Postage. DESCRIPT07!S Adults: Aerospace Industry: Anthropology: Aviation Technology: Building Trades: Cabinetmaking; Check Lists: Chemical Industry: Chemical Technicians: Economics: Educational Background; Electrical Occupations: Food Processing Occupations; Forestry Occupations; History: Instrumentation; Instruffientation Technicians: *Job Analysis; *Job Skills: Libraries: Library Personnel; Lumber Industry: Manufacturing: *Occupational Information: Petroleum Industry: Plastics: Political Science: Repair: Social Sciences: Sociology: *Task Analysis: Woodworking IDENTIFIERS Boats: Paper and Pulp Occupations: Shipbuilding Industry: Textile Industry ABSTRACT This seconi in a series of task analysis inventories contains checklists of work performed in twenty-two occupations. Each inventory is a comprehensive list of work activities, responsibilities, educational courses, machines, tools, equipment, and work aids used and the products produced or services rendered in a designated occupational area. The inventories can be used to set up work programs, write lob descriptions, or be given to workers to check appropriate items in a self-inventory of their work. The information collected by use of the inventories may be helpful to job developers, counselors, and training and placement personnel. It also may be used in the development of curriculums for vocational or apprenticeship training. Occupations covered in this inventory series include aircraft and aerospace manufacturing: building and construction trades: chemical processing: economics and political science work: electrical equipment, apparatus, and devices manufacturing: electronic components, equipment, and apparatus manufacturing: plastics manufacturing: food processing; history, sociology, and anthropology work: instruments and apparatus manufacturing: knitting mill work: library work: logging: paper and paperboard converting: petroleum refining: sawmill and planning mill work: ship and boat building and repairing: textile mill work; veneer and plywood mill work: woodworking. (KC) ******************************************************t**************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** Task Analysis Inventories, Series II U.S. Department of Labor Ray Marshall, Secretary Employment and Training Administration Ernest G. Green Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training 1980 S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION L WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO. DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PEkSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY Preface This is the second of a series of task analysis inventories, the first of which was printed in 1973.1 The inventories are adaptations of the Job InformaiiLA Matrix System (HMS) developed during research conducted under contract with the Department o' Labor and directed by Dr. Dale Yoder of the Bureau of Business Research at the Long Kt itch State't iversity, Long Beach, and Dr. C. Harold Stone of the California State University, Los Ator,vles. primary objective of the research was to investigate and determine the co Ll and effectiveness of varisitechniques and procedures of collect- ing job analysis data. As a result, HMS has as a nucleus an organization of standardized tasks found in a particular activity or area of work. Manpower program staffers have used Series I for purposes such as identifying tasks, developing jobs, and preparing job descriptions; providing information to counselees and traineeson specific tasks associated with different kinds of work; and developing training programs fostering entrance into fields of work that offer maximum employment opportunities. Task Analysis Inventorieswas produced by the U.S. Employment Service, Division of Occupa- tional Analysis. Adaline Padgett of the Division provided planning and technical cou.tlination. Carl E. Wesson, Occupational Analyst, California Occupational Field Center (J. Edmond Phillips, Super- visor), drafted the document. 'Task Analysis Inventories (Washington: U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration, 1972). 3 Conten is PREFACE i i i INTRODUCTION 1 PROCEDURES FOR COMPLETING INVENTORY TERMS 3 INVENTORIES, SERIES 11 Aircraft and Aerospace Manufacturing 5 Building and Construction Trades 17 Chemicals and Allied Products Processing 35 Economics and Political Science Work 44 Electrical Equipment, Apparatus. and Devices Manufacturing 50 Electronic Components, Equipment, and Apparatus Manufacturing 60 Fabricated Plastics Manufacturing 70 Food Processing 84 History, Sociology, and Anthropology Work 94 Instruments and Apparatus Manufacturing 100 Knitting Mill Work 112 library Work 120 Logging 13 i Paper and Paperboard Converting 138 Petn leum and Natural Gas Exploration 145 Petroleum and Natural Gas Production 151 Petroleum Refining 158 Sawmill and Planing Mill Work 165 Ship and Boat Building and Repairing 171 Textile Mill Work 182 Veneer and Plywood Mill Work 194 Woodworking 200 EXAMPLE: Carpenter 209 LIST OF INVENTORIES INCLUDED hi SERIES I 227 4 Introduction USES OF INVENTORIES The inventories provide a tool for identifying significant tasks and worker requirements. Data were obtained from job analysis studies, currently published occupational literature, professional associations, trade unions, and public and private sector organizations and establishmentJ. The inventory is a -omprehensive list of work activities, responsibilities, educational courses, machines, tools, equipment, and work aids used and the products produced or services rendered in a designated area. The user, after considering all of the items listed call determine those tha are applicable. This is the second in a series of inven- tories to be developed for designated areas in the economy. Additional inventories will be developed and published in the future. The inventories can be adapted to meet the various needs of work programs. For ex- ample, the user may become familiar with the lists of tasks in advance of a study then use the items as a guide to interviewing workers, supervisors, personnel management staff, or 11 others from whom the user is obtaining job information. In some cases, the inventories nay be given to workers to check appropriate items in a self-inventory of the work they perform. The information resulting from use of the inventories may have relevance in activities other than basic job analysis. The inventories offer a quick m^thod for preparation of job descriptions or assessing the need for, or feasibility of, job restructuring without under- taking detailed job analysis studies. If restructuring is performed, the items from the list I may then serve as the framework for task identification and analysis. the basis for job re- structuring. Information collected from both the lists of tasks (activities) and the lists of machines, tools, equipment and work aids can be used to determine abilities and knowledges required for a specific job, which must be considered in the development of curriculums for vocational or apprenticeship training. Tho categories relating to educational requirements and courses that would develop workers' skills for performing the job duties, licensing requirements, rAnd other similar information will be of assistance to counselors, job developers, training, and placement personnel. For the lists to reflect complete information about the job, the users should always be encouraged to write in additional tasks or other pertinent items. Users should also be cautioned to analyze jobs as they exist and not attempt to make them fit the items. ARRANGEMENT OF THE INVENTORIES The task statements are not limited to nay level of performanc- and may include ac- tivities that range from high-level supervision to elementary work. Some types of work exist in many fields of endeavor. Separate inventories have been prepared to represent these universal tasks (activities), such as "Administrative and Management" and "Clerical" (series I). In addition, many professional disciplines, such as Engineers, Economists, Mathematicians, and Scientists are utilized in both the public and private sectors. TASK ANALYSIS INVENTORIES have been, or are being, prepared for these disciplines such as "ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING WORK" (seriesI), "MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES WORK" (series I) and "PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH." The tasks, as well as additional items on the lists, are not arranged in alphabetical or chronological order, so the user will need to read and consider all the items. 5 Procedures for Completing Inventory Items StepI.Select the task invontor, which is pertinent to the job being studied. Step 2. Prepare a copy of each of the pages for the appropriate area of work. Step 3. Indicate in the tipper right hand corner of the first page of the selected inventory the title(s) by which the job is cominonly known. Step 4. Read each of the items listed on the inventory. Step 5.Indicate by an "X" in the box on the right of the line for each item, those that arc pertinent to the job being studied. Step 6. Write in additional items or tasks found in the job but not listed in the inventory.