Job Task Analysis Responses Due March 18
The Department of Criminal Justice Training is undergoing a job task analysis to help the agency better serve Kentucky’s law enforcement and public safety community.
Assistant Training Director Chip White said the job task analysis are designed to evaluate a job rather than the person performing the job.
“Its primary goal is to understand the larger work responsibilities associated with each position by dividing them into smaller units,” White explained. “This data-driven process seeks to develop an overview of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics needed by an employee to be successful in a specific role. Tasks that are critical for employees to be able to perform on their first day on the job are also identified.”
DOCJT has partnered with IOS, Inc., a Chicago-based testing company, to complete the study.
The study will help ensure that basic and in-service training curricula remain relevant and current. This information is collected via job analysis questionnaires.
Client responses on the questionnaires will provide an updated task analysis to identify the most critical tasks, skills, abilities, and other characteristics required to be a law enforcement officer in Kentucky. Additionally, the surveys will provide a starting point for identifying areas in the training academy that must be emphasized.
White went on to say that the information collected in the study will be compared to basic training curricula to ensure there are no gaps in the agency's training to its clients.
Clients randomly received an email link to the survey in early March from IOS’s survey platform (research.net). Due to length, the survey has been split into Part A and Part B. Recipients will only need to complete the one survey part they are randomly selected to receive (A or B).
All officers and supervisors who received the link from IOS’s survey platform and should complete it during their shifts by Monday, March 18.
“The larger the response rate we receive, the more accurate the results will be and the better our training academies will prepare new employees for the jobs they will be performing, so we are asking everyone to participate,” White explained.
Job task analysis are completed every five years so that basic training curricula remain current and relevant. This year’s study is scheduled to be completed by May 1.
