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During this process it’s good to define and assign any new tasks that will lead you to achieve your objectives.
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Hopefully, your management team regularly reviews your company’s objectives. Like everything in your quality management system, position descriptions work best when they grow with your company. They also give you and your team an evaluation tool during performance reviews.
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Task-related goals can help you effectively achieve your company’s objectives. In addition, when you define tasks accurately in position descriptions, you can establish goals for the people holding those positions. Detailed position descriptions help ensure critical tasks don’t fall through the cracks. NOTE: When writing or reviewing a position description or biographical sketch, it is important to remember the positions listed in both must match positions listed on your organizational chart.īeyond the requirements for AASHTO Accreditation, having detailed position descriptions for technical positions can improve your organization’s effectiveness. Each technical operational position shown on the laboratory’s organizational chart.Records of relevant certification, qualifications, training, skills, and experience of the technical personnel shall be maintained by the agency.Records on testing agency personnel that document work experience, education, on-the-job training, and methods used to ensure continued competence in performing the required test methods.All technical staff that are trained and qualified to perform tests covered by the scope.
#BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH PROFESSIONAL#
and experience needed for the position.Ī brief overview of a specific person’s professional career and major accomplishmentsĪ general overview of a position’s duties and responsibilities.Its specific to a job duty and must identify the following: A position description is not specific to a person. According to AASHTO R 18, a position description is required for each technical operational position shown on the laboratory’s organizational chart. ASTM C1077 and E329 also require similar documentation for technical personnel, but do not require a “biographical sketch.”Ī position description is a general overview of a position’s duties and responsibilities. If a laboratory is pursuing AASHTO Accreditation for Quality Management System standard ASTM D3666, a biographical sketch is required for all technical staff that are trained and qualified to perform tests covered by the scope. The current position on the biographical sketch should also match the same title as listed on the laboratory’s organizational chart. However, a resume is a document used to secure a job interview and doesn’t include the employee’s current position within the company they are employed. At first glance, a resume may seem to fit the requirements of a biographical sketch. Many times, the AASHTO Accreditation Program has laboratories mistakenly submit a resume in place of a biographical sketch. In accordance to AASHTO R 18, a brief biographical sketch is required for all supervisory staff and must include the following: Knowing these requirements will also help your organization increase its effectiveness.Ī biographical sketch is a brief overview of a person’s professional career and major accomplishments. Understanding the requirements of biographical sketches and position descriptions will help your laboratory meet AASHTO R 18 requirements, which will save time during the quality system review and annual review processes. The AASHTO Accreditation Program ( AAP) and the Laboratory Assessment Program ( LAP) both review biographical sketches and position descriptions according to AASHTO R 18 during a review of the laboratory’s quality system or during a laboratory’s annual review. By Trudy Keefer, Senior Quality Analyst and Brian Johnson, AASHTO Accreditation Program Manager