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Last updated: 15 August 2005
Ongoing employment – Recruitment and related issues
Please note: This document is no longer current and is provided for reference purposes only.
Stage 1: Preparatory Work
Step 1. Identify employment opportunity, category and classification
When an employment opportunity arises, steps should be taken to determine:
- in a case where the duties have been previously performed by another employee, whether there is a continuing need for the duties to be performed
- if the duties are new or have changed, the scope of the duties
- the appropriate classification for the new, changed or existing duties and where necessary take action under the Classification Rules (a group of duties must be allocated an approved classification)
- whether to assign the duties to an existing employee on an ongoing or temporary basis.
Note: When examining staffing needs, an Agency Head should also consider the requirement in the Classification Rules to allocate an operational classification to any ongoing trainee who successfully completes a specified course of training (Classification Rule 11(1)). (See the booklet Training Classifications: Graduate and other trainees: recruitment and related issues).
