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Its not as simple as being 11 points down.To match to a particular job profile factors 2 Knowledge, training and experience, and 12 Freedom to act have to match the JE levels of that job profile. If you have been matched to Band 5 this means you have been matched to levels 5 and 3 respectively (assuming you have been matched to the medical engineering technician job profile).Band 6 has levels of 6 and 4 respectively for these factors. If you go to review you will have to present proof that you match to these higher levels.All other factors staying at the same levels just going up these two would give you 37 more points.
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posted 08 October, 2004 08:31 PM
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If you have technicians that do some specialist work and those individuals are pitching for band6, post AfC, then the job requirement has to be pitched at Degree level in my opinion. The benchmark for Specialist Technician clearly demonstrates that the level of qualifications required makes a big difference in JE scoring. There is no easy way to ensure Technicians currently in-post are banded appropriately for carrying out the specialised, complex, technical roles. The points associated with 'specialist tasks or roles' are fewer and less objectively assessed in comparison to those JE points obtained by the qualification requirments being pitched at degree level for example.
If the qualification requirement is pitched at HNC (whether it is needed in practice or not) then there is a risk that HNC plus experience may not be considered equivalent to HND/BEng. I have this view since HNC is not listed at all in any of the benchmark Job profiles for Technicians and I assume these will be used as benchmarks, possibly by non-technical individuals and those who may not appreciate the distinction between non-vocational qualifications i.e. ONC/HNC/HND used to profile Technicians for AfC.
There does not appear to be flexibility in awarding points for qualifications - only the subjective assessment of equivalence to meet the requirements for purposes of JE. What makes the requirement for HNC equivalent to BEng the benchmark requirement for the purposes of scoring for a Specialist Technican role? Especially when there's no flexibility in points then it's a go or no-go situation by the look of it. Has anybody seen the guidelines for Job evaluation? What does equivalent experience actually mean? When there is no range in scores I can only assume you are or aren't eligible for that particular level or score. Pitching the requirements at HNC is risky although more convenient for an employer having problems recruiting at Degree-level I suppose.
The difference in points between specialist and non-specialist, for JE, is 68 points or over 50% of that obtainable for Medical Engineering Technician, Higher Level on Band5. What I'm getting at is if any of the requirements of a job profile fail to meet a benchmark level that has no flexibility i.e. no scoring range (5-11 for example) then my concern is that the next lower benchmark may then be applied. In my view; at the very least this could drastically affect the 'scoring potential' of individuals despite their current responsibilities. Even worse it might mean the job specification being compared against a lower-level job profile as the benchmark. This means the next band (or two) down from the benchmark they might wish to have their job specification matched to.
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