Actually I meant when I said:
For lower bands the maximum weighting, therefore level that can be attained for some of the factors , appears to be "capped" as far as I've looked into it.
I.e. the maximum level associated with some factors, for example "Analytical Skills" that is applied at MTO1 (matched initially to Band 2) for a particular factor may be 2, for example and for the same factor applied to an MTO5 (matched to Band 7) may be 4. Perhaps I shouldn't have used the term "weighting".
In response to Trunky's comment:
more interestingly, for (certain factors) which were common to all pay bands (mto 1--> mto 5) where the same terminology was used in the JD/person spec, we saw variatons from level 1 to level 4 in our 'matched' profiles.
I'm assuming that the same statement in the MTO1/MTO5 job description/person specification would result in the associated factor being given a lower level on a lower band, than that on a higher band, due to this "capping" or "weighting" as I called it. The maximum level, therefore score, is limited at lower bands compared to higher bands for some factors.
Thus for the same statements in the JD/JS the maximum points attained for an MTO1 who is likely to be matched to a lower band initially are less, for some factors, than that attained by the MTO5, who's initially matched to a higher band I assume. Banding is based on some key factor for initial matching, such as required knowledge/skills/freedom factors, I assume.
