Create Work Activities User Guide

Purpose: This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a new Work Activity in Calibrate. When you create a skill in Calibrate, it's referred to as an Account skill because it is available account wide.

Audience: This document is meant to be used by Job Profile Editors and Job Profile Reviewers who want to add a Work Activity to a Job Profile that is not already in the Calibrate Library.

Assumption: In general, Work Activities should follow this syntax:

Before you begin: Work Activities describe how major units of time are organized on the job. They are observable and produce results capable of being measured. They are jargon free so they are easily understandable.

You can find the definition of the capitalized words used in this User Guide in the SkillsEngine dictionary located here.

Instructions:

1] On the Skills tab of the Job Profile page, click the New Skill button in the upper right.

2] From the menu that appears, click Work Activity.

3] The Create a new Work Activity screen appears.

4] Decide on a verb that constitutes the Work Activity. Use the table below for suggestions of commonly-used verbs or use one of you own.

5] Decide on the object. The object is the thing the verb is acting upon. It can be a word or a phrase.

6] Decide on an object modifier, if applicable. In this case, the object modifier is an adjective that defines or limits the object. It can be a word or phrase.

7] Decide on a statement modifier, if applicable. The statement modifier is a way of getting more specific about the Work Activity. It often involves the 5 Ws: what, where, when, why and with whom.

8] Start entering the Work Activity in the Title textbox.

9] As you enter the title, the Similar Existing Work Activity list at the bottom of the screen populates with already-existing Work Activities.

10] Scroll through the Similar Existing Work Activity list and see if the Work Activity you’re trying to create already exists in the Library.

11] If it does, check the checkbox to the left of the Work Activity that you want to add to the Job Profile.

12] If you checked at least one checkbox, click Add to add the skill(s).

13] If you still wish to create an Account skill, continue filling in the Title field.

14] Click the Category dropdown arrow.

15] From the Category dropdown, choose the category that provides the best fit for the new Work Activity you just created.

16] Click Create.