Overview
The Government of Alberta uses a job classification system to evaluate each job in our organization against established factors. This section includes information on non-management job classification and evaluation methodologies.
Job evaluation factors
The Government of Alberta evaluates non-management jobs using the Point Rating Evaluation Plan (PREP). Every job, no matter how unique, has common factors that can be measured and evaluated. These factors focus on the value of the job to the organization and can be broken into 3 categories:
- Knowledge
- Creativity/problem solving
- Responsibility
Knowledge itself is broken down into 3 sub-factors, resulting in a total of 5 different job factors.
Requesting an evaluation
An employee or their supervisor can initiate an evaluation request by submitting an updated job description. The following steps will take place:
Step 1. Providing information
The job holder and/or supervisor will be asked to provide additional information about the job, including its purpose, accountabilities and where it sits in the organization.
Step 2. Scoring
Human Resources will review the information provided and will evaluate and score the job based on the factors and comparison to benchmark jobs from a cross-government benchmark list.
Step 3. The decision
It will take up to 60 working days from the request to review, score the job and provide a written decision. The timelines may be extended on mutual agreement between parties.
Employees may contact Human Resources if they have questions about the classification decision.
Human Resources will not re-evaluate a job within 6 months of the last review unless there is a substantial change in responsibilities or structure.
Appeal information
If an employee disagrees with the classification decision, they may submit an appeal. There are 2 levels of appeal: a departmental review (first level) and the appeal board.
More information is available in the Non-management Classification Appeals directives.
Classification by occupational category
Different jobs fit within different occupational categories. Find stream definitions, benchmark listings and classes and point bands for Alberta Public Service non-management jobs.