National Weather Service Professional Development Series Professional Competency Unit

Description of Job Duty Competency to be Achieved

Ability to prepare and transmit accurate time and attendance reports for National Weather Service (NWS) employees.

Description of Need

Preparing/transmitting accurate time and attendance reports is needed to ensure prompt payment of NWS employees.

Specific Job Task Skills and Knowledge

1. Interpret and apply leave and pay regulations:

3. Audit and resolve time and attendance discrepancies.

Instructional Components

Instructional Component 1.1: Complete the NOAA course on Time and Attendance for New ASAs. MASC (POC: Susan Cuff) offers this course for MASC employees and will take employees from other regions on a space available basis. [all] (strongly recommended)

Instructional Component 1.2: Participate in a shadowing/mentoring program where a new ASA is assigned an experienced ASA at another office as close in proximity as possible. [all]

Instructional Component 1.3: Participate in time and attendance refresher training for existing NWS ASAs and ASAs transferring from other agencies. NOAA (POC: Renita Richardson, NOAA/OFA) provides a 2-day course. This training may also be offered via a condensed 4-hour teletraining session during regional ASA meetings. [primarily 2]

Instructional Component 1.4: Review or reference the web pages from the following agencies: [all]

Instructional Component 1.5: Review or reference the web pages from your regional Administrative Management Division (AMD). [all]

Instructional Component 1.6: Review or reference time and attendance, premium pay and leave administration manuals available on World Wide Web (WWW). [all]

Instructional Component 1.7: Review or reference the on-line regional Administrative Management Guide. [all]

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