Enclosure (1) to COMDTINST 12335.4A
Evaluation Panel. A committee, composed of appropriate experts but not including the selecting
official, which may be established to evaluate and compare candidates for the purpose of
developing a referral certificate for the selecting official.
qualification standards to determine who is minimally qualified, well-qualified and best-qualified.
Job Analysis. The process of identifying the knowledge, skills, and abilities and other
characteristics essential to a position in order to provide a job-related basis for evaluation and
selection for that position.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). The KSAs and other characteristics identified as
essential (selective placement factors) or important (quality ranking factors) for successful
performance in a position and which represent an addition to the minimum qualification
standards for a job.
Properly Evaluated and Certified Candidates. Candidates who have been evaluated against a
crediting plan and accordingly referred on a certificate to the selecting official for selection.
Qualified/Minimally Qualified Candidate. Those candidates who meet established basic
qualification standards (including selective placement factors, but not necessarily quality ranking
factors) for the position.
Quality Ranking Factor. A KSA, or other characteristic, expected to significantly enhance
performance in a position, but not considered essential for satisfactory performance (i.e., it is
important to job performance but not part of the minimum qualifications standard). Normally,
three to five quality-ranking factors are listed in each job announcement. While applicants who
possess such factors may be more favorably evaluated than others who do not, no applicant
may be considered unqualified for the position simply because he or she does not possess the
desired quality ranking factors.
Reinstatement. The noncompetitive career or career conditional reemployment of a person
formerly employed in the competitive service who had earned competitive status.
Selection Panel. A committee, usually composed of subject matter or other appropriate experts
and the selecting official, which may be established to interview properly evaluated and certified
candidates for selection.
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