The Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs) that have been identified as required to perform a job are often organized into a structured job analysis inventory. The purpose of a KSAO inventory is to collect ratings from job experts on scales such as importance and required proficiency in order to identify, in a defensible manner, the KSAOs that are critical for performing the job successfully.
This KSAO inventory template provides:
- A format for organizing the KSAOs identified for the job and the accompanying task rating scales.
- Example KSAOs and rating scales to illustrate how to use the template.
- Details about common KSAO inventory rating scales.
- A section to collect basic demographic information from respondents.
Use this easy to modify template to build a KSAO inventory that can be administered via paper-and-pencil or email, or that will be the basis for programming a web-based inventory.