Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)

All

Information input; mental processes; work output; relationships with others; job context; job demands

Selection of employees; job evaluation, grouping and design; performance appraisal; position classification; job matching

Fleishman Job Analysis Survey (F-JAS)

All

Abilities—cognitive, physical, psychomotor, sensory/perceptual and social-interactive; job skills and knowledge

Job descriptions; selection of employees; classification (people into jobs); performance appraisal

General Work Inventory (GWI)

All

Activities—sensory, information-based, physical, interpersonal; general mental and physical requirements; work conditions; job benefits

Job description and grouping; selection and placement of employees

Common Metric Questionnaire (CMQ)

All

Background; contacts with people decision-making; physical and mechanical activities; work setting

Job description and evaluation; performance appraisal; position classification

Multipurpose Occupational Analysis Systems Inventory-Closed Ended (MOSAIC)

All federal jobs

Tasks; competencies; personal and organizational styles

Position description; position classification; selection of employees

Work Profiling System (WPS)

Managerial or professional; service or administrative; manual or technical

Job tasks; job context

Selection and placement of employees; performance appraisal; job design, description, and classification