Certification of personnel

Personnel certification is regulated byLegislative level procedure for determining the qualifications, practical skills and skills of staff, establishing compliance or inconsistency of employees in positions held. Based on the results of certification it may be decided to release an employee from office, promotion or retention of an employee in the current position.

Attestation of personnel is not a punitive measure for disciplinary violations or a measure of intimidation. Therefore, in the course of personnel certification, the staff or employee should be given a correct explanation of the purpose of this activity.

Evaluation of personnel should be distinguished from the assessment of staff - a system of periodic evaluation of personnel forspecific reporting period. Personnel certification should be conducted no more often than 2 times a year, but not less than once in 4 years. It is possible to conduct staff attestation after the expiry of the employment contract.

Personnel qualification can be conducted based on objective criteria, such as evaluating the final results of the employee's work, on the basis of subjective assessments of immediate managers, using the "360 degree" technique.

As the "source data" for conductingPersonnel attestation is usually used biographical data of the employee, his production characteristics, the results of psychological examination, expert assessments, etc.

The methods and techniques used in attesting personnel may vary, depending on the specific objectives of the certification. So, in the "standard" form, the procedure for attestation of personnel includes three stages: preparatory, certification, final.

On preparatory stage of personnel certification personnel service of an enterprise or organizationpublishes normative documents on the performance of certification: an order to conduct personnel certification, a list of the attestation commission, a plan for conducting certification, instructions, etc.

Also at this stage of personnel certificationthe preparation of all necessary forms and forms is carried out, if necessary, a training program is being prepared for certification for the first time in accordance with the new methodology.

At the next stage of attestationpersonnel, certified employees and managers prepare reports in accordance with the scheme developed by the HR department. Then the appraisers, managers, colleagues fill in the evaluation forms.

Further the analysis of results of certification, consideration of the results of attestation at the meetings of the certification com- pression. At the final stage, the analysis of the results is carried out, organizational conclusions are made.

AT As a result of the certification of personnel in the enterprise Identify employees who exceed,meet or not meet labor standards. Also, the individual qualities of employees are compared with the requirements for the positions held - as a rule, this is necessary for employees whose work is associated with constant stress, communication with customers, etc.

After all the activities carried out, managementthe enterprise receives information about groups of employees who work ineffectively or workers with an inadequate level of professional development. Also, management receives information about employees who are members of growth groups - prospective employees focused on developing their professional skills.

Personnel certification is by no means an obligatory procedure for all enterprises without exception. However, there are categories of workers who are obliged towith certain periodicity to pass certification. So, in particular, this refers to teachers, transport workers, energy workers, workers of hazardous production facilities.