Assessing Workforce Competencies and Competency Gaps: DoD DCAT DON Partnership Brief 8 August 13

Purpose  Provide information on FY 14 DoD plans to assess civilian workforce competencies, competency gaps within DoD and DON civilian workforce  Overview of DoD civilian competency development and assessment  Share DoD FY 14 schedule for assessing employee competencies using Defense Competency Assessment Tool (DCAT)  Provide overview of how DCAT works  Employee participation is voluntary  Direction and procedures are set by DoD 2Assessment and Workforce Inquiries Division 8 Aug 2013

DoD Strategic Workforce Planning  Congress requires DoD civilian workforce strategic plans via successive National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA)  Full plan in even FYs – 2014, 2016, etc.  33 mission-critical occupations selected thru workforce analysis – MCOs require specific planning actions  DON has ~200,000 civilians in over 640 occupations, divided into 22 functional communities  Navy has adopted DoD community structure  Policy is contained in Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) , Volume 250  DoD plan based on communities, mission critical occupations, competencies  Congressional requirement to identify workforce competency gaps, strategies to close gaps  “Gap analysis” phase begins in October Aug 2013 Assessment and Workforce Inquiries Division3

DoD MCOs Identified Assessment and Workforce Inquiries Division – Contracting** 1910 – Quality Assurance 0501 – Financial Administration and Program 0510 – Accounting 0511 – Auditing 0560 – Budget Analysis 0201 – Human Resources Management 0854 – Computer Engineering 1550 – Computer Science 2210 – Information Technology Management 0132 – Intelligence 0346 – Logistics Management 0180 – Psychology 0185 – Social Work 0602 – Medical Officer 0610 – Nurse** 0660 – Pharmacist 0018 – Safety and Occupational Health Mgmt 0081 – Fire Protection and Prevention** 0080 – Security Administration Economist 2010 – Inventory Management 2130 – Traffic Management 2003 – Supply Program Management 1670 – Equipment Services 2150 – Transportation Operations 2001 – General Supply 2101 – Transportation Specialist 0017 – Explosive Safety (Safety/Public Safety) 1811 – Criminal Investigating (Law Enforcement) 1101, 340, 343, 301, 801 – Acquisition Program Management Function (Acquisition) 8 Aug 2013 Red Denotes Fed-wide MCOs **DoD 3 High Risk MCOs

DCAT Process Information from DoD  Not all employees will be surveyed – small statistical samples in each MCO  Focus of DCAT is to roll up and identify DoD-wide competencies and competency gaps  Employee rates own competencies. Supervisor rates those required by the job. Rating difference = “competency gap”.  DoD has not linked competencies to employee performance, awards, training or other HR outcomes  DCAT results will roll up to component and DoD levels to support required reporting to Congress  Publicity and invitations/link to DCAT provided from DoD direct to identified employees  Employee/supervisor interaction or discussion of competency rating process is not required  Information on DCAT tool training, user assistance not yet provided 5 8 Aug 2013 Assessment and Workforce Inquiries Division

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DCAT Schedule 7Assessment and Workforce Inquiries Division 8 Aug 2013 Deployment DateFunctional CommunityOccupational Series October 7-18, 2013Safety & Public SafelyPilot Test 0018 November 4-25, 2013Acquisition1102, 1910 December 2-20, 2013Financial Management0501, 0510, 0511, 0560, December 2-20, 2013Human Resources0201 Note: HR Specialists performing military personnel activities will not be surveyed January 6-24, 2014Logistics0346,1670, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2101, 2130, 2150 February 3-24, 2014Safety and Public Safety0018, 0081,0017* February 2-24, 2014Security0080 March 3-23, 2014Information Technology2210-Enterprise Architecture March 3-21, 2014Intelligence0132-Counter Intelligence March 3-21, 2013Science and Technology (STEM) 1550*- Computer Science April 7-25, 2014Law Enforcement1811*–Criminal Investigator* April 7-25, 2014Foreign Affairs0130*-Foreign Affairs Specialist May 5-23, 2014Engineering (Non-Con)0840*, 0854*, 0855* *Indicates models will be developed in FY 2013.

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