Position Task Book: Purpose

Position task books have been developed for positions within the FEMA Disaster Workforce. Each task book lists the essential tasks for the specific position.

Task books are designed to:

• Describe the tasks to be performed for a given position.
• Determine training needs of individual employees.
• Serve as a tool for promoting task-related performance feedback throughout a deployment.
• Record performance assessment data.

At the completion of a deployment, your supervisor will identify the tasks you were able to perform and the tasks needing improvement. Task books do NOT replace the standard performance appraisal process.

Responsibilities

Listed below are the responsibilities associated with completion of this position task book.

The Individual Employee is responsible for:

• Reviewing and understanding instructions in this task book.
• Identifying desired objectives/goals related to the assigned tasks and subtasks.
• Providing background information to the supervisor.
• Demonstrating the ability to perform all tasks and subtasks for an assigned position.
• Working with the supervisor to improve performance as needed.

The Supervisor is responsible for:

• Being qualified and proficient in the position being evaluated or seeking technical assistance from someone who is qualified.
• Meeting with the individual employee and determining past experience, current qualifications, and desired objectives/ goals.
• Reviewing task and subtask expectations with the individual employee.
• Explaining to the individual employee the evaluation procedures that will be used.
• Accurately evaluating and recording demonstrated performance of tasks and subtasks.
• Completing the evaluation record within this task book.
• Providing constructive feedback to the employee.
• Suggesting steps for improving performance as needed.