Job, Task, Practice and Cognitive Analyses

Intended audience:  

Professionals who are tasked with conducting studies to identify and validate required knowledge, skills, and competencies to support the creation of training, education, assessments, and certifications or micro-credentials.  This workshop satisfies one of the requirements for the Certified Assessment and Credentialing Professional (CACP) designation.  Participants may also earn a micro-credential by choosing one type of analysis to use as a performance demonstration for their micro-credential:

•       Job/Task Analysis (JTA)

•       Practice Analysis (PA)

•       Cognitive Analysis (CA)

Objectives

Given a mandate to design and oversee a project to identify and validate the knowledge, skills, and competencies of a target audience, you will learn to:

•       Design a job, task, practice, and cognitive analysis.

•       Manage sampling, content/construct, and administrative errors that threaten the validity and utility of the findings.

•       Identify and sample stakeholders whose opinions should be included in the study.

•       Design and conduct Open, Observation, and Critical-Incident interviews.

•       Design and conduct Focus Groups and Nominal Groups.

•       Conduct Cognitive Analyses.

•       Conduct Document Checks/Reviews.

•       Design and develop Surveys.

The fee includes a digital copy of the Job, Task, and Cognitive Analyses Workbook containing a dozen job-aids including guidelines and templates.