STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: EMPLOYMENT COUNSELOR TRAINEE
Class Code: 4065-17
Date Established: 09-14-64
Occupational Code: 7-7-3
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To provide vocational counseling
services to students and applicants with needs in vocational choice, change, or
job suitability.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Evaluates educational
and vocational interests and aptitudes of individuals to determine suitable
vocational goals.
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Administers interest
and aptitude tests to applicants to indicate potential vocational strengths and
abilities.
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Contacts supportive
services to arrange referrals or to obtain information relative to counselees.
·
Maintains a
counseling caseload and prepares monthly reports on counseling services to
track counselee progress.
·
Conducts job search
workshops following prescribed procedures in order to increase job search
skills for job seekers.
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Attends group and
individual training sessions in order to increase levels of competency and to
increase awareness of employment trends and needs.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in developing formats
and procedures for special applications OR in investigating and reviewing the
use of equipment and data for a specialized function.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from an approved
college or university including or supplemented by twelve (12) semester hours
in personnel administration, tests and measurements, counseling, guidance,
human relations or other courses related to Counselor preparation.
Experience: One year of experience as an
Interviewer I or Interviewer Trainee or similar interviewing and placement
experience.
License/Certification: Possession of a valid New Hampshire
driver's license and/or have access to transportation for statewide travel.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. For
appointment consideration, Employment Counselor Trainee applicants must
successfully participate in a written examination measuring possession of
knowledge, skills and abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job
performance by this class specification.
2. Must be
willing and will be required to pursue courses(s) of study financed by N.H.
Employment Security to obtain the mandatory 15 semester hours to qualify as an
Employment Counselor.
3. For
positions performing Veterans Employment Representative (LVER) job functions,
appointment consideration shall be given to qualified eligible veterans or
eligible persons. Preference shall
be accorded first to qualified service-connected disabled veterans; then, if no
such disabled veteran is available, to qualified eligible veterans; and if no
such eligible veteran is available, then to qualified eligible persons.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the principles and
techniques of vocational counseling and individual appraisal including
interviewing, occupational testing and the evaluation of personal traits. Knowledge of community resources to
increase the employability of applicants.
Knowledge of industrial psychology including such concepts as aptitude,
motivation and interests. Ability
to work effectively with individuals and representatives of community
organizations. Ability to conduct
information seeking interviews.
Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to establish and maintain effective personal
relationships with applicants, federal, state and local officials and fellow
employees and the general public.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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