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What can you do on this screen?

On the Abilities screen, you can create and manage the abilities that you can select for tasks in the task analysis in LEAD. In LEAD, we provide you with the Department of Labor O*NET Abilities listing, based on the Department of Labor's (DOL) Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). These abilities are already approved and used on the Competencies screens, so they cannot be edited or deleted.

 

On the Abilities screen, you can:

•Add a ability to the existing list by clicking on + New.

•Preview the All Abilities spreadsheet listing all abilities in LEAD.

•Select an ability entry and then:

oPreview the:

▪All Abilities spreadsheet listing all abilities in LEAD.

▪Related Materials Report that lists every initiative and place within each initiative where the selected ability is cited or used.

oReplace one ability with another ability.
Note: This will replace the ability everywhere it is used, including in approved initiatives! Hence, you will only see Replace , when you have the Replace privilege as part of your role.

oView the ability.

oView the ability and then Approve the ability.
Note: Abilities are automatically approved when the initiative that cites/uses the abilities is approved.

oEdit the ability, as long as it has not been approved.

oSelect Show History to review the changes made to the ability, including the user name and date/time of saved changes, and revert to an earlier saved revision.

oDelete the ability, if has not been cited in the task analysis of any initiative. Once you've selected OK to the confirmation message, an Undo button displays on the bottom left of the screen that allows you to revert the deletion.

Finding Abilities

If you can't find the ability you're looking for, enter a search term in the Find: field and select Search. The table will list all abilities that contain your search term on the screen. Select to clear the search term and view all items again.

You can click on the column headers of each table to sort the ability entries by that column. Clicking on a column header again will reverse the sort. Clicking on the column header a third time will remove the sort. Small arrows in the column header let you know which way the data is currently sorted.

Details on the Library > Abilities Table

No

The number (No) column provides a sequential count of the entries, which is not attached to the entries themselves.

Title

The Title or text of the ability. Abilities are used in the task analysis to state the required innate capability to perform the task. Through training you can improve abilities and skills.

LEAD already contains the abilities from the Department of Labor O*Net OnLine database, which are used on the Competencies tab. Feel free to add more specific abilities, as needed, or even to expand on the existing ones.

When adding abilities, concentrate on those that are essential for the skill to be trained, and not all possible ability requirements. It is entirely possible for a skill not to have any abilities listed.

Status

The current Status of the library item. Once the initiative that uses the library item is approved, then the library item is also approved. You can also approve a library item manually by viewing the item and then selecting Approve on the screen. You cannot approve a library item from the Edit screen.