Candidate Self Assessment FormAgriculture & Agri-Food Canada

CS-03 – Anticipatory Collective StaffingSpring 2008

07-AGR-NCR-IA-IS-2932

Applicants must use this Self Assessment Form to demonstrate that they meet each of the criteria elements that will be used to establish a partially qualified pool. The elements referred to in this form are a subset of those described by the Statement of Merit Criteria. The remaining elements will be assessed during the remainder of the selection process.

CAUTION: The Candidate Self-Assessment will be used as an integral part of the application screening process and to establish a partially qualified pool. You must complete and return it on or before May 20, 2008. Should you not provide this documentation on or before the above-mentioned date the Selection Board can only determine that you have not met the required degree of experience and education for this selection process and therefore your application will not be considered.

PLEASE DO NOT USE COMMAS IN THE TEXT YOU ENTER. USE SEMI-COLONS INSTEAD.

CANDIDATE IDENTIFICATION

LAST NAME:      

FIRST NAME:      

PRI:      

PHONE NO:       EMAIL:      

HOME LOCATION: CITY       PROVINCE Ont.

LANGUAGE PROFILE

First Official Language Second Language Proficiency:

Please indicate in which official language you would like to be assessed:

WRITTEN EXAM ENGLISH INTERVIEW ENGLISH

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GENERAL INFORMATIONAll applicants must complete Section I, the common Essential Criteria for both streams. Applicants interested in applying for positions in the Managerial Stream must complete section II which contains additional Essential Criteria for the Managerial Stream. Candidates must also complete Section III for all Education Asset Qualifications for which they qualify, as well as Section IV which contains all the Experience Asset Criteria for both streams separated by areas of employment. Applicants are advised to address ALL asset requirements for which they qualify regardless of the areas of employment these may fall under.

SECTION I – COMMON ESSENTIALS –These are required to be eligible for either stream.

DEFINITIONS: . Significant is defined as the experience that would normally be obtained over 2 years by

performing the full range of activities noted. Recent is defined as within the last 4 years.

Common Essential 1:Please provide your education history to illustrate that you have “Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the positions that may be staffed.”

NOTE: Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS Group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS Group.

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SECTION I (Continued) – COMMON ESSENTIALS

Common Essential 2:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Significant and recent experience working in an IM/IT environment analyzing requirements and developing and delivering solutions and support.”

Common Essential 3:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in leading an IM/IT project OR playing a lead role in a key aspect of an IM/IT project or activity”.

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SECTION I (Continued) – COMMON ESSENTIALS

Common Essential 4:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in developing and/or delivering presentations and briefings”.

Common Essential 5:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams building collaborative solutions to resolve client problems”.

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SECTION II – MANAGERIAL ESSENTIALS – Applicants wishing to be considered for positions in the Managerial Stream must also complete this section.

Managerial Essential 1Please provide evidence to demonstrate “Experience in overseeing financial and/or Human Resources, including employees, students or contractors.”

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SECTION III – EDUCATION ASSET QUALIFICATIONS – Each Asset Criterion completed in this section may be used to select applicants for specific positions. Consequently candidates are required to clearly demonstrate on their application which of the education criteria they meet. Failure to do so may result in a candidate not being considered for positions requiring certain specific asset qualifications. (Please note that Common Assets will be evaluated for both General and Managerial streams).

Common Asset 1:Please provide evidence to demonstrate that you have “Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.”

Provide the following information:

Degree:      

University:      

Year of Graduation:     

Common Asset 2Please provide evidence to demonstrate that you have “Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) or training or graduate courses in Project Management”.

Provide the following information:Certification or Course Completed:

     

Issuing Authority:      

Year of Certification or Training:

    

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SECTION III (Continued)– EDUCATION ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

Common Asset 3:Please provide evidence to demonstrate that you have “Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation Certification”.

Provide the following information:

Certification:      

Issuing Authority:      

Year of Certification:     

Common Asset 4:Please provide evidence to demonstrate that you have “Oracle DBA Certification”.

FIELD CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING:

Provide the following information:

Certification:      

Issuing Authority:      

Year of Certification:     

Common Asset 5:Please provide evidence to demonstrate that you have “HP UX Certification”.

Provide the following information:

Certification:      

Issuing Authority:      

Year of Certification:     

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SECTION IV – EXPERIENCE ASSET CRITERIA SPECIFIC TO AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT

CANDIDATES WISHING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR POSITIONS IN THE

LISTED AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT SHOULD COMPLETE THE ASSET

INFORMATION IN THEIR AREAS OF INTEREST (Indicated by Employment

Areas B1 through B5).

Each Asset Criterion completed in this section may be used to select applicants for

specific positions. Consequently candidates are required to clearly demonstrate on

their application which of the Experience Asset Qualifications they meet regardless

of the areas of employment these may fall under. Failure to do so may result in a

candidate not being considered for positions requiring certain specific asset

qualifications.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B1– ARCHITECTURE, DATA MODELLING & BUSINESS ANALYSIS

B1 - Asset 1:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in the development and writing of IM/IT architecture strategies, policies and/or standards”.

B1 - Asset 2:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Recent and significant experience analyzing business/client requirements leading to the development and implementation of computer architecture and/or infrastructure solutions”.

EMPLOYMENT AREA B1 (Continued) – ARCHITECTURE, DATA MODELLING & BUSINESS ANALYSIS

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B1 - Asset 3:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience conducting JAD sessions with business users to validate requirements”.

B1 - Asset 4:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience preparing business cases and/or portfolio plans related to IM/IT”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B2 – APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

B2 – Asset 5:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in managing application development projects”.

B2 - Asset 6:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Significant and recent experience in analyzing, designing, developing, testing and maintaining web-based applications”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B2 (Continued) – APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

B2 - Asset 7:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Recent experience in analyzing and designing and programming computer applications using programming languages, technologies and/or architectures. Examples of programming languages/techniques/architectures could include: Microsoft .Net, VB .NET, Crystal Reports, Oracle RDBMS, Microsoft Access, Microsoft IIS, JAVA applications with Spring and Hibernate and/or Cold Fusion, PL/SQL programming in support of web applications, n-tier application architecture, ABAP language, etc.”.

B2 – Asset 8:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in planning, resourcing and leading project teams responsible for various aspects of the departmental Electronic Document Management Solution (EDMS).”

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B2 (Continued) – APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

B2 - Asset 9:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in development & maintenance of PeopleSoft HRMS application”.

B2 - Asset 10:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in development & maintenance of an SAP application and interfaces”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B2 (Continued) – APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

B2 - Asset 11:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience with MS-Project.”.

B2 - Asset 12:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in preparing budget documentation”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B2 (Continued) – APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

B2 - Asset 13a:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in tracking professional services contracts”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B2 (Continued) – APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

B2 – Asset 13b – LIST OF LANGUAGES & TECHNOLOGIES EXPERIENCE Please rate your experience with the following technologies, using the scale below.

Experience means actual use of the product as part of your normal duties in your current or previous position.NONE – Have not worked with this technology.LIMITED – One to six months working with the technology.MODERATE – Six to 24 months working with the technology.EXTENSIVE – Two or more years working with the technology.

ABAP NONE

SAP NONE

PeopleSoft/PeopleTools NONE

JAVA NONE

Spring NONE

Hibernate NONE

JSP NONE

Microsoft .Net NONE

VB.NET NONE

Interwoven NONE

Crystal Reports NONE

Oracle RDBMS NONE

Microsoft Access NONE

Microsoft IIS NONE

Windows NONE

UNIX NONE

NT NONE

ColdFusion NONE

Cognos Tool Suite/ReportNet NONE

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B3 – DATABASE MANAGEMENT

B3 - Asset 14:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Recent and significant experience in database administration with emphasis in the implementation, installation and maintenance of Oracle RDBMS databases software and associated tools”.

B3 - Asset 15:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in SQL in an Oracle database environment”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B4 – IT INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, SERVICE MANAGEMENT & SERVICE DESK

B4 - Asset 16:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Recent and significant experience in IT Service Management (eg. ITIL) processes and best practices.”

B4 - Asset 17:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience ensuring the implementation of a product or service into an operational environment”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B4 (Continued) – IT INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, SERVICE MANAGEMENT & SERVICE DESK

B4 - Asset 18:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in supporting operating system software (NT, UNIX, Windows 2000) in a database environment”.

B4 - Asset 19:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in use of technologies in a service desk environment and/or incident management using tools such as Vantive, Assyst or ACD”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B4 (Continued) – IT INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, SERVICE MANAGEMENT & SERVICE DESK

B4 - Asset 20:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in Voice over IP (VoIP).”

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B4 (Continued) – IT INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, SERVICE MANAGEMENT & SERVICE DESK

B4 - Asset 21:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in client relations with scientific /research employees.”

B4 - Asset 22:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience with the integration of IM/IT systems and hardware with complex scientific lab equipment.”

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B4 (Continued) – IT INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, SERVICE MANAGEMENT & SERVICE DESK

B4 - Asset 23a:

Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have

“Experience in the provision of IT services to a large client base in at least one of the following areas:

Account Management Server Configuration and Support (example: HP Unix, Linux, Windows, etc.) Electronic messaging services (examples: MS Exchange, Wireless Email

(Blackberry), Archiving (Symantec Vault)) IT Storage services IT Voice and Data Telecommunications Services IT Application Infrastructure Support Active directory services IT security operations Desktop support services Remote Access (example: Citrix) Technical conferencing equipment and peripherals”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B4 (Continued) – IT INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, SERVICE MANAGEMENT & SERVICE DESK

B4 Asset 23b - LIST OF IT AREAS & TECHNOLOGIES EXPERIENCE Please rate your experience with the following areas or technologies, using the scale below.

Experience means actual use of the product as part of your normal duties in your current or previous position.

NONE – Have not worked with this area/technology.LIMITED – One to six months working with the area/technology.MODERATE – Six to 24 months working with the area/technology.EXTENSIVE – Two or more years working with the area/technology.

Vantive NONE

Assyst NONE

Symposium NONE

File and print servers NONE

Exchange infrastructure NONE

Data backup and recovery systems NONE

Storage area networks (SAN) and server clusters NONE

Designing, implementing and managing Wide Area Networks in a large, widely dispersed, GoC department

NONE

Active directory services NONE

Network communications NONE

Local area networks NONE

Computer operations NONE

Messaging & training NONE

IT security NONE

Telephony NONE

Desktop support services NONE

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B5 – IT SECURITY

B5 - Asset 24:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process of Information Systems, including doing Statements of Sensitivity (SoS) and Threat Risk Assessments (TRA) on IT Systems.”

B5 - Asset 25:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in the development of policies, directives and/or standards related to IT Security”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B5 (Continued) – IT SECURITY

B5 - Asset 26:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Recent and significant experience in doing Vulnerability Management on IT Systems including the conduct of vulnerability assessments”.

B5 - Asset 27:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in Application Security”.

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EMPLOYMENT AREA B5 (Continued) – IT SECURITY

B5 - Asset 28:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in Network Security”.

B5 - Asset 29:Please describe example(s) from your work history that illustrate that you have “Experience in IT Security Testing and Evaluation”.

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