2.36.110 Classification plan—Summary.
The classification plan may be summarized as follows:
A. A grouping of positions involving substantially the same duties and responsibilities, which require similar levels of education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities and are of such character that the same tests of fitness may be used to select qualified employees;
B. A list showing the classification titles of all positions in the city service, together with the allocation of each position to its appropriate class, including the number of such positions currently authorized and budgeted;
C. Written job descriptions containing at least the following elements:
1. A brief descriptive title;
2. A concise definition of the job’s general scope and function;
3. The series of duties most commonly performed by the position;
4. The minimum qualifications for the position listed in terms of knowledge, abilities and specialized education, experience and/or licenses essential for satisfactory performance of the job.
A job description should clearly show those features which distinguish it from other descriptions with similar duties. Classification definitions do not restrict the assignment of duties to an employee in any way. However, assignment of substantial volume of higher grade or lower grade duties to an employee over a period of time may result in raising the question of a reclassification of the employee’s position. (Prior code § 2702.1)