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To provide a firm foundation for a Science professional stream and to enable us to better match our science capabilities with longer term projects with greater security in funding, you are asked to complete the following survey.



Your response by Friday December 22, before you go on holidays. would be appreciated. The value in this approach is dependent on all PIRVic staff responding. We will follow up to ensure you are given an opportunity to participate.


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Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply/Skill or experience not required
1 Assist/Support-Apply under supervision to routine, standard situations
2 Undertake - Apply to most situations without supervision
3 Supervise/Train - Supervise and/or train others, adapt to new situations.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain business relevance.
Leadership
0 1 2 3 4
a. Challenges the future and sets direction
b. Leads change
c. Thinks and acts strategically
d. Leads by example
e. Develops and supports people
f. Builds networks and influences
g. Focuses on results
h. Monitors indicators of success and future sustainabilty
i. Encourages continuous improvement and innovation
 
 

























Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply/Skill or experience not required
1 Assist/Support-Apply under supervision to routine, standard situations
2 Undertake - Apply to most situations without supervision
3 Supervise/Train - Supervise and/or train others, adapt to new situations.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain business relevance.
Perspective
0 1 2 3 4
a. Understands the services delivered by DPI and the stakeholders who receive those services
b. Understands the industry, how it operates, and issues that impact industry/DPI
c. Monitors social, political, economic, technological issues that impact the business
d. Understands how various disciplines interconnect to provide a holistic perspective
e. Understands the issues facing Government and the direction needed to be taken
f. Understands the purpose of policies, formulates and communicates policy options and recommendations
g. Ensures procedures and processes are efficient and effective in delivering long term returns for DPI
 
 

























Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply/Skill or experience not required
1 Assist/Support-Apply under supervision to routine, standard situations
2 Undertake - Apply to most situations without supervision
3 Supervise/Train - Supervise and/or train others, adapt to new situations.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain business relevance.
Management
0 1 2 3 4
a. Manages assets - procurement, use of and disposal
b. Manages service delivery and business outcomes within established budget
c. Manages HR and Financial Delegations within level of responsibility
d. Identifies and manages risks
e. Prepares and administers contracts for external goods/services
f. Sets clear direction and work expectations
g. Empowers and motivates staff to get the best out of them
h. Encourages work/life balance
i. Manages and values diversity
j. Sets goals and manages performance using the PPMS
0 1 2 3 4
k. Reviews performance regularly and provides feedback
l. Recognises and rewards appropriately
m. Deals with performance problems
n. Ensures work environment and practices are safe - OH&S
o. Scopes and plans a project
p. Coordinates resources and ensures projects/ processes are delivered on time and within budget.
q. Evaluates a project and ensures benefits are realised
r. Manages customer expectations
s. Keeps customers informed of progress
t. Provides advice to internal or external stakeholders, in area of expertise
u. Understands and adopts the Approach Deploy Review Improvement (ADRI) methodology
v. Ensures new processes and thoroughly documented
w. Uses processes and methodologies to achieve desired changes to practices, both internal and external
x. Quality assurance - establishes standards and ensures procedures, processes and outcomes are consistent with them
 
 

























Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply/Skill or experience not required
1 Assist/Support-Apply under supervision to routine, standard situations
2 Undertake - Apply to most situations without supervision
3 Supervise/Train - Supervise and/or train others, adapt to new situations.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain business relevance.
Communication
0 1 2 3 4
a. Understands different personalities and interacts with people accordingly
b. Negotiates to achieve an agreed outcome
c. Understand conflict management options and acts accordingly
d. Clearly communicates written information, taking into account the audience
e. Prepares reports using clear and concise language tailored to suit the audience
f. Prepares Ministerial Briefs and provides relevant advice to Ministers as required
g. Clearly communicates verbal information taking into account the audience
h. Presents information, using appropriate media for the traget audience
i. Sets agendas, prepares papers, chairs and/or prepares minutes for meetings
 
 

























Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply/Skill or experience not required
1 Assist/Support-Apply under supervision to routine, standard situations
2 Undertake - Apply to most situations without supervision
3 Supervise/Train - Supervise and/or train others, adapt to new situations.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain business relevance.
Data & Information
0 1 2 3 4
a. Manages data, ensuring stored data is accessible
b. Accesses and reports on data
c. Data analysis & interpretation
d. Seeks relevant information, analyses issues and identifies workable solutions to problems
e. Understands the purpose of and able to use common software applications
f. Uses a wide range of software application features for word processing, spreadsheets etc
 
 

























Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the

skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply - Skill or experience not required
1 Contribute - Participate in projects, experiments, data collection and analysis under supervision. Contribute to reports and scientific articles. Developing practical

expertise in capability.
2 Specialist - Design and carry our projects, experiments, data collection and analysis within capability. Sole or co-author of reports and scientific articles.

Recognised as demonstrating expertise in capability within the Department.
3 Lead - Design and carry out projects, experiments, data collection and analysis involving several capabilities. Sole or lead author of reports and scientific articles.

Recognised nationally for expertise in capability.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain

business relevance. Recognised internationally as an expert in capability.
Environmental Systems
0 1 2 3 4
Animal system modelling
Aquatic Environmental Management
Bore Monitoring
Capillary Electrophoresis (CE)
Catchment Management & Planning
Chemometrics
Classical Wet Chemical Analysis (incl. sample preparation & dissolution)
Eco-infomatics
Economic and social geography
Ecosystems science - extensive agriculture
0 1 2 3 4
Ecosystems science - intensive agriculture/horticulture
Ecotoxicology
Error and uncertainty modelling
Field Data Capture (physical & remote sensing)
Field Operations & Experiments
Fish Age Estimation Science
Fish Biology
Fish Ecology
Freshwater Ecology
Freshwater Environmental Science
0 1 2 3 4
Freshwater Operations
Gas Chromatography (GC)
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
Geomatics - GIS and spatial analysis
Geomatics - Remote Sensing
Groundwater Resource Assessment
Habitat Suitability Modelling
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
High Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC - MS)
Hydrogeological Investigation
0 1 2 3 4
Hydrological modelling
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS, incl. High Resolution, Laser Ablation & Stable Isotope Ratio ICP-MS)
Integration & Interpretation of NRM Data
Irrigation Systems Management
Land Resource Assessment
Landscape Ecology
Landscape model conceptualisation & development
LIMS Application
Mapping of Data
Marine & Esturine Ecology
0 1 2 3 4
Marine Benthic Ecology
Marine Botany
Marine Educator
Marine Environmental Science
Marine Operations
Microbiology of Soil & Plants
Molecular Biology
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)
Optical Spectroscopy (ICP-ES, AAS, UV/VIS)
Otolith Microchemistry
0 1 2 3 4
Physical Characterisation of Soils & Landscapes
Physical Oceanography
Plant systems modelling
Recreational Fisheries Science
Salinity Investigation & Assessment
Scientific and geographic visualisation
Seagrass Ecology
Soil & Root-Zone Interaction
Soil Hydraulic Properties
Soil Nutrient & Contaminant Dynamics
0 1 2 3 4
Soil Sampling & Coring
Spatial planning
Stochastic Fish Population Modelling
Surface Water & Run-Off Management
Vibrational Spectroscopy (NIR, MIR, Dispersive Raman)
Waste & Water Reuse
X-Ray Spectroscopy (XRF/XANES)
 
 

























Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the

skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply - Skill or experience not required
1 Contribute - Participate in projects, experiments, data collection and analysis under supervision. Contribute to reports and scientific articles. Developing practical

expertise in capability.
2 Specialist - Design and carry our projects, experiments, data collection and analysis within capability. Sole or co-author of reports and scientific articles.

Recognised as demonstrating expertise in capability within the Department.
3 Lead - Design and carry out projects, experiments, data collection and analysis involving several capabilities. Sole or lead author of reports and scientific articles.

Recognised nationally for expertise in capability.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain

business relevance. Recognised internationally as an expert in capability.
eScience
0 1 2 3 4
External stakeholder relationship management
Working with external infrastructure, in particular computing facilities
Understand the science/computational interface
Systems modelling, understand a multi discipline biological/environmental system
Simulation, able to simulate conditions/states to provide insight into real situations/events
Cross discipline expertise, how the various disciplines interrelate to provide a holistic perspective
Visualisation, able to perceive possibilities in a cross discipline, systems thinking way and articulate as tangible projects
 
 

























Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the

skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply - Skill or experience not required
1 Contribute - Participate in projects, experiments, data collection and analysis under supervision. Contribute to reports and scientific articles. Developing practical

expertise in capability.
2 Specialist - Design and carry our projects, experiments, data collection and analysis within capability. Sole or co-author of reports and scientific articles.

Recognised as demonstrating expertise in capability within the Department.
3 Lead - Design and carry out projects, experiments, data collection and analysis involving several capabilities. Sole or lead author of reports and scientific articles.

Recognised nationally for expertise in capability.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain

business relevance. Recognised internationally as an expert in capability.
Data
0 1 2 3 4
Experimental Design
Data entry and manipulation
Statistics
Bioinfomatics
Modelling
Data Mining
 
 

























Instruction Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the capabilities and rate your ability to demonstrate/apply the

skill/knowledge.
0 Do Not Apply - Skill or experience not required
1 Contribute - Participate in projects, experiments, data collection and analysis under supervision. Contribute to reports and scientific articles. Developing practical

expertise in capability.
2 Specialist - Design and carry our projects, experiments, data collection and analysis within capability. Sole or co-author of reports and scientific articles.

Recognised as demonstrating expertise in capability within the Department.
3 Lead - Design and carry out projects, experiments, data collection and analysis involving several capabilities. Sole or lead author of reports and scientific articles.

Recognised nationally for expertise in capability.
4 Expert - Able to apply in unique situations, act as definitive reference in the business re application; establish proccesses, methodologies, techniques to maintain

business relevance. Recognised internationally as an expert in capability.
Laboratory Practices
0 1 2 3 4
Laboratory Practices
Laboratory testing & analysis
Sample preparation & dissolution
Laboratory quality assurance
Laboratory OH&S
 
 
Activity Analysis


Estimate the time you spend on each of the job activities. Use the guide below to allocate a number to each activity.
You may use the same number more than once.

This process is designed to provide a relative perspective. Your ratings will be automaticaly converted to percentages.











































Rating Guide
0 Do not do
1 1 hour/year
10 1 day/year
100 1 day/month or 2 hours /week or 1/2 hour/day
350 1 day/week or 1.5 hours/day
700 2 days/week or 15 hours/week or 3 hours/day
1050 3 days/week or 22 hours/week or 4.4 hours per day
1400 4 days/week or 30 hours/week or 6 hours/day
1750 5 days/week, all your time

0 1 10 100 350 700 1050 1400 1750
Project planning
Project management
Field data/sample collection
Laboratory analysis
Recording data/findings
Literature search/reading
Data analysis and interpretation
Data modelling/simulation
Research paper preparation/writing
Policy/report writing
0 1 10 100 350 700 1050 1400 1750
Providing advice - email/telephone/face-to-face
Administration - internal
PPMS
Performance management
OH&S
Training & development of others - presenting/instructing
Training & development of self - attending/partcipating
Travel
Internal PIRVic meetings
External meetings with stakeholders - suppliers, funders,other Departments/agencies
Financial Management
Risk Management
Quality Assurance
Science/Quality Audit
 
 
Subject Expertise

Regardless of the job you currently undertake, review each of the subcategories and topics and rate your capability to respond to these based on the following Scale. You can select more than one.

The Sub Category/Topic structure below has been signed off by PIRVic Management.



































 
Scale Capability Definition
I Internal Ability to give advice to other staff
C Customer Service Centre (CSC) Can speak to a person external to DPI - including the general public as referred to by the CSC
F FAQ Can develop and sign off information held within a Frequently Asked Question Document used by the CSC
Me Media Capable of signing off a response to enquiries from the media
MP Minister/Member of Parliament Capable of signing off response from Ministerial enquiries


I C F ME MP
Environmental Health & Chemistry - Inorganic chemistry
Environmental Health & Chemistry - Organic chemistry
Landscape System - Ecosystem analysis
Landscape System - Spatial sciences
Landscape System - Systems modelling
Marine & Freshwater systems - Marine & Estuarine Ecology
Soil & Water - Hydrogeology
Soil & Water - Hydrology
Soil & Water - Pedology & Soil Physics
Soil & Water - Soil Chemistry
 
If you feel a subcategory and topic has not been represented above, use the next three questions to choose a subcategory then add and rate the topic using the same scale from above.


Please choose a Sub Category
 
 
Please add the topic.
   
 

I C F Me MP
Please rate the topic
 

Please check if you would like to add more expertise topics and we will be in contact.
 
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