Common use of Advanced Level Clause in Contracts

Advanced Level. Where the employee demonstrates subject matter expertise beyond the accomplished level and assumes additional responsibility in performing their job requirements. Skill proficiency is externally certified. The quantity and/or quality of tasks performed by an employee at the advanced level will exceed that of 70 an employee working at the accomplished level. An employee working at the advanced level may be performing additional tasks and may be assuming additional responsibilities as described in their new position description.  Employees who have three (3) years of service to the College and at least one (1) year in Level 2 are eligible to submit a request for skills development training that will lead to Level 3 classification.  To be eligible, employees must have achieved Level 2 classification and during the most recent consecutive two (2) years must have received annual performance reviews with an overall rating of “performed well”.  Initial Application for participation shall be made to the Human Resources Department. Applications will be assessed by the HR Director and the Manager of the Department where the employee is working. The skills development application and assessment will be forwarded to the VP of the area for review and approval or denial. Approval of skills training will be based upon the relevancy of the training, whether the achievement of these skills will address outstanding College and/or Department needs, the employee’s performance ranking and the availability of funds.  At a minimum, twenty (20) hours of instruction will be required to complete Level 3 certification, either through completion of a single course or through completion of multiple courses. All training hours that are required for the successful completion of the approved training plan will be included in the calculation of total training hours as set forth in the training agreement.  It is expected that the skills training is conducted outside of working hours. Manager approval and leave use is required for training that occurs during working hours.  Upon successful completion of the skills development plan the employee will be promoted, will receive a title change, a new position description and will receive an increase to their base pay. The salary increase will be based upon the training commitment as described below: