Summary Critical Skills/Competencies/Occupations Identified by Agencies
Department/Agency
|
Mission Critical
Skill/Competencies/Occupations
|
Agriculture
|
Critical Occupations:
Biological Science Technicians, Consumer Safety Inspection, Soil conservation,
and Forestry. Skill needs should also include: decision making and
strategic thinking.
|
Army Corps of Engineers
|
Scientists, including
biologists, hydrologists, chemists, geologists, natural resource managers,
and physical scientists. Also, real
estate contracting, legal, and information technology professionals. Park ranges & managers. Waterway, locks and dams, hydropower plant,
vessels plant operators.
|
Commerce Department
|
Leadership/management,
science/technology, and economics/statistics/business.
|
Energy Department
|
Project management,
engineering, physical science; environmental protection, fire prevention,
industrial hygiene, quality assurance.
|
Environmental Protection
Agency
|
Communication, collaboration
and leadership competencies/skills.
Critical occupations include science (physical, biological,
chemistry), environmental protection, environmental engineering, information
technology, program analysis, legal, resources management (financial, contracts,
facilities/security, human capital).
|
General Services
Administration
|
Identified 5 mission
critical occupations as acquisition, real estate, IT, financial management,
and law enforcement and security.
Identified 7 areas of mission critical expertise as contract
management, financial management, IT, HR management, customer service and
marketing, project management, and leadership.
|
Health and Human Services
Dept.
|
HHS has identified dept-wide
occupations they need to keep replenished. These include Nurses, Medical
Officers, Health Scientists, General Administrative, and Biologists.
|
Interior Department
|
Fire management, facilities
management/engineering, law enforcement/security, business planning, trust
management, contract management, financial management, IT, natural/physical
science, consultation, communication, cooperation, conservation,
mediation.
|
Justice Department
|
Major Occupations: Legal,
Law Enforcement, and Other Administrative
|
Labor Department
|
Identified thus far in an
ongoing effort: IT skills, institutional knowledge, communication and
analytical skills, project management.
|
Office of Management and
Budget
|
Initial analysis identified need to
enhance skills in IT, consultative leadership, coalition building, and
performance measurement.
|
Office of Personnel
Management
|
Consultative and
communication skills. Exceptional
technical skills.
|
Securities & Exchange
Comm.
|
Attorneys, accountants, and
securities compliance examiners with specialized skills.
|
Small Business
Administration
|
Loan specialists, economic
development specialists, business opportunity specialist, and marketing and
outreach specialist.
|
Smithsonian Institution
|
Information technology,
curators, museum and exhibition specialists, scientists/researchers,
engineers, architects, education specialists, support staff.
|
State
|
Foreign Service: broad
requirement for additional personnel to: fill overseas critical needs and
staffing gaps; respond to crises; allow for additional training in languages,
tradecraft, leadership and management.
Civil Service: foreign affairs, passport adjudication and examining,
physical security, contracting, budget, human resource management, defense
trade controls, and information management.
|
Transportation Department
|
Technology skills, outreach
capabilities, project and fiscal management, physical and cyber security,
threat incident detection/response, business acumen, industry expertise,
systems thinking, risk analysis, change management.
|
Treasury Department
|
Early analysis points to law
enforcement, manufacturing occupations, and financial management.
|
USAID
|
Civil Service: Management
analysts, information technology, legal, contracting officers. Also, Foreign Service Officers.
|
Veterans Administration
|
Physicians, Nurses, and
veteran service representatives.
Sub-agencies at VA are doing further analyses of their ten most
mission critical occupations.
|
|