Opted out and excluded

Entails the application of scientific principles and practices relating to agriculture. Function requires eligibility for membership in the Alberta Institute of Agrologists.

• Benchmark listing – Agrologist
• Minimum Recruitment Standards – Agrologist

Entails the application of theories and principles of Architecture, Engineering Science, Applied Science, Geology or Geophysics. Functions require eligibility for membership in the Alberta Association of Architects or admittance to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.

• Benchmark listing – Engineering and Related
• Minimum Recruitment Standards – Engineering and Related

Legal counsel work performed within Alberta Justice and Attorney General requiring membership in the Law Society of Alberta.

• Benchmark listing – Legal Counsel
• Minimum Recruitment Standards – Legal Counsel

Professional veterinarian work requiring membership in the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association.

• Benchmark listing – Veterinarian
• Minimum Recruitment Standards – Veterinarian

Professional audit work applying accepted audit theories and principles when conducting financial and/or management audits internal to the ministry or government. Auditor positions are engaged in independent review of activities within the organization that may include compliance audits or operational ‘value for money’ audits, where complete objectivity is essential. Work at the senior levels involves planning audits, selecting audit procedures, recommending or selecting team members, providing instruction on methods, selecting and establishing operating performance standards, and preparing reports on the findings.

• Benchmark listing – Auditor
• Minimum Recruitment Standards – Auditor

The work involves professional review, analysis and forecasting of expenditures and revenues. Budget Officers prepare economic projections and background data required for budgetary projections, review revenue and expenditure trends and prepare reports on these trends, and conduct special studies on the relation of general economic conditions to budgetary requirements. Work also includes preparing budget estimates and analyzing and making recommendations on program objectives and proposed spending levels.

• Benchmark listing – Budget Officer
• Minimum Recruitment Standards – Budget Officer

Professional consulting in the human resource management field includes the administration of personnel policies or programs, or officers under the Labour Relations Code dealing with matters related to collective bargaining under that act or investigative work under the authority of the Ombudsman.

• Benchmark listing – Human Relations
• Minimum Recruitment Standards – Human Relations

Installation, maintenance, support and planning of information technology infrastructure (software or hardware). Entails the application of computing science principles and theories. Work could involve specialization in: end-user support, applications, technical support or any combination of these. Work includes: assisting non-electronic data processing users in the use of the computer, development and/or maintenance of small to medium applications or segments of larger or more complex applications, or evaluation, installation and support of moderately complex system hardware or software.

• Benchmark listing – Systems Analyst
• Minimum Recruitment Standards – Systems Analyst