METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING JOBS TO PREVENT EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS FROM LAPSING
First Claim
1. ) A method for execution by a computing apparatus, the method comprising:
- a) obtaining information relating to a job to be assigned to an employee, the job requiring a given job qualification;
b) identifying a set of employees having the given job qualification, wherein the given job qualification is associated with at least one requirement for maintaining the given job qualification and each employee in the set of employees is associated with;
i) information indicative of a completion status of the at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification; and
ii) information indicative of a time frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied;
c) assigning the job to a selected employee from the set of employees at least in part on a basis of at least one of the information indicative of a completion status of the at least one requirement, and the information indicative of a time frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied, associated with the selected employee.
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Abstract
A method for execution by a computing apparatus comprising identifying a job to be assigned to an employee, the job requiring a given job qualification, wherein the given job qualification is associated with at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification and a time-frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied. Completion of the job by an employee at least partially completes the at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification. The method further comprises assigning the job to a selected employee from a set of employees, wherein each employee in the set of employees has the given job qualification. The selected employee is selected at least in part on a basis of a probability of the selected employee losing the job qualification relative to other employees in the set of employees.
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34 Claims
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1. ) A method for execution by a computing apparatus, the method comprising:
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a) obtaining information relating to a job to be assigned to an employee, the job requiring a given job qualification; b) identifying a set of employees having the given job qualification, wherein the given job qualification is associated with at least one requirement for maintaining the given job qualification and each employee in the set of employees is associated with; i) information indicative of a completion status of the at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification; and ii) information indicative of a time frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied; c) assigning the job to a selected employee from the set of employees at least in part on a basis of at least one of the information indicative of a completion status of the at least one requirement, and the information indicative of a time frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied, associated with the selected employee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. ) A system, comprising:
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a) a non-transient computer readable storage medium for storing a plurality of records each associated with a respective employee in a set of employees, each employee in the set of employees having a given job qualification, the given job qualification being associated with at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification, wherein each record comprises; i) a first information element indicative of a status of the at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification; and ii) a second information element indicative of a time frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied; b) a processing entity operative for; i) obtaining information relating to a job to be assigned to an employee having the given job qualification; ii) assigning the job to a selected employee from the set of employees at least in part on a basis of the first information element and the second information element stored in each record of the plurality of records. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. ) A method for execution by a computing apparatus, the method comprising:
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a) identifying a job to be assigned to an employee, the job requiring a given job qualification, wherein the given job qualification is associated with at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification and a time-frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied, and wherein completion of the job by an employee at least partially completes the at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification; b) assigning the job to a selected employee from a set of employees, each employee in the set of employees having the given job qualification, wherein the selected employee is selected at least in part on a basis of a probability of the selected employee losing the job qualification relative to other employees in the set of employees. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. ) A method, comprising:
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a) considering a record associated with an employee, the record comprising; i) a first information element indicative of a job qualification associated with the employee, the job qualification being associated with at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification; ii) a second information element indicative of a completion status of the at least one requirement; iii) a time frame by which the at least one requirement needs to be satisfied; b) issuing a notification to the employee prior to an expiry of the time frame, indicative of at least one of the completion status and the time frame.
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