INTRODUCTION
In 1990, Treasury Board Ministers approved the
creation of the Management Trainee (MM) Group for the purpose of
recruiting and training high-potential university graduates to
become middle managers within five years, and be capable of
assuming senior-level responsibilities by the year 2000.
Qualified employees of the Public Service with up to three years
of experience are also eligible for this program. The program is
available to all departments.
The Management Trainee Group has been
established for training purposes and comprises one level. It
encompasses the wide variety of work assignments trainees will
perform as they progress through training programs and
increasingly more challenging work assignments. Graduates from
the group will be appointed to management positions.
The classification standard for the Management
Trainee Group takes into consideration this training orientation,
and the temporary nature of appointment to the Management Trainee
Group until sufficient knowledge and skills are acquired by
candidates to qualify for appointment to a middle management
position.
The Management Trainee Group is distinct from
other recruitment and training initiatives (as, for example, the
Administrative Trainee Group) in that it focuses on training and
work experience leading to a management career rather than a
professional or technical one.
Apart from the Introduction, it limits itself to a definition
of the Administrative and Foreign Service Category and the
Management Trainee Group. A rating plan and bench-mark position
descriptions are inapplicable in this case.
CATEGORY DEFINITION
Occupational categories were repealed by the Public Service Reform Act (PSRA), effective April 1, 1993. Therefore, the occupational category definitions have been deleted from the classification standards.
GROUP DEFINITION
For occupational group allocation, it is recommended that you use the
Occupational Group Definition
Maps, which provide the 1999 group definition and their corresponding inclusion and exclusion statements. The maps explicitly link the relevant parts of the overall 1999 occupational group definition to each classification standard.
