American Samoa Administrative Code

“Post-training” means training given after entering a position. The training given before entering is called preemployment training. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Preassignment training” means in-service training given before an employee is assigned to a specific job. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Preemployment training” means the training given to employees prior to coming into service. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Preference eligible” means a U.S. citizen or a U.S. national of American Samoan ancestry who is a veteran as defined in these regulations; a disabled veteran as defined in these regulations; or the unremarried widow of a veteran. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Premium payment” means wage payment over and above the basic salary rate for extraordinary conditions of employment, such as overtime and special tours of duty. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Probationary period” means the trial period of employment following certification and appointment to, or reemployment in, any position in the career service, including promotional positions. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Program” means: (1) A plan or scheme of administrative action designed for the accomplishment of a definite objective which is specific as to time-phasing of the work to be done and the means allocated for its accomplishment: (2) For budget and accounting purposes, a complete pl…

“Promotion” means a change of an employee from a position in one class to a position in a class having a higher salary range. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Public administration” means the activities of government to accomplish public goals. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Rating” means the act of classifying according to grade, class, rank, or other unit of measuring or evaluation. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Reassignment” means movement of an employee from one position to another position in the same class or grade or from one position to another position in a different class at the same grade. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Reduction-in-force” means a separation from service because of a lack of funds and/or work and/ or reorganization and without cause on the part of the employee. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Reduction in salary” means placement of an employee’s salary at a lower step at the same or lower grade as a result of a disciplinary action. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Refresher training” means training for employees who lack up-to-date information, habits, or skills in an occupation in which they have been previously trained. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Register” means a list of eligible names established for employment or reemployment in a class. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Reinstatement” means appointment of an employee who has previously successfully completed his or her probationary period. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part)..

“Related training” means instruction which is related to the job and provides knowledge and information concerning theoretical and technical aspects of the job, such as properties of materials used, applied science, mathematics, and drawing. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (p…

“Remedial training” means training given to employees for the purpose of correcting specific weaknesses in work performance. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Resignation” means a voluntary separation from employment. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Resources” is a term often used by management to describe these productive factors: labor, capital, and machinery. It includes personnel who do the work, and funds, equipment, and materials with which to work. The apportionment of available resources is a responsibility of the h…

“Retraining” means training given an employee to bring him or her up to date on new developments, techniques, or procedures in his or her present job. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Reversion” means voluntary or involuntary movement of an employee during a six-month trial service period to the lower class which he or she held prior to his or her last promotion. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Salary range” means a sequence of minimum, intervening, and maximum dollar amounts assigned to a specific class. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Screening committee” consists of three ASPA or ASG employees or any combination thereof, who have been appointed by the Executive Director to objectively review applications for classes of positions classified at grade 9 and above for which no comprehensive written, oral, or per…

“Selecting authority” means the authority to select individuals for positions. Selecting authority differs from appointing authority in that the former can select individuals for employment but not offer them a position. The offer must come from the appointing authority in order …

“Selective certification” means the certification of eligibles possessing the special qualifications required for a specific position. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Seminar” means an advanced study group with selected members, each of whom investigates some aspects of a subject and reports thereon to the group, the members of which then discuss and evaluate the findings. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Sick leave” means absence from duty because of illness or other disability or exposure to contagious disease. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Skill training” means development of a facile and well-integrated performance, usually associated with mechanical and motor responses, such as those used in typing, glassblowing, and swimming. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Standard workday” means an assigned eight- hour work period. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Standard workweek” means 40 hours divided into five regular assigned eight-hour days within a seven-day period. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Supervisor” means any individual having substantial responsibility requiring the exercise of independent judgment who, on behalf of management, regularly participates in the performance of all or most of the following functions over at least three employees: promote, transfer, s…

“Suspension” means an enforced absence without pay for disciplinary purposes. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Temporary employment” means employment. during the absence of a permanent employee on leave or for work done at a work- load peak and normally lasting for less than six months but not exceeding one year. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Termination” means separation from employment for reasons beyond the control of the employee. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Training aids” means any material or device which facilitates learning, such as movies, slides, posters, booklets, view graphs, audio-visual aids, etc. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Training committee” means a committee authorized to consider training problems and devise solutions, develop training policies, promote their acceptance, and advise management in the execution of those policies. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Training plan” means a method or scheme for obtaining a certain specific training objective, and containing the following information: (1) Objective of the training; (2) Who will be trained; (3) Name of instructor; (4) Schedule of meetings, etc. (5) Outline of material to be pre…

“Training policy” means a statement defining the objectives and the responsibilities for training, the relation between training staff and other staff and operating officials, and the general procedures for organizing, operating, and evaluating a training program. History: Rule 1…

“Training timetable” means a form which lists the various tasks in a given organization or unit, and shows for each employee the tasks: (1) Which he or she can perform adequately; (2) In which he or she is not to be trained during the period under consideration; and (3) In which …

“Transfer” means movement of a permanent employee from a position in ASPA to a similar position in another agency of the American Samoa Government, or from a position in one department of ASPA to a similar position in another department, and shall be subject to r 4.21138-4.21146 …

“Trial service period” means a six-month trial period of employment of a permanent employee beginning with the effective date of a promotion or demotion. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Tuition” means payment of appropriated funds to outside agents or agencies for instructional services; the fee charged by an instructor or school for instruction. “Tuition” does not include fees collected for defrayment of other or incidental expenses, such as registration fees,…

“Unassembled examination” means an examination in which the education, training, and experience of applicants is rated as set forth in their applications. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (part).

“Veteran” means an individual who has served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for a period of not less than 180 consecutive days, other than for training, and who has been separated from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions. History: Rule 11-84, eff …

“Work simplification” means a management technique for simplifying methods and procedures and eliminating waste of manpower, materials, equipment, and facilities. Process study, operation study, and layout study are phases of this subject. History: Rule 11-84, eff 19 Dec 84, (par…

In filling vacancies within the career service, ASPA will adhere to the policy guidelines set for in ASCA. It is ASPA’s policy that: (1) Appointments and promotions to all positions shall be made solely on the basis of merit, fitness, length and quality of previous service, and r…