For many personnel service workers, the qualification directory of positions has become a reference book. Let's talk about the use of ETKS and EKS, as well as their upcoming abolition in connection with the final transition to professional standards.

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Qualification directory of positions - managers, specialists, workers - a set of characteristics of the main types of work in professions related to a variety of sectors of the economy. Due to his duty, any personnel officer with experience had to contact him. The development and updating of unified tariff and qualification reference books is carried out by the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation together with executive authorities regulating and coordinating certain economic sectors (clause 2 of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 787 of October 31, 2002).

Qualification reference book for positions of workers and employees - 2018: procedure for application

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The status and procedure for the practical use of tariff and qualification reference books is determined by Article 143 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. Thus, according to Part 8 of Article 143 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, when grading work and assigning tariff categories to employees, the following are applied:

• a unified tariff and qualification directory of works and professions of workers;
• unified tariff qualification directory for positions of managers, specialists and employees;
• professional standards.

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There are even separate regulatory documents detailing the rules for applying the ETKS (see “Procedure” approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation No. 9 of February 9, 2004). Along with the provisions of the reference books, state guarantees for wages, fixed by federal legislation, are taken into account, as well as the recommendations of the tripartite commission on the regulation of social and labor relations and the opinion of trade unions. Details are in the notes “How to use " And How ».

Important: the requirements of the ETKS and EKS apply primarily to labor relations, therefore, when concluding a civil contract, the employer is not obliged to check the contractor for compliance with the criteria established in the reference books.

Types and current editions of tariff and qualification reference books

Currently, two types of qualification reference books are used - for workers (ETKS) and for employees, managers, specialists (EKS). The need to develop two separate documents arose due to significant differences in the specifics of the work assigned to different categories of personnel. Therefore, when establishing tariffs or qualification requirements for blue-collar professions (fitter, foundry worker, welder, etc.), employers turn to the ETKS, a directory of blue-collar professions.

If we are talking about a managerial or official position, the Unified Qualification Directory of positions for managers and employees is used. Read about tariffs for different types of work in the article “How to set ": you will find out why it is so important to know the exact minimum wage, how often salaries should be indexed and whether it is legal to set different salaries for employees occupying the same position.

Unified qualification directory of worker positions

The tariff and qualification reference book, used to determine the complexity and payment of work, as well as to assign categories to workers, consists of more than 70 issues.

Each issue is dedicated to certain areas and areas of the economy, for example:

1. No. 5 - geological exploration and topographic-geodetic work (approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of Russia No. 16 of February 17, 2000);
2. No. 16 - production of medical instruments, instruments and equipment (approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of Russia No. 38 of March 5, 2004);
3. No. 24 - general professions in chemical production (approved by order of the Ministry of Health of Russia No. 208 dated March 28, 2006);
4. No. 50 - production and processing of fish and seafood (approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of Russia No. 73 of October 12, 2000);
5. No. 52 - railway, sea and river transport (approved by order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia No. 68n dated February 18, 2013);
6. No. 57 - advertising and design, restoration and layout work (approved by order of the Ministry of Health of Russia No. 135 dated March 21, 2008).

Some sections have lost their relevance (issues 30-31, 34, 38-39, 61-63, 65, 67-68), some were put into effect a very long time ago, even by Soviet regulations. For example, the sections “Dry cleaning and dyeing” and “Works and professions of laundry workers”, approved by the Decree of the State Committee for Labor of the USSR and the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions No. 320/21-22 of October 31, 1984, have not yet been updated.

Qualification directory for positions of managers, specialists and employees

The unified qualification reference book for positions of specialists and employees (US) developed by the Institute of Labor was approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of Russia No. 37 of 08.21.1998. Since its approval, the document has been amended and supplemented more than ten times. The current edition of the ETKS is mandatory for all state and municipal organizations (in relation to positions for which professional standards have not been developed). Table "Categories and State Civil Service" will be useful to personnel officers of government agencies.

The requirements for commercial companies are not as strict. However, Article 57 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation obliges all employers, without exception, to refer to professional standards or ETKS when introducing positions into the staffing table that involve restrictions or the provision of benefits. In other words, if the enterprise has positions that give the right to certain guarantees (early retirement, compensation for “harmfulness,” etc.), their names must exactly match the wording of the ETKS or professional standards. Read more about providing benefits to employees in the articles “How to register an employee’s retirement " and "What compensation is an employee entitled to for work during ».

In total, the document has thirty sections. General characteristics of positions applicable to employees of enterprises, institutions and organizations of all industries are given in the first section, approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of Russia No. 37 of August 21, 1998. Sections for individual industries follow:

• research, design, engineering and survey areas;
• healthcare;
• education, including vocational;
• culture, art and cinematography;
• labor protection;
• electric power industry;
• architectural and urban planning activities;
• the sphere of civil defense and protection of the population from emergency situations, ensuring the safety of people at water, mountain and underground sites;
• geology and subsoil exploration;
• physical education and sports;
• tourism;
• Agriculture;
• state archives and documentation storage centers;
• military units and organizations of the RF Armed Forces;
• centers of metrology, standardization and certification;
• state material reserve systems;
• legal protection of the results of intellectual activity and means of individualization;
• youth affairs authorities;
• road facilities;
• hydrometeorology;
• countering technical intelligence and ensuring information security;
• nuclear energy and floating nuclear power plants;
• conflictology;
• rocket and space industry;
• translation activities;
• forensic examination;
• authorities of the Federal Migration Service.

If you pay attention to the dates of publication of orders and regulations approving sections of the CEN, you will notice that the most “recent” provisions of the directory came into force in 2013. And since then they have not been updated, although previously new sections were added almost every year. The reason for this state of affairs was the transition to professional standards - a more convenient and modern system for assessing qualifications. Details are in the note “How to use ": the expert will explain who will be primarily affected by changes in legislation, how often qualification standards will be updated and how to check an employee for compliance with new requirements.

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How to write down an employee’s position in the work book if it is not indicated in the classifier of positions and professions?

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Ivan Shklovets answers:
Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment

Indicate the name of the employee's position in the work book in accordance with the organization's staffing table. At formation of staffing to arbitrarily indicate the positions of employees for whom benefits and compensation are established.

For example, work in a particular position may entitle an employee to early retirement. The list of positions in which work gives the right to an early pension is listed in the articles And Law of December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ. If the position in the work book does not correspond to the qualification directory, the Pension Fund may deny the employee the right to grant an early pension...

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Unified qualification directory of positions as a predecessor of professional standards

From the system of professional standards, in connection with which additional norms appeared in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation (Articles 195.1-195.3 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation), the unified qualification reference book for the positions of managers, employees and specialists differs not only in format. Professional standards contain clearer and more structured information about the labor functions performed by employees and are fully consistent with the spirit of the times.

Previously, a specialist who received a specialized education could work all his life on the same equipment, using familiar technologies and knowledge that he received at a university or technical school. But modern technologies are rapidly developing, dramatically changing the content of work and the qualification characteristics of the position. We have to radically revise existing norms and introduce new standards. As ETKS and EKS (unified tariff and qualification reference book for positions of managers, specialists and employees) gradually lose relevance, employers are increasingly turning to professional standards for:

• personnel selection;
• training, retraining, certification and career planning of employees;
• drawing up job descriptions and staffing schedules;
• formation of personnel policy and tariff schedule for work performed;
• development of remuneration systems.

Important: a professional standard is a universal document that establishes requirements for the conditions and content of work, as well as for the skills, knowledge and experience of a specialist.

It takes an average of 9-12 months to develop a “standard” for each individual position, so today, despite active work in this direction, new standards for a number of specialties and types of work have not yet been approved. Consequently, in 2018, it is too early to write off the unified qualification directory of employee positions and the tariff and qualification directory of blue-collar specialties.

But if there is a choice between ETKS (EKS) and the current professional standard (and there are already more than a thousand such positions), preference should be given to the latter. At least because the final abolition of reference books and a complete transition to a system of professional standards, applied taking into account individual industry requirements, is planned for the coming years (see letter of the Ministry of Labor of Russia No. 14-0/10/13-2253 dated April 4, 2016).

Transition to professional standards: step-by-step instructions

For commercial organizations, professional standards are advisory in nature. They become mandatory only in two cases (like directories):

• when the legislator has established compensation or benefits for a certain type of work, or restrictions are provided for its implementation (Article 57, 195.3 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation);
• when the requirements for the employee’s work experience and qualifications are established by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, federal legislation or other regulations (Article 195.3 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

In the first case, you should make sure that the name of the position in the staffing table, employment contract, hiring order and other local documents coincides with the wording of the professional standard. Other aspects - features of the labor function, requirements for the level of education and work experience in the specialty - remain at the discretion of the employer. A detailed analysis of difficult situations can be found in the articles “How to maintain a worker’s rank under ETKS if ", "How to check if professional standard" and "How to overcome the 6 main problems that arise when ».

As for the second category of workers (which includes legal workers, teachers, doctors, and even private detectives), the requirements of professional standards apply to them in full. To understand what specific positions we are talking about, take a look at the table “ , for which the law establishes qualification requirements.”

Organizations, enterprises and institutions of the public sector, as well as all extra-budgetary funds, corporations and companies with a state share of more than 50%, are obliged to switch to professional standards, whether they want it or not. To make the transition less painful, it is allowed to introduce new standards in stages (until January 1, 2020, as required by clauses 1.2 of the Russian Government Decree No. 584 of June 27, 2016). To help the personnel officer - articles “When , and when the professional standard. Six controversial situations" and "How professional standards will affect ».

Since the legislator does not regulate the procedure for transition to a system of professional standards, the employer himself decides how to act, based on the needs of the organization and the specifics of its activities.

The whole process can be divided into five successive stages:

1. formation of a working group or commission, in which representatives of key departments (legal and personnel services, accounting, etc.) participate;
2. development of a work schedule for the implementation of professional standards;
3. familiarization of heads of departments and services with the schedule and legislative framework in accordance with which the transition is carried out;
4. implementation of activities provided for in the schedule;
5. summing up the work of the commission and approving the report on the results.

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Nina KOVIAZINA answers,
Deputy Director of the Department of Medical Education and Personnel Policy in Healthcare of the Russian Ministry of Health

We have a small organization, and there are departments that employ one person at a time. If an employee is a manager, should there be subordinates in the department?

Formally, the Labor Code does not prohibit an employer from creating structural units that consist of only one employee, in particular the head of a department. At the same time, the position of “manager” involves leadership of subordinates. For example, the Qualification Directory provides for such an obligation for the position “Head of the Human Resources Department” (approved ). Qualification reference books are advisory in nature. But there are exceptions...

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The first step is to issue an order establishing a commission. The order lists by name all members of the commission (working group), and also indicates the time frame allocated for familiarization with regulatory documentation and development of a schedule.

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Each protocol is certified by the signatures of members of the working group, including the chairman.

To change the name of a position, make additions to an employment contract or approve new local standards, the director of the company gives a written order (see article “ does not meet the professional standard: what to do"). Fortunately, the law does not prohibit combining orders of the same type into one order and thereby saving resources. The article “Tricks that will make it easier for you to work with » will help minimize labor costs associated with the preparation of orders, contracts, introductory sheets and other documentation.

This section presents the releases of the unified qualification directory of positions for managers, specialists and other employees (hereinafter referred to as the UKS). The CAS is intended for tariffication of work and assignment of tariff categories. Based on the CAS, it is possible to draw up job descriptions and programs for training and advanced training of specialists in various industries and fields of activity. The section was updated on October 17, 2018 - added issues, technical errors corrected.

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 31, 2002 N 787 established that the EKS consists of qualification characteristics for the positions of managers, specialists and employees, containing job responsibilities and requirements for the level of knowledge and qualifications of managers, specialists and employees.

The development of the CSN is carried out by the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation together with the federal executive authorities, which are entrusted with the management, regulation and coordination of activities in the relevant sector (sub-sector) of the economy (clause 2 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 31, 2002 N 787). Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation dated 02/09/2004 N 9 approved the Procedure for applying the CAS.

This section provides a list of CEN issues valid on the territory of the Russian Federation, current as of June 15, 2014. We also draw your attention to the fact that this directory is often mistakenly called ETKS positions of managers and specialists(see ETKS works and professions of workers).

Positions in alphabetical order

If you know the name of a position from the directory, but do not know in which section of the EKS it is described, then you can use the alphabetical index to quickly find its description:

List of positions by sections of the directory

Unfortunately, it is currently not possible to download all issues of the EKS in one archive from our website. However, you can find the positions you are interested in using the alphabetical index of positions or the rubricator of CEN issues operating in the Russian Federation.

In accordance with Article 143 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, the tariffing of work and the assignment of tariff categories to employees are carried out taking into account the unified tariff and qualification directory of works and professions of workers, the unified qualification directory of positions of managers, specialists and employees.

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 31, 2002 N 787 established that the Unified Tariff and Qualification Directory of Work and Professions of Workers (hereinafter referred to as UTKS) consists of tariff and qualification characteristics containing characteristics of the main types of work by profession of workers, depending on their complexity, and corresponding to them tariff categories, as well as requirements for the professional knowledge and skills of workers.

The development of the ETKS is carried out by the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation together with the federal executive authorities, which are entrusted with the management, regulation and coordination of activities in the relevant sector (sub-sector) of the economy (clause 2 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 31, 2002 N 787).

Before the approval of new issues of ETKS, issues approved by the resolutions of the State Committee for Labor of the USSR and the Secretariat of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions and valid on the territory of Russia in accordance with Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation dated May 12, 1992 N 15a are applied.

4th edition, updated
(approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation dated August 21, 1998 N 37)

With changes and additions from:

January 21, August 4, 2000, April 20, 2001, May 31, June 20, 2002, July 28, November 12, 2003, July 25, 2005, November 7, 2006, September 17, 2007 , April 29, 2008, March 14, 2011, May 15, 2013, February 12, 2014, March 27, 2018

The qualification directory of positions of managers, specialists and other employees is a normative document developed by the Institute of Labor and approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of Russia dated August 21, 1998 N 37. This publication includes additions made by resolutions of the Ministry of Labor of Russia dated December 24, 1998 N 52, dated February 22, 1999 N 3, dated January 21, 2000 N 7, dated August 4, 2000 N 57, April 20, 2001 N 35, dated May 31, 2002 and June 20, 2002 N 44. The directory is recommended for use in enterprises, institutions and organizations of various sectors of the economy, regardless of ownership and organizational and legal forms, in order to ensure the correct selection, placement and use of personnel.

The new Qualification Handbook is designed to ensure a rational division of labor, create an effective mechanism for delineating functions, powers and responsibilities based on clear regulation of the work activities of workers in modern conditions. The directory contains new qualification characteristics of employee positions related to the development of market relations. All previously existing qualification characteristics have been revised; significant changes have been made to them in connection with the transformations being carried out in the country and taking into account the practice of applying the characteristics.

In the qualification characteristics, the standards for regulating the labor of workers were unified to ensure a unified approach to the selection of personnel with appropriate qualifications and compliance with uniform principles for the tariffing of work based on its complexity. The Qualification Characteristics take into account the latest legislative and regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.

Qualification directory for positions of managers, specialists and other employees

General provisions

1. The qualification reference book for positions of managers, specialists and other employees (technical performers) is intended to resolve issues related to the regulation of labor relations, ensuring an effective personnel management system at enterprises * (1), in institutions and organizations of various sectors of the economy, regardless of the form of ownership and organizational and legal forms of activity.

The qualification characteristics included in this issue of the Directory are normative documents intended to justify the rational division and organization of labor, the correct selection, placement and use of personnel, ensuring unity in determining the job responsibilities of workers and the qualification requirements for them, as well as decisions made on compliance positions held during certification of managers and specialists.

2. The construction of the Directory is based on job characteristics, since the requirements for the qualifications of employees are determined by their job responsibilities, which, in turn, determine the titles of positions.

The directory was developed in accordance with the accepted classification of employees into three categories: managers, specialists and other employees (technical performers). The assignment of employees to categories is carried out depending on the nature of the work primarily performed, constituting the content of the employee’s work (organizational-administrative, analytical-constructive, information-technical).

The names of employee positions, the qualification characteristics of which are included in the Directory, are established in accordance with the All-Russian Classifier of Worker Occupations, Employee Positions and Tariff Classes OK-016-94 (OKPDTR), put into effect on January 1, 1996.

3. The qualification directory contains two sections. The first section provides the qualification characteristics of industry-wide positions of managers, specialists and other employees (technical performers), widespread in enterprises, institutions and organizations, primarily in manufacturing sectors of the economy, including those receiving budgetary funding. The second section contains the qualification characteristics of positions of employees employed in research institutions, design, technological, design and survey organizations, as well as editorial and publishing departments.

4. Qualification characteristics at enterprises, institutions and organizations can be used as normative documents of direct action or serve as the basis for the development of internal organizational and administrative documents - job descriptions containing a specific list of job responsibilities of employees, taking into account the peculiarities of the organization of production, labor and management, and also their rights and responsibilities. If necessary, the responsibilities included in the characteristics of a particular position can be distributed among several performers.

Since qualification characteristics apply to employees of enterprises, institutions and organizations, regardless of their industry affiliation and departmental subordination, they present the most typical work for each position. Therefore, when developing job descriptions, it is possible to clarify the list of works that are characteristic of the corresponding position in specific organizational and technical conditions, and establish requirements for the necessary special training of employees.

In the process of organizational, technical and economic development, mastering modern management technologies, introducing the latest technical means, taking measures to improve organization and increase labor efficiency, it is possible to expand the range of responsibilities of employees in comparison with those established by the corresponding characteristics. In these cases, without changing the job title, the employee may be entrusted with the performance of duties provided for by the characteristics of other positions that are similar in content of work, equal in complexity, the implementation of which does not require another specialty and qualifications.

5. The qualification characteristics of each position have three sections.

The section “Job Responsibilities” establishes the main job functions that can be entrusted in whole or in part to the employee holding this position, taking into account the technological homogeneity and interconnectedness of the work, allowing for optimal specialization of employees.

The “Must Know” section contains the basic requirements for the employee in relation to special knowledge, as well as knowledge of legislative and regulatory acts, regulations, instructions and other guidance materials, methods and means that the employee must use when performing job duties.

The section "Qualification Requirements" defines the level of professional training of the employee necessary to perform the provided job duties and the requirements for work experience. The levels of required professional training are given in accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation "On Education".

6. The characteristics of specialist positions provide for within the same position without changing its name an intra-position qualification categorization for remuneration.

Qualification categories for remuneration of specialists are established by the head of the enterprise, institution, or organization. This takes into account the degree of independence of the employee in performing job duties, his responsibility for decisions made, attitude to work, efficiency and quality of work, as well as professional knowledge, practical experience, determined by length of service in the specialty, etc.

7. The Directory does not include qualification characteristics of derivative positions (senior and leading specialists, as well as deputy heads of departments). The job responsibilities of these employees, the requirements for their knowledge and qualifications are determined on the basis of the characteristics of the corresponding basic positions contained in the Directory.

The issue of distribution of job responsibilities of deputy heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations is resolved on the basis of internal organizational and administrative documents.

The use of the job title “senior” is possible provided that the employee, in addition to performing the duties prescribed by the position held, supervises the performers subordinate to him. The position of “senior” can be established as an exception and in the absence of performers directly subordinate to the employee, if he is entrusted with the functions of managing an independent area of ​​​​work. For specialist positions for which qualification categories are provided, the job title “senior” is not used. In these cases, the functions of managing subordinate performers are assigned to a specialist of the first qualification category.

The job responsibilities of the “leaders” are established on the basis of the characteristics of the corresponding specialist positions. In addition, they are entrusted with the functions of a manager and responsible performer of work in one of the areas of activity of an enterprise, institution, organization or their structural divisions, or responsibilities for coordination and methodological management of groups of performers created in departments (bureaus) taking into account the rational division of labor in specific organizational units. -technical conditions. The requirements for the required work experience are increased by 2-3 years compared to those provided for specialists of the first qualification category. Job responsibilities, knowledge requirements and qualifications of deputy heads of structural divisions are determined based on the characteristics of the corresponding positions of managers.

The qualification characteristics of the positions of heads (managers) of departments serve as the basis for determining job responsibilities, knowledge requirements and qualifications of the heads of the relevant bureaus when they are created instead of functional departments (taking into account industry characteristics).

8. The compliance of the actual duties performed and the qualifications of employees with the requirements of job characteristics is determined by the certification commission in accordance with the current regulations on the certification procedure. At the same time, special attention is paid to high-quality and efficient performance of work.

9. The need to ensure the safety of life and health of workers in the process of work puts the problems of labor protection and the environment among the urgent social problems, the solution of which is directly related to the compliance by the managers and each employee of the enterprise, institution, organization with current legislative, intersectoral and other regulatory legal acts on labor protection, environmental standards and regulations.

In this regard, the job responsibilities of employees (managers, specialists and technical performers), along with the performance of functions provided for by the corresponding qualification characteristics of the position, provide for mandatory compliance with labor protection requirements at each workplace, and the job responsibilities of managers include ensuring healthy and safe working conditions for subordinate performers, as well as monitoring their compliance with the requirements of legislative and regulatory legal acts on labor protection.

When appointing a position, it is necessary to take into account the requirements for the employee’s knowledge of relevant labor safety standards, environmental legislation, norms, rules and instructions on labor protection, means of collective and individual protection from the effects of hazardous and harmful production factors.

10. Persons who do not have special training or work experience established by the qualification requirements, but have sufficient practical experience and perform their job duties efficiently and in full, on the recommendation of the certification commission, as an exception, can be appointed to the corresponding positions in the same way , as well as persons with special training and work experience.

In this article we will look at the Unified Tariff and Qualification Reference Book (UTKS) for a labor protection specialist. Let us define ETKS and explain the difference between ETKS and other reference books and professional standards. We will analyze the structure of the ETKS “Occupational Safety and Health Specialist” and, of course, tell you how an occupational safety specialist should use the ETKS in his production activities.

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What is the ETKS of a labor protection specialist?
How do ETKS differ from EKS?

In order to unify (bring to the same standards) all possible professions in the country, the state has developed and put into effect directories of professions, which are periodically updated depending on the emergence of new specialties, technologies or the obsolescence of some others.

In Russia, there are two main reference books that should be used as a guide when conducting work at any enterprise or organization. Both directories were approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 31, 2002 N 787 and have legal force:

1. ETKS– a unified tariff and qualification directory of works and professions of workers.
2. EKS– a unified qualification directory for positions of managers, specialists and employees. (ECSD is another name for this directory)

Unified Tariff and Qualification Reference Book (UTKS) is a large collection of normative documents, united in volumes, which is intended solely for classification working professions.

Unified qualification directory of positions of managers, specialists and employees (USC) is a collection of normative documents intended for non-working professions, namely for managers, employees and all kinds of specialists.

Thus, two directories cover all possible professions.

The question arises: In which of the two reference books should I look for the profession of occupational safety specialist?

Correct answer: In the EKS directory!!!

It should be noted that there is no ETKS occupational safety specialist as such. After all, this directory is intended only for working professions. Therefore, when someone talks about the ETKS of an occupational safety specialist, one must keep in mind that we are talking about the ETKS of an occupational safety specialist. To avoid confusion, in the future we will call any of the directories “ETKS”.

ETKS (EKS) occupational safety specialist is an official document that is entered

What is ETKS for?

The Unified Tariff and Qualification Directory is used for:

1. Assignment of tariff categories to workers and employees (according to the principle, the more complex the work, the higher the rank, Article 143 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation);
2. Determination of wages for civil servants (Article 144 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation);
3. Tariffing and accounting of professions for which benefits and compensation are provided by the state (Article 57 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

Of course, not only government agencies should apply ETKS. Commercial organizations should use the occupational directory for their own purposes.

Firstly, with the help of a directory it is very convenient to write down job descriptions for employees, because the ETKS fully describes the profession, what the employee must do, what knowledge and skills he must possess, etc.

Secondly, it is very convenient for the head of an enterprise to “distribute” qualifications to all employees, and to build a remuneration system in his enterprise based on the qualification level of each employee.

Thirdly, with the help of ETKS you can build labor relations with the state, justify the transfer of taxes, and the receipt of state. subsidies, etc.

A labor protection specialist needs ETKS in order to bring his position into compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

How can a labor safety specialist use ETKS in his work?

As we have already said, ETKS (ECS, ECSD) of a labor protection specialist is a regulatory document that is presented

ETKS of a labor protection specialist consists of sections:
In section 1 general information is presented.
In section 2 information is provided regarding the positions of manager and occupational safety specialist. The section indicates the correct job titles, job responsibilities of the manager and safety specialist, what knowledge and skills a person holding the position of safety specialist or manager should have and what requirements to fulfill.

What should a labor protection specialist do in accordance with the ETKS?
First of all, the labor protection specialist must redo his job description and reissue his contract with the organization in accordance with the new requirements, make changes to the staffing table, etc. So, if earlier the occupational safety profession was called “Occupational Safety Engineer”, now the profession should be called in accordance with the requirements of the ETKS “Head of the Labor Safety Service”, or “Occupational Safety Specialist”, Other names of professions, including ETKS “Occupational Safety Engineer” or ETKS “Industrial Safety Engineer” do not exist! (Order of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation dated May 15, 2013 No. 205).

It is also necessary to pay special attention to the fact that some functions of a labor protection specialist have changed, and most importantly, new requirements for the profession have appeared.

Thus, the position of head of the labor protection service has educational requirements. To work in this position as the head of the occupational safety service, you must have, or any higher education together with, while the head of the occupational safety service must have five years of work experience in this field.

The position of occupational safety specialist has the same educational requirements. For an occupational safety specialist, it is necessary to have a higher education in occupational safety. And in the absence of this, retraining is allowed if you have a secondary education (valid for an occupational safety specialist who does not have a category).

What laws should an occupational safety specialist follow? ETKS or professional standards?

Due to the fact that, according to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, from 07/01/2016 they come into force and are mandatory for use (valid), specialists in the field of labor protection ask the question of what to use in their activities to be guided by ETKS or professional standards?
Let's try to answer this question.

Now ETKS and professional standards are valid regulatory documents that a labor protection specialist must apply in his activities. It is enough to study in which the Ministry of Labor refers to the ETKS and professional standards as fundamental documents.

Despite the fact that the two documents have different structures, the information presented in both documents is almost identical. It turns out that professional standards are closest to reference books and contain more specific information. Why is this happening?

In our opinion, this is happening because the state wants to eventually combine the two directories ETKS and EKS and come to one standard in order to create a single unified directory with a single classification with even more expanded information. Those. gradually replace all occupational directories with professional standards.

The Unified Tariff and Qualification Directory of Works and Professions of Workers ETKS contains an 8-digit rating scale. For the unified qualification directory of positions of managers, specialists and employees (US), the scale may be different, depending on the profession. As for professional standards, a single 9-digit qualification level scale is used for all professions without exception.

Therefore, professional standards are more unified and allow one to compare the level of qualification of a labor protection specialist with the level of qualification of any other profession.

For example, according to the ETKS “Occupational Safety and Health Specialist 2019”, the profession of occupational safety specialist is qualified as “Specialist”, “Specialist of the 2nd category”, “Specialist of the 1st category” and “Head of the labor protection service”. Based on this, it is impossible to compare the level of a labor protection specialist with the level of any other profession, because This qualification applies only to specialists in the field of labor protection.