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KSAs…Knowledge, Skills and Abilities…a list of special qualifications and personal attributes that you need to have for a particular job.   These are the unique requirements that the hiring agency wants to find in the person selected to fill a particular job.   A primary purpose of KSAs is to measure those qualities that will set one candidate apart from the others.   In federal personnel guidance, KSAs are defined as the factors that identify the better candidates from a group of persons basically qualifie

Knowledge  statements refer to an organized body of information usually of a factual or procedural nature which, if applied, makes adequate performance on the job possible.  A body of information applied directly to the performance of a function.

Skill  statements refer to the proficient manual, verbal or mental manipulation of data or things.  Skills can be readily measured by a performance test where quantity and quality of performance are tested, usually within an established time limit.  Examples of proficient manipulation of things are skill in typing or skill in operating a vehicle.  Examples of proficient manipulation of data are skill in computation using decimals; skill in editing for transposed numbers, etc.

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