Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for an automotive transmission technician.

An Automotive Transmission Technician is responsible for inspecting, diagnosing, maintaining and repairing cars and light trucks. This position is also known as automotive service technicians, mechanics or automobile technicians.

The responsibilities include identifying mechanical problems often using computerized diagnostic equipment, disassembling and reassembling parts, testing parts and practices to ensure they are working properly, following checklists to make sure that the critical components are carefully examined, explaining to clients their automotive problems and the repairs done on the vehicles, using testing equipment that efficiently repairs and maintains, performing basic care and maintenance, including changing oil, checking fluid levels, rotating tires, etc., repairing and replacing worn out parts like brake pads and wheel bearings.

Employee Performance Goals Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Setting Goals: List specific goals in the space provided below each competency under "Performance Goals". Assign an appropriate timeline for each goal as well as numeric or financial terms to measure the goal.
  2. Employee Comments: The employee must comment next to each goal under "Employee Comments" with "Okay" for goals which he/she feels comfortable working with, and "Needs Clarification" for goals which he/she believes need to be discussed further. An employee who is comfortable with all the goals can sign the goals at this stage.
  3. Summary: Give a summary of the total time estimated for the employee to have achieved the goals. State action plans and specific milestones to track the goals. Any additional comments agreed between the employee and the supervisor should be noted here.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources personnel must confirm that the goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. He/she must then sign the goals in the "Human Resource" section provided under "Signatures".
  5. Signatures: When discussion of the goals has been completed and consensus has been reached, sign the goals and let the employee sign too. Send the final copy to the human resources for inclusion in the employee's professional records.

Performance Goals for Next Period

Performance Goals

Employee Comments

VERBAL COMMUNICATION:

Weigh my words first before I speak them out to avoid saying unwanted things.

Show willingness and patience to allow others to put their points across with interrupting them.

[employee comments goal]
PROBLEM SOLVING:

Look at things in different perspectives and angles and to develop alternative options.

Try to ask the right questions that will act as a guide to coming up with proper solutions.

[employee comments goal]
TROUBLESHOOTING:

Communicate effectively whether in writing or verbally to ensure people understand what I am trying to pass across.

Maintain level-headedness and resilience when assessing a problem and coming up with solutions.

[employee comments goal]
ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS:

Show willingness to learn new ways to perform my administrative functions professionally.

To be able to accept correction and to be open to scrutiny since I am in apposition of leadership.

[employee comments goal]
KNOWLEDGE OF JOB:

Learn to anticipate problems and try one's best to prevent them in order to avoid getting stressed when they arise

Get a mentor, who has been doing what one is currently doing or has been through what one is experiencing, to offer advice and career coaching

[employee comments goal]
COMPETITIVENESS:

Develop oneself as a resource for others by networking to find excellent contacts for future needs

Show willingness to take on a new task and successfully find more effective ways to perform the task

[employee comments goal]
PROJECT AND GOAL FOCUS:

Narrow focus on a few goals at a time and focus all the effort on their completion

Take time to reward oneself for the already accomplished goals in order to feel more motivated to complete the others

[employee comments goal]
REALISTIC GOAL SETTING:

Be realistic about the time one has set for each goal as well as one's personal background and knowledge about the goal

Write down each milestone with steps to take for each in order to make them achievable

[employee comments goal]
QUALITY MANAGEMENT:

Research the marketplace and competition regularly in order to stay abreast of the market or industry developments

Learn how one can use quality management skills in order to bring different parts of the company closer together

[employee comments goal]
TECHNOLOGY TREND AWARENESS:

Encourage others to embrace the power of virtual workplaces to save time, money, travel, and energy

Implement augmented and virtual reality technologies to improve training and engagement

[employee comments goal]

Summary

Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 3: To be completed by the employee

1. Goals completed since last performance feedback

2. Goals for next period

3. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:

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