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PORT COLBORNE · L-1B FIELD GUIDE

What should explain changes in roles or locations?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Use genuine employment records and an accurate chronology. Identify the duties and knowledge relevant to the proposed assignment.

Avoid a simplified history that removes important facts

A transfer between locations may require explanation. Do not assume every period counts the same way merely because the payroll entity stayed unchanged.

The company's own artefacts: the proprietary code library with its revision history, commissioning procedures, fault-diagnosis documentation, internal training records showing who has been qualified on them, and a duty description tied to those specific items. Internal method documents with revision history, the technologist's training and teaching records, examples of work product that depended on the protocol, and a written comparison against standard published methods. Records created before the transfer was contemplated carry the most weight: training logs, validation reports, procedure documents naming the employee, project records and correspondence about the process in question. At first review, list each claimed element of knowledge beside the company record that proves it: a controlled manual, internal test result, restricted software setting or dated revision history.