Following the separation of practitioner and management subgroups, a new classification standard for each subgroup was developed with a view to ensuring that each of the following elements are considered when evaluating and classifying each LP subgroup's job description:

• knowledge,
• critical thinking and analysis,
• communication and interaction,
• leadership,
• physical and visual effort, and finally
• work environment.

The classification standard allocates certain point ratings to various levels within the elements described above for the purposes of ranking jobs that fall in one of the 5 subgroups of LPs (excluding LP-00).