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QA Technologies is seeking a highly skilled Website developer with solid database skills to develop a Wellness Challenge Website for the State of Nevada. Position is located in Las Vegas and will have a flexible onsite/offsite arrangement.

The Wellness Challenge Website is being developed through the State of Nevada Department of Education, Office of Child Nutrition and School Health. The Website will be interactive and demonstrate the daily nutritional and activity requirements for a healthy individual. The content will consist of five (5) age levels (6-8 years; 9-11 years; 12-14 years; 15-18 years and 19+ years) with information appropriately designed for each age group. There will be five (5) levels of progression and a graduation level that will encourage developing and maintaining healthy lifestyle changes over the period of one year. Participants will enter their accomplishments weekly and track their progress through the Website.

Due to the lack of health data on Nevada**s youth, ages 3-18, there is a need to develop a methodology to collect information regarding youth**s height, weight, age, eating and physical activity. The following will develop a Website that can be utilized by youths and adults to evaluate their progress in attaining a health lifestyle based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines goals. The program must be developed and functioning by July 1, 2008.

The Website must gather the following information which can be analyzed to determine the state of the health of youths participating in the Challenge Entire functionality is listed below the requirements.

Length: 2 months. Location: Las Vegas, NV .

Requirements:

• Possess a minimum of four (4) years experience of programming languages, software, and Web design.
• Be a self-starter who is experienced with both small and large teams.
• Possess excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, ability to handle diverse situations, multiple projects and rapidly changing priorities.
• Possess the ability to communicate with clients at multiple levels and from diverse ethnicities.

Requirements:

• Visual Studio .NET development environment using ASP.NET;
• Client-side applications experience with Word, Outlook and Excel;
• Previous Software Quality Assurance and SQL experience preferably MS SQL Server 2000 or 2005
• End-user Web interface development; Web Interface Development; and HTML technologies.
• Experience with C# programming language beneficial

Website Functionality Requirements:

Email address;
Unique identification number;
Age
Grade
School/District; if adult, occupation
City
Gender
Height
Weight
What is the goal you wish to attain for a healthy lifestyle?

How many times a day do you currently participate in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes?

How many times a day do you eat a fruit?

How many times a day do you eat a dark green or bright colored vegetable?

How many times a day do you drink milk or eat cheese?

How many times a day to you eat whole grain cereal or whole grain bread?

How many times a day do you eat lean chicken, fish, pork or beef?

How many times a day to you drink a soda?

How many times a day do you eat fast food?

How many times a day do you snack between meals?

Are you currently dieting?

Over a ten week period, participants will record weekly food and beverage intake and physical activity. This activity and intake will be matched with the goals of the dietary guidelines and reported to the participant. On a weekly basis an email would be generated to the participant indicating their progress on attaining one of five levels of achievement. If no input for the week, the program would generate a generic message about missing their information.

The five levels would be established on an individual**s age, gender, height, weight, and fitness level. Based on the individual**s goal and personal information, the program would recommend the level to begin their journey to achieving a healthy lifestyle. The five levels would begin with an entry level building to the last level in which the participant has met or exceeded the Dietary Guidelines for their age and body mass index (BMI).

Once the individual has reached their desired goal level, the program would automatically generate a certificate of achievement.

Data collected on the site would be available for other State agencies. All FERPA and HIPPA rules and regulations must be adhered to.

The Nevada Department of Education, Office of Child Nutrition and School health will be responsible for the maintenance of the Website.


The consultant must develop the Web-based software to gather personal information, provide resources, and a methodology for collecting progress for an individual participating in the Wellness Challenge.

The program must automatically generate a certificate of achievement once the individual has reached their desired goal level.

Additionally, the data gathered must be able to be analyzed to determine the state of health of the youths participating in the challenge.

The consultant must design the Wellness Challenge to have a database to collect the information.

The Challenge consists of five (5) levels, plus graduation. Each level and graduation is a deliverable.

Level One: Weeks 1 through 10:

Participants will learn:

A. Appropriate portion sizes and how to measure foods;
B. How to recognize their own personal lifestyle patterns;
C. How to read food labels;
D. How to keep a food and exercise journal;
E. Various types of physical activities available at Level One;
F. How to begin a physical activity program; and
G. Why lifetime physical activity is important.

Participants will be encouraged to:

A. Eat at least one fruit and one vegetable daily;
B. Reduce consumption of soda, juice and other sweetened
drinks;
C. Consume at least one serving of milk or high calcium food daily;
D. Exercise for at least 30 minutes three times each week;
E. Include aerobic, stretching and strength training exercise; and
F. Keep a daily food and exercise journal.

Level Two: Weeks 11 through 20:

Participants will learn:

A. Recognize fat content in foods;
B. The difference between starchy and non-starchy vegetables;
C. Recognize foods with high nutrient content;
D. Learn more advanced types of exercise at Level Two;
E. Identify the reasons for the three types of exercise; and
F. Activity suggestions and programming.

Participants will be encouraged to:

A. Consume at least 1 * servings of milk daily;
B. Eat at least two fruits and two vegetables daily;
C. Reduce consumption of soda, juice, etc., to once a week;
D. Exercise for at least 30 minutes five times each week;
E. Initiate lifestyle activity at Level Two; and
F. Keep a daily food and exercise journal.

Level Three: Weeks 21 through 30:

Participants will learn:

A. The difference in whole grain and multi-grain foods;
B. How to recognize the sugar content in foods;
C. How to recognize the salt content in foods;
D. What a balanced meal consists of:
E. How to expand their physical activity program;
F. How to increase endurance; and
G. Activity suggestions and programming at Level Three.

Participants will be encouraged to:

A. Reduce soda, juice, etc., to once monthly;
B. Consume three fruits and three vegetables every day;
C. Consume two servings of milk or dairy daily;
D. Exercise for at least 60 minutes three times a week and 30 minutes twice a week;
E. Initiate lifestyle activity at Level Three; and
F. Keep a daily food and exercise journal.

Level Four: Weeks 31 through 40:

Participants will learn:

A. How to use internet tools such as MyPyramid.gov;
B. How to review and apply the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans;
C. How to expand physical activity program;
D. How to improve endurance and intensity of physical activity; and
E. Activity suggestions and programming at Level Four.

Participants will be encouraged to:

A. Consume six ** seven fruits and vegetables daily;
B. Consume three servings of milk or dairy daily;
C. Exercise for at least 60 minutes four times a week and 30 minutes once a week;
D. Initiate lifestyle activity at Level Four;
E. Eliminate soda, juice, etc. from diet; and
F. Keep a daily food and exercise journal.

Level Five: Weeks 41 through 50:

Participants will learn:

A. How to expand physical activity to Level Five;
B. How to rate their personal success within the goals and guidelines;
C. How to eat out and maintain a healthy diet; and
D. Activity suggestions and programming at Level Five and beyond.

Participants will be encouraged to:

A. Consume at least six ** seven fruits and vegetables daily;
B. Consume three servings of milk or dairy daily;
C. Exercise for at least 60 minutes most days of the week;
D. Initiate lifestyle activity at Level Five; and
E. Keep a daily food and exercise journal.


Graduation - Weeks 51 and 52:

16.1.6.1 Participants will:

A. Set personal goals for the next year;
B. Evaluate personal success in the Challenge; and
C. Receive a Program Certificate to reward accomplishment.

If this is a close fit to your skill set please send your resume so we can move forward.

Send resume to brent_hodgen@qat.com Reference# 246670

CA Gen, ALLFusion Gen, Advantage Gen, COOL:Gen Developer

QA Technologies is seeking a strong Mainframe Gen resource to join our team for a 12+ month project for enhancements and upgrade to a Blockmode CICS Child Support System. Position would start immediately.

Ideal candidate will have experience within Gen and have previous experience in Blockmode. If you have been away from the tool for a while we still want to speak with you about your past experience.

Individuals will be responsible for interpreting program specifications into specific program design, responsible for unit, string and system testing Programmer responsible for coding both batch and online modules within the application using Gen. Length: 12+ months. Location: Santa Fe, NM .

Typical maintenance activities broadly include the following major activities:

• Create and implement changes to the software and interfaces to meet the client's business requirements.
• Daily operations of the production system including monitoring production processing, on-line response time, on-line availability
• Acceptance testing of new and modified software, including preparing unit tests, conducting all phases of testing, establishing and
• Maintaining a user test acceptance environments.

Requirements:

• 3+ years with Gen with a preference for having some previous Blockmode experience. Preference for Gen 6.5 experience and CICS experience.
• Previous Mainframe COBOL experience beneficial.
• Prior Health and Human Services specifically with Child Support beneficial.

If this is a close fit to your skill set please send your resume so we can move forward.

Send resume to brent_hodgen@qat.com Reference# 860874

We are continually seeking top talent for clients and our partners needs which may change from time to time.  If you have great skills in IT but don’t see a particular job which is being listed, please send your resume or an e-mail to Brent Hodgen and he would be happy to begin a dialogue which many times leads to opportunities coming together which are mutually beneficial.  When we have solid candidates at the ready we can discover needs in the local area for the consultant and if they are open to relocation we have even more opportunities to explore with existing clients and our partners.   Rest assured, we will not submit your resume unless you know and support the action we propose.   We look forward to partnering with you and having you with us at QAT.   See what QAT can do and it starts with an e-mail to brent_hodgen@qat.com.

For additional information on opportunities at QAT, email a recruiter or simply phone (402) 391-9200.

QAT is an equal opportunity employer.