Building Career Pathways Tools for Integrating Credentials into Career Pathway Approaches Pam Frugoli, Team Lead O*NET, Competency, Assessment
Dec 23, 2015
Building Career Pathways
Tools for Integrating Credentials into Career Pathway Approaches
Pam Frugoli, Team LeadO*NET, Competency, Assessment
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Competency ModelsCompetency Models
Competency: “…a specific, identifiable, definable, and measurable skill or characteristic that is essential for the performance of an activity within a specific business or industry context.”
A competency model is a clear description of what a worker needs to know and be able to do – the knowledge, skills, and abilities – to perform well in a specific job, occupation, or industry.
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Using Competency ModelsUsing Competency Models
• Curriculum leading to a credential
• Licensure and certification requirements
• Career ladders and lattices
• HR functions such as: developing job descriptions, recruiting and hiring, and reviewing worker performance
• Career exploration and guidance
• Communicating industry needs
Using Competency Information• Missouri Economic Research and
Information Center used several of the industry models to engage employers to articulate the needed skills in support of the governor’s industry strategy sector initiative for economic development.http://www.missourieconomy.org/industry/index.stm
Using Competency Information• Voice of Oregon Manufacturing – used the
advanced manufacturing model to define the skills workers need and to stimulate discussions between employers, educators and workforce partners to make the vision a reality.
http://www.oregonmanufacturing.org/
Using Competency Information
• BioOneStop (formerly Bio1) used the bioscience technology model as the foundation for the Talent Search section of a Web site designed to support of New Jersey’s efforts to attract and grow businesses in the bioscience sector.http://www.bio-1stop.org/?
Competency Model ClearinghouseResources and Interactive Tools
1. Using Competency Models
2. Find Resources
3. Users Showcase
4. Industry Competency Models
5. Toolsa) Build a Competency Model
b) Build a Career Ladder/Lattice
http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/default.aspx
Competency Model Clearinghouse
CollaborateCompetency Model Clearinghouse Career Ladder/Lattice Tool
– Collaborative process guide at: http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/careerpathway/CPWCllCollaborativeProc.aspx
– Instructions at: http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/careerpathway/CPWCllInstructions.aspx
– Tutorial at: http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/careerpathway/Demos/CLL/demo02.htm
– Interactive tool at: http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/careerpathway/cpwoverview.aspx
Find Credentials
• Occupational License– Right to Practice– Issued by government entity
• Personnel Certification– Attest to skill attainment– Issued by industry associations, product
developers, regulatory authority
http://www.careerinfonet.org/licensedoccupations/lois_keyword.asp?http://www.careerinfonet.org/licensedoccupations/lois_keyword.asp?nodeid=16&by=keywordnodeid=16&by=keyword
http://www.careerinfonet.org/certifications_new/ default.aspx http://www.careerinfonet.org/certifications_new/ default.aspx