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Vargas Zuñiga, F.
40 Questions on Labour Competency

Montevideo: CINTERFOR/ILO, 2004
135 p. (Technical office papers, 13)

ISBN 92-9088-182-8

 

Five years have gone by after the first electronic publishing of this document.

During that time, there has been an incredible progress both in terms of
conceptual formulations and the application of labour competency. This is
why this publication has been made, now printed as well, revising and updating much of the content of the first document. The aim is then to facilitate consultation and provide aid in the first steps of those who, at training institutions or through human resources management, attempt to apply the logic of competencies to work.

Content has been organised in six groups of questions:

A. Basic concepts on labour competency
B. Identification of competencies
C. Standardisation of competencies and quality standards
D. Certification of competencies
E. Competency-based training
F. Competency-based human resources management

 

CONTENTS

Presentation

A. Basic concepts on labour competency
1. What is labour competency?
2. How was the approach on competency-based training first applied?
3. How do labour competency and competitiveness relate?
4. What is the procedure followed to apply the labour competency approach?
5. What are the advantages for a worker with competency-based training?
6. What are the advantages for an enterprise with competency-based training?

B. Identification of competencies
7. What is occupational analysis?
8. What is functional analysis?
9. What is the procedure followed to conduct functional analysis?
10. What is a functional map?
11. How does functional analysis contribute to competency-based training?
12. What is the main function or key purpose?
13. What is a competency unit?
14. What is a labour qualification?
15. What is an element of competency?
16. What is a performance criterion?
17. What is the DACUM method?
18. What is the AMOD method?
19. What is the SCID method?

C. Standardisation of competencies and quality standards
20. What are labour competency standards (LCS)?
21. What is the use of labour competency standards?
22. How are labour competency standards specified?
23. What is level of competency?
24. What are occupational areas?
25. What is a classification of occupations?
26. What is a labour competency chart?
27. In which way is labour competency standardisation similar to quality management under ISO 9000 standard?
28. How is quality management being applied at vocational training institutions?

D. Certification of competencies
29. How is certification of labour competencies defined?
30. Who certifies labour competencies?
31. What is labour competencies assessment?
32. How is traditional assessment different from competency-based assessment?
33. What is the certification process in a standardised system of labour competency?
34. How is quality assured in a certification system?

E. Competency-based training
35. What is a national training system?
36. How do competency standards relate to curriculum design?
37. What are the challenges posed by labour competencies to vocational training?

F. Competency-based human resources management
38. How is the concept of labour competency applied to human resources management?
39. How are key competencies defined by behaviourist human resources management?
40. How does the competencies approach contribute to human resources selection?

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