Understanding the key aspects of the Dimensions of Competence can greatly enhance your ability to get to the assessment stage more confidently and have a greater understanding of the skills gaps that your participants have at the current stage they are at.
Dimensions of Competence include:
~ Task Skills
Thinking about how the candidate must perform the individual skills that are required to complete the work activities to the required standards which includes the workplace/industry and unit of competency.
~Task management skills
The candidates ability to manage a number of tasks to complete a whole work activity, for example being able to meet deadlines and to the required standard.
~Contingency management skills
The candidates ability to develop and use problem solving skills when general or more complex problems arise in the workplace
~Job/role and environment skills
The candidates ability to perform effectively when undertaking tasks and dealing with various stakeholders whilst understanding and following workplace policies and procedures
~Transfer of Skills
demonstrating the candidates ability to transfer skills and knowledge learned into different contexts.The importance of the transfer of skills is vital to the development of your candidate to obtain ultimate competence.
Assessments that don’t explore these are NOT valid Assessments.