What is a competency profile?
A competency profile comprises all the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values (collectively referred to as a competency) that need to be integrated in order to be able to perform a given role.
This information can be used for many purposes, such as:
- improving human-resources-management policies and practices within your organization, such as:
- hiring process;
- performance assessment and review of employees.
- developing training programs and identifying learning outcomes for qualifications.
You may get more information about the competency profile for an academic credential assessor to learn how it was developed and its content.
How are competencies defined within this context?
Competencies can be either:
- core, which every competent academic credential assessor should possess;
- optional, which are essential for some groups of assessors but not for others; and
- additional, which are acquired expertise beyond basic competency or management skills. This would constitute a specialist level.
Which competencies should an assessor possess?
A competent academic credential assessor must possess:
- all the core competencies; plus
- an appropriate combination of optional and additional competencies.
If some assessors specifically assess academic credentials issued outside Canada, certain competencies exclusive to the field of international credential assessment may be required.
However, experienced assessors may be competent to assess academic credentials issued both within and outside Canada, and thus possess both optional and additional competencies.