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Competencies

Alex Westphal edited this page Aug 20, 2025 · 3 revisions

Description

The competencies modules provides the ability to track the competencies of your team.

Motivation

To implement a solution for tracking the competencies required of New Zealand Response Teams.

Key Terms

  • assessee - A person being assessed for their competence at a skill.
  • assessor - A person assessing the competence of an assessee.
  • skill - A single assessable item.
  • skill-check - A recorded assessment (by an assessor) of the competence (of an assessee) at a particular skill on a particular date.
  • skill-check-session - A construct that assessees, asseesors, and skills can be assigned to. Intended to streamline the recording of multiple skill-checks.
  • skill-group - A grouping of skills within a skill-package.
  • skill-package - A set of skills that relate to a capability.

Recorder

The Competency Recorder is the interface for recording skill checks. It allows recording both individual skill-checks and skill-check-sessions. It can be found under the tools menu.

Single Mode

The simplest way to record a skill-check is with the 'Single' mode. You just have to select a team member, a skill, and a competency level.

Disadvantages of single mode:

  • Restricted to team admins
  • Need to pick from all active team members
  • Need to pick from all active skills

Sessions Mode

'Session' mode is more complicated than 'Single' mode but it streamlines the recording of multiple skill checks.

Sessions are created by a team admin on the 'Team Sessions' page (Team > Competencies > Team Sessions). One a session is created the admin can assign skills, assessees and assessors. If the admin has assigned themself as an aassesor, they can then use the 'Recorder' button to go to the Competency Recorder.

In the competency recorder, anyone that has been assigned as an assessor can add/remove assessees, assessors, and skills.

By assigning assessees and skills to the session, the assessor is provided with a smaller set of options when recording checks. Additionally various different entry options become feasible.

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