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21 AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
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TRAINING
REGULATIONS
 WHAT ARE COMPETENCY STANDARDS ?

• Competency standards are

nationally agreed statement of
skills, knowledge and attitude
required for effective performance
of a particular job.
 WHAT IS COMPETENCY ?

Competency is the possession and application of

knowledge, skills and attitudes to perform work
activities to the standard expected in the workplace.
 WHAT ARE BASIC UNITS OF COMPETENCY?

• Skills and knowledge that everyone

needs for work
• Four key areas of competency
 Communication
 Teamwork
 Problem solving
 Planning
 WHAT ARE THE COMMON UNITS OF
COMPETENCY?

Skills and knowledge needed by all people

working in a particular industry

EXAMPLES OF COMMON UNITS OF COMPETENCY

• Perform work safely
• Contribute to quality system
• Use hand tools
• Interpret drawings
• Perform industry calculations
 WHAT ARE CORE UNITS OF COMPETENCY?

 The core units of competency are units that are

specific to a stream of a given sector.

Examples of core units

v those required for Computer Servicing
v those required for Motor Body Repair
v those required for Engine Reconditioning
 Competency Structure

NC I NC II NC III NC IV
Management
Technical Competence
Competence

ATTI TU D E S
NC levels are indicators of the relative complexity and depth of competency and
learning.
NC levels descriptors lay down the expectation of progressive development in terms of
work-role oriented performance outcomes. They provide guidance as to broad
employment expectation at the respective level of competency.
 DESCRIPTORS OF
CERTIFICATION LEVELS

Level Process Responsibility Application

NC I A worker at this Adhere to Assignments are

level performs appropriate usually made by a
routine and standards or supervisor or a
predictable tasks specifications are worker at a higher
involving little or no usually involved level who gives
latitude for simple instructions
judgments and makes
clarifications or
suggestions when
necessary
 DESCRIPTORS OF
CERTIFICATION LEVELS

Level Process Responsibility Application

NC II A worker at this Work involves Application at this

level performs some accountability level may involve
a prescribed range for the quality of individual
of functions outputs responsibility or
involving known autonomy, or
routines and working with others
procedures, where as part of a team or
clearly identified group
choices and limited
complexity applies
 DESCRIPTORS OF
CERTIFICATION LEVELS
Level Process Responsibility Application

A worker at this Work involves Application at this

level performs Under standing the level may involve
NC III
a wide range of work process, individual
skilled operations at contributing to responsibility or
a high level of problem solving, autonomy, and/or
competence and making may involve some
Involving known decisions to responsibility for
routines and determine the others. Participation
procedures. The Process, equipment in teams including
work context and materials to be team or group
involves some used coordination may be
complexity in the involved
extent and choice
of options available