Adding competencies and skills in competency models

You can add all of the competencies and skills in a competency model, or you can also add only the competencies or only the skills.

  1. On the Checklist header, click Actions > Create Components From Competency Model.
  2. On the Create Components From Competency Model form, specify this information:
    Competency Model

    Select the competency model.

    Copy Competencies, Copy Skills

    Select Copy Competencies to include all of the competencies in the competency model. Select Copy Skills to include all of the skills in the competency model. You must select one or both of these check boxes.

    Component Group, Create From

    Select a component group to assign to the competencies and/or skills that will be copied from the competency model.

    or

    Select one of the values in the Create From field.

    • If you select Competency Model, all of the competency and/or skill components copied from the competency model are assigned the competency model name as a component group.

    • If you select Competency Group, all of the competency and/or skill components copied from the competency model are assigned the name of the competency group they belong to as a component group.

    • If you select Competency And Skill Category, each competency and skill component copied from the competency model is assigned its qualification category as a component group.

    Copy From

    If you want criteria for this component, select Behaviors to have each competency or skill's behaviors default as criteria, or Attributes, to have each competency or skill's attributes default as criteria. You will also be able to define criteria for individual components after the components are added.

    Attribute Type

    If you selected Attributes in the Copy From field, you can select an attribute type in this field to default only the competency or skill attributes that match this type as criteria.

    Required

    If you want the resource to acknowledge the components when completed, select this check box. This field can be updated on individual components.

    Managers, Require Same Competency

    Select the Managers check box if you allow managers to validate the copied components. Select Require Same Skill if you allow managers to validate the components only if they are also validated for this competency. This field can be updated on individual components.

    Note: Managers or Mentors must be selected. You can select all three (Managers, Mentors, Peers).
    Mentors, Require Same Competency

    Select the Mentors check box if you allow mentors to validate the copied components.. Select Require Same Skill if you allow mentors to validate the components only if they are also validated for this competency. This field can be updated on individual components.

    Note: Managers or Mentors must be selected. You can select all three (Managers, Mentors, Peers).
    Peers

    Select the Peers check box if you allow peers to validate the copied components. Peers are resources who are themselves validated for this competency or skill. This field can be updated on individual components.

    Note: Peers cannot be the only validators. You must also select either Managers or Mentors (or both).
    Preferred Validation Method

    Required. Select the preferred validation method for all the competency and/or skill components copied from the competency model. The preferred validation method can be changed on individual components.

  3. Click OK.