COMPETENCIES

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COMPETENCIES The concept of competence has
different meanings, and continues to remain one
of the most diffuse terms in the management
development sector, and the organizational and
occupational literature (Collin, 1989).

• Definitions (just few of them)
• The capacity of a man to analyze, reason and
  communicate effectively as his pose, solve and
  interpret problems in a variety of subject matter
  areas
• Any attitude, skill, behavior, motive or other
  personal characteristic that is essential for an
  individual to perform a job or, more importantly,
  differentiates solid from outstanding
  performance.
• The quality of being adequately or well
  qualified physically and intellectually
• A standardized requirement for an individual to
  properly perform a specific job. It encompasses a
  combination of knowledge, skills and behavior
  utilized to improve performance
• Having the knowledge of a specific topic to the
  extent that I understand the benefits and
  drawbacks of applying that knowledge, the skills
  needed to integrate that knowledge into an
  organizational culture and system and the ability
  to be courageous in its application.
• A combination of skills, knowledge and attitudes,
  which also includes the motivation to learn

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ROMANIAN QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (RQF) His main
elements are A set of reference levels
describing the different types of skills
qualifications Existing tools available to
those who formed and reflection allowing
accumulation of transferable credits and lifelong
learning perspective A set of common
principles and procedures to guide partners to
develop and implement skills at different
decision levels, to ensure quality, validation,
certification, guidance and counseling, etc.
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USED CONCEPTS IN RQF
LEARNING
CONCEP T S
LEARNING RESULTS
COMPETENCIES
QUALIFICATION
NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
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cognitive skills aimed in using theory and
concepts, the capabilities for knowledge , gained
tacit and informal through experience
functional competence (skills or ability to use
knowledge in a given work situation), those tasks
that a person must be able to make them when they
act in a certain field of activity, context,
learning or social activity
Personal competencies aimed at capacity to adopt
an adequate attitude and / or behavior in a
particular situation
Competence
ethical competence involving the demonstration of
certain personal and professional values.
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COMPETENCIES
categories
PROFESSIONALS
TRANSVERSALS
functional
cognitive
role playing
personal and professional development
types
personal and professional development
1- applying 2- tranfering 3- problem solving
1- knowledge, understanding and use of specific
language 2-explanation and interpretation
1- autonomy and resposabitity 2- social
interaction
General descriptors
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THE CONTENT OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING STANDARD
SPECIFIC COMPETENCE FOR EACH UNIT
TITLES OF THE COMPETENCES UNITS
CONDITIONS OF APPLICABILITY
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
EVALUATION TESTS
LEVEL
CREDITS
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Each qualification is associated with key
competence units generic technical competence
units units of specialized competence
The validation for a qualification is made for a
defined period
The criteria for validation having in view
a) if there is real need for a qualification
b) if they used appropriate methods to ensure
training standards correlation with labor market
needs c) if the proposed TITLE and settled
LEVEL expressing correctly the level of skills
and professional status of graduates d)
whether the achievement of qualification will
allow access to any other higher levels of
qualification concerned e) if there arent
unreasonable obstacles in the way of obtaining
the qualification f) if the evaluation tests
are credible for that professional domain
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The current situation of Romanian Qualifications
Framework

• Currently in Romania there are 5 reference
  levels.
• 3 competence levels (1, 2 and 3), from 5
  existing,
• developed training standards refer explicitly to
  the tasks with a certain degree of complexity,
  autonomy and responsibility to be met a person
  holding a qualification.
• The purpose of the reference levels is to clearly
  and consistently describe specific types of
  skills qualifications.

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ETHICAL COMPETENCE in RQF
DEFINITION professionals ethical competence is
the ability to work at an occupation in a manner
as defined by professional ethical codes of
conduct
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The current level of development of the society,
when globalization has become an important
feature,the need to quantify the human
competence, in an institutional mode, is
increasingly more evident. The boundaries are
dissolving, individual mobility has increased
enormously, the individual is increasingly less
dependent on the area where he was born, of its
cultural heritage. As a consequence, an uniform
and reliable system of assessment of individual
skills , generally accepted, is more than
necessary. EQF try to provide a framework and
guidance for this, nearest to national
qualifications systems. In Romania, National
Qualification Agency was established 5 years ago
and two years later the first draft of National
Qualicications Framework was developed.
There are also some other, more general,
competences like learning to learn or ethical
competence, which have not been explicitly
included in the EQF. These features, often
referred to as meta-competences, have not been
included because they cannot be seen
independently from other knowledge, skills and
competence. Thus, they have not been added as an
additional dimension, but should be seen as an
integral part of knowledge, skills and
competence. For example, learning to learn plays
an important role for gaining theoretical and
factual knowledge ethical competence is
important for the development of autonomy and
responsibility