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Competency Based Education and Training:
Implications for Workforce
Antonia Coward PhD.
TVET/BCC TOT 2007
UNIT 1 COMPETENCIES
On successful completion of the presentation, participants
will be able to:
• Discuss the underpinnings of the
competency-based training approach
• Comment critically on the strengths and
limitations of competency-based training
• Establish the link between competencybased training and the implications for the
workforce
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THE COMPETENCY-BASED APPROACH TO
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Education and training
provided by institutions
GAP
DIFFERENCE
Job requirements for
competent performance
CLOSING THE GAP: Training
 Targeting
 Defining the gap clearly
 Specifying the occupational standards
 Applying the “functional analysis
approach” to training
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Characteristics of Competency
Based Training (CBT)
– Modularization
– Credit for experience
– Self-paced learning
– Open entry and exit
– Criterion referenced assessment
– Graduates are job ready
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– Industry institute interaction
– Standards and competencies are verified
– Quality assurance
– Emphasises mastery
– Systematic record-keeping and feedback
mechanisms
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WHAT IS
MEANT BY
“COMPETENCY”?
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DEFINING COMPETENCY
COMPETENCY
An observable, measurable behaviour /
performance of integrated skills,
knowledge and attitudes, using specific
tools, equipment, materials and
techniques to complete tasks generally
associated with an occupation or job
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LIMITATIONS
 May be misused to exaggerate the importance
of minute details
 May be time consuming in its true form,
owing to the focus on:
Functional analysis,
identifying core abilities,
competencies,
learning objectives and
standards
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WHAT IS MEANT BY
“A STANDARD”?
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STANDARDS-BASED CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
STANDARD
The standard is a specification of the minimum level of
acceptable quality in a product, procedure or process
(including a service): “minimum” here equates with a
benchmark – “it” must at least display these
features/characteristics/qualities to be considered
acceptable.
“Minimum” does not mean “low” standard.
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Linking Competency
Based Training and
National Occupational
Standards
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1. Course Development:
training objectives, curricula and learning
materials, is based on the achievement of
established competency standards or use of
the DACUM approach/ functional analysis
2.
Course Accreditation/verification
by training recognition bodies ensures that
courses and training programmes are
designed to achieved the established
competency standards
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3. Training Delivery
of accredited courses and recognised training
programmes by trained providers ensures that
quality vocational training is provided to the
workforce
4. Assessment of Competency
involves judging the competency of
individuals against the established
competency standard
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5.
Certification
is formal recognition that an individual
has achieved or demonstrated the
required standard of competency.
Provision of a credential or statement of
attainment will assist the individual in
proving their skills when moving between
jobs (portability) and in career
progression in general
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6. Monitoring and verification
processes ensure that the vocational training
system delivers national competency
standards
7. Review
of industry competency standards on a regular
basis ensures that the standards remain
relevant to the actual needs of industry
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Implications for
the Workforce
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• Ensures that skills and knowledge are
transferable and portable across
workplaces and industries
• Allows prior learning to be formally
recognized
• Provides targeted training to meet industry
requirements
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• Improves recruitment through a national
system of skills recognition
• Clarifies work requirements and
responsibilities thereby facilitating
reduction in industrial conflicts
• Provides employees who have the
requisite competencies to give companies
competitive advantage in the global
market place
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• Improves the quality of the labour force
with more relevant “skill sets”
• Links present and future industry skill
needs with work organisation
• Assists in evaluating the skill levels of
prospective and existing workers
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• Emphasises flexibility and continued skill
development to facilitate faster
adjustment to change
• Increases access to cost efficient training
through being able to select from a range
of training providers and through being
able to identify and select the parts of the
training offered that are most relevant to
the industry
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• Makes clear the skills levels needed to
compete for and maintain jobs
• Identifies the qualification path relevant to
the areas of work
• Provide workers who are better able to
compete in the global markets
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THANK YOU
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