Tag Archives: competence validation

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ValiKom

Support offer

The project ValiKom (Validation of non-formally and informally acquired competences) tries to identify, document, evaluate and certify professionally relevant competences.

The idea of the project is aimed at people without a formal vocational qualification. The procedure developed and tested in the ValiKom project enables the evaluation and certification (validation) of occupation-relevant competences.

Following the procedure, a certificate is issued by a Chamber of Crafts, a Chamber of Industry and Commerce or a Chamber of Agriculture.

Who can access this offer?

Various conditions are linked to the offer:

  • At least 25 years old
  • No vocational qualification or work in an unskilled profession
  • Several years of professional experience, but no or few documents as evidence

Further information/useful links

  • https://www.valikom.de/
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LEVEL5

Support offer

LEVEL5 is a methodology for proving competence developments.

The LEVEL5 system supports the planning, implementation and validation of competence- and situation-oriented learning.

LEVEL5 is based on the definition that a competence is the ability of a person to apply knowledge, skills and attitudes in a specific context and, in particular, in a specific quality.

Effective learning in formal and non-formal learning contexts requires innovative learning approaches that promote tailor-made, needs-based and situational learning for the integrated development and validation of these skills and competences.

provided by Blinc eG
published by: Reveal – European network for competence oriented learning and validation (https://reveal-eu.org/)

Who can access this offer?

Everyone

Further information/useful links

Experiences from projects:

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competence validation_EU, information

ECVET (European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training)

Support offer

With the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training, the EU aims to make it easier to compare courses of study, to organise stays abroad more effectively and precisely and to recognise competences acquired abroad.

It is a toolbox for describing, recording, documenting and recognising competences from one learning context to another.

Who can access this offer?

Everyone

Further information/useful links

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ProfilPass

Support offer

With the ProfilPass it is possible to create a personal competence profile and to make one’s own knowledge, ability and competences visible for planning professional development, as preparation for (re-)entry into professional life and as a planning aid for professional and personal orientation.

The ProfilPASS is a possibility to make your personal competence profile visible and to link it with your own needs and plans. For this purpose, the competences are systematically determined and reflect experiences from the areas of family, leisure and voluntary work as well as professional development. The combination of these different areas makes it possible to create a personal competence profile.

The ProfilPass is offered by the DIE – Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (German Institute for Adult Education)

Who can access this offer?

Everyone

Further information/useful links

  • http://www.profilpass.de/
competence validation_FR, information

Bilan de compétences (Skills Assessment)

Support offer

The “skills assessment” is a space-time dedicated to the appropriation of its own trajectory. It allows to analyze your aptitudes, your skills and your motivations. It helps you to manage your personal resources and organize your priorities for a career development, a professional reconversion (desired or undergone), a recovery of activity after a period of rest, a reflection on the opportunity to engage a training or validation of prior learning.

Who can access this offer?

Every people who is looking for an assessment of himself for the future

Further information/useful links

  • https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/formation-professionnelle/evoluer-professionnellement/article/le-bilan-de-competences
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VAE (Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience)

Support offer

Acquisition of a professional certification by validating the acquired experience, particularly professional experience.

Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience (VAE) is provided by the French government (Ministry of Labour) . The aim is to obtain a certification and to have skills recognized. It is a multi-stage process, and it is coordinated by a tutor. The VAE allows you to obtain, in whole or in part, a diploma, title or certificate of professional qualification registered in the National Professional Certification Register (RNCP). The candidate must complete a file detailing his professional experience and the skills acquired. He then appears before a jury that decides to validate all or part of the diploma in question. In the event of partial validation of the acquired knowledge, prescriptions are proposed to the candidate in order to obtain the entire diploma.

Who can access this offer?

Any person, no matter his age, nationality, status, education level, who already had at least one year of working experience.

Further information/useful links

  • http://www.vae.gouv.fr/la-vae/
competence validation_EU, information

Europass

Support offer

EUROpass stands for the European Skills Passport. It is an electronic portfolio to give a comprehensive picture of your skills and qualifications.

The European Skills Passport helps you document your skills and qualifications to

  • find a job or a training;
  • validate your skills.

You can:

Who can access this offer?

Everyone

Further information/useful links

https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/documents/european-skills-passport

competence validation_UK, information

Work-based observational assessment

The UK is also involved in an initiative to validate competencies through work-based observational assessment.

This is a report on a research project conducted by the City and Guilds of London Institute between March and December 2012. The project investigated the context, features, and underlying assumptions of work-based observational assessment; an assessment method that is widely used in competence-based vocational qualifications.

Institution providing the offer
City and Guilds

Who can access this support offer
Anyone in employment who seeks to validate their competencies through a work-based framework

Further information/useful links
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-based-observational-assessment-a-validation-framework

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ECTS and ECVET programmes

The UK is actively involved in ECTS and ECVET programmes to validate learning and competences following a period of mobility abroad. However, ECVET is not very widely adopted or developed.

Institution providing the offer
European Commission and individual universities and Higher Education Institutions produce their own guide adapted to their training courses

Who can access this support offer
Anyone in employment who seeks to validate their competencies through a work-based framework

Further information/useful links

https://www.uea.ac.uk/study/study-abroad/erasmus-new/ects
https://ec.europa.eu/education/resources/european-credit-transfer-accumulation-system_en
https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/how-you-can-use-ecvet