The Mexican Labor Competency Standards Model A proposal for integrating to curricula The Mexican Labor Competency Standards Model A proposal for integrating to curricula Trinidad y Tobago, august, 2004 }

Mexican labour context before NAFTA ARTIFICIAL STABILITY IN LABOUR MARKET AN “OFFER BASED” MARKET POOR COORDINATION BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL NEEDS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Human talent management and Labor Competencies Model KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY INFORMATION AND COMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY EMERGING OF NEW HUMAN ABILITIES CHANGE IN SKILLS REQUIRED BY LABOUR MARKET A DEMAND BASED MARKET OCCUPATIONAL COMPETENCY MODEL

Technical Education and Training Modernization Project (PMETYC) To supply high quality educational and training services, according to industrial requirements for productivity and competitiveness. Goal: PMETyC began its formal operation in September 1995, under the auspice of two federal government instances: The Public Education Ministry The Work and Social Welfare Ministry

Systems for Standardization and Certification of Labor Competencies In order to reach PMTyC’s goal, it was necessary To develop systematic linkages between workforce supply and demand To promote formal qualification awarding for: –students –unemployed people and –active workers To accomplish these functions, there were created two systems: –Sistema de Normalización de Competencia Laboral –Sistema de Certificación de Competencia Laboral

CONOCER Systems for Standardization and Certification of Labor Competencies are developed and operated by: Consejo Nacional de Normalización y Certificación de Competencia Laboral, best knowed by its acronymus: CONOCER

Council for Standardization and Certification of Labor Competency (CONOCER) Main responsibilities To promote development of standards, officially valid within the entire National territory, known as Labor Competency Standards (NTCL). To establish assessment and awarding mechanisms referred to those NTCL, in order to formally recognize people working capability, regardless the way it was acquired. CONOCER was formally constituted in August the 2nd, 1995

Certificationcandidate1 Assessment Center or Independent Assessor 2 Awarding Body 3 Participants in SNCCL 4 Standardization Commitee Standardization Commitee Productive Sectors Productive Sectors

2.35 million USD loan from World Bank Changes in CONOCER financial and legal Schemas. In 1995, PMTyC was created under the following financial schema: 3 million USD grant from the Inter American Development Bank Resources from Mexican Federal Government

Changes in CONOCER financial and legal schemas As planned since its creation, PMTyC arrived in 2003 to its consolidation phase, and CONOCER has recently changed its legal figure and financial schema.

CONOCER Operation strategies Period Phases Instrumentation of Standardization and Qualification Systems (SNCCL) and development of experimental institutional cases Expansion of SNCCL and transformation of educational offer, based on market requirements Adoption of competency model by educational and training systems and work organizations Consolidation of SNCCL

Instrumentation By august 2004, CONOCER has: Developed 601 Technical Labor Competency Standards (NTCL) Extended 256,282 Labor Competency Certificates

Adoption In order to promote a rapid adoption of Competency Model in national context, CONOCER implemented a special Program characterized by a direct and integral intervention with some leader mexican enterprises. Among the most successful cases of these Institutional Projects, are: Bimbo (One of the most important baking companies in the world) Palacio de Hierro (One of the largest chain of department stores in Mexico)

Expansion Besides private industries, demand for Labor Competency Model has also permeated the most important public enterprises, such as CFE and PEMEX. Also, various Latin American governments had signed cooperation agreements with CONOCER, among them: Guatemala Peru Honduras Colombia Chile Panama El Salvador Uruguay Brazil Dominican Republic Costa Rica

Consolidation. Quantitative results From 1997 to 2004, CONOCER has reached results that increment future viability of both, Standardization and Certification Systems At present, developing a NTCL takes about 25% of its 1997 cost The number of Awarding Bodies in Certification System has increased about 300% The number of Assessment Centers in Certification System has increased about 500%

Consolidation. Qualitative Results As a consequence of model expansion and empiric results, CONOCER has transformed its profile, changing its function from a merely operative one, to a role of conceptual support and technical assistance. On this basis, the Council has defined some proposals about the insertion of Labor Competencies in academic Curriculum.

CONSOLIDATION Definition of different Competence types Basic Competencies : Reading, Writing,,Math (Essential in curriculum development) Key Competencies: Tolerance, respect to other people rights, multicultural adaptation, ecology, etc. (To be developped in family and social life and reinforced by academic curriculum) Labor competencies: NTCL (Insertion of modular programs referred to NTCL into discipline based curricula) Personal Employability CONEVYT SEP STPS CONOCER CONOCER proposal for Curriculum development

KEY, BASIC AND WORK COMPETENCIES LABOR COMPETENCIES (EMPLOYABILITY) TIME EDUCATIVE PROCESS TIME LABOR COMPETENCIES PRODUCTIVE PROCESS Some considerations for curriculum development

Correspondence between Education- Competencies and Labor Market High School Elementary School Key Competencies Labor Market Competencies L5 L4 L3 L2 L1 L5 L4 L3 L2 L1 R - W - M High Level Competency Areas H E NTCL (CONOCER) PTPT H M E Education SEP Work STPS SOCIETY

Council for Standardization and Certification of Labor Competency Internet: Address: Constituyentes 810 Lomas Altas Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City Telephone: (52 55) Address: Constituyentes 810 Lomas Altas Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City Telephone: (52 55) Certificate Organization in ISO by: