1. EUCIP for Career Planning
EUCIP for Competence & Career Planning
16th of March 2011
Estonia's competitiveness & export potential of IT Professionals
EUCIP for Career Planning
EUCIP for Competence and Career planning in Norway
Renny Bakke Amundsen
CEO, EUCIP Norway
A statement about the e-CF and how there is synergy and support of the e-CF from CEPIS with EUCIP. e-CF -  Clementina Marinoni: and further developments of the framework. ©
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2. DND & EICIP Norge The Norwegian Computer Society
Gateway to ICT Knowledge Network
IT Professional’s Skill Card
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3. EUCIP for Career planning & Competence development:
Table of contents
EUCIP for Career planning & Competence development:
Why do IT professions need an international, vendor- and program- neutral certificate?
Why is the EUCIP Competence Scheme useful as such?
Certification process for IT Specialists - Norway’s experience
The benefits of international IT professionals’ EUCIP certification
-> How to define-, describe- and measure- IT Professional -competence based on an international framework.
-> How this can be beneficial for customers, employers and employees and how learning providers can fill the competence gap.
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4. Why & How in Norway?
Recognize, document and protect industry competence & skills standards for IT professionals
In need of a standard way to describe measure & compare IT professionals' competencies
In need of goal-oriented training plans and stimulate professional career planning & development
Promote knowledge of the EUCIP standard within the media and public authorities
Create enthusiasm for EUCIP as a general competency standard within the membership of the co-operating organizations
Assist recognized educational institutions in developing EUCIP training programmes by identifying the industry's needs for skills development
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5. EUCIP Professional - 21 Profiles of information systems
EUCIP Framework
VOCATIONAL
STRUCTURE
Based on the needs of User industry and IT services industry.
Industry Structure Model (ISM)
EUCIP Professional - 21 Profiles
Professional Level
Typically 800 hours
of study time
Mix of vendor and vendor –independent Courses and Qualification
PLAN
The use and
management of
information
systems
BUILD
Acquisition,
development and
implementation
of information systems
OPERATE
Operations and
Support of
Information systems
CORE LEVEL
Typically 400 hours
of study time
Compulsory
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6. IS Lifecycle PLAN OPERATE BUILD *A1 Organisations…
*A2 Management of IT
*A3 ... Value of IT
*A4 Global…Econ.
*A5 Project Mgmt.
*A6 Collab.&Comm.
*A7 Legal&Eth.
Computing…Arch.*C1
Operating Systems*C2
Comm.s&Networks*C3
Network Services*C4
Wireless&Mob.*C5
Network Mgmt.*C6
Service Deliv.&Support*C7
PLAN
OPERATE
BUILD
*B3 Programming
*B1 SD Process&Meth.
*B2 Data Mgmt.&DBs
*B4 UI&Web Design
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7. EUCIP Core – Sample Test
EUCIP for Competence & Career Planning
16th of March 2011
EUCIP Core – Sample Test
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8. Pass Mark: 60%
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9. Learning Providers
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10. EUCIP Professional - 21 Profiles of information systems
EUCIP Framework
VOCATIONAL
STRUCTURE
Based on the needs of User industry and IT services industry.
Industry Structure Model (ISM)
EUCIP Professional - 21 Profiles
Professional Level
Typically 800 hours
of study time
Mix of vendor and vendor –independent Courses and Qualification
PLAN
The use and
management of
information
systems
BUILD
Acquisition,
development and
implementation
of information systems
OPERATE
Operations and
Support of
Information systems
CORE LEVEL
Typically 400 hours
of study time
Compulsory
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11. Profile Specification
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12. EUCIP for Competence & Career Planning
16th of March 2011
EUCIP Framework
21 Profiles:
Comp. Structure
3 Modules
Plan - Build – Operate
18 Subjects
155 categories
2.500 elements
Skills- & Competence- Definition & Requirement
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13. Competence per Profile
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14. CEPIS Convergence to e-CF
EUCIP for Competence & Career Planning
16th of March 2011
CEPIS Convergence to e-CF
CEPIS fully supporting and EUCIP is in line with the e-CF developments
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15. EUCIP for Competence & Career Planning
16th of March 2011
Prof. Exam Procedure
Candidate
EUCIP Norge
Examination Board
Certified Candidate
Application
Prequalification
Oral Exam
A EUCIP Professional
Application form
Europass CV
Portfolio
Comp. Cover map
Relevant competence:
Education
Certificates
Experience
Present a project from Portfolio
Questions
Evaluation
Feedback
EUCIP Professional Frame Work
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16. Roadmap or Radar Competence & career: => The HR Approach
Standardization of ICT Competence:
Define
Describe
Measure
Development
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17. EU Skills Survey I http://ecompetence.cepis.org/
The aims of the project are:
To provide picture of the competences of ICT practitioners in Europe today
an individual profile report showing gap analysis against e-CF competences
a country report that enables each county to be benchmarked against the European results
a pan-European report
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18. Respondents by Proximity profile (all countries)
EU Skills Survey II
Respondents by Proximity profile (all countries)
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19. Personal Report Competences required by the represented profile
Competence required by the profile but where respondent has deficiency
Competences that exceed those required by the profile
31/01/10 – (V4) – pg. 19
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20. Support & Partners
"EUCIP is a common language for describing skills, and we will strongly recommend that our members start speaking this language"
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21. Support & Partners
“Certainly there are a number of certifications for specific products, but a general competency standard has been sorely missed."
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22. Objective, Neutral & Independent
Sponsored 4 candidates from partners
for:
“ To prove their skills as - Objective - Independent & - Neutral in the market “
Ole Tom Seierstad
Chief Security Advisor
Microsoft Norway
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23. Thank you for your attention!
Any Questions?
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