1. Competency Model Clearinghouse US DOL ETA – Electronic Tools
Lauren Fairley-Wright
O*NET/Competency Assessment

4. Competency Model Tiers
Tier 1 –Personal Effectiveness Competencies are shown as hovering below the pyramid because these competencies are essential for all life roles. Often referred to as "soft skills," personal effectiveness competencies are generally learned in the home or community and reinforced and honed at school and in the workplace. They represent personal attributes that may present some challenges to teach or assess.
Tier 2 – Academic Competencies are critical competencies primarily learned in a school setting. They include cognitive functions and thinking styles. Academic competencies are likely to apply to all industries and occupations.
Tier 3 – Workplace Competencies represent motives and traits, as well as interpersonal and self-management styles. They generally are applicable to a large number of occupations and industries.
Tier 4 – Industry-Wide Technical Competencies represent the knowledge and skills that are common across sectors within a broader industry. These technical competencies build on, but are more specific than, competencies represented on lower tiers.
Tier 5 – Industry-Sector Technical Competencies represent a sub-set of industry technical competencies that are specific to an industry sector.

5. Main features of Competency Model Clearinghouse
Using Competency Models -- TA guide
Find Resources -- searchable database
Users Showcase – real-life examples
Industry Competency Models to date
Tools -- online interactive “create your own”
Build a Competency Model
Build a Career Ladder/Lattice

6. Using Competency Models
Clarifying business and industry skill needs
Develop curriculum leading to a credential
Licensure and certification requirements
Career ladders and lattices
HR functions such as: developing job descriptions, recruiting and hiring, and reviewing worker performance
Career exploration and guidance
There are many uses for competency models. Competency models can be used to develop several kinds of credentials:
Develop curriculum and training materials
Develop licensure and certification requirements
Perform HR functions – job descriptions, recruitment and hiring, performance review
Develop career ladders and lattices
Explore careers
Communicate industry needs 6 6

7. Resource Database Key Word Resource type Industry Occupation
Resource Types
Apprenticeship
Assessment
Career Lattice
Certification
Competency Model
Curriculum Model
Education Program Models
Green
Military
Other
Skill Standard
Work Readiness Credential
Searchable by:
Key Word
Resource type
Industry
Occupation
The CMC resource database is a collection of resources found on the Web that list competencies defined for apprenticeships, certification, skill standards, curriculum. You might ask why not just use a search engine like Google or Bing. If you knew the right combination of words to search you could probably get good results, but sometimes it is helpful to search for resources that are related to an industry or an occupation. The words don’t always match. 7

8. Users Showcase—Case studies

9. Competency Models In Action:
December 2010
NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership: The Northeast Pennsylvania (NEPA) Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership has developed a model for Transportation and Logistics that combines the competency model approach with a career pathway. The model serves as a roadmap for employers and employees, outlining the necessary skills and competencies required for employment in the logistics and transportation industry and mapping possible careers.

10. Competency Models In Action:
August 2011
LATTC uses Competency Models for Career Pathways and Stackable Credentials
Los Angeles Trade and Technical College (LATTC) is using a sector-based workforce development strategy to help students earn stackable credentials and advance along career pathways. Program planners are customizing the basic Building Blocks version to create competency model frameworks in support of these initiatives. LATTC developed a competency model for the Utility Industry using it to inform industry partnerships, support curriculum development, define career ladders, and provide a framework for stackable credentials.
LATTC_CaseSummary.pdf

11. Competency Models In Action:
June 2012 Career Lattice Demonstrates the Value of Direct Care Occupations: The workforce system seeks to change the public's perception that direct care work is unskilled, unrewarding and lacking opportunities for advancement. DirectConnect, an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grantee at the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability, used ETA's Sample Career Ladder/Lattice for Long-term Health Care to develop its own professional Direct Care Career Lattice. DirectConnect's Direct Care Lattice demonstrates that these jobs require significant skills and offer many opportunities to progress into other healthcare-related occupations.

12. Available Industry Models
Advanced Manufacturing
Aerospace
Automation
Bioscience
Construction - Commercial
Construction - Heavy
Construction - Residential
Energy
Entrepreneurship
Financial Services
Geospatial Technology
Health: Allied Health
Health: Electronic Health Records
Hospitality/Hotel and Lodging
Information Technology
Long-term Care, Supports, and Services
Mechatronics
Renewable Energy
Retail
Transportation
Water Sector
The CMC has several industry models that were developed in collaboration with Subject Matter Experts from industry, education, workforce experts, labor and management associations. 12

13. The industry model framework can be used to link the credentials that are earned along a pathway.

14. “Learn About” animated tutorials
The Competency Model Clearinghouse or CMC is your goto Web site for several resources you might find useful to engage employers in a dialogue about their workforce skill or competency needs.
The major features of the CMC are all available from the home page or from the top navigation bar that is shown on every page. You can use the navigation bar to Learn about using competency models, a listing of validated industry models, a Users Showcase, a database of resources, and 2 tools to assist you in building or customizing and industry model, or career ladder.
There are several tutorials found in the Learnabout section. The tutorials guide you through the features of the CMC, provide tips on how to search the resource database and guide you through the tools for building models and career ladders. 14

15. Steps for Using Model to Engage Stakeholders
Go to the CMC
Review the available industry models
Select a model
Save the model into an Excel spreadsheet
Modify the spreadsheet to gather input
The industry models are a resource to open conversations with business clients and the education providers. An industry model or a portion of one can be used to gather input from a business or several business. This is easy to do. 15

16. Curriculum Analysis Identify Core or Required Competencies
Identify Course/Module Outcome Objectives from the Existing Program of Study
Compare
Identify Gaps in Existing Curriculum
Plan to Enhance Curriculum
Industry models are also a valuable resource for reviewing exiting curriculum to see if the course objectives and outcomes address all the competencies required by business.
Several users of the industry models have used the model as a resource to work with the program developers to do a curriculum gap analysis. The model provides a resource for bringing business and educators together around a common language. 16

17. Curriculum Analysis Worksheet
Long-term Care, Supports, and Services Competency Model
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
Course 6
3. Planning & Organizing: Planning and prioritizing work to manage time effectively and accomplish assigned tasks.
Planning
§  Approach work in a methodical manner
§  Plan and schedule tasks so that work is completed on time
§  Keep track of details to ensure work is performed accurately and completely
Prioritizing
§  Prioritize various competing tasks and perform them quickly and efficiently according to their urgency
§  Find ways of organizing work area or planning work to accomplish work efficiently
Contingency Planning
§  Anticipate obstacles to project completion
§  Develop contingency plans to address obstacles
§  Take necessary corrective action when projects go off-track
You can use spreadsheet of competencies required or preferred by business to work with education program developers. Again, we are using a spreadsheet where the competencies are listed in Column A. When developing a new program of study or evaluating an existing program of study you will work with the curriculum developers to identify and review the courses that lead to a certificate or degree and determine if all the important competency areas are covered. 17

18. Career Exploration and Guidance
Use competency models in combination with other US DOL ETA – electronic tools:
My Next Move:
Mi Proximo Paso:
My Skills My Future:

19. My Next Move

20. Mi Proximo Paso

21. My Skills My Future

22. Career Exploration and Guidance
Competency models are used in career exploration and guidance activities to:
identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed in an industry or occupation.
identify individual skill gaps;
gauge work-readiness in terms of competencies;
suggest relevant education and training opportunities and credentials;
help students plan their courses in accordance with industry demands; and,
match the skills of graduating students to appropriate industry networks.

23. QUESTIONS?