The project "Identification, assessment and recognition of informally acquired competences", short IBAK, is completed. This project site www.competences.info is still open to anyone interested, although it will be no longer updated.
The identification, assessment and recognition of informally acquired skills - for us these are still hot items. Get an updated overview on methods and instruments in our IBAK database on our homepage www.heurekanet.de or news from our BMBF project "KomBiA“. We look forward to your visit.
retraining
Training enabling individuals to acquire new skills giving access either to a new occupation or to new professional activities.
In German: (berufliche) Umschulung
skill
The ability to perform tasks and solve problems.
In German: spezifische bzw. berufliche Fähigkeiten und/oder Fach-/Sachkenntnisse
skills audit
Analysis of knowledge, skills and competences of an individual, including his or her aptitudes and motivations to defi ne a career project and/or plan professional reorientation or training project.
Comment: the aim of a skills audit is to help the individual:
– analyse career background;
– self-assess position in the labour environment;
– prepare themselves to validation of non-formal or informal learning outcomes.
– plan career pathway.
In German: Überprüfung von Fähigkeiten
transferability of learning outcomes
The degree to which knowledge, skills and competences can be used in a new occupational or educational environment, and/or to be validated and certified.
In German: Übertragbarkeit von Lernergebnissen
transition from school or training to work
The move from education or training to employment, covering the period between leaving education and entering the labour market.
Comment: transition between school and employment (integration path, type of employment – with regard to level and status – and duration) is complex. Integration depends on many factors (gender, age, qualification, employment policy, guidance and counselling provision, etc.).
In German: Übergang von der Schule ins Berufsleben / Übergang vom Bildungs- bzw. Ausbildungssystem ins Erwerbsleben
upskilling
Short-term targeted training typically provided following initial education or training, and aimed at supplementing, improving or updating knowledge, skills and/or competences acquired during previous training.
In German: Ausbau von Qualifikationen
validation of learning outcomes
Confi rmation by a competent body that learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and/or competences) acquired by an individual in a formal, non-formal or informal setting have been assessed against predefi ned criteria and are compliant with the requirements of a validation standard. Validation typically leads to certification.
In German: Validierung von Lernergebnissen
valuing learning
The process of promoting participation in and outcomes of (formal or non-formal) learning, in order to raise awareness of its intrinsic worth and to reward learning.
In German: Valorisierung des Lernens
vocational education and training (VET)
Education and training which aims to equip people with knowledge, know-how, skills and/or competences required in particular occupations or more broadly on the labour market.
In German: Berufsbildung / berufliche Bildung