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A number of key features are only available to registered users. They include:

Access to the full content of top-rated material (only teasers are available to anonymous users after the material has been posted for 45 days)
The ability to search site content
The ability to access reviews of books relevant to site material
The ability to access key quotes relevant to site material
The ability to access content from partner sites
The ability to rate material
The ability to post comments
The ability to post new information and propose it for publication
The ability to request email notification when selected content is added or updated

Bodies of knowledge

An integrated set of guidance which identifies the minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to accomplish a defined set of tasks

Becoming competent in managing competency

The Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards is an accreditor of accreditation boards, and serves as an aggregator of best practices for developing certification criteria for assessing the competencies of individuals within engineering and scientific. They have identified 4 criteria for such certifications (and implicitly, for competency measures in general):

They must be useful to constituents
They must differentiate what makes the competency distinct and important
They must be relevant to the work which must be performed and the outcomes which must be achieved
They must connect with what we experience as individuals

To be affordable and effective, any competency endeavor must therefore be supported with educational offerings that reliably deliver on multiple fronts, providing: Read more »

A critical analysis of one competency initiative

Since selection bias can impact the perceived value of competencies at the time of their initial definition, the usability of derived competency elements, and the effectiveness of competency materials on community decision making, should only be assessed after an appropriate period of evaluation, involving multiple situations. Let's review one competency-based effort, in order to assess the suitability of the materials produced by that effort, after it has been in place for an adequate period of time to facilitate this evaluation. Read more »

Pursuing a meaningful definition of competency

Competency

To realize benefits from any competency-based strategy, everyone must have a common understanding of what it means to be competent, what is required to develop a competency, and how one can reliably assess whether an individual or an organization is competent or not. Read more »

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