Bharathiar University Dept. of Career Guidance COMPETENCY MAPPING

1. Bharathiar University Dept. of Career Guidance COMPETENCY MAPPING

2. Competency Mapping : • Competency Mapping is a process of identifying the key competencies for an organization and/or a job and incorporating those competencies throughout the various processes (i.e. job evaluation, training, recruitment) of the organization.

3. Types of Competencies • Cognitive competences - strategically knowledge of the field, knowledge of sub-domains • Functional competences - technical design, programming, development of standards, server setup and maintenance, system tests, evaluations, dissemination • Personal competences - creativity, originality, flexibility • Ethical competences - commitment to the project mission, empathy • Trans/meta competences - communication, writing, planning, collaboration, learning to learn.

4. The basic competencies encompass the following: • 1. Intellectual Competencies : Those which determine the intellectual ability of a person. • 2. Motivational Competencies : Those which determine the level of motivation in an individual. • 3. Emotional Competencies : Those which determine an individual's emotional quotient. • 4. Social Competencies : Those that determine the level of social ability in a person.

5. Sample of reported job titles What do you want to become? Statistician, Biostatistician, Statistical Analyst Education Research AnalystResearch Associate ------------------------------------------------------ Clinical Biostatistics Director, Clinical Statistics Manager, Institutional Research Director, Program Research Specialist, Research Analyst

6. Tasks • Report results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables. • Process large amounts of data for statistical modeling and graphic analysis, using computers. • Identify relationships and trends in data, as well as any factors that could affect the results of research. • Analyze and interpret statistical data in order to identify significant differences in relationships among sources of information. • Prepare data for processing by organizing information, checking for any inaccuracies, and adjusting and weighting the raw data.

7. Tasks • Evaluate the statistical methods and procedures used to obtain data in order to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy. • Evaluate sources of information in order to determine any limitations in terms of reliability or usability. • Plan data collection methods for specific projects, and determine the types and sizes of sample groups to be used. • Design research projects that apply valid scientific techniques and utilize information obtained from baselines or historical data in order to structure uncompromised and efficient analyses. • Develop an understanding of fields to which statistical methods are to be applied in order to determine whether methods and results are appropriate

8. Tools & Technology Desktop computers Notebook computers Personal computers

9. Technology : • Analytical or scientific software — SAS software; • The Mathworks MATLAB; XGobi *; XLISP-STAT * • Data base user interface and query software — IBM DB2; Microsoft Access; Oracle software; • Structured query language SQLData mining software — Angoss Knowledge SEEKER; NCR Teradata Warehouse Miner; SAS Enterprise Miner Development environment

10. Technology used : • software — Common business oriented language COBOL; Formula translation/translator FORTRAN; • Microsoft Visual Basic Object or component oriented development software — C++; R; Sun Microsystems Java; Sybase PowerBuilder • Office suite software — Microsoft Office • Word processing software — Microsoft Word

11. Knowledge • Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. • Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. • English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. • Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

12. Abilities • Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. • Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. • Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). • Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. • Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). • Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

13. Abilities • Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). • Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. • Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. • Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

14. Work Activities • Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. • Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. • Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. • Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. • Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems • .Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

15. Work Activities • Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. • Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. • Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

16. Work Context • Electronic Mail — How often do you use electronic mail in this job? Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting? • Telephone — How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? • Face-to-Face Discussions — How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? • Structured versus Unstructured Work — To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? • Work With Work Group or Team — How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? • Freedom to Make Decisions — How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? • Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?

17. Computer Operators • Sample of reported job titles: • Computer Operator, • Operations and Maintenance Technician, • Software Technician • Monitor and control electronic computer and peripheral electronic data processing equipment to process business, scientific, engineering, and other data according to operating instructions. • May enter commands at a computer terminal and set controls on computer and peripheral devices. Monitor and respond to operating and error messages.

18. Tasks • Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment. • Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance. • Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions. • Respond to program error messages by finding and correcting problems or terminating the program. • Read job set-up instructions to determine equipment to be used, order of use, material such as disks and paper to be loaded, and control settings.

19. Tasks • Operate spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports. • Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users. • Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators. • Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems. • Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.

20. Knowledge • Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software • Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. • Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. • Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records • Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling. • English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

21. SkillsActive Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.Troubleshooting — Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

22. Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. AbilitiesInformation Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rulesOral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

23. Work Activities • Making Decisions and Solving Problems • Getting Information • Processing Information • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

24. Work Activities • Documenting/Recording Information • Interacting With Computers • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work • Performing Administrative Activities • Analyzing Data or Information

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