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This study for Cedefop outlines the essential qualifications and competences required by career guidance practitioners. It defines 'competence' as the ability to apply knowledge and skills effectively in various contexts. The framework includes foundation competences, client interaction competences, and supporting competences, reflecting a model based on responsibility and autonomy. It also addresses customization for different national and sectoral needs, and highlights potential applications in qualification systems, service design, and evaluation methods.
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Study for Cedefop on the qualification routes and competences needed by career guidance practitioners Lyn Barham
COMPETENCE [EU DEFINITION] ‘Competence’means the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and/or methodological abilities, inwork or study situations and in professional and personal development. In the context of the European Qualifications Framework, competence is described in terms of responsibility and autonomy.
Rationale for the structure of the competence framework • Foundation competences • Client-interaction competences • Supporting competences
Development of the competence framework • Different from ‘core and optional’ models • Reflects EAS project and work in Finland • Consultation suggests high ‘face validity’
Customising the framework: ‘contexts and conditions’ • national • sectoral
Possible uses ~ • Qualification systems, including APEL • Service and network design • Task allocation and job design • Self- and peer-assessment • Service evaluation