SkillWise’s acclaimed e-portfolio, VQManager, branded for the international market as SkillWise Competency Manager has been supporting the delivery of competency-based and vocational learning paths for over 15 years.
SkillWise Competency Manager is an on-line system that allows evidence of learner competency to be mapped against a learning path’s criteria. Its key features are:
- compatibility – use it for any qualification or learning path structure
- flexibility – allows a broad range of evidence types, including written, observations, interviews and testimonies
- learner-friendly – allows learners to use their smartphones to record evidence at the moment it occurs, thus recording very rich competency records
- reporting – it provides extensive reporting, so that all users are able to easily manage their specific role (the system contains roles for learners, supervisors/assessors, internal QA, employers, expert witnesses, management and external QA)
- auditability – because it creates a lasting record of learners’ competency in hands-on tasks and processes, it can be extremely useful retrospectively to validate that an individual was correctly trained, and was correctly assessed as being competent
- standardisation – because it allows supervisors / assessors to create reusable templates, it becomes very easy to task multiple learners, and to ensure that learners within different departments or even across different sites, are assessed in an entirely consistent manner
- saving time, saving money – because the system automates so much of the assessment process, and because previously time-consuming reporting is available at the press of a button, SkillWise Competency Manager saves users a significant amount of time, and therefore money
Who uses SkillWise Competency Manager?
SkillWise Competency Manager is in daily use by a number of Public Service agencies, colleges and employers across the globe. Some of the sectors in which it adds value include –
- Business and Finance
- Justice departments (especially Probation Services)
- Hotel management and catering
- Construction
- Healthcare
- Hair and beauty