e-skills PROCOM

The IT Professional Competency Model

 

e-skills PROCOM is the 'IT Professional Competency Model' - a new, sector-wide approach to expressing IT professional capabilities. This simple and flexible model will help employers, educators and others to communicate using a common language and framework for skills, knowledge and experience.

The e-skills PROCOM end solution will be a comprehensive one-stop shop for information on IT Professional competencies with clear positioning of learning and qualifications.

The model came to life as part of the Professionalism in IT work - find out more about the background and model outline.

Moving forward

The plan is to produce a first full release of e-skills PROCOM by summer 2008 as a document, with the fully interactive, online model available in 2009.

If you would like to be kept informed of developments in the area, please follow the instructions to the right to register your interest.

Alternatively, if you wish to be more closely involved in the consultation process, find out more about our e-skills PROCOM consultative group.

The bigger picture

We have already started on a number of work packages which are being brought together through the e-skills PROCOM model, including the creation of the IT Professional Development Programme.

With regards to SFIA -  the Skills Framework for the Information Age - SFIA is being revised to bring it up to date with current good practice including alignment with the subject-based disciplines of PROCOM.

Whilst SFIA is a skills framework to support the development of job descriptions and role profiles, the PROCOM model is an industry-recognised framework for organising qualifications and learning by the disciplines of the IT profession.

PROCOM enables employers to plan learning and development based on a SFIA-defined job role.

 

Last modified: 05 Jun 2008