The Skills Framework for the Information Age has been defined by IT professionals and employers; It is used worldwide in a variety of settings as the preferred way of describing IT skills. SFIA underpins the UK government's approach to professionalism in IT and its use has now been mandated throughout the Civil Service.
Understanding SFIA is a one day course that makes use of presentations, practical exercises and discussion to enable delegates to develop an understanding of SFIA and how it may be used as the cornerstone in the creation of Roles, Job descriptions, effective Recruitment specifications, and to assist in achieving a consistent approach to Assessment and Career development.
SFIA provides a common dictionary of definitions for recognisable IT skills (not jobs, not roles, but skills) which can then be built into standard job descriptions and role profiles that can be understood by anyone using the framework. (Download a full copy of the SFIA framework from the SFIA Foundation website at no cost)
Target group
SFIA's focus on professional skills rather than technological information means that the framework is readily understood by a wide community, including:
IT professionals and their managers in industry and Government
HR managers, professionals and training staff
Non-technical managers
Lecturers and curriculum planners in education and training organisations
Learning objectives
Candidates can expect to gain competencies in the following upon successful
completion of the education and examination components related to this certification:
Understand the structure of SFIA, the way skills are described and the significance of the seven standard levels.
Assign skills to job profiles and explore other skills topics within structured exercises.
Understand the context in which SFIA is used: how you should build it into your organisation; what you should expect to get out of it.
Hear practical advice from experienced professionals about the assessment of skills against the SFIA framework.
Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for this SFIA training course, however it is assumed that course participants are working or have worked in an IT or HR environment or equivalent.
Learning outcomes
Following completion of this course, the candidate will possess knowledge of:
Why and how SFIA was developed, and by whom
Reasons for implementing SFIA
The capability management cycle
Attributes of IT professionals
Skills portfolio
The importance of roles in measuring capability
Four types of role description; contents of professional profiles
SFIA skills
Overall concept of the framework
Structure of the framework; skills categories and subcategories
The nature of SFIA skills: the way they are described; their significance
SFIA Levels
Concept of the seven levels; their consistency
How the levels are defined generically: the four characteristics of a level
The uses of the generic levels
How specific skills map on to the levels
The structure of a SFIA skill descriptor
Skills in relation to people; and in relation to jobs
The practicalities of using SFIA
Overview of implementation; nature of the implementation project
The importance of role profiles; examples of roles
Importance of roles in mapping career progression lines; professional and technical development
Capability development plans; using SFIA skills as development metrics
Outputs from development planning with SFIA
Recording knowledge levels
Approaches to assessment
About the Examination
There is no exam at the end of this course.
What is included
Full course materials are included in the price
Comfortable training location, enjoyable meals and refreshments
The best trainers in the business - all native English speakers
Consistent very high (>80%) in-class satisfaction ratings ("happy
sheets").
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