Mexican Labor
Competency Model
Basic Concepts for Curricular Design
August, 2004
Competency
• Is a learned cpacity
• It allows to generate RESULTS (Products
Critical performances)
• It
integrates
DEXTRITIES
KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS
and
AND
RESULTS
A competency distinctive characteristic is that it has
a DIRECT UTILITY
• For personal well being
• For social life
• For work
TYPES OF COMPETENCIES
• BASIC
• CIVIC
• LABORAL
The three of them implies undercover learning, but
they manifest by their RESULTS (Valuable
Performances and Products)
Basic Competencies
• EXAMPLES: Reading, Writing, Numeracy, Basic Notions of Natural
Sciences, Telematics
• RESULTS THEY GENERATE:
PRODUCTS AND PERFORMANCES DIRECTLY USSEFUL IN
DAYLY LIFE: To take a bus, Shopping, Using a telepbhone, an
automatic cashier or a fax.
PRODUCTS AND PERFORMANCES DIRECTLY USSEFUL IN
WORK: Taking a training program, Packing, Taking Security and
Higienic Meassures.
Civic Competencies
• EXAMPLES: Adaptability, Respect to Civic Rules, Voting, Respect
to Ecology.
• THEY GENERATE:
RESULTS DIRECTLY USSEFUL FOR
PERSONAL AND
FAMILIAR LIFE: Selecting wholsome food, Taking care for
children health, Convivence with family
RESULTS DIRECTLY USSEFUL FOR SOCIAL LIFE: Respect for
neighbors rights, Tolerance for individual differences, Defend
own citizenship rights.
Labor Competencies
• Examples: Obtention of Biological Material Samples for Clinical
Analysis, Motor repairing.
• RESULTS THEY GENERATE:
PRODUCTS AND PERFORMANCES THAT HAVE A PRICE IN
LABOR MARKET.
Technical Labor Competency Standard
• It define a Labor Competency RESULTS in terms of
Products and Performances, that meet
Quality
characteristics expected by clients or employers
• It functions as a referent to asses competency,
REGARDLESS THE WAY IT WAS AQCUIRED.
Technical Labor Competency
Standard (NTCL)
• A document with official
• It is standard of a work labor performed with an
maximum quality level
• It is the referent used in competency assesment
• It defines qualitative characteristics
• It is developed by experts in the labor function with
the methodological support of CONOCER
Standard Competency Level
It is assigned considering:
The intrinsic difficulty of labor that standard
refers to
The autonomy degree of persons who perform
that function and their responsibility for other
people work.
The variety of activities implied in the labor
function
An example of different
certification of competencies
Academic Area
Experience
Academic Certification
NTCL Certificates
(CONOCER)
Qualification Level
5
4
3 (Advanced)
2 (Intermediate)
1
(Elemental)
Entry Level
SEP-Private Sector
Labor Context
Superior Education and High
Level Qualifications
(Universities Tech Institutes)
5th Level
4th Level
Medium-Superior Level
(DGTI, CONALEP, CB, etc.)
Third Level
Secundary Level
Second Level
Elementary School
First Level
Ocupactonal Certificates
Entry Level
(Basic Competencies )
(Level “A”)
Occupational
Competencies
(SEP)
SEP-STPS
Niveles
Total
5
4
2
3
22
2
45
1
6
75
2
5
4
40 27
81
1
1
1
4
29 23
3
1
15
13
4 3
30 11
8
23
8
13
1
11
62
5 111 17
44
12
14 10
2
22
2
4
19 167 33
82
1
34
2
27 13
1
2
1
3
Total
Desarrollo y extensión
del conocimiento
Venta de bienes y
servicios
Servicios de finanzas,
gestión y sop. admvo.
Salud y protección
social
Comunicación social
Transporte
Manufactura
Telecomunicaciones
Tec. mecánica,
eléctrica y electrónica
Cultivo, crianza,
aprovechamiento...
Extracción
y beneficio
Construcción
Áreas
Standards Matrix by Level
and Areas
5
31
151
372
42
601
Certified in ISO 9001-2000 by:
Council for
Standardization and
Certification of Labor Competency
Address :
Constituyentes 810
Lomas Altas
Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
CP 11950
Telephone: (52 55) 5261-58-00
01 800 708 2000
Internet:
http://www.conocer.org.mx
e-mail:
[email protected]