Competencies are specific benchmarks of knowledge and/or skills demonstrated through the successful completion of courses, tests, test sections, test tasks or test questions. In order to set up competencies, administrators need to set up a list of competency authorities (the governing bodies overseeing competencies), competency outcome types (the categories for competencies), the job positions (to be associated with competencies), and the competencies themselves (the specific skills).
Managers can manually acknowledge competencies by indicating that competencies have been met or they may automate the process of meeting competencies through assessment tools (courses and tests) or LearnTracks (guided learning paths through a series of courses).
An administrator can define the competencies that are associated with a particular job position, and what courses a user can take to develop a given competency.