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Skills

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See also Skill.

For the difference between skills and competence/competency please see the entry Skills vs. Competence.

A bundle of knowledge, attributes and capacities that can be learnt and that enable individuals to successfully and consistently perform an activity or task and can be built upon and extended through learning.

Source:
OECD 2011: OECD Skills Strategy

The relevant knowledge and experience needed to perform a specific task or job and /or the product of education, training and experience which, together with relevant know-how, are the characteristics of technical knowledge.

Source:
UNESCO, Terminology of Technical and Vocational Education, 1984
UNESCO, Terminology of Technical and Vocational Education, 1984
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This publication is a practical terminology in the field of technical and vocational education for the purposes of international communication. After use of the original English/French version for over five years in numerous regional and international meetings, conferences, seminars and workshops held in those two languages, it was felt that publication of the guide in additional international languages would permit Unesco to contribute further to a better understanding in Member States of the Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education (1974), would facilitate the implementation of this instrument and would foster a more effective exchange of information in the field of technical and vocational education.

The ability to do in context which is described using learning outcomes.

(Comment: Influenced by work-based learning: linking of education and training systems with the labour market and employability. Main types of skills include foundation, transferable, technical and vocational).)

Source:
UNESCO, Level-setting and recognition of learning outcomes: The use of level descriptors in the twenty-first century, 2015
UNESCO, Level-setting and recognition of learning outcomes: The use of level descriptors in the twenty-first century, 2015
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Description of the report:
"The aim of this research is to support a broader initiative that will explore the possibility of developing international guidelines on quality assurance for the recognition of qualifications based on learning outcomes, including a set of world reference levels to facilitate the international recognition of qualifications."
Description of the glossary (pp 189 ff):
"The definitions of this glossary are provided by the authors, drawing on a wide range of literature in the field, and in particular the cited references for this publication. They do not necessarily coincide with official positions of UNESCO."

The acquired and practiced ability to carry out a task or job.

Source:
TESDA (Philippines), TVET glossary of terms (online), (accessed 12/2022)
TESDA (Philippines), TVET glossary of terms (online), (accessed 12/2022)
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This glossary of terms intends to provide the TESDA key players, partners, and stakeholders an online and updated TVET information, concepts, to bring common understanding and clarification on the use of TESDA terminologies.