Macro-skills management

Macro-skills management
1. Search for macro-skills
  1. Search
  2. Results
Cross-functional macro-skills management
1. Creating a cross-functional macro-skill
2. Attaching cross-disciplinary skills to training
Create a macro-skill linked to a training course

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Macro-skills fall into two categories:

Cross-disciplinary macro-skills: this type of macro-skill does not have its own training program.
Macroskills linked to a training course: must be linked to one and only one training course

Search for macro-skills

The Macroskills Management button, located in the Training Offer ribbon, opens a search window.

It is divided into two parts: a research section and a results section.

Search

It consists of several fields to be filled in, depending on the desired search:

Wording	Insert full or partial wording
Competence code	Insert the complete code of the competence
Catalog	Choose the catalog to search
Formation	Choose a course, no course or any course: Training: Search on selected training only All : Search on all skills None: Research is carried out on cross-disciplinary skills only To search for a course, click on the magnifying glass. A search form opens with several fields to fill in for the search

Results

Search results appear in this section.

For example, a search by skill code "BCT-E" on the "Catalogue 2013-2017" catalog.

Cross-functional macro-skills management

Creation functionalities are linked to Add skills rights.

Creating a cross-functional macro-skill

Click on New macro-skill, Skills group , Skills tab

A new window appears:

Field	Description	Is it compulsory?
Wording	Enter the name of the new macro-skill. Click on the symbol to fill in macro-skill names in different languages.	Yes
Competence code	Insert the code for the new macro-skill	No
Description	Write a description of the new macro-skill. The number of characters is indicated at the bottom of the field.	No
Catalog	Select catalog from drop-down list	Yes

For example, the creation of a new macro-competence for the History-Geography Licence:

Attaching cross-disciplinary skills to training

Within a training program, in Modification, cross-disciplinary skills already created can be added in two ways.

Click on the Competency-based approach button .

The Cross-disciplinary skills field is dedicated to macro-skills that are not linked to a specific course.

Add by drop-down list

Click on the drop-down list in the Cross-cutting skills field to display the available cross-cutting macro-skills.

Select a macro-skill. If more than one macro-skill is required, select them one by one.

To delete a macro-skill from the Cross-Skills field, click on the cross.

Add by content search

Click on the Magnifier button (orange box)

A Search for content pop-up appears

Searches can be made using several fields: Label, Skill code or Catalog.

For example, a search with the skill code "BCT-E".

Click on Next

Select the macro-skill and click on Ok

Create a macro-skill linked to a training course

On a course undergoing modification, select the Skills-based approach

The Skills field is dedicated to macro-skills linked to a training program. They are considered to be non-transversal macro-skills.

Click on the "+" button (orange box) to open the macro-skill creation window.

Once a macro-skill has been created, it is automatically added to the list of Training Skills :