Competency Framework
Browse our latest Competency Framework blogs, guides and insights.
Competency Framework Examples: Real Structures You Can Copy
Competency framework examples with real proficiency-level wording, from Civil Service Success Profiles and SFIA, plus sales and customer service templates.
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What is the golden thread, and who owns it?
The golden thread is the digital record of a higher-risk building in England. What it must contain, who owns each part, and where competence data falls through.
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What is BS 8670-2 and what does it mean for HR?
BS 8670-2 is the forthcoming British Standard for construction product competence. What it covers, who it applies to, and what HR must produce.
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What tier-one contractors ask about competence
The seven competence questions tier-one contractors ask in supply-chain audits, why they ask them now, and what an answer that closes each one looks like.
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How to evidence competence for a Gateway submission
What competence evidence a Gateway submission needs in England: the competence declaration, the duty-holder roles, and a six-step preparation process.
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SKEB explained: skills, knowledge, experience, behaviours
SKEB means skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours, the wording used in law. A worked profile for one high-risk role, with the evidence each element needs.
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How to run competence validation and revalidation
Validation establishes competence; revalidation keeps it current. Triggers, frequencies, point-in-time records and a five-step process that works at scale.
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Skills Compliance: How to Prove Workforce Competence and Stay Audit-Ready
Skills compliance explained: how to evidence workforce competence for CDM 2015, the Building Regulations, ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and CQC. The five-step evidence chain auditors follow.
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BS 8670-2 in Plain English: The Construction Competence Standard, Explained
BS 8670-2 arrives in February 2027 — but tier-one contractors are auditing supply-chain competence now. The five A–E levels, the golden thread, and how to get ready, explained in plain English.
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What is competency-based training?
Competency-based training signs a learner off when they demonstrate a written standard, not when the hours run out. How it works, and how it compares.
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What is a skills matrix?
A skills matrix maps a team against the skills it needs, with a level in every cell. A fully worked example, plus six steps to build your own.
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What makes an employee competent?
A competent employee meets their role standard today across four dimensions: knowledge, skill, behaviour and currency. Here is what proves each one.
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What are competency-based questions?
Competency-based questions ask you to describe something you have actually done. Here are 24 real examples by competency area, plus a worked STAR answer.
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What is a competency framework?
A competency framework is a structured description of the skills, knowledge and behaviours a role needs, written across defined proficiency levels.
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What is a competency-based interview?
A competency-based interview asks every candidate the same past-behaviour questions and scores each answer against defined competencies and rating bands.
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9 Box Grid: What Is It And Why Is It Outdated?
Explore why the 9 box grid and traditional talent 9 box grid models are failing modern HR, and how data-driven Success Circles offer deeper insight.
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Capabilities: The Framework Inside Your Framework
Dive into establishing a unified competency framework within your organisation. One that you can build in under an hour and implement within a week. S
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Implementing the Competency and Values Framework in Your Organisation: A Step-by-step Guide
A competency and values framework has the potential to give all HR processes a revamp. Integrate a CVF framework that is appropriate for your organisa
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Competency and Values Framework (CVF) in HR
Employee recruitment and retention can be tedious. Use a CVF framework to bring accuracy and transparency to the employee recruitment and retention pr
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What are the 4 Stages of a Competency Framework?
Integrate competency framework in 4 steps, to streamline development and HR functions. Simplify recruitment training, and appraisals with a capability
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How to Use Competency Frameworks for Succession Planning
Want to design a competency plan and optimise succession planning for your employees? Use CVF or competency and value frameworks to qualify them for l
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Why Competency Frameworks Are Essential for Learning & Development (L&D) Programs
Finding difficulty in understanding which skills are relevant for your workers? Implement a competency framework for learning and development with hel
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Top Competencies Every Organisation Should Focus On in 2025
Essential competencies for organisations to prioritise in 2025. Learn how the competency framework, development process and software can help your org
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How to Build a Competency Framework: A Step-by-Step Guide for HR Professionals
Competency frameworks are gaining popularity among HR professionals due to their targeted and concise approach. Build a competency framework relevant
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