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What's New?

 BUILD YOUR OWN COMPETENCY MODELS AND CAREER LADDERS/LATTICES
The Competency Model Clearinghouse now offers two tools for users.
  1. The enhanced Competency Model Tool enables user to customize national industry competency model frameworks to reflect the specific workforce needs of regional economies.
  2. The Career Ladder/Lattice Tool enables user to build career ladders on the foundation of an industry competency model and generates a graphic that illustrates the progression and advancement potential among jobs.
These interactive tools let strategic partners build, save, and download materials that assist business, educators, and workforce professionals in identifying the skills and critical developmental experiences individuals should acquire to progress successfully through 21st century careers. To get started, click on Build a Model on the CMC home page.

To view demo tutorials of the new tools, click on the link in the Helpline section of the Build a Model Introduction page.
High Growth Industry Models
ETA and industry representatives have developed a new industry model:
   Information Technology Competency Model

Uses of Competency Models
Published in September 2008 - six new Case In Point stories highlight a variety of effective uses of competency models and competency-based resources.
  • Missouri Center for Career Education Competency Profiles More >>
  • National Center for Integrated Systems Technology Competency-Based Curriculum
    More >>
  • Arkansas Delta Training and Education Consortium Career Pathway in Advanced Manufacturing More >>
  • Northeast Pennsylvania Logistics and Transportation Industry Partnership Competency-Based Career Pathway More >>
  • Cincinnati Public Schools Teacher Evaluation System More >>
  • Security Industry Association Competency-Based Training More >>
Published in June 2008 - six new Case In Point stories highlight a variety of effective uses of competency models and competency-based resources.
  • The Boston University Corporate Education Center Project Management Competency Model More >>
  • The University of California, San Diego Medical Center Nursing Competency-Based Orientation Pathway More >>
  • The National Park Service Competency-Based Training Curriculum More >>
  • The Department of Defense Civilian Leader Development Competency Model More >>
  • The Conference Board Diversity and Inclusion Practitioners Competency Model More >>
  • The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Competency-Based Assessments for Supervisory/Managerial Promotion More >>
Find Competency Model Resources
The Find Resources section has a new feature to allow you to 'Refine Search Results'. There are thousands of resources in the CMC database; a search frequently displays many records for a user to sort through. Now, after conducting an initial search, you can click on the Refine Search Results button to specify additional search criteria to target the results better and reduce the number of results to a more manageable list.
  • Additional resources have been added to the database of resources which now includes nearly 1400 related links.
  • Explore the Work Processes of nearly 200 USDOL Registered Apprenticeship programs Search >>