General SFIA training syllabus

1

Understand the underlying idea of SFIA
 – What it is and what it is not

Y

Y

Y

Understand the structure of SFIA
 – including Categories and Subcategories

Y

Y

Y

3

Determine the skills needed in a particular situation, job or assignment, and determine the level at which the skills are required

Y

Y

4

Locate the required skills in SFIA

Y

Y

5

[In their own area of expertise] use SFIA to analyse the reasons behind an individual’s performance, and determine appropriate development measures

Y

Y

6

Able to assess the SFIA skills of an individual

Y

Y

7

Know what is and what is not allowed by the SFIA end user licence, and advise colleagues accordingly

Y

8

Understand SFIA’s seven levels and relate them to an organisation’s own levels

Y

9

Advise management on appropriate ways to exploit SFIA

Y

10

Understand the benefits of using SFIA

Y

11

Prepare a business case for an organisation’s use of SFIA

Y

Introduction and background

1.1

Course administration, introductions of course members

Y

Y

Y

1.2

Why and how SFIA was developed; its regular updates

Y

Y

Y

1.3

The SFIA Foundation – how it works: Accredited individuals and organisations

Y

Y

Y

1.4

Availability of SFIA information & point to Website

Y

Y

Y

1.5

SFIA Licencing SFIA - Introduction

Y

Y

Y

1.6

SFIA Licencing SFIA - Details

Y

Y

SFIA in context

2.1

Reasons for implementing SFIA and benefits to be obtained

Y

Y

Y

2.2

Capability management cycle: processes relating to various aspects of skills management.

Y

Y

2.3

Typical problems, how SFIA helps

Y

Y

2.4

Attributes of IT professionals

Y

2.5

Skills portfolio

Y

SFIA Skills

3.1

Overall concept of the framework

Y

Y

Y

3.2

Structure of the framework; skills categories and subcategories

Y

Y

Y

3.3

The nature of SFIA skills: the way they are described; their significance

Y

Y

SFIA Levels

4.1

Concept of the seven levels; their consistency

Y

Y

Y

4.2

How the levels are defined generically: the five characteristics of a level

Y

Y

Y

4.3

The uses of the generic levels

Y

Y

4.4

How specific skills map on to the levels

Y

Y

4.5

The structure of a SFIA skill descriptor

Y

Y

Y

4.6

Skills in relation to people; and in relation to jobs

Y

Y

The practicalities of using SFIA

5.1

Overview of implementation; nature of the implementation project

Y

Y

5.2

The use of role profiles

Y

Y

5.3

Mapping career progression lines; professional and technical development

Y

5.4

Contribution to resource planning

Y

Y

5.5

Capability development plans; using SFIA skills as development metrics

Y

5.6

Using SFIA to determine requirements for personal development planning

Y

Y

5.7

Recording areas and levels of knowledge (avoiding confusion with SFIA)

Y

5.8

Approaches to assessment

Y

5.9

Assessing SFIA Skills

Y

Y

5.10

Information available from the SFIA Foundation - encouraging attendees to login to obtain a download

Y

Y

Y

Wrap up

6.1

Review of Learning Objectives

Y

Y

6.2

Feedback

Y

Y

6.3

Encourage attendees to register on the SFIA Website as personal or corporate

Y

Y

Y

Exercises and discussions
(As appropriate throughout the course)
(A few exercises, such as below, to be used )

E.1

Discuss how your organisation might use SFIA - can be part of introduction and revisited

N/A

O

O

E.2

Example: Creation of a Role Profile

N/A

O

O

E.3

Example: SFIA in Recruitment

N/A

O

O

E.4

Example: Extracting SFIA Skills from a CV

N/A

O

O

E.5

Example: Assessing the SFIA skills of an individual

N/A

O

O

E.6

Example: Others as appropriate?

N/A

O

O