SFIA Monthly News - January 2025

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Recent updates from the SFIA Foundation:

SFIA 9 translations: Continuing our global commitment

• The release of SFIA 9 in Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, and  Spanish demonstrates our ongoing commitment to maintaining SFIA as a truly global framework.
• These translations ensure SFIA continues to serve organisations and professionals worldwide.
• Thank you to all volunteers who contributed by creating and/or reviewing these translations and helping maintain SFIA's professional integrity across languages. → Explore SFIA 9 translations

Generative AI & SFIA: Building Responsible Practices Together

The SFIA Foundation is taking proactive steps to support the growing use of AI technologies with SFIA. Organisations are already using GenAI in uses cases like job analysis, skills mapping and matching learning resources to specific SFIA skills and levels. We're committed to developing responsible practices together.

We will be steered by community interests. Currently our initial focus includes:

• Developing practical resources: guidelines for using official SFIA data sources, sample prompts, and validation checklists
• Educational/knowledge sharing webinars. Starting with some basic of working with GenAI and SFIA to explore real-world applications and best practices. This sets the foundation for exploring more advanced applications using technologies like Large Language Models (LLMs), vector search, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).
  • We've released SFIA 9 in RDF format, enabling semantic web and knowledge graph applications. This is accompanied by an open source script for creating the RDF.

Join us in shaping responsible AI practices with SFIA. → Join the SFIA AI initiative

SFIA User Story Webinars

Recent Webinar: RAF's SFIA journey

• Watch the RAF Cyber Space Profession share their experience in building a skills-based career framework using SFIA. Learn about their implementation strategy and outcomes. → Watch the recording

 Upcoming Webinar: February 13th

• Join Dr Fraser Macdonald from the University of Strathclyde discussing "SFIA, Apprenticeships, and Work-based Learning," featuring their apprentice-centered approach. → Register for the webinar

Not explored SFIA 9 yet? Discover the framework's latest evolution, including enhanced AI and cybersecurity skills, improved business factors, and new navigation tools. → Visit SFIA 9 Quick Links

Peter Leather

SFIA Updates Manager & SFIA 9 Project Manager