Generic skills and why they are important

The Unit presents the generic skills, their importance and how they greatly increase the chances of creating the kind and quality of life and work a employee truly want, in rapidly changing and often confusing times. Generic skills are high-order, transferable skills that are common to almost all complex endeavours. They include skills such as communicating, problem-solving, curiosity, patience, flexibility, purpose, persistence, resilience, courage and creating — that apply across all specific fields. They enable workers to organize, adapt, and strategically apply their specific skills in new situations and circumstances.

Adapt to the participants and to understand their degree of knowledge regarding the generic skills and their importance for their job. If the training is adjusted to the abilities of the participants, they will perceive the training as an achievable challenge.

Involve employees in training decisions – once that the training needs were identified, the next step is to ask the employees what relevant skills they want to improve through training. They may have some good ideas

Take learning preferences into account – it is important that the company finds out how each employee prefers to learn. Some people may enjoy group learning, while others prefer individual study. Some people learn best by listening, others by watching and some by getting hands-on experience as soon as possible. It is important to explain the different training options and let the employees know that their training preferences will be considered;

Develop the training plan. It is important to select the training option which meets the needs of the business and the way employees learn best.

Then set indicators. Indicators are specific measurements that will show progress against planned results, achievement of objectives, quality of approaches and relationships as well as progress in the use of allocated funds.

Therefore, indicators must have a clear and direct link with the category of information that is sought.

Every job role requires some interaction with others, whether they are colleagues or customers, so generic skills will be important to most employers. There is a high demand for generic skills in the workplace. Employers seek to ensure business success by recruiting and retaining employees who have a variety of skills and personal attributes, as well as technical skills. Generic skills are those that apply across a variety of jobs. They are also known by several other names, including key skills, core skills, essential skills, key competencies, necessary skills, transferable skills and employability skills. Industry’s preferred term is employability skills.

Vocational education and training (VET) in generic skills produces many benefits at different levels, such as:

• Increased productivity and competitiveness.
• Behavioural (enthusiasm, adaptability, resilience, thoroughness)
• Functional (literacy, language, numeracy, IT end user)
• Intellectual (planning, problem solving, self management) and;
• Work related (team working, customer service, time management).

The possible difficulties associated with this action are problems and issues relating to attitudes, personnel preparation, funding and students absenteeism.

The amount of time required depends on the method of training that will be chosen.

The financial cost depends on the method that you will choose in order to train your staff.

Except of the managers the staff also has to be trained.

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