LPI launches Capability Map for the learning sector
LPI Capability Map to provide de facto skills tracking for learning professionals as well as a ‘common language’ for the workplace learning sector.
The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) has launched a Capability Map for the workplace learning sector. The map will provide a clear definition of skill sets applicable to workplace learning professionals and will have benefits for both individuals and recruiters.
For individuals working within workplace learning, the map will provide a way to self assess skills across 9 categories, against 27 pre-defined skills. Users are then able to create a personalised profile report which provides an overview of their current skills across four competency levels.
The profile reports generated by the Capability Map will prove invaluable for recruiters looking to identify skills associated with specific L&D roles. The map also aims to create a ‘common-language’ for skills and personal development for workplace learning professionals. Nick Bate, Director of leading L&D recruitment specialist, Blue Eskimo said: “I think that the LPI Capability Map is a very useful foundation to benchmarking competencies within the learning/L&D arena. From a recruitment perspective I believe it will help Blue Eskimo more effectively gauge candidate skills in the real world and align these to relevant job opportunities that we are recruiting for."
The LPI’s Capability Map has been in development for over a year, Jane Hart, Founder of the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies is one of many contributors to the map and believes it will help users recognise a new wave of L&D skills: “As we move into a new era of workplace learning, learning professionals will need a range of new competencies and skills. The new LPI Capability Map will therefore provide a useful framework to help those in the profession understand what is required to become a competent practitioner,” she said.
Craig Yetter, Director Enterprise Learning Strategy, GlaxoSmithKline was one of the first people to review the map, he said: "Having a sound Learning Capability map will allow organisations to drive consistency in learning and segment the many roles in learning to provide focus and opportunities for career growth either from within the learning function or as a secondment for leaders looking to expand their knowledge in this area."
The LPI Capability Map is free to use and is available via the LPI website www.thelpi.org.
Further information is available from the LPI direct.
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