In October 2008 the National Council of the IITD adopted the recommendations of a report which it had commissioned on the current and future skills, education and qualifications of the HRD and Training Profession in Ireland. This report had been commissioned to identify the future needs of the Profession and steps which the IITD needed to take to position the Profession going forward.

One of the main recommendations in this report was the need to bring greater clarity on the differing occupational roles in the Profession and the relevant qualifications associated with each role.

Arising from this report the National Council established a sub committee to develop macro competencies on 5 roles in the Profession.

The 5 Main Roles identified in the Profession were

Administrator role
Instructor role
Learning Specialist role
Business Partner role and
HRD Strategist role

The Committee adopted a competency model which focused on two broad categories viz

Foundation Competencies
Technical Competencies
 
Within each category the Committee listed 5 macro competencies

The Foundation Competencies adopted were
A: Strategic Perspective
B: Business Results
C: Communications
D: Relationship Management
E: Leadership

The Technical Competencies adopted were
A: Talent Management
B: Managing Learning
C: Change Management
D: Design and Delivery
E: Measurement and Evaluation

Please click HERE to download the Trainer Competency Matrices.

The committee has now completed an analysis of each of the 5 Main Roles in the Profession relative to the 10 macro competencies listed above. The focus of the Committee has been both practical and business oriented and we are confident that this analysis will provide an invaluable tool for all practitioners in the profession.

In March 2009 the National Council of IITD adopted the competency matrices and these competencies will be integrated into the work of related sub committees established by the National Council to develop integrated proposals on the future direction of the HRD Training Profession.