Competencies

Competencies comprise all abilities to act and to self-organise of the individual that enable him/her to cope with tasks and projects (i.e. relating to the situation and the persons concerned).
Competencies cover the abilities, skills, methods, knowledge, experiences, attitudes, needs and values which a person acquires, develops and applies in life. They are bound to the individual and his ability to act self-responsibly.
Competencies always have to be described in relationship to the requirements on a person and his individual abilities or potentials. Competencies are dependent on the conditions of the environment for their evolvement.
The development of competencies results from individual learning and development processes and different forms of learning at work and in everyday life.
It is not only the acquisition or adaptation of knowledge and abilities. Most important is the readiness to allow the experience to be tested as well as the self-organised further development of the action competency in order to do justice to new requirements and tasks.
The ability and motivation for self-organised learning and acting and the further development of technical, methodical, social and personal competencies are essential elements too.