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Workplace Skills Competency Assessment

A manager or supervisor uses this to assess an employee against the competencies of a role. Each submission becomes an individual report mapping demonstrated competence to evidence, with specific development actions - useful for capability frameworks, internal sign-off, and skills-gap planning.

14 questionsEstimated 12 minutes4 dimensions
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Assessment dimensions

Each respondent is scored across these dimensions. The AI uses these to identify patterns and generate personalised insights.

Technical Competence
Application & Judgement
Behavioural Competence
Development Readiness

Questions preview

All 14 questions included in this template. You can customise, reorder, or remove any question after importing.

1

Rate the employee's current technical competence against the core requirements of the role.

ScaleTechnical Competence
1 - Below the standard for the roleto5 - Consistently meets or exceeds the standard
2

Give a specific recent example that demonstrates this employee's technical competence in the role.

Open TextTechnical Competence
Free-text response field
3

How consistently does the employee apply their skills correctly without supervision?

Multiple ChoiceApplication & Judgement
Consistently, across varied and non-routine situations
Consistently in routine situations, support needed for complex ones
Inconsistently - quality varies
Requires close supervision
4

Describe a situation where the employee had to use judgement or solve a non-routine problem. How did they handle it?

Open TextApplication & Judgement
Free-text response field
5

How well does the employee adapt their approach when conditions or requirements change?

ScaleApplication & Judgement
1 - Struggles to adaptto5 - Adapts smoothly and appropriately
6

Rate the employee against the behavioural expectations of the role (communication, reliability, teamwork, safety).

ScaleBehavioural Competence
1 - Below expectationsto5 - Role model for the team
7

Which behavioural area, if improved, would most increase this employee's effectiveness?

Open TextBehavioural Competence
Free-text response field
8

How does the employee respond to feedback and coaching?

Multiple ChoiceDevelopment Readiness
Actively seeks it and acts on it
Accepts it and usually acts on it
Accepts it but rarely acts on it
Resistant to feedback
9

What is the most important capability for this employee to develop in the next six months, and why?

Open TextDevelopment Readiness
Free-text response field
10

How ready is this employee to take on additional responsibility or a more advanced role?

ScaleDevelopment Readiness
1 - Not ready - core gaps remainto5 - Ready now
11

Where is there the biggest gap between what the role requires and what the employee currently demonstrates?

Open TextTechnical Competence
Free-text response field
12

Overall competency judgement for this role.

Multiple Choice
Competent - meets the role standard with evidence
Competent with development areas noted
Not yet competent - specific gaps to close
Not competent - significant development required
13

What support, training, or experience would close the identified gaps fastest?

Open Text
Free-text response field
14

Add any further evidence, context, or notes for the record.

Open Text
Free-text response field

What the AI report covers

Each respondent receives a unique, personalised report. Here is a sample of the topics the AI analyses based on this template.

Demonstrated competence mapped to each role competency with evidence
Where capability is asserted but evidence is thin
Behavioural strengths and risks relative to the role standard
A targeted development plan with the highest-impact actions first

Reports are generated by AI (Claude by Anthropic) and tailored to each respondent's specific answers. No two reports are the same.

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