Overview

You will only be able to view your skills if the feature has been enabled for you by a Supervisor.

You can access the Skills feature from the menu in the drop-down Header pane. It can also be accessed from the Menu and Shortcuts widgets which may be displayed on your Dashboard.

Selecting Skills from the TMS menu opens the Skills page displaying a summary of your skills. For example:

The Skills page is divided into two lists: Skills acquired and Skills needed.

• Skills acquired — displays details of any skills you have obtained that are recorded in TMS. This may include colour-coded competency levels and the start and end dates for the skill.
• Skills needed — a list of other skills that may be required for your role. The skills listed here are defined by your system administrator.

When a skill in the Skills acquired list is past the End date, then it will be added to the Skills needed list.

If there are no skills in a list, 'Nothing to display' is shown instead. For example:

Click Close in the left-hand navigation pane to return to the Dashboard.

Skills acquired

When you navigate to the TMS Skills feature, a list of any skills you have obtained is displayed in the Skills acquired list. For example:

The list shows the following details for each skill:

• Code — a short name for the skill. For example 'F/AID'. If the skill is linked to a training record in TMS, clicking the code opens a Qualification page with details of the record
• Description — a more detailed description of the skill. For example 'First aid'
• Competency — the level or degree of competence you have obtained for the skill. Competency levels are defined by your system administrator and may differ from those displayed in the example. A value is only displayed in the Competency field if the skill is linked to a training record in TMS and a competency value has been recorded
  Competency values may be colour-coded as for the 'First aid', 'Fire marshal' and 'Fork lift truck driver' skills in the previous example. The colour-code demonstrates different levels of competency for example 'First aid' is coloured red to show the employee still needs guidance to deliver this skill
• Start date — the date the skill was acquired. A value is only displayed in the Start date field if the skill is linked to a training record in TMS and a start date has been recorded, otherwise it will be a blank value
• End date — the date the skill becomes invalid. For example an expiry date. A value is only displayed in the End date field if the skill is linked to a training record in TMS and an end date has been recorded, otherwise it will be a blank value.

Note: values for skill Codes and Descriptions are also displayed in the Skills needed list

Skills needed

When you navigate to the TMS Skills feature, a list of required skills not yet obtained are displayed in the Skills needed list. For example:

The list shows the following details for each skill:

• Code — a short name for the skill. For example 'F/AID'.
• Description — a more detailed description of the skill. For example 'First aid'.

Note: skills are defined by your system administrator and so may differ from those displayed here.

Skill details

When you navigate to the TMS Skills feature, a list of any skills you have obtained is displayed in the Skills acquired list.

If the skill is linked to a training record in TMS, clicking the code opens a Qualification page with details of the record. For example:

The details in the previous example include:

• Type — the type of skill
• Level — the skill level attained
• Subject — the subject area for the qualification such as 'Health and Safety'
• Detail — the title of the qualification
• Grade — the grade obtained
• Award date — the date the skill was acquired. This may be displayed as the Start date in the Skills acquired list
• Review date — the review date for the skill. The date the skill needs to be reviewed before it expires. This may be displayed as the End date in the Skills acquired list
• Renewed date — the date the qualification was last renewed which may differ from the Award date
• Award body — the professional body responsible for approving the qualification
• Skill — the local name for the skill. This is used for the Description field in the Skills acquired list
• Comp — the level or degree of competence obtained for the skill. This is used for the Competency field in the Skills acquired list

Note: many of the qualification details are defined by your system administrator and so may differ from those displayed here.

Note: <undefined> is displayed when a field is empty.