A study on the profile of knowledge, skills, abilities and other key requirements necessary to the new personnel in positions with attributions in the field of continuous professional training
A study on the profile of knowledge, skills, abilities and other key requirements necessary to the new personnel in positions with attributions in the field of continuous professional training

Summary/Abstract: The profile of knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes and other key requirements necessary for a profession or an occupation is frequently defined distinctively by the employers, by the providers of professional training services, as well as by the structures that deal with professional regulations, by other actors that have an influence in the field (such as unions, employers, central public administration bodies, the National Council for Adult Vocational Training (NCAVT)) or by members of the respective community. The present study is centered on the comparative analysis of the way in which key knowledge, skills and abilities are defined by the “trainer” occupational standard – the only relevant one that was elaborated in the field of adults’ or continuous professional training – and the ones defined by the recruitment ads posted on the most important Romanian on-line recruitment sites in the periods August – November 2007 and 20 August 2008 – 12 January 2009 (eJobs: 3,05 million de visitors a year; BestJobs: 6,1 million visitors a month; MyJobs: 550000 visitors a year). We have used as a main research method the content analysis, with mixed quantitative and qualitative techniques. The content analysis was made on a number of 105 on-line ads, destined for a number of 155 vacant positions in the field of continuous professional training, as well as the description of the trainer occupational standard published on the NCAVT site.

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