Competency framework development with an engineering intervention

It has been since mid of seventies when competency made its appearance in professional literature; then psychologists and HR specialists started using competency framework for different phases of employment life cycle. Both employers and employees found substantial utility in competency framework. The available literature reveals that momentous amount of work has been done on behavioral side leaving a need of formal development on technical aspects of competencies. Few examples, available on technical competencies are either frameworks specific to a profession or are related to organizations. This leaves a gap to develop a widely applicable technical competency framework. This paper discusses the development of technical competency framework which could be applied on common jobs in business and industry. The model is exemplified by mapping a job of mechanical fitter by showing every detail of work and eventually concluding it to a weighted proficiency number. This work is stretchable to any jobs in any trade and is useful throughout the employment lifespan. For the purpose of demonstration, this paper has discussed its application in hiring and performance evaluation system only. As the work is being done for a particular organization, it was necessary to include behavioral aspects of competencies as well to make the framework complete and ready to implement as well as evaluate the relationship among various competencies.