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NICE HandbookC2 – Career Information & AssessmentLearning Outcomes (Core Competence and Sub-Competences)The NCC Career Information & Assessment relates to the NPR Career Information & AssessmentExpert. As Career Information & Assessment Experts, CGC professionals support people in assessingtheir personal characteristics and needs, then connecting them with the labour market andeducation systems.Consequently, the NCC Career Information & Assessment describes the core competence of CGCprofessionals to support people in assessing their personal characteristics and needs and connectingthem with information on opportunities and requirements in labour markets and educationsystems.Career Information & Assessment Experts are competent in...◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆providing clients with information and assessment methods that support them in autonomouslyassessing how suitable particular educational and vocational opportunities arefor themcommunicating educational, organisational, societal and political requirements and opportunitiesappropriately, taking into consideration the needs and capacity of clients, andreducing the complexity of informationexplaining the world of work, vocational and educational systems, as well as trends anddevelopments in the labour markets and educational systemsmaking use of information systemsemploying different assessment techniques for identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunitiesand risks of clientsLearning Outcomes (Resource Requirements)Cognitive Resources (Competence-Specific Knowledge)Social and communication theories and principles: procedures for optimising media, informationsystems, and personal forms of information givingTesting, assessment and diagnosis theories and approaches (qualitative and quantitativeassessment devices for: resources, social environment, interests, needs, strengths etc.)Resource and problem diagnostics for specific target groups (e.g. people with disabilities,women, migrants, children etc.); understanding of the specific situations of such targetgroups and approaches to dealing with them (including cultural, educational, languagerelatedand other barriers); knowledge of specific information systems for different targetgroupsComputer-assisted and internet based Career Information & AssessmentConcepts for linking assessment instruments with placement activities (e.g. outplacement,support in job search processes, finding a suitable education for clients)Affective Resources (Attitudes, Values, Motivations)68 69◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆Motivation to support clients in making career decisions autonomously and in a well-informedmannerMotivation to support clients in dealing with lack of information and information overloadConcern for applying theoretically based and empirically validated approaches for CareerInformation & AssessmentSensitivity to use the data derived from assessment appropriately, according to the situation,to the benefit of the client and in a transparent wayAwareness of the need to protect clients’ data from abuseMotivation to critically discuss the reliability and validity of testing/ assessment methodsas well as other career-related information with clientsMotivation to support clients in interpreting results of assessments/ tests and other relevantinformation in an adequate wayWillingness to control own biases in Career Information & Assessment activities with clientsfrom altering backgrounds (e.g. ethical, cultural, gender-related)Behavioural Resources (Skills, Techniques etc.)Selecting information and assessment strategies according to different concerns, traits,involvements, social-economic backgrounds of clients, and taking organisational conditions/limitations into regardEmploying different ICT-tools for career information & assessment (e.g. internet-basedpersonality tests)Practical validation of informal competences and informal/non-formal learningUsing group techniques for Career Information & Assessment (e.g. partner interviews)References to Teaching and Learning MethodsAnalysis and discussion of real Career Information & Assessment sessions (video, report); self-applicationand exercises with assessment techniques, diagnostic instruments and ICT programmes;role-playing of assessments with fellow students; construction/ adaptation of assessment techniques/approaches for specific target groups; comparing different types of data banks/ informationmanagement systems with each other; using an instrument to validate competences withclients in a longer CGC project.References to Assessment MethodsPresenting the results of an analysis of a real Career Information & Assessment session (video,report); role-playing a Career Information & Assessment session under supervision; evaluatingcareer Information & Assessment Services as a client; analysing questionnaires/ assessment approachesbased on relevant theories.NICE Curriculum Framework