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Electricity Competency Framework

As the industry continues to rapidly change and our power needs evolve, developing a strong workforce has never been more important.

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What is MAPPED?

MAPPED is the electricity industry's competency framework for determining mapping competencies across roles in the industry, and also supporting gap analysis for up-skilling for workers transitioning from one role to another. MAPPED is a dynamic software that provides a present-day snapshot of the skills and knowledge required (to work) in the electricity sector.

MAPPED is a dynamic software that provides a present-day snapshot of the skills and knowledge required in the electricity sector.

With EHRC’s MAPPED Electricity Competency Framework – the first of its kind in Canada – educators, employers, unions and policymakers are empowered with the up-to-date information needed to develop effective HR tools, resources, and relevant training programs.

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The Powerful Benefits:

  • Eliminates the duplication of task performance across roles within a company and across the industry.
  • Builds consistency in labour force expectations by defining industry-validated benchmarks for task performance.
  • Identifies transferable skills that individuals can take with them from other industries or positions within the electricity sector.
  • Standardizes performance and knowledge requirements to inform responsive training programs.

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The first of its kind in Canada!

Educators, employers, unions and policymakers alike are empowered with the up-to-date information needed to develop effective HR tools, resources, and relevant training programs grounded in competencies for the industry that were put together by the industry. The dynamic competency framework exists in a secondary web portal designed to house this information in a way that makes it more accessible. It can be manipulated to conduct gap analyses to identify training and upskilling to maximize workforce retention over time.

If accessing the secondary portal isn’t the right fit, EHRC competency specialists are also trained to do a needs analysis with potential clients and support them in building job descriptions, training plans or workforce development plans as appropriate for their need and their organization. Contact EHRC to unlock the power of the framework!

Why Use the Framework?

Change is a constant throughout industries all around the world, and with this comes a constant evolution of skills! Empower educators, employers, unions and policymakers alike with the right tools to support employees and potential employees as they adapt, learn and grow along with the electricity industry.

Who Can Benefit from the Electricity Competency Framework?

Employers can use competencies to:

  • Identify relevant training for job levels.
  • Outline a structure for competency-based performance reviews.
  • Provide measures for performance required to meet organizational goals.
  • Analyze existing occupations to identify shared skills and opportunities.
  • Support effective employee selection based on competencies.
  • Build hiring criteria, on-the-job learning logs and records.

Educators & Policy Makers can use competencies to:

  • Access a current snapshot of skills and knowledge requirements for the entire industry, not just one occupation or role.
  • Identify competencies that are shared between occupations and can be taught across programs and curricula.
  • Develop training and curriculum that is reflective of current industry practice and emerging trends.
  • Conduct practical, skills-based assessments of learners throughout the training process.

Identifying Transferable Skills & Succession Planning

Using the competency framework, employers can identify transferrable skills across roles to identify how difficult it would be for individuals to transfer from one occupation to another in the same organization. Furthermore, the framework allows employers to identify the competencies that are required for upskilling for advancement into new roles – including supervision and management. Seeing this in real-time allows workforce planners to build out training programs in advance of need, and maximize investments and shared training costs across employees and departments or other organizational groups.

Conducting Gap Analyses

The competency framework allows employers to understand where the gaps in competency exist in their workforce. It’s possible to compare an existing job description with the national occupational standard for a role to determine what additional training may be required to be considered fully competent in a given occupation.

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A yearly subscription is free for EHRC members, and only $1,000 (plus tax) for non-EHRC members.

  • Create consistency across roles
  • Enhance employee retention
  • Improve succession-planning
  • Build a competency-based HR program

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