Recognition and accreditation of experience

Abstract

According to a 2006 survey of the working population, 44,3% of employees don’t have the proper qualifications for their employment. As it happens in all developed countries, these workers didn’t have the opportunity to study when they were young and started to work at a very young age and is at their work place where they have learnt all they know. In a way, they are workers that have obtained their professional skills at their work place but lack the proper qualifications. The accreditation system tries to do justice with these workers by recognizing and certifying that they have obtained their professional skills qualifications by Non Formal and Informal means of Education. In this paper we show part of the results of a research about the Accreditation System: firstly we discuss the concept of competence and its evaluation; secondly we talk about the methodology, the protocols used in the accreditation system and the various stages to follow; finally we look at the way these accreditation systems are being formulated at international levels and in Spain.

Keywords

• competencias
• competencias laborales
• acreditación
• sistemas de acreditación
• valoración de adquisiciones
• aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida
• educación permanente
• educación de adultos
• formación profesional