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Competency is defined as worker’s demonstrated ability to intentionally, successfully, and efficiently perform the basic requirements of a job, multiple times, at or near the required standard of performance.
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Competency Development is a systematic approach for ensuring that workers are adequately prepared to perform the basic requirements of their jobs. Competency based WFD.
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Workforce Capability is the interpersonal, cultural, clinical/medical, and technical competence of the collective workforce or individual worker.
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Workforce Capacity is the number of qualified, capable, and culturally representative personnel required to sufficiently deliver services to members.
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Workforce Connectivity is the workplace’s linkage to sources of potential workers, information required by workers to perform their jobs, and technologies for connecting to workers and/or connecting workers to information.
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Workforce Development is an approach to improve outcomes by enhancing the knowledge, skills, and competencies of the workforce in order to create, sustain, and retain a viable workforce. It aids in changes to culture, changes to attitudes, and changes to people’s potential to influence outcomes.