Transcript National BTM Academic Conference

National Occupational Standards
The Employability Factor
Ben Akoh, PhD(c)
Standards Development Director
Overview
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What is BTM?
Rationale for BTM NOS
Process
Opportunities
What is BTM?
• An educational Solution
that equips its graduates
with the right business and
technical skills to enter the
workplace
• Developed in collaboration
with Industry and PSI since
2009
• A set of Learning Outcomes
and Competency Standards
What are NOS?
Statements of Standards of Performance
individuals must achieve when carrying out
workplace functions
NOS are Standards that must be attained
Rationale for BTM NOS
BTM Responds to Canada’s Skills Gap
• 32% of Canada’s employers say
their most pressing issue today is
a shortage of “skilled” workers
• More than 70% say this shortage
is adversely affecting their ability to
compete in the global economy
(TD Bank 2013)
• Young people avoid technology
careers
• Women make up less than 30% of
the ICT workforce
• Projected retirements threatens
available pool talent
Without a plan to address this issue, Canadian employers will
become less competitive and many high–paying, technology
jobs will go elsewhere
ESDC/GoC Expansion Grant
• $1.6million over 3 years (2014-17)
• Review and Expansion of BTM
– (Evergreening 1.0 -> 2.0)
• Develop Prioritized NOS
• Professionalize BTM
• Improve Branding and Awareness
Rationale for BTM NOS
• Key growth Contributor
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4.9% of GDP - ICT Sector jobs
9.5% contribution from 2002 to 2010
Employs 563000 Canadians
34.1% Private Sector R&D funds in 2011
• LMI’s are murky
– Occupational definitions too broad. Non-Granular
– Multi-sectoral ICTs skills less obvious
• Aim: To increase Canada’s competitiveness in the
Global Economy
Process
Process
• Industry research – Capture existing practices
• Multi-sectoral stakeholder consultation
• Identify and Select a priority List of
Occupations
• Develop, Test, and Refine Occupations
• Publish
• Develop Accreditation and Recognition Tools
Prioritized NOS
• 27 New Job Profiles
• In 5 BTM Specializations
• Focused on Entry-level BTM graduate positions
Job Profiles
• Good mix of knowledge and experiential
competencies and skills
– Prior knowledge, experience and qualification
– Task (tools and technology)
– Required Competencies (Knowledge, skills)
– Personal Attributes (Abilities, work values/styles)
– Essential Skills (Reading, numeracy, oral
communication)
– Thinking Skills (problem solving, decision making)
Strategy
• Mapping the BTM NOS to the NOC/Exploring
Gaps
• Exploring Connections to Jobbank.gc.ca
• Developing Career Counseling opportunities
with Career Handbook
BTM NOS vs. NOC Gaps
• Two level of gaps:
– New Occupations in BTM NOS
• Eg. Agile Transformation Coach, IT Governance and
Compliance Manager (Finance)
– Existing/similar occupations with enhanced
annotations
• Eg. Health Project Managers, Finance Security Analyst
Career Handbook
• Acts as a Counselling Component of the NOC
(2011 Revision)
• Provides global ratings assigned to
occupations to define skills, characteristics
and indicators related to occupation
• Important for career exploration and
informed career decision making
• Contains 923 occupational profiles
What are the Opportunities for your
institutions?
1. Recognition
BTM Certification Progression
• Recognition among two constituencies
– Students (Competencies) -> Professionalization
– Institutions (Programs)
Certification/Recognition/Credentialing
Steps
Students
Institutions
Knowledge Area
Body of Knowledge
Demonstrate competencies Ensure programs produce
in the 70 Learning areas
70 learning outcomes
Competency Level
Exhibit knowledge and
competencies in the
respective level of
responsibility and Skill (7
Levels)
Ensure students meet the
requirements of the levels
through a balanced
combination of
“knowledge” and
“experience”
Certification Levels
Attain the requisite level of
certification:
- Associate
- Professional
- Advanced Professional
Deliver Programs
corresponding to the
appropriate levels of
certification:
- Baccalaureate
- Continuing Education
- Masters
2. Program Design
3. Branding and Promotion
Branding and Brand Awareness
• “There’s a brand for
that BTM”
• Awareness through:
– Webinars
– Promotion on ITAC
Website
– Promotion on your
school site (with
requisite
accreditation/recog
nition)
– Conferences
4. Ready to use BTM sample job profiles
5. Commit to the BTM Brand
Ben Akoh, Standards Development Director, [email protected]
Gina Van Dalen, Senior Project Manager, [email protected]
http://itactalent.ca/BTM-Learning-Outcomes