Creating, Viewing, or Editing a Skill

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Creating, Viewing, or Editing a Skill

After selecting NewIcon, or View Table-View or Edit Table-Edit in the Actions column for a selected skill, you will see the fields below.

Skill Detail Screen

Figure 325: Skill Detail Screen

To create a new skill, select Save once you've entered all the information. Likewise, to keep the edits you've made to an existing skill, select Save. This will return you to the list of skills.

If you do not want to keep the edits or create a new skill, just select Cancel to close the pop-up.

If you're reviewing a skill, you can select Edit to make changes, select Approve to approve the skill, or you can close the pop-up window by selecting the X in the top right of the pop-up.

Skill Fields

Title

The Title or text of the skill entry. Skill entries are used in the task analysis for tasks, subtasks, and steps (aka skills) to state the developed capabilities that help with the acquisition of new knowledge or skills, in other words, skill entries state the skills that will make it easier to learn the task, subtask, or step. Skill entries can also state the prerequisite skill needed for the task, subtask, or step.

LEAD already contains the skill entries from the Department of Labor O*Net OnLine database, which are used on the Competencies tab. Feel free to add more specific skill entries, as needed, or even to expand on the existing ones.

When adding skill entries, concentrate on those that are needed for the successful completion of the task, subtask, or step, and not all possible skill requirements.

Status

The current Status of the library item. Once the initiative that uses the library item is approved, then the library item is also approved. You can also approve a library item manually by viewing the item and then selecting Approve on the screen. You cannot approve a library item from the Edit screen.