Career Development Professionals (CDPs) identify client learning needs and assist clients in the development of skills that will enable them to meet their learning needs.
Competent career development professionals must be able to:
Competent career development professionals must know and understand:
Competent career development professionals must be able to perform this competency in the following range of contexts:
Diverse client population will likely present with a varying complexity of learning readiness needs.
Individual clients’ preferred educational options may require additional support, e.g. online learning, studying abroad.
Industry-specific terms contained in the standard defined here, where applicable.
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Q: What is the consequence of a professional being unable to perform this skill according to the standard?
Q: How frequent and under what conditions is this skill performed?
Q: Under routine circumstances, how would you rate the level of difficulty in performing this skill?
Q: What is the average length of time or number of repeated events that are minimally necessary for an individual to become proficient in performing the skill to the standard?
A competent career development professional requires a minimum of one year of experience with at least 40 different clients, representing a broad range of individuals.
Practitioners typically perform this competency without supervision, and alone.
It is unlikely that this competency will automate.
