Career Development Professionals (CDPs) work with community partners to evaluate the implementation of the labour market action plan.
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:
The role of the CDPs will vary depending on the resources available for the community to participate in the community needs assessment.
Industry-specific terms contained in the standard defined here, where applicable.
Community labour market needs assessment: gathering of information to identify gaps between current and future workforce needs. The information is used to develop policies, systems and strategies to solve community employability issues.
Community labour market plans: document presenting detailed analysis of labour market statistics and strategies on how to grow the workforce to meet the local workforce needs.
Ottawa Community Labour Market Plan. 2018. Accessed January 23rd, 2020. https://ottawaemploymenthub.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Community-Labour-Market-Plan-2018-v31-resize.pdf
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 career development professional requires at least six months to establish a network of community and business stakeholders, as well as in-depth knowledge of best practices in community labour market needs assessment.
Practitioners typically perform this competency without supervision, and alone.
It is unlikely that this competency will automate.
