what is skill mapping ? how it is conducted ? TO which all level it is measure ?

Dear seniors, I'm a fresher in the Training and Development HR domain. I wanted to know how skill mapping is done and performed. Could you please suggest which key areas I need to work on?

Thank you for your guidance and support.

Dear Ranjitha,

You have not mentioned the industry that you work in or your designation. Skill mapping is a little old hat. The current trend is competency mapping. To learn this concept, first, you need to read books on this subject and later work in a company where competency mapping is done. Replying to a query can be broad, and you cannot gain in-depth knowledge on the subject in this forum.

Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar

Dear sir,

I am working as a T&D HR in a small to medium manufacturing enterprise. I wanted to know which things I need to focus on to tackle employees' skills.

Dear Ranjitha,

Earlier, I had provided an exhaustive reply on the subject of employee training. Please click the following link to refer to it: https://www.citehr.com/523786-traini...ml#post2222367

Instead of focusing on building skills or competencies, you may want to concentrate on the results. For further details on which results to refer to, please check the above link.

Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar

Instead of Skill Mapping you can go for competency Mapping. It is prepared for all the employees individually based on the JD. Identify all the possible skills based on the JD. For example, one of the JD for HR executive is develop and execute recruitment plan so skills identified will be knowledge of recruitment and selection, manpower planning, Interviewing skill, communication skill etc. Then prepare Skill frame and fit the identified skills into the prepared skill frame. Once it is done, give score to each skill frame (range of 5 to 1). As per the employee’s current performance or knowledge you can give the score. If the score is average or below average the gap between actual and desired calls for training need identification. Fix the gap with proper training.
I hope this will help you.