GlossaryAbilities: Possession of the physical, psycho- motor, cognitive and sensory means to perform a job. Attitudes: Learned behaviours, emotional inte- lligence traits and beliefs that individuals exhibit that influence their approach to ideas, persons and situations. Categorizations: Process of organizing items, concepts or data into distinct groups or classes based on shared characteristics or criteria. In the context of skills taxonomies, categorizations help structure skills into broader categories, making it easier to identify, classify, and manage different skill sets. Competencies: Collection of skills, knowledge, attitudes and abilities that enable an individual to perform job roles. Enabler: Factor or condition that facilitates the successful implementation or achievement of a particular goal, strategy or process. Enablers help ensure that objectives can be met effective- ly and sustainably. Granularity: Level of detail or specific ity in data or information. In a skill s taxon omy, granularity indicates how finely or broad ly skills are classi- fied. A highly granular taxo nomy provides de- tailed breakdowns of indivi dual skills, while a less granular one uses broader categories to group skills. Preferred skills: Skills that can be learned du- ring onboarding and training or are used to per- form non-essential job duties. Proficiency : Level of expertise, competence or mastery an individual has in a particular skill or area of knowledge. Required skills : Skills that are necessary to pe r- form essential job duties. Rich Skills Descriptors (RSDs): Metadata package that provides a standardized definition of a skill, including the context in which the skill is applied. RSDs typically include elements such as a concise skill name, skill statements, skill categories and various metadata. This metadata often includes information linking the skill to rele- vant keywords, along with other factors that help contextualize and categorize the skill. Skills and knowledge: Skills are the capabili- ties needed to complete a task, and therefore a job. Knowledge is the body of facts, principles and theories that are related to a fi eld of work or study, and that can be further split into depend- ent knowledge (practical and procedural) and context-independent or theoretical knowledge. Skills taxonomy: A skills taxonomy organizes skills into categories or clusters based on their definitions. Both the structure and detail of a ta- xonomy vary depending on its intended use. Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit 5

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