SKATE Framework: Template for Skills, Knowledge, Attitude, Training, and Experience

Introduction

The SKATE Template is a structured tool designed to help professionals and organisations comprehensively evaluate and record key competencies across five crucial dimensions: Skills, Knowledge, Attitude, Training, and Experience. This ensures a clear and holistic understanding of individual or team capabilities, aiding in development, performance improvement, and career progression.

Skills

Relates to the ability to perform an activity or task. It includes physical movement, coordination, dexterity and the application of knowledge.   Skills are measured in terms of speed, precision, and/or technique through observation or monitoring.

Knowledge

Being aware of something. Cognitive processing of information. Including recall, recognition, application and evaluation of facts, patterns and concepts. Knowledge of the facts and concepts form the foundation of the ability to apply the skills to perform a task or to modify an attitude.