OPM has published an online competency assessment tool for HR — called FCAT-HR — designed to measure the skill levels of agency HR workforces as a June reporting deadline nears.
Agencies can use the tool to assess their HR workforces to see how improvement plans they submitted last June have fared.
Those improvement plans were based on an initial assessment using an HR management competency model developed by the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, outlining key competencies HRM specialists need to perform ongoing technical functions and to build a foundation for strategic human capital management.
Last year, some 10,000 HRM specialists were assessed against these competencies.
The FCAT-HR is a web-based assessment tool modeled on the recently released "federal competency assessment tool — management" and the "IT assessment tool." More on this at the CHCOC website, www.chcoc.gov.
