Joint ITU-IEICE-CTIF-GISFI Workshop on
Education about Standardization
Kyoto, Japan, 25 April 2013

Skill indicators for standardizationrelated human resources
Toshiaki Kurokawa
ICES Founder, Kanazawa Institute oftechnology (2012/10-2013/2),
toshiakikr@gmail.com

Kyoto, Japan, 25 April 2013

Skill standard － Evaluation for skills ofhuman resource required forstandardization
METI sponsorship (through MRI)
2012/6-2013/2
Mizue HAYASHI, Yukiko KAMIJO, Yushi
KOMACHI, Toshiaki KUROKAWA, Kazunari
SUGIMITSU

Contributing Members: Committee
14, WG member 28
www.y-adagio.com/public/ccommt/temp/skillstd-hrrs_eng_v0.98.pdf
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Tasks for Standardization
Standard TypeDe jure|Forum/Consortium|De
facto/Company-product|Houserules

Task Phase
Strategy|Development|Implementing|Promotion

Common to All Standard Types
Compliance|Human Resource
Development|Intellectual Properties

36 tasks identified
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Skill Card (Skill evaluation criteria andskill levels)

Skill levels
1 Low – trainee
2 Middle – autonomously
3 High – leading

Skill Evaluation Criteria
Criteria on Performance
Responsibility/Experience/Achievement/Contribution

Criteria on Capabilities
Business comprehension/Communication/…
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Skill Card TemplateCore common descriptions
Applicable to most Soft Skills:
Business comprehension | Communication | Negotiation |Planning | Leadership | Presentation | Operation

Each Skill Card Description
Added/Subtracted
Example) Negotiation
Satisfy two or more of the following;
1) Be able to make an appointment and set up a meeting for anegotiation.
2) Be able to present self-opinion, explain self-argument, andconvince.
3) Be able to draw other people’s opinions or arguments.
4) Be able to understand a point of an argument and move….
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(Skill Card Example) Informationcollecting/analyzing/evaluating and tactics
planning, Level 2

Evaluation criteria on performance
Responsibility
Operated as a representative

Evaluation criteria on capability
Negotiation
1) – 3) same with template4) Be able to understand a point of an argument and move anargument forward to agreement. Understand internal
corporate guideline, prioritize comprisable matters, andenable to judge situation for corporate merit and demeritperspective while understand and respect other people’s
opinion and/or position.
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6Target Audience and Background
Private Companies/
Standardization
Dept. and Experts
Promote to HigherSkilled Experts
Assessment(Corporate/Individual)
Education Planning

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ITSS (IT Skill
Standard, 2002)
ETSS (Embedded
Systems Tech.
2004)
IntellectualProperty
Professional Skill
Standard (2007)
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Major Issues
Standardization for Public NOT
addressed
New Approaches for Task
Classification NOT explored
Cf. Ken Krechmer – Evolutional Model

Career Development NOT addressed
No entry for standardization experts inISCO (International Standard
Classification of Occupations)
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8Minor Issues
More work needed
to enhance quality
Actual feedback
neededCoverage ofindustries limited
No linkage withcurriculum nor
Accreditation Board
for Engineering
Education
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Houserules need toget more study
Intellectual
Property,compliance, skill
transfer to beincluded in skill
template

9Conclusions and RecommendationsFirst Skill Standard
for Standardization
Experts made inless than 8 months
First trial to cover
all the skills withevaluation criteria
both onperformance andcapabilities

Kyoto, Japan, 25 April 2013Need majorrevision to resolve
known issues
International
cooperation needto establish
Standardization
Profession
This is a good start
to produce usefulskill standard
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