What Skills can I develop through using RAPID?

The RAPID Progress File has four distinct areas. These are:

• Key Skills.
• Personal and Professional Skills.
• Subject Specific Skills.
• Personal Attributes.

Key Skills

These are derived from current Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA) key skills specification. The advantages of using QCA specifications are that they are nationally recognised, that they offer you the opportunity to gain accreditation for key skill evidence, and that they complement industry based NVQ/SVQ standards and specifications.

Personal and Professional Skills

These refer to those skills (e.g. time management, problem solving, leadership skills etc.) that enhance your ability to meet the demands placed upon you in the workplace. They are relevant to the process of developing professional competence.

Subject Specific Skills

These offer you the opportunity to record and gain evidence for competencies that may be directly relevant in your future professional capacity.

You are encouraged to audit and develop these skills, and to generate sufficient evidence to support claims of competence. The opportunity to develop different kinds of skills will vary according to the nature of the activity you are engaged in e.g. academic, work-based, research-based etc.

Personal Attributes

As well as auditing and recording the development of your skills, RAPID offers you the opportunity to assess personal attributes that employers and others consider important. The personal attributes included within RAPID are: adaptability, assertiveness, creativity, initiative, motivation, and resilience.