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Competency Validation: Credential Technologist

Proof that you run standard-conformant credential technology in live work.

  • Competency
  • L3 Enable
  • Validation
  • Standards and interoperability
  • ICB-V04
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Why this course

Technical staff make wallet and standards decisions that affect every earner. A competency credential for them supports the Technologist pathway and gives employers a reliable signal.

What you will be able to do

  1. Show that systems you run issue and verify standard-conformant credentials.
  2. Show how you handle status, revocation and incidents.
  3. Show integration and data portability decisions you made.

Modules

  1. Portfolio guidance
  2. Selecting evidence
  3. Preparing for the technical discussion

Assessment

Technical portfolio with conformance results and operations records; manager attestation; 45-minute technical discussion.

Badge evidence: Portfolio; attestation; discussion record. Valid for 3 years.

Prerequisites: ICB-P07 | ICB-P09 | ICB-P11

Who it is for

  • Companies and employers
  • Education and providers

Framework alignment

ICSFframeworkSTNDskillL3levelCstage

Standards and interoperability (STND, VRITE pillar Trustworthiness)

Related skills: Platforms and integration, Security, privacy and data protection. About the framework

Use in your organisation

In corporate training

Work-based validation module for HR and learning technology owners. Badge aligns to ICSF STND L3 (SFIA 4) and can be referenced in role profiles. Counts as role-readiness evidence for 3 years.

In education

Micro-credential of 15 h notional workload (about 0.6 ECTS), indicative EQF 5 to 6, assessed by work-based portfolio, attestation and professional discussion. Stacks into pathway PW04.

EU micro-credential elements

Awarding body ICoBC e.V. or licensed issuer. Learning outcomes: see column. Notional workload: 15 h (about 0.6 ECTS). Level: ICSF L3, EQF 5 to 6 (indicative). Type of assessment: work-based portfolio, attestation and professional discussion. Form of participation: Work-based; professional discussion in person or online. Type of quality assurance: ICoBC internal QA against VRITE. Prerequisites: ICB-P07; ICB-P09; ICB-P11.

Elements following the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials.

Part of these pathways

Quality and AI

Quality focus: VRITE Trustworthiness.

AI dimension: Disclosure of AI use in technical artefacts.

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