0Hi all,
Our technicans cover a diverse range of skills - Digital media, photogrpahy, games design, traditional arts (ceramics, clothes design, metalwork, woodwork), theatre, reprographics, IT etc...
In a recent internal disussion we tried to explore the question of how we effectively benchmark across such a diverse skillset, given the breadth of subjects supported. We then began to think if it would be possible to try to compare against technicans across the sector.
There is of course professional registration for science, engineering and IT which could provide a framework but our technicians support such a diverse range of disciplines many don't really come into any of the three categories. At the last HEaTEd NW event Arts did have a presence which could well help. The issue to us is how to do a fair skills comparison across all displines. I do sort ofl recall discussions in HEaTED events some time ago along these lines but with little progress. So a few questions come to mind:
Has anyone else tried to do a benchmark exercise across a diverse group in their institution? How did they approach it? How did they map results against job gades?
How could we attempt to set a framework up, facilitated by HEaTED perhaps, to enable cross institution benchmarking as a way of gaining recognition for the significant skills of technicans across the sector?
Any discussions, insights and pointers most welcome!