Skills

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The grid in this section contains an employee's skills data, making it convenient for you to track when the employee needs to renew a license or attend enroll in another course to update a skill set.

Each skill corresponds to a row in the grid. The rows are sorted alphabetically by Skill Type.

To add a skill to the grid, click the New button, located on the left side of the section header. The Skill Detail section opens below the grid, with fields enabled for entry.

To edit a skill, click the edit icon , located in the far-left cell of the appropriate row. The Skill Detail section opens below the grid, with fields enabled for entry.

To delete a row from the grid, click the delete icon , located immediately to the left of the Skill Type.

The following table contains descriptions of the fields in the Skill Detail section:

Field Description
Skill Type From Maintenance, identifies the type of skill the employee has. Click in the field to select from a drop-down list of available entries.
Measurement

Way in which the skill is measured—for example, in keyboarding, 50 words per minute. Click in the field to select from a drop-down list of valid entries.

To add a valid entry to the list, hold down the <Ctrl> key, and click in the field. The Validation Set Values List pop-up opens.

Note: If this field contains an entry, Skill Type is required.

Equipment/Application

Equipment or application associated with the skill—for example, the equipment for an employee with a chauffeur's license would be a Limousine. Click in the field to select from a list of valid entries.

To add a valid entry to the list, hold down the <Ctrl> key, and click in the field. The Validation Set Values List pop-up opens.

Note: If this field contains an entry, Skill Type is required.

Date Acquired

Date the skill was acquired. Click the field prompt to select the date from a pop-up calendar.

Note: If this field contains an entry, Skill Type is required.

If you do not want to save your entries, click Cancel. If you are satisfied with your entries, click Save. The data updates, as does the grid.

To save your entries, update the grid and clear the Skill Detail section for the entry of another record, click Save/New.