What is a competency assessment?
A recognition of prior learning means having the skills you have already acquired recognised as study or work experience. A recognition of prior learning is also a way to support you in progressing in your studies or career.
You assess your experience in collaboration with an adviser and a professional. The results of the assessment can shorten a course of study or help you gain recognition for knowledge you have acquired through life and work. In this way, a competency assessment can serve as a springboard for further study or open up new career opportunities.
Who is the competence assessment for?
Competency-based assessment is particularly suitable for adults who have not completed secondary education but nevertheless have valuable experience.
Mímir's competency assessment is for individuals aged 23 and over who have at least three years' work experience in the role to be assessed.
We offer a skills assessment for:
An assessment of competence for nursery nurses evaluates experience, knowledge and skills in the relevant field. The role of a nursery nurse involves the care, upbringing and education of nursery children, in accordance with the aims of the National Curriculum for Early Years and individual school programmes.
Nursery assistants take part in the daily work of the nursery and carry out a variety of tasks, guiding children in play and activities.
Here is Screening list for nursery assistants to see if an assessment of your practical skills is for you
The next step is to book an appointment with a careers adviser who can guide you on the way forward.
A competency assessment for support officers evaluates experience, knowledge and skills in the relevant field.
Support workers work alongside professionals in the care, upbringing and education of children and young people with special needs.
The next step is to book an appointment with a careers adviser who can guide you on the way forward.
A competency assessment for social workers evaluates experience, skills and knowledge of working in the relevant field.
The scope of work for social workers spans a wide field of social rehabilitation and activities for those who, due to social circumstances, illness, old age, or any kind of trauma, require special support.
Here is Screening list for community teams to see if an assessment of your practical skills is for you
The next step is to book an appointment with a careers adviser who can guide you on the way forward.
The competence-based assessment in the Retail and Service vocational subject is for retail staff, where an individual's skills and abilities are assessed for credits in lieu of taught courses at the Iceland School of Commerce.
The vocational programme in Retail and Service is a 90-credit programme, combining distance learning with work-based learning in companies. Further information about the programme's structure can be found here:
We offer a skills assessment for:
An assessment of competence for nursery nurses evaluates experience, knowledge and skills in the relevant field. The role of a nursery nurse involves the care, upbringing and education of nursery children, in accordance with the aims of the National Curriculum for Early Years and individual school programmes.
Nursery assistants take part in the daily work of the nursery and carry out a variety of tasks, guiding children in play and activities.
Here is Screening list for nursery assistants to see if an assessment of your practical skills is for you
The next step is to book an appointment with a careers adviser who can guide you on the way forward.
A competency assessment for support officers evaluates experience, knowledge and skills in the relevant field.
Support workers work alongside professionals in the care, upbringing and education of children and young people with special needs.
The next step is to book an appointment with a careers adviser who can guide you on the way forward.
A competency assessment for social workers evaluates experience, skills and knowledge of working in the relevant field.
The scope of work for social workers spans a wide field of social rehabilitation and activities for those who, due to social circumstances, illness, old age, or any kind of trauma, require special support.
Here is Screening list for community teams to see if an assessment of your practical skills is for you
The next step is to book an appointment with a careers adviser who can guide you on the way forward.
The competence-based assessment in the Retail and Service vocational subject is for retail staff, where an individual's skills and abilities are assessed for credits in lieu of taught courses at the Iceland School of Commerce.
The vocational programme in Retail and Service is a 90-credit programme, combining distance learning with work-based learning in companies. Further information about the programme's structure can be found here:
How much does the skills assessment cost?
The assessment of competence is for participants to free of charge if they have not completed their secondary school education.
The educational fund covers the costs for those who fall within the target group. Continuing education act. The fund receives government funding, thus ensuring that the service is accessible to those who need it most.
Those who have completed, for example, a school-leaving examination, a craft examination or comparable education pay according to the following price list:
- Basic fee: 198,000 kr.
- Add-on: 2,440 kr. per static unit*
*According to the price list Education Fund
If you are a member of a trade union, you can apply for a subsidy from the relevant union's training fund.
