Skills & qualifications can be setup to ‘comprise of’ one or more other qualifications.
For instance, a ‘Supervisor’ skill might require numerous assessments & other skills to all be present and in-date.
If any of the dependent skills/qualifications are missing or expire, this will result in the related skill/qualifications to also become listed as ‘Competencies required’ rather than being ‘current’.
The above diagram shows the first-aid-certificate being required as part of the ‘Supervisor’ role. In this instance, the first-aid-certificate is either missing, or has expired, which means the corresponding ‘Supervisor’ skill/qualification is listed as ‘Competencies required’ and no longer current.
More complex scenarios
In some cases, a qualification might have a dependency whereby alternate requirements need to be factored in, for example;
For a person to work as a Paramedic, you might require them to have;
A working with children check
Drivers licence
And, any one of the following approved qualifications (taken from: https://www.paramedicineboard.gov.au/education/qualifications.aspx );
Diploma of Paramedical Science
Diploma of Paramedical Science (Ambulance)
Advanced Diploma of Paramedical Science (Ambulance)
etc
Equivalent qualifications
In some cases, there might be an equivalent qualification to one you have already setup in the system - for example;
Your organisation might require you to have the unit of competency “Apply first aid” (HLTFA0311A Apply first aid).
The following however, might also be recognised by your organisation as being equivalent;
A current HLTAID003 Provide first aid
A current certificate of registration under the Medical Board of Australia as a medical practitioner
A current APRHA certificate of registration as a nurse or midwife
etc
In order to setup this recognition, the following setups should be completed;
Setup each of the equivalent qualifications which your staff might have
Edit the “main” qualification which the others are equivalent to - eg. the “Apply first aid” certificate, and enter the other qualifications in the “Equivalent to” box;
Once setup, the requirement in “Additional skill/qualifications required” for an “Apply first aid” certificate (in this example) will be met if the person has either the “Provide First Aid” or “Registered Nurse” skills/qualifications.