Additional permissions can be granted to people to view/manage information they would otherwise not have access to (eg. groups they're not a member of).
Currently additional permissions are limited to granting additional access to skills/qualifications, however this may expand as required.
Additional permissions can be granted in one (or more) of the following ways;
Be given to a specific person (ie. edit their permissions and grant them additional permissions)
Via a role they have been given
Additional permissions is an alternative way of allowing a person access to areas they wouldn’t otherwise be able to see/access - eg;
View qualifications for people in other areas of the organisation (ie. for members of a training department)