Introduction

It helps engineering managers to recognize multiple levels of competency.

Competence Levels

0. Unaware.

1. Functional comprehension.

2. Technical comprehension.

3. Ability to modify.

4. Ability to recreate.

5. Ability to create.

6. Ability to create a product.

Description of Levels

0. Unaware.

Unaware of the technology's fundamentals.

1. Functional comprehension.

Able to identify, and describe the functionality, of major components of a technical system.

2. Technical comprehension.

Able to describe, and teach the theory, relevant to a technical system.

3. Ability to modify.

Able to access, and intelligently modify, a technical system.

4. Ability to recreate.

Able to create a duplicate of a technical system.

5. Ability to create.

Able to create an original technical system.

6. Ability to create a product.

Able to create a technical system that can be produced and sold profitably.