Labour skills certification. INTECAP. Guatemala

Entidad: 
Technical Institute for Training and Productivity - INTECAP
País: 
Guatemala
GT
Alcance geográfico: 
Nacional
Fecha ejecución inicio: 
2004
Fecha ejecución fin: 
2013
Objetivos: 

To recognise labour skills of people, regardless of the ways in which they acquired such skills, whether by formal or non-formal education (experience).

Población objetivo: 

Workers from different economic sectors of the country, unemployed and people about to enter the labour market.

Descripción: 
  • Analysis of the labour market.
  • Setting up of certification schemes drafting committees (standardization committees).
  • Design and development of labour skills standards with evaluation tools (certification schemes).
  • Accreditation of evaluators and evaluation centres.
  • Labour skill evaluation.
  • Indicate if the worker is skilled.
  • Labour skill certification.
Factores clave: 
  • Application of a labor skills standards and evaluation methodology.
  • Application of requirements of an international ISO standard.
  • Efficient system which caters for requests from sectors by making use of technology and work methodologies.
Evaluación: 

Labour skills evaluation and certification has been replicated in Central America through the Network of Vocational Training Institutions. It has developed labour skills standards approved by Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic as well as methodologies to draft labour skills standards and evaluation.

The ISO-17024-based system is also replicable in other countries.

Resultados: 
  • Improvement of the design of certification schemes.
  • Broader offer of labour skills evaluation and certification.
  • Wider coverage of labour skills evaluation and certification.
  • Labour insertion or mobility of people.
  • Better quality of life.
  • Higher productivity of enterprises to be more competitive.
  • Higher productivity of the country so that it is more competitive.
Financiamiento: 
Funds from the institution.
Información de contacto: 
INTECAP Calle del Estadio Mateo Flores 7-51 zona 5, Guatemala Tel.: (502) 2410-5555 ext. 630, 631 y 633 E-mail: cumul@intecap.org.gt