Create or Edit a competency unit

Competency units have the ability to specify and track the overall competency of trainees. Trainers can assess staff’s competency in a particular area across four levels, which can be configured and applied to all competency units. A competency unit is similar to training units A user who investigates the incident background,records findings in Nintex Promapp, determines actions required, and assigns actions to Action Owners. but with the ability to specify and track the overall competency of the trainee with the following features:

  • Define four competency levels for assessment.
  • Use self assessment or supervisor assessment option.

Create a competency unit

Promasters A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site. or Training Administrators Configures and coordinates the use of the Training Add-on, selects who will be training or competency owners, provides support and guidance for other roles, and acts as the primary point-of-contact for technical questions. can create competency units.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Go to Training > New > Competency Unit.
    • Go to Training > Competencies > Create Training > Competency Unit.
  • Go to Training > New > Competency Unit.
  • Go to Training > Competencies > Create Training > Competency Unit.
  1. In the Create Competency Unit tab, complete the required fields as described in the table below:
  2. Click Save. The competency unit is created and displays the following tabs:

Import competency units

Competency units can be imported using a Comma Separated Version (CSV) file format. You can import all the details of a competency unit except for the resources associated with a competency unit.

Note:  The owner and tags you import must be already created in your Nintex Process Manager site. You can only import new competency records and cannot update existing competency records using the import file.

  1. Go to Training > settings > Import Training Units > Import Competency Units.
  2. In the Import Competency Units dialog box, click excel to download the template.
    Note: 
    • Required columns are prefixed with *.
    • The Owner field must be in the format "<First Name> <Last Name>" as displayed in the Admin > Users page.
    • Include a key/reference number in the first column to update the data for an existing competency.
    • Use ; (semi-colon) to separate multiple Tags or Required Roles.
    • You cannot import resources associated with a competency unit.

  3. Click Choose File and select the .csv file to import.
  4. Click Import.

Import competency history

You can import historical competency records into your Nintex Process Manager site using a simple Comma Separated Version (CSV) file format.

  1. Go to Training > settings > Import History > Import Competency History.
  2. In the Import Competency History dialog box, click excel to download the template.
    Note: 
    • Required columns are prefixed with a *.
    • The Trainee Name field must be in the format "<First Name> <Last Name>" as displayed in the Admin > Users page.
    • Include a key/reference number in the first column to update the data for an existing competency unit.
    • You cannot import resources associated with a competency unit.

  3. Click Choose File and select the .csv file to import.
  4. Click Import.

Edit a competency unit

  1. Go to Training > Competencies.
  2. Click on the competency title you want to edit.
  3. In the competency unit record, click the Edit tab.
  4. Make the required changes and click the Save.

Schedule a new competency

  1. Go to Training > Competencies.
  2. Click on the competency title you want to schedule.
  3. In the competency unit record, click Trainees.
  4. If you have added roles when you created the competency unit, the user details are displayed. You can filter using the following options:
    • Filter by Role
    • Filter by Status
    • Filter by Team & Location
    • Filter by Supervisor
  5. Do one of the following:
    • Select the check box for a specific user(s) and click Schedule New.
    • If you have not added roles - no user details are displayed, click Schedule New.
  6. In the Set Due Date dialog box:
    • Verify and update the required details.
    • Expand the Add Trainees section and add the required trainees by name or role/responsibility.
  7. Click Schedule.

Amend a competency unit

Promasters A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site., Training Administrators Configures and coordinates the use of the Training Add-on, selects who will be training or competency owners, provides support and guidance for other roles, and acts as the primary point-of-contact for technical questions., Training Owners Owns the training materials and content, sets requirements, schedules trainees, and assigns a training supervisor for each scheduled session., or Training Supervisors A user who determines that an incident has occurred, chooses the relevant portfolio in Nintex Promapp and completes the applicable incident form. can amend the due date, supervisor or cancel a scheduled competency.

Note: 
  • While you are able to select any trainee, you can only amend trainees with scheduled competency.

  • To know if a trainee has scheduled competency; check if there is a date in the Required By column. If no competency is scheduled then the Required By column displays “Not Scheduled”.

  • Events associated to an onboarding can be amended in the same way that regular training events can be amended:
    • Changing the due date of an event associated to an onboarding will not affect the period in the onboarding plan.
    • Cancelling a training event associated to an onboarding will retain the training unit as part of the onboarding plan, however, it will be set to Exclude. The onboarding progress will be updated accordingly and a Close Onboarding notification will be generated for a completed induction.
    • For more information, see onboarding.
  1. Go to Training > Competencies.
  2. Click on the competency title you want to schedule.
  3. In the competency unit record, click Trainees.
  4. The user details are displayed. You can filter using the following options:
    • Filter by Role
    • Filter by Status
    • Filter by Team & Location
    • Filter by Supervisor
  5. Select the check box for the user(s) and click Amend Existing. Select one of the following options:

    Option Description
    Reschedule Date
    1. In the Reschedule Due Date dialog box, select the new date.
    2. Click Save.

    The changes will be applied only to the selected trainees with a scheduled competency unit. Where applicable both trainee and supervisor notifications are regenerated with the new due date.

    Reassign Supervisor
    1. In the Reassign Supervisor dialog box, select the new supervisor.
    2. Click Save.

    Where applicable both trainee and supervisor notifications are regenerated. In the case of a Supervisor assessed competency unit:

    • The old supervisor will have Mark Attendance notifications removed for the affected trainees.
    • The new supervisor will have Mark Attendance notifications created for the trainees.
    • The trainee will receive a Seen It notification with the updated supervisor information. Any existing Seen It notifications for the previous supervisor will be removed.

    For more information, see training notifications.

    Cancel Training
    • In the Cancel Training dialog box, click Save.

    Only the scheduled competency for the selected trainees will be affected. Any previously completed competency will not be cancelled.

Delete a competency unit

Promasters A Nintex Promapp system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site., Training Administrators Configures and coordinates the use of the Training Add-on, selects who will be training or competency owners, provides support and guidance for other roles, and acts as the primary point-of-contact for technical questions., or Training Owners Owns the training materials and content, sets requirements, schedules trainees, and assigns a training supervisor for each scheduled session. can delete training units.

  1. Go to Training > Competencies.
  2. Click on the competency title you want to delete.
  3. In the competency unit record, click Delete Competency Unit on the top-right of the training unit section.
  4. Click Confirm.

All outstanding training sessions scheduled for the competency unit are deleted. However, records of completed training are retained for reporting.