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alias: user-guide-qualification-index
description: "This documentation outlines the creation and management of employee skill qualifications"
---

# Qualification

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## Overview

A **Qualification** represents a particular skill which may have been acquired by an **Employee** by training, formal education or other reason. It can be assigned to multiple **Employees** with different proficiency levels. Once an **Employee** meets all the **Qualifications** required by a particular **Certification**, he will be granted automatically that **Certification**.

!!! info
	An Employee may have the same Qualification assigned more than one time. The system considers the most recent one as the effective one.

The owner role of the **Qualification** can always assign **Employees** to it. In addition, it is possible to configure the **Qualification** so that:

* the **Qualification** can be assigned by the manager (supervisor) of the **Employee**
* the **Qualification** can be assigned by the **Employee** himself/herself

## Qualification Lifecycle

A **Qualification** maybe permanent or it can be set to expire after some time. It is also possible to define a grace period after expiration that will allow the **Employee** some time to re-acquire the **Qualification**. This life cycle is illustrated in the next picture.

```mermaid
graph LR
    Start -->|Assign| A1[Active]
    A1 --> A2[Grace Period]
    A2 --> A3[Expired]

classDef mermaid_title color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, font-weight:200;
classDef mermaid_start color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, color:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, visibility: hidden;
classDef mermaid_businessdata color:#000, fill:#65CDE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_nonbusinessdata color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#B7DEE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entity color:#000, fill:#FB9F53, stroke:#FB9F53, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entitylinked color:#000, fill:#FCD5B5, stroke:#FCD5B5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_context color:#000, fill:#B9CDE5, stroke:#B9CDE5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_optional color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
classDef mermaid_state color:#000, fill:#d7e4bd, stroke:#000, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, font-weight:300;
classDef mermaid_initial_state fill:#d7e4bd,stroke:#92d050,stroke-width:3px,color:#000;
classDef mermaid_final_state fill:#a7e2f2,stroke:#65CDE8,stroke-width:3px,color:#000;

class Start mermaid_start
class A1,A2 mermaid_initial_state
class A3 mermaid_final_state
```

!!! info
	Qualifications are part of Labor Management, which is a Critical Manufacturing optional module.

!!! note
	Depending on the recurrence defined in the `SynchronizeEmployeeQualificationsAndCertifications` timer, the system will validate the expiration date. For more information, see [Timers](../../administration/timers.md).

## Tying Everything Together

```mermaid
graph LR
    A1[Certification Required<br> Qualification] --- Main[Qualification]
    A2[Certification] --- A1
    Main === L1[Employee Qualification]
    L1 --- A3[Employee]

classDef mermaid_title color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, font-weight:200;
classDef mermaid_start color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, color:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, visibility: hidden;
classDef mermaid_businessdata color:#000, fill:#65CDE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_nonbusinessdata color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#B7DEE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entity color:#000, fill:#FB9F53, stroke:#FB9F53, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entitylinked color:#000, fill:#FCD5B5, stroke:#FCD5B5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_context color:#000, fill:#B9CDE5, stroke:#B9CDE5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_optional color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
class Main mermaid_entity
class A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,A10 mermaid_businessdata
class L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6 mermaid_entitylinked
class C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6 mermaid_context
class N1,N2,N3,N4,N5,N6 mermaid_nonbusinessdata

click Main "../../business-data/qualification"
click A2 "../../business-data/certification"
click A3 "../../business-data/employee"
```

## Sequence Of Steps

The necessary steps for correctly configuring and using a **Qualification** are the following:

1. Define the organization proficiency levels in the Generic Table *QualificationProficiency*.
2. Create the **Qualification**.

!!! info
	Will also be useful to see the [Trainee Scenario](../../../tutorials/modules/labor-management/traineescenario.md) tutorial.

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