Reconhecimento, validação e certificação de competências: Complexidade e novas actividades profissionais

Abstract

This paper was written based on information collected in three Recognition, Validation and Certification of Competences Centres (RVCCC). The work carried out at the RVCCC involves the assessment of competences obtained through life experiences. The recogni‑ tion, validation and certification of competences (RVCC) is a complex and difficult task, both for the adults and the professionals involved, owing to a range of factors. In this text, the option was made to focus the problem on the complexity inherent to the aspects under‑ pinning the process — the competences, the life experience and the assessment. The fol‑ lowing questions provide the framework for the problems tackled and reflected on through‑ out the paper: What is the nature of the data associated with the recognition and valida‑ tion and which make this process complex? What professions arise out of the work car‑ ried out by the RVCC? The RVCC teams use a set of strategies (e.g. hybrid methodologi‑ cal model, monitoring of the adult, triangulation of the information) to get round the com‑ plexity, tensions and difficulties engendered by the RVCC process. The quality and fair‑ ness of the process depends largely on the supervision and professionalism of the teams that work in the Centres.