Jobs and Competency Requirements in Supply Chains

Activities in supply chains are becoming to be more complex, diversified. It results in managers’ and operatives’ work requiring more competencies than before. This paper focuses two issues in supply chains: (1) Redefinition of jobs in supply chains; and (2) competency requirements and training need analysis. There is a European project called CENTRAL, which deals with job classification and creating a common European training framework for selected jobs. They found that there are many differences in the existing qualification and exam requirements in European countries. Authors present the result of the international research consortium: titles and short definitions of jobs, competence requirement, framework of training modules. The framework is compatible with European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training system (ECVET).