Sustainable Approach to Certification of Persons: Ensuring Reliability and Quality

Abstract

Nowadays, sustainability issues are gaining more and more topicality in the context of improving organizational processes, including in the field of conformity assessment. In the field of certification of persons, competence assessment institutions have also become interested in using new approaches as the quality of assessment execution does not fully meet the requirements of stakeholders regarding the ability of a person to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in situations related to the professional activity. The aim of the research is to analyze the aspects of professional competence assessment related to the certification of persons and its performance according to the stakeholder requirements in order to develop a new sustainable approach to the process of certification of persons that would ensure the quality and reliability of its execution. Qualitative and quantitative research methods have been used to analyze the elements of the concept of certification of persons and the main elements of the concept of professional competence. As a result of the research, a new sustainable approach to certification of persons is offered, where certification of persons transforms from a conformity assessment procedure into a professional competence assessment process and ensures that a person’s ability is assessed not only in accordance with the industry requirements, but also with the stakeholder needs.

The role of competency-based certification in ensuring sustainable project delivery

“…AXELOS, International Project Management Association [IPMA], Project Management Institute (PMI) and national certification and qualification bodies (e.g. Australian Institute of Project Management, Association for Project Management, Project Management Association of Japan) are available on the market, the certificates are mostly limited to an exam with inclusion of certain situational questions to assess the knowledge and professional experience of the person, but without proving their actual ability to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in real project situations (Powell 2014;Kavosa et al 2022;Capuz-Rizo 2023). The organisation that has come the farthest on a global level in its efforts to assess competencies of individuals in project management is the IPMA, with a certification process that includes the assessment of practical experience and competence demonstrated in the project environment.…”