Managing Skills for a Trainee

Damstra Learning lets you keep track of the skills a Trainee has learned outside of the program. Administrators and Supervisors can upload certificates or set competencies to help monitor the Trainee's skill development.

This article will show you how can Admins and Supervisors add, edit, delete, and reorder skills.

How to Add a Skill

1. Go to the User list in Manage menu.
2. Select a user's profile then go to the Skills tab.
   
3. Click the Add Skill button. Fill out the pop-up by selecting a skill, entering the achieved and expiry dates, and any supporting documents, which can be optional, required, or not allowed.
   Only skills available to the learner are on the Skill dropdown list.
   
4. Click Add to save the skill. Once you have added the skill, you will be taken back to the user skills list, which shows that the user has achieved this skill.

How to Edit or Delete a Skill

To update an existing Skill, select ‘Details’ from the drop-down menu to open the Details page. On this page, you can edit the name, description and the supporting evidence type for the selected Skill.

1. Go to the User list in Manage menu.
2. Select a user's profile then go to the Skills tab.
   
3. Bring up more actions by selecting the ellipsis across the skill.
   
4. If you choose to edit a skill, you can change the achieved & expiry dates, and reupload supporting evidence.
   
5. If you choose delete, confirm that you want to delete the skill. This action is non-reversible.
   

How to Reorder Skills

Administrators can change the order in which Skills are displayed in the Skills Matrix. There are two ways to Reorder a skill:

1. In the Skills list under Manage, select either ‘Move up’ or ‘Move down’ from the more options/ellipsis of the skill. 
   
2. Grab the move icon (≡) and drag the Skill to the desired position. 
   

This will automatically be reflected in the Skills Matrix and its exports.