About Human Capabilities

VeriSkills is using the 14 core capabilities identified in the joint Institute for Working Futures and QTAC research project as the most important ‘soft’ or non-technical skills and knowledge required in the future workforce.

These capabilities are essential requirements for future work and employability, irrespective of the profession or the individual’s job, work level, or occupation.

In contrast with technical skills, human capabilities are the underlying knowledge, skills, and personal attributes or experiences required to perform in a role today, and to confirm a person’s potential to rapidly assume emerging future roles.

They are broad, generic, and transferable, and this distinguishes them from technical and vocational competencies, which tend to be specific to units of knowledge and skill tied to demonstrated tasks.