Developing data science capability

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• show an awareness of various sources of training and self-directed learning for data science
• create a CPD (continuous professional development) plan with support from your manager
• demonstrate a basic understanding of key data science techniques, such as machine learning, and how they can be used

2. Working

You can:

• manage your CPD (continuous professional development) and can link your learning to objectives and organisational goals
• confidently talk about the benefits of data science approaches to existing and potential customers
• demonstrate a good understanding of key data science techniques, such as machine learning, and you can use them to build data science solutions, including reports, models and dashboards

3. Practitioner

You can:

• manage your CPD (continuous professional development) and can link your learning to objectives and organisational goals
• support data science capability building across the team and wider organisation
• confidently talk about the benefits of data science approaches to existing and potential customers
• demonstrate a good understanding of a range of data science techniques, such as machine learning and natural language processing, and you can use them to build data science solutions, including reports, models and dashboards

4. Expert

You can:

• act as a leader or technical specialist, providing detailed support and guidance within the organisation and helping colleagues to develop skills
• set the direction of CPD (continuous professional development) within your team
• keep up to date with new developments in data science and can match those to opportunities in your organisation
• talk confidently about the benefits of data science approaches to existing and potential customers
• demonstrate an in-depth understanding of a wide range of data science techniques, such as machine learning and natural language processing, and detailed knowledge of at least one specialism
• use these techniques to build data science solutions, including reports, models and dashboards

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

Closest ESCO skills

• develop training programmes (narrow match)
• mentor individuals (narrow match)
• promote the transfer of knowledge (narrow match)

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