Technical specialism: Level 7

Provides organisational leadership and guidelines to promote the development and exploitation of technical knowledge in the organisation.

Technical specialism: Level 6

Maintains an in-depth knowledge of specific technical specialisms, and provides expert advice regarding their application. Can supervise specialist technical consultancy. The specialism can be any aspect of information or communication technology, technique, method, product or application area.

Technical specialism: Level 5

Maintains knowledge of specific technical specialisms, provides detailed advice regarding their application and executes specialised tasks. The specialism can be any area of information or communication technology, technique, method, product or application area.