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MAIN About SFIA Access the Framework Benefits of SFIA Who can use SFIA How SFIA works Accredited Partners Accredited Consultants SFIA as the IT Skills Standard Skills Update - newsletters Case Studies SFIA Training The Foundation Conference |
About SFIAWhat is SFIA?The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) provides a common reference model for the identification of the skills needed to develop effective Information Systems (IS) making use of Information Communications Technologies (ICT). It is a simple and logical two-dimensional framework consisting of areas of work on one axis and levels of responsibility on the other. It uses a common language and a sensible, logical structure that can be adapted to the training and development needs of a very wide range of businesses – or simply used ‘off the shelf’. SFIA enables employers of IT professionals to carry out a range of HR activities against a common framework of reference - including skill audit, planning future skill requirements, development programmes, standardisation of job titles and functions, and resource allocation. It is easily accessible to:
The skills relate both to the e-skills UK National Occupational Standards and to the BCS’s SFIAplus which incorporates its Industry Structure Model.
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