ICS enhances technology to increase IT professionalism in Ireland

The Irish Computer Society (ICS), Irelandís national representative body for ICT, has upgraded its InfoBasis skills assessment technology in order to implement its IT accreditation programme, SKILLSCERT, in businesses throughout Ireland.

Using InfoBasisí Enterprise Skills Infrastructure platform (ESI), SKILLSCERT provides individuals and organisations with a standard, recognised way to evaluate and certify IT skills. The programme, based on Skills Frameworks for the Information Age (SFIA), visibly quantifies skills and should improve business levels in the IT industry. This will help IT professionals define job roles according to an industry standard, plan career paths more easily, and identify where training is required.

InfoBasis software has also helped revolutionise ICSís accreditation process, automating tasks such as online assessment and printing qualification certificates including a full, confirmed SFIA profile.

ìICS has reached an exciting stage with the expansion of SKILLSCERT,î said Mary Cleary, professional development manager at ICS. ìBy the end of the year, we hope to have around 300 IT workers coming through the programme annually. Without InfoBasis software, the process simply would not be possible.î

ìIT is more than a niche role. Itís evolving professionally within all businesses,î said Ashley Wheaton, CEO of InfoBasis. ìBeing able to visually measure skills is vital to SKILLSCERT, and InfoBasis technology will enable ICS to take Irelandís IT to the level of professionalism it deserves.î