EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Leonardo da Vinci RO/05/C/F/RF-84252
LEONARDO DA VINCI Project
Creating an Observatory on Europe-wide
TAQC (Transparency of Academic Qualifications and Competences)
for Catching the MOLE (Mobility of Labor in Europe)
and Filling the GAP (Generalized Academic Policy)
Agreement: RO/05/C/F/RF-84252
Modelling common EU patterns for ensuring TAQC and MOLE
Questionnaire
for graduated, employed persons
Number of questionnaire………..
Country code:………………………..
Introduction
Our university/institute ………… ……………………. conducts a research in the framework of a EU-funded
project “Creating an Observatory on Europe-wide TAQC (Transparency of Academic Qualifications and
Competences) for Catching the MOLE (Mobility of Labor in Europe) and Filling the GAP (Generalized
Academic Policy)” through a questionnaire design to establish the progress made in ensuring the
transparency of academic qualifications and competences and the mobility of labor in Europe.
The main objective of the questionnaire is to recognize the specific educational/training needs
demanded on the labor market and the gap level, if existing, between the academic qualifications and
the labor market demands.
Please answer to the questions according to your experience and knowledge. Yours views are very
valuable to ……………………………, and I assure your time will be well invested. All the information given
in this questionnaire will remain completely confidential.
A. Qualification and labor market needs
1. What type and level of academic qualification have you obtained and what is your specialization (the
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field)?
2. What is your current job title?
3. For your job position, the degree or the qualification that you obtained during your education is
mandatory?
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 No
4. Please, try to assess, using a 5 points scale, what level of needed qualification you acquired during
your education program?
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Very low level
Rather low level
Average level
Rather high level
Very high level
Qualification elements
1.Knowledge
2.General competences
3.Professional competences
4. Personal skills development
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A qualification is achieved when an individual’s learning has reached a specified standard of knowledge, skills and
wider competences. Competence includes:
i) cognitive competence involving the use of theory and concepts, as well as informal tacit knowledge gained
experientially – Knowledge;
ii) functional competence (skills or know-how), those things that a person should be able to do when they are
functioning in a given area of work, learning or social activity - skills;
iii) personal competence involving knowing how to conduct oneself in a specific situation – wider competences;
iv) ethical competence involving the possession of certain personal and professional values – wider competences.
Source: EQF - SEC(2005) 957/06.06.2005
5. How you will appreciate the relevance of your qualification for performing the actual job?
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6. Your evaluations of your level of qualification were based upon…. (please tick one or more boxes,
as appropriate)
 feedback from my current supervisor
 feedback from my previous supervisor
 level of comfort in performing specific job
activities
 performance achievements in this job
 performance achievements in previous jobs
 level of performance in specific courses
 Other: ______________________
 Don’t know
7. How big is the gap, in each of the following qualification elements, between what is required of you
to know in your current job and what you learned during your education period (use the 1-5 scale)?
Qualification elements
1.Knowledge
2.General competences
3.Professional competences
4. Personal skills development
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8. Do you have a Diploma Supplement delivered by the educational institution you graduated?
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 No
If yes,
your current job is in accordance with the occupations mentioned in this document?
 Yes
 No
Details:
9. Considering your professional experience, what are the most important/desirable personal and
professional competences for your job position?
personal skills (personal characteristics )
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professional skills (professional competences)
10. Please give a few examples of work activities that you perform in your actual job position
Regularly
Occasionally
11. Have you ever participated in a professional training?
 Yes
 No
If yes, please describe
If no, why
12. Have you acquired additional competences/knowledge important for the successful performance
of your job activities?
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 No
If yes, how?
 Informal on-the-job training (e.g., consultations with supervisor and/or work colleagues)
 Formal on-the-job training (e.g., attending specific courses provided by the company)
 Additional learning (e.g., outside courses, self-study)
 Other ______________________________
13. Do you consider that the education system prepared you well for the labor market?
 Yes
 No
14. What are the other fields of activities in which you think you can find an adequate job in
accordance to your qualification?
15. What key skills/competences do you feel educational institutions should be delivering to the
students?
16. What key changes do you believe could significantly improve the quality of the study program
undertaken by yourself?
17. Is there anything else that you would like to add?
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B. Personal profile
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B.1 Sex of respondent
1. Male
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2. Female
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B.2 Age …………
B.3 How long have you been employed in this company …………..
B.4 How many other jobs did you have?…………
B.5 The region of the country in which you live…………
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