UCAS Employability profiles: Computing

Operate computing equipment effectively, taking into account its logical & physical properties

Cognitive skills	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities	Technical ability Technical ability, technical knowledge
Business awareness	Practical elements Professional expertise, process operation

Effective information-retrieval skills (including the use of browsers, search engines and catalogues).

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities	Technical ability Technical ability, technical knowledge
Business awareness	Practical elements Process operation, professional expertise

Numeracy and literacy in both understanding and presenting cases involving a quantitative and qualitative dimension.

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities	Technical ability Technical ability, technical knowledge
Business awareness	Practical elements

Effective use of general information technology (IT) facilities

Cognitive skills	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities	Technical ability Technical ability, technical knowledge
Business awareness	Practical elements

Work as a member of a development team, recognising the different roles within a team and different ways of organising teams

Cognitive skills	Generic competencies Teamwork/working with others, listening, questioning, interpersonal sensitivity
Personal capabilities	Technical ability
Business awareness Organisational sensitivity	Practical elements

Manage own learning and development including time management and organisational skills.

Cognitive skills	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Lifelong learning and development	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements Image