Skills in the use of communication and information technology in acquiring, analysing and communicating information (these skills include the use of spreadsheets, word processing software, standard statistical packages; electronic financial databases; the internet and email)
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail, planning and organising |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities Decisiveness |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness Financial awareness, commercial awareness |
Practical elements Professional expertise |
Communication skills including the ability to present quantitative and qualitative information together with analysis, argument and commentary in a form appropriate to different intended audiences
| Cognitive skills | Generic competencies Written communication, listening, questioning, interpersonal sensitivity |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability Technical ability, technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Capacities for independent and self-managed learning
| Cognitive skills | Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities Life long learning and development |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Normally, experience of working in groups, and other interpersonal skills, and in presenting the results of their work orally as well as in written form.
| Cognitive skills | Generic competencies Teamwork/working with others, written communication, listening, questioning |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
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