Get a free sample of the skills matrix template that you can use to assess your employees' skills.
At various companies, employees have different skills and abilities. Some are good at other things while others are not, but all their efforts contribute to the organization achieving its goals and objective. As a project manager or a boss of your company you need to know your employees well and their capabilities so as to be able to assign tasks accordingly. To be able to do this you will have to come up with what is called a skills matrix. It is a table that indicates the employee’s proficiency in skills and abilities and whether they are interested in applying these skills in performing duties. The template should have these main areas, skills section, employees’ name, proficiency level, employees’ interest and templates’ key.
Skills matrix template
Skill | Mark | Geoffrey | Susan | |||
Proficiency | Interest | Proficiency | Interest | Proficiency | Interest | |
Report Writing | (0,1) | 0 | (0,1) | 0 | (3,3) | 1 |
QuickBooks | (3,3) | 1 | (2,1) | 1 | (0,1) | 0 |
Programming | (2,2) | 1 | (0,1) | 1 | (3,3) | 1 |
Key
Proficiency is indicated as (x, y)
X – The employee’s skill and knowledge level.
Y –How the employee applies the skill or knowledge
Proficiency (X)
0-No skill
1=Basic skills and knowledge
2= Intermediate skills and Knowledge.
3=High level skills and knowledge.
Proficiency (Y)
1=Must work under supervision
2=Work with minimal or at times no supervision.
3=Need no supervision and can manage others.
Interest level
0=has no interest in applying the skills and knowledge.
1= has interest in applying skills and knowledge.
Items in the skills matrix template
Skills section
When creating a sample matrix template, you will first have to identify the skills you would like to assess. Clearly, state all the skills in order. The skills can be report writing, presentation skills, Computer programming, and QuickBooks. The list is endless. You will need to choose the various skills depending on the nature of the project or job ahead.
Employees’ names
Also contained in the template matrix are the names of each employee you would like to assess. State the names correctly and in alphabetical order.
Employees’ proficiency level and interest
The data that will now be entered and assessed will be each employee’s proficiency level and the various skills, abilities and interest they might be having. The level of the employee’s skill is represented with (x) while (y) represents the capability of the employee to work with or without supervision. The employee may be or may not be interested in applying the skills.
Templates’ key
The key explains further the items in the skills matrix template.