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Creating a Ratings Scale for Competency Skills

As the administrator, you must create the rating scale that is assigned to each skill in a Skills Hierarchy. For Siebel Competency Management, a rating scale can be defined for a different skill or shared across numerous skills. Ratings are used to define employee skill levels and to determine skill gaps.

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up Competency Management.

To create a ratings scale and values for skills

1. Navigate to the > Administration - Performance Management screen > Review Configuration view.
2. From the visibility filters, choose Rating Scales.
3. In the Ratings Scales list, create a new ratings scale, and then provide a name, description, and type.

   For example, the name might be Competency Ratings Scale, and the type is Competency Management.

4. In the Ratings list, create the required records to define the scope of the competency.

   The following table provides an example of a competency ratings scale.

   Name	Description	Rating
   Low	Beginner	0
   Low-Medium	Close to Adequate	25
   Medium	Adequately Completed	50
   Medium High	Above Adequate Level	75
   High	Achieved Full Mastery	100