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Career guidance competence is multifaceted and complex; hence a career guidance practitioner needs competence within a range of areas. The competence standards consist of seven areas of competence and provide an overview of what career guidance entails and what competence a professional career guidance practitioner should have.

About competence standards

The Competence standards consists of a description of seven competence areas for career guidance, with a specification of what career guidance practitioners across sectors must have by way of knowledge, skills and general competence within each area.

The career guidance field

Who offers and who works in career guidance? The career guidance field in Norway is diverse, with practitioners, managers and owners who work in various sectors.