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Skillset, The Sector Skills Council for Creative Media in the UK, are using the MITC process developed over the last two years as a reference for their new M.TEST (Media Technology and Engineering Skills Taskforce).

Specifically in their hunt  for consultancy support, they ask the consultant to “Examine the embryonic MITC1 scheme being rolled out in Australia”, to “create a detailed Project Plan to implement MITC”, and in fact, devote a whole section that ultimately “recommends that the UK industry join forces with their Australian counterparts in completing the framework for the MITC.”:

In order to understand, map and progress the skills of technologists in Australian media, the industry (alongside education, the equivalence of a Sector Skills Council, Awarding Bodies) has developed a Certification Scheme. Similar to our Occupational Profiles and Standards, this outlines what competencies individuals need to demonstrate that they are at a particular level within the industry. This is tested by a bank of multiple choice questions and by peer/management review. MITC is slowly creating these competencies and questions by focusing on key sub-sector roles.  
 
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