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Skills Audits
Know exactly what skills you have — and what you need
A KDT skills audit replaces assumptions with evidence: who can do what today, what the organisation requires tomorrow, and the shortest defensible route between the two.
Overview
The evidence base for workforce decisions
Training budgets, WSP submissions, restructuring plans and succession strategies all depend on one question: what is the organisation’s actual skills position? A skills audit answers it systematically — occupation by occupation, competency by competency.
KDT delivers audits that stand up to scrutiny: transparent methodology, verifiable data collection and findings that translate directly into a workforce development plan.
Methodology
How we audit
Scope & frame
Agree the audit boundary, occupational framework and competency standards against which capability will be measured.
Map competencies
Define required competencies per role, drawing on organisational frameworks, occupational profiles and strategic plans.
Collect data
Structured instruments — self-assessments, manager verification, records review and, where appropriate, practical assessment.
Analyse gaps
Current capability measured against requirements; scarce and critical skills identified; priorities ranked by risk and impact.
Report & roadmap
Findings, evidence-based recommendations and a sequenced skills-development roadmap aligned to the Workplace Skills Plan.
Capabilities
What the audit covers
- Organisational skills profiling
- Competency mapping
- Skills-gap analysis
- Training Needs Analysis
- Scarce and critical skills identification
- Workforce development planning
- Skills development strategies
- Implementation roadmaps
- Workplace Skills Plan alignment
- Evidence-based recommendations
Output
What you receive
A complete audit report with skills profiles, gap analysis and prioritised findings; a costed, sequenced development roadmap; and WSP-ready data your Skills Development Facilitator can submit with confidence.
An audit is only useful if it changes what you do next. Ours is built to.
Related services
Often combined with
Skills Development Services
Project Management & Programme Implementation
Social Facilitation & Stakeholder Engagement
Need a defensible skills baseline?
Tell us the size and shape of your organisation — we will scope the audit and timeline.