Competencies permissions in Factorial control who can view and manage competencies across the organisation. By defining these permissions, you ensure that skills and competency frameworks are maintained consistently, supporting performance reviews, development plans, and talent growth while keeping data accurate and secure.

Employees must be assigned to the corresponding permissions group for contracts permissions to apply.
How to set up your Competencies permissions
- In your sidebar, go to Settings
- Click on Permissions
- Select the Competencies section
- Enable or diable permissions
- Click on Save changes

Some permissions let you choose the specific scope of a permission in Factorial: deciding who a user is allowed to perform a certain action on.
- For themselves: Only on their own profile/data.
- For direct and indirect reportees: On employees who report to them, directly or through a hierarchy.
- For people on teams they lead: Only on members of teams they manage.
- For people in their legal entity: Anyone in their department, branch, or company entity.
- For the whole company: Across all employees in the organisation.
Competencies permissions
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Manage competencies
This permission allows the employees inside the specific group of permissions to create, edit, and delete competencies. Users with this access can define competency frameworks, update competency details, and manage them across the organisation.
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See competency assessments
This permission allows the employees inside the specific group of permissions to view competency assessments and their results. Users with this access can review assessment outcomes and track competency evaluations, but cannot modify them unless additional permissions are granted.
Learn more here.