24 October 2007

Cogent commission MyKnowledgeMap to produce Passport and Upskilling Platform

Dave Waller

Cogent, the Sector Skills Council for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Petroleum and Polymers have commissioned MyKnowledgeMap to produce a Passport and Upskilling Platform that records personal learning and development.

Leading personal identity card supplier Payne Security will be partnering with MyKnowledgeMap to produce the cards for the system which will integrate the contactless smart card technology used by Transport for London's Oystercard with MKM's Multi-PortTM e-portfolio system to provide secure, web-based learning accounts.

Our varied experience of working with Sector Skills Councils (primarily as providers of "virtual Academy" platforms for managing skills and competencies across industry sectors) makes MyKnowledgeMap uniquely placed to offer Cogent expertise across the broad area of skills management-including training recording, competency mapping, qualification support, training-provider support, and skills diagnostics-which should contribute to the long-term success of the upskilling infrastructure implementation.