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COMPETENCY [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
CONT

More critical is the question of certificates designed to assure a minimum level of competence in a profession or an activity like driving a car or a crane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho privado
DEF

[Nivel de] aptitud, idoneidad.

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Record 2 2017-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
  • Training of Personnel
DEF

In individual training and education, the knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviours that must be demonstrated when performing a specific function.

OBS

competency: designation and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
DEF

Dans le contexte de l'instruction individuelle et de l'éducation, connaissances, habiletés, capacités et comportements qui doivent être démontrés dans le cadre d’une fonction précise.

OBS

compétence : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Recruiting of Personnel
DEF

A skill, an ability, a behaviour or knowledge that an employee must demonstrate in performing his or her job.

PHR

Demonstrated competencies.

PHR

Competency model.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Recrutement du personnel
DEF

Habilité, capacité, connaissance ou comportement que doit avoir un employé pour accomplir son travail.

PHR

Modèle de compétences.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
OBS

Competency (of a witness) A witness is said to be competent to testify when the witness is allowed by law to give evidence in a judicial proceeding. (Canadian Law Dictionary, 1980, p. 82)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

habilité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

The competency of a testator to make a will is determined by an enquiry into his soundness of mind, memory and understanding. (The Canadian Law Dictionary, 1980, p. 82)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Ne pas confondre avec la notion de «competency of a witness» en droit de la preuve, qui se rend par «habileté».

OBS

capacité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

The rheological properties which allow a rock under specific conditions to be able to support a tectonic force.

OBS

Competency of rocks is a relative term, depending to some extent on the surrounding rocks, i.e. a rock in one situation may act as a competent horizon while in other circumstances an identical rock may act incompetently.

Key term(s)
  • rock competence
  • competence of rock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Caractère d'une roche compétente, [c'est-à-dire] ayant des qualités mécaniques satisfaisantes.

DEF

Degré de rigidité d'une couche géologique par rapport à ses voisines.

Key term(s)
  • compétence d'une roche

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The ability of a current of water or wind to transport detritus, emphasizing the particle size rather than the amount, measured as the diameter of the largest particle transported.

Key term(s)
  • competence of a stream
  • stream competence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

On nomme «compétence» d'un courant, la propriété qu'il a de transporter des particules d'une dimension déterminée. Elle dépend de la dimension des matériaux et de leur densité, de la fluidité de la masse d'eau en mouvements, du type d'écoulement et de la vitesse du courant.

Key term(s)
  • compétence fluviatile

Spanish

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