Staff skill areas
To help determine which staff member is most qualified for a particular work item, DT Practice allows you to track the skill areas for each staff member and a skill rating for each skill. The collection of skill areas and skill ratings assigned to a staff member is called a skill set.
Use the
Staff Skill Areas
screen to enter the expertise areas you want to track for staff members.From the
Setup
menu, choose Staff Skill Areas
.note
- This screen is available only if you are licensed for the Staff Management module and have security privileges to access this screen.
- If your firm is also licensed for the Project Management module, you can use staff skill set filters to help select staff to work on firm projects.
Adding a staff skill area
- In theStaff Skill Areasscreen, select theAddbutton.
- Enter the skill area (for example, Audit, Payroll, or Pensions) in theDescriptionfield.noteTheDescriptionfield is limited to 30 characters and does not allow duplicate descriptions.
- Select theEnterbutton.
Modifying a staff skill area
- In the Staff Skill Areas selection list, select the skill area to modify.
- Select theEditbutton.
- Make the necessary changes to the description.
- Select theEnterbutton to save your changes.