Skills and Attributes

Overview

Skills and attributes are abilities or things that employees possess. Some examples include uniforms, certifications, or language abilities. You can add skills and attributes as requirements to work in any position. You can also track expiring skills and attributes in the system. Skills and attributes are helpful in the case of certifications and permits.

Create a skill or attribute

• Hover over the tile labeled Employees.
• Select Skills & Attributes.

• Click New Attribute / Skill

• Complete the form to create the skill or attribute:
  • Category: Choose a category from the drop-down:
    • Diplomas, Trainings & Special Skills,
    • Languages
    • Licenses & Permits
    • Memberships
    • Prior Career Skills 
    • Uniforms
  • Description: Enter the name/description of the skill (i.e., firearm permit, driver's license, English, Spanish)
  • Show Date Field: Enter an expiration date for the permit or certification
  • Show Text Field: Add an ID or request more information about the skill
  • Show Text Field (Other): Add more details about the skill
  • Show skill in client portal: Make the skill visible with the employee information in your clients' portals.
• Click Save 

Note: Any skills or attributes you assign to an employee will be visible in that employee's file. You can only modify skills and attributes on active employee profiles.

Set an expiring skill warning

You can set a warning range for expiring skills and attributes up to 180 days. 

1. Click on Settings.
2. Select General.
3. Set Expiring Skill Warning (in days) to a value up to 180.

By default, TrackTik will not block an employee with an expired skill from being scheduled for a shift where it's a hard requirement. TrackTik will warn you that the skill has expired, but you can still schedule your staff. This gives you the flexibility of scheduling employees if the information in TrackTik is not up-to-date. If you want to completely block employees with expired skills from being scheduled, please see Block the assignment of employees with expired Hard Skills and contact us.