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Level 6 – German Qualifications Framework

Level 6 describes competencies that are required for the planning, processing and evaluation of comprehensive technical tasks and problems as well as for the independent control of processes in sub-areas of a scientific subject or in a professional field of activity. The structure of requirements is characterized by complexity and frequent changes.

Professional competence

knowledge

Broad and integrated knowledge including the scientific basics, the practical application of a scientific subject and a critical understanding of the most important theories and methods (corresponding to level 1 [Bachelor-Ebene] of the qualifications framework for German university degrees) or have broad and integrated professional knowledge including current technical developments.
Knowledge of the further development of a scientific subject or own a professional field of activity.
Have relevant knowledge at interfaces to other areas.

Skills

Using a very wide range of methods for dealing with complex problems in a scientific subject (corresponding to level 1 [Bachelor-Ebene] of the qualifications framework for German university degrees), other learning areas or have a professional field of activity.
Develop new solutions and assess them taking into account different standards, even with frequently changing requirements.

Personal competence

Social skills

Working responsibly in teams of experts or Lead groups or organizations * responsibly.
Guide the professional development of others and deal with problems in the team with foresight.
Representing complex subject-related problems and solutions to experts with arguments and developing them further with them.

independence

Define, reflect on and evaluate goals for learning and work processes and design learning and work processes independently and sustainably.

* This includes companies, administrative units or non-profit organizations.

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