ICF CORE COMPETENCIES RATING LEVELS

ICF CORE COMPETENCIES RATING LEVELS
Adapted from the Minimum Skills Requirements documents for each credential level
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COMPETENCY
1. Ethics and Standards
Applicant will NOT pass this
competency if applicant:
how to do it (consulting
mode).
past (therapeutic mode).
a credential
at any level would be
denied.
Includes will-not-receive-passing-score criteria.
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
2. Establishing
the Coaching
Agreement
Applicant will NOT
the client has chosen.
Applicant will NOT
topic(s) the client has chosen.
client.
Applicant will NOT
What is it the client wants
topic(s) the client has chosen.
session.
session.
session.
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
3. Establishing Trust and
Intimacy with
the Client
PCC Level
MCC Level
client.
Applicant will NOT
in.
Applicant will NOT
coach.
Applicant will NOT
coach.
topic.
the client.
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
4. Coaching Presence
has to teach the coach.
the time.
Applicant will NOT
client.
Applicant will NOT
Applicant will NOT
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
5. Active Listening
Applicant will NOT
what the client says.
of self.
Applicant will NOT
Applicant will NOT
what the client says.
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
6. Powerful Questioning
the coach.
client.
Applicant will NOT
as well.
coach.
Applicant will NOT
coach.
coach.
Applicant will NOT
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
7. Direct Communication
impact on the client.
client.
Applicant will NOT
client.
Applicant will NOT
Applicant will NOT
the limitation.
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
8. Creating Awareness
self.
well as client.
Applicant will NOT
Applicant will NOT
said and what is done.
Applicant will NOT
the limitation.
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
9. Designing Actions
actions.
Applicant will NOT
action.
Applicant will NOT
shift to coach/client
Applicant will NOT
the client.
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
10. Planning and Goal
Setting
the client.
Applicant will NOT
Applicant will NOT
pace and commitment
Applicant will NOT
COMPETENCY
ACC Level
PCC Level
MCC Level
11. Managing Progress
and Accountability
dimensional.
Applicant will NOT
Applicant will NOT
Applicant will NOT