V Skill HF-D7.7-005 cross-sector 9 skills

Selecting and implementing AI applications

Selects AI applications based on work need, cost, risk and fit with existing systems and guides adoption through to actual use.

How hrmforce measures this

Behaviour-based interview with fixed questions and a rating scale per question.

Level	Behaviour at this level
N1 Guided	Tests a designated AI application in own work and reports what proved usable and what did not. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task
N3 Proficient	Compares applications on requirements, risk and cost, runs a pilot and guides colleagues through adoption. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process
N5 Leading	Determines which AI applications the organisation uses, decides on scaling up and accounts for the choices made. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession

N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.

These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.

T	Skill	Definition	Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
V	Setting up retrieval augmented generation RAG · Retrieval augmented generation	Connects a model to an own document collection so answers rest on retrievable sources.	rising
V	Using embeddings Embeddings · Semantic search	Converts text into numeric vectors and searches on meaning instead of exact words.	rising
T	Using a vector database Vector database	Stores vectors in a vector database and configures searches on similarity and filters.	rising
V	Fine tuning a model Fine tuning	Trains an existing model further on own examples and judges whether that works better than a good prompt.	rising
V	Setting up an AI agent AI agent	Sets up an agent that performs steps with defined tools and determines where a human must approve.	rising
V	Selecting an AI application on a business case AI business case	Weighs expected benefit, cost, risk and support effort of an AI application against alternatives without AI.	rising
V	Running an AI pilot AI pilot · Proof of concept	Sets up a bounded trial with success criteria, measures the outcome and decides on continuing or stopping.	rising
V	Connecting AI to source systems AI integration	Connects an AI application through interfaces to existing systems and arranges permissions, logging and data scope.	rising
G	Guiding AI adoption AI adoption	Guides employees in new AI use with explanation, practice, ground rules and attention to resistance.	rising