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title: "Assign competency types to a competency"
slug: "assign-competency-types-to-a-competency"
tags: ["Totara Perform", "Site Administrator", "How-to", "Skills", "Totara Learn"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:48Z
canonical: "totara.help/assign-competency-types-to-a-competency"
---

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# Assign competency types to a competency

Once you have set up your competency types, you can associate competency items with them.

1. Go to *Quick-access menu > Competencies.*
2. Click the name of the competency framework you want to work in.
3. In the **Actions** column for the competency click the cog icon (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/cog.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T18%3A12%3A09Z&se=2026-11-01T19%3A12%3A09Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=uA3Py2Nd9cN7OEKPlpmR8rpYjJ78OymaowPgjQdiL3o%3D)).
4. Alongside the **Type** setting click **Change type**.
5. Next to the type you wish to reclassify the item to click **Choose**.
6. Click **Re-classify items** to confirm your selection.
7. Click **Save changes** in the competency items settings.

![Assigning a type to a competency item.](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/assign-competency-types-to-a-competency-image-h4m41vv8.gif?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T18%3A12%3A09Z&se=2026-11-01T19%3A12%3A09Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=uA3Py2Nd9cN7OEKPlpmR8rpYjJ78OymaowPgjQdiL3o%3D)

You can also bulk reclassify items within a framework. You can read more about how to do this on the [Reclassify competencies](/19/docs/reclassify-competencies) page of this Help documentation.

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