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

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# Create a competency framework

Competency frameworks are hierarchical structures that allow you to organise your [competencies](/19/docs/what-are-competencies). A competency framework will contain multiple competencies, which can be arranged into parent and child relationships as required, or kept at the same level.

As such, competency frameworks are used to break up competencies into multiple groups based on topic, department, or other logical groupings.

To set up a new competency framework:

<editor360-custom-block data-preprocessing="true" data-sanitizationtags="em"><ol><li>Go to <em>Quick-access menu &gt; Competencies</em><em>.</em></li><li>Click <strong>Add new competency framework</strong>.</li><li>Complete the <a href="/19/docs/competency-framework-settings" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">settings</a> as desired.</li><li>Click <strong>Save changes</strong>.</li></ol></editor360-custom-block><editor360-custom-block data-preprocessing="true" data-sanitizationtags="a"><p>Your competency framework is now set up and is ready for you to add your <a href="https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TH14/Competency+items" rel="noopener"></a><a href="/19/docs/add-a-competency" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">competencies</a>.</p></editor360-custom-block>

## Next steps

- [Create a competency scale](/19/docs/create-a-competency-scale)
- [Add competencies](/19/docs/add-a-competency)
- [Edit a competency framework](/19/docs/edit-a-competency-framework)

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