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title: "Skill assignment types"
slug: "skill-assignment-types"
tags: ["Totara Perform", "Explainer", "Skills"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:31Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:31Z
canonical: "totara.help/skill-assignment-types"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Skill assignment types

Depending on how a [skill](/totara-20/docs/what-are-competencies) is assigned it will have a different assignment type. The three assignment types are:

- **Individual (Admin):** The skill is assigned to individual users via the admin interface.
- **Individual (System):** If an assignment has been archived there is an option to **Enable continuous achievement tracking** for all users involved. This allows continuous tracking even though the original assignment does not exist any more. All the users previously assigned will get a system assignment in this case. You can also enable the **Continuous achievement tracking** setting (*Quick-access menu > Skills > Skill settings*) for all users who fall out of an assignment (e.g. due to a changing position).

If you **disable** **continuous achievement tracking** this will ONLY affect skill assignments which are created after continuous achievement tracking has been disabled.

- **Directly assigned:** The skill was assigned by a user to themselves via the skill profile, or assigned by a manager to one of their staff members for example.

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