Skill Levels - Nomeclature [closed]
Solution 1:
You could use "Novice", "Apprentice", and "Journeyman" in your list. For example:
- Novice: Don't know anything about it nor have any skill on it.
- Amateur : Just know about it, but does not have any skill on it.
- Apprentice : Has some knowledge but no skill on it.
- Journeyman : Has some knowledge and have a basic skill on it.
- Practitioner: Has good knowledge and good skill, but haven't master any technique.
- Proficient : Has good knowledge and has skill enough to know one technique.
- Expert : Has a very good knowledge and knows about more than one technique.
- Master : Is a reference on the subject, very deep knowledge and dominates the subject.
Solution 2:
You might want to consider just using Level 0, Level 1, etc. as you have so many levels. The titles become fairly meaningless with this level of granularity.
Or use fewer levels. For example, one organisation I work for uses (something like) the following:
- None: no experience or real understanding of the technology
- Low: reasonable understanding of the technology, limited experience
- Medium: good level of technical knowledge and experience
- High: deep technical knowledge of the technology, applications and the market
Solution 3:
I suggest you label your various levels more uniformly, whether as nouns or adjectives, as you did with your three highest levels, all of which are adjectives:
- proficient worker
- expert worker
- master worker
As for some suggestions for your "missing" categories, here are some possibilities, all of which are nouns, except for those with modifying adjectives:
Level 1:
- novitiate
- apprentice
- newbie
- novice
- initiate
- trainee
- rookie
- neophyte
- probie, or probationer
Level 2:
- apprentice
- learner
- advanced beginner
- semiskilled worker
- amateur
- competent worker
Level 3:
- very competent worker
- intermediate-ability worker
- seasoned worker
- accomplished worker
- journeyman
- tradesman
- craftsman