Database Skills Inventory Form
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Candidate Name *
Date *

Completion of this form will enhance you career opportunities with NIC and help us gain a better understanding of your skills and abilities. Please list your skills and experience in the table below. Rate your skills using the Skill Level Rating Scale. Circle the appropriate skill level.

  1. LIGHT: Self trained or formally trained on product; uses product only at home, school, or laboratory, or has less than 6 months of use with product on the job.
  2. LIGHT/MEDIUM: Recognize terminology and understand concepts, but need assistance with uncommon/difficult assignments; may have outdated experience with product; typically 6 months – 1 year of experience.
  3. MEDIUM: Understand the subject matter and concepts; recent work experience; able to use on a daily basis with little or no assistance; can be “up to speed” rapidly and can consistently work with product on an independent basis.
  4. MEDIUM/HEAVY: Understand the subject matter, concepts, advanced features, and intricacies of skill that can only be gained through experience and problem-solving; recent work experience; able to lead and mentor others.
  5. HEAVY: knowledge of all advance features; recent work experience; considered an “expert”; typically 3 or more years experience, may have published articles or taught about the product.
Applications Proficiency # Years of Experience Year Last Used

 Cognos *

 1 2 3 4 5

 MS Excel *

 1 2 3 4 5

 MS PowerPoint *

 1 2 3 4 5

 MS Word *

 1 2 3 4 5

 MS Visio *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Power Builder *

1 2 3 4 5

 SQL Basics *

1 2 3 4 5

 SyncSort *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Power Designer *

 1 2 3 4 5

 SAS *

 1 2 3 4 5

 T-SQL *

 1 2 3 4 5

 PL/SQL *

 1 2 3 4 5

 PERL *

 1 2 3 4 5

 UML *

1 2 3 4 5

 Unix Shell Scripting *

 1 2 3 4 5

 XML *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Other *

 1 2 3 4 5
Databases Proficiency # Years of Experience Year Last Used

 Crystal Reports *

 1 2 3 4 5

 DataStage  *

 1 2 3 4 5

 DB/2  *

 1 2 3 4 5

 DB/2  * (UDB)

 1 2 3 4 5

 ERWIN *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Informatica *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Informix *

 1 2 3 4 5

 MS Access *

 1 2 3 4 5

 MS SQL Server *

 1 2 3 4 5

 SQL Backtrack *

 1 2 3 4 5

 MySQL *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Oracle *

1 2 3 4 5

 Oracle Designer/Developer *

1 2 3 4 5

 Oracle Reports/Forms *

 1 2 3 4 5

 RAC *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Sybase *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Teradata *

 1 2 3 4 5

 ETL *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Data Ware House *

 1 2 3 4 5

 JAD *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Data Quality Metrics *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Dimensional Data Modeling/Design *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Logical Data Modeling/Design *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Physical Data Modeling/Design *

 1 2 3 4 5

 DBA *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Backup/Recovery *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Clustering *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Stats Pack *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Writing Modules *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Database Object Creation *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Database Object Migration *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Software/Serve Install/Instance Creation *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Performance Monitoring & Tuning *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Replication *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Dataguard *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Capacity Planning *

 1 2 3 4 5
Operating Systems Proficiency # Years of Experience Year Last Used

 AIX *

 1 2 3 4 5

 HP-UX *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Linux *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Microsoft  Windows (NT/2000/XP) *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Microsoft Windows Server *

 1 2 3 4 5

 MVS- IBM *

 1 2 3 4 5

 OS/400 *

 1 2 3 4 5

 Solaris (Sun OS) *

 1 2 3 4 5