The Recommendations of the European Parliament and of
the Council on key competencies for lifelong learning from
10.11.2005, define the term “competence”, as a combination
of knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the
situation, especially in the labor market. The term: competences
refers to specific individuals and their behaviours in
the workplace i.e. desired behaviours, leading to competent
actions. (Delamare Le Deist and Winterton, 2005). In this
behavioural approach, specific behaviours within given
competence are being described. In a general sense, they are
defined as the ability of an employee to work for achieving
the intended purpose, but in more specific terms – they
mean whole knowledge, experience, attitudes and a willingness
of employee to act in given circumstances, and the
ability to adapt to changing conditions.