MELBA (skill profile)
MELBA (abbreviation for M erkmalprofile to E ingliederung L eistungsgewandelter and B ehinderter in A ork) is a method for the determination and display of skill profiles and the requirement profiles, which in the working field of vocational rehabilitation spread is used.
The system was developed in the late 1980s at the University of Siegen as part of a research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to integrate people with disabilities into work.
It is based on a catalog of characteristics comprising 29 sections, which covers the areas of cognitive , social and psychomotor skills as well as various qualities of work execution and the mastery of cultural techniques and communication. Each of the 29 characteristics is assigned a precise definition and a scale of five point values with a precise description of this classification scale. A skill profile is to be created from this through task processing, behavioral observation, discussions or the evaluation of external statements about a test person. This allows comparisons, for example in the context of a targeted training of the relevant characteristics, or a comparison with a requirement profile for a specific activity.
The system was further differentiated as part of an expansion to "Melba SL" in the area of the lower point scale, so that eight profile values are now available instead of five for a group of people with poor performance, for example in a workshop for disabled people . In addition, the Work Skills Diagnostic Toolbox (IDA), a set of 14 work samples, was developed. Using IDA, information on classification according to MELBA can be obtained through standardized task processing.
MELBA is optional with the module in May (for: M eatures a us I MBA) sold, which will enable detection of physical ability of a person or requirements of a job. It is compatible with the IMBA system (integration of people with disabilities in the world of work).
After completing the research project, the MELBA developers founded a company that develops and markets the system. In addition to people with disabilities, it is also used for other groups of people, for example in training the unemployed.
Web links
- Research report of the University of Siegen (PDF; 688 kB)
- Homepage of the provider
- MELBA in the process database at iqpr - Institute for Quality Assurance in Prevention and Rehabilitation GmbH
Individual evidence
- ↑ IDA in the process database at iqpr - Institute for Quality Assurance in Prevention and Rehabilitation GmbH
- ↑ Melba + Mai - Miro GmbH | . In: Miro GmbH | . ( miro-gmbh.de [accessed on August 1, 2017]).