The Common Reference Levels describes proficiency in terms of three broad levels of basic user (A1 = Breakthrough; A2 = Waystage), independent user (B1 = Threshold; B2 = Vantage), and proficient user (C1 = Effective Operational Proficiency; C2 = Mastery) and in scales of illustrative descriptors across five qualitative categories: Range, Accuracy, Fluency, Interaction and Coherence (North 2014).
Without a diverse counterterrorism workforce, the United States lacks the operational proficiency and the legitimacy to wage a successful war on terrorism.
The test, which was developed and administered by the Language Training and Testing Centre (LTTC) in Taiwan, targets English learners at the CEFR C1 level (effective operational proficiency).
The laboratory demonstrated its operational proficiency by conducting an investigation of a suspected avian influenza outbreak at a commercial poultry farm at Bo using broad range resequencing microarrays and real time RT-PCR.
It may also be the result of the lower education levels of employees in private enterprises and the higher turnover rate, which means that most employees were without orientation training, operational proficiency and awareness of safety issues, coupled with a lack of effective onsite first-aid.
"The Fund will make investments drawing upon [Softbank Group]'s investment proficiency, operational expertise and breadth of experience in the technology sector," it notes.
However, we anticipate that even greater impacts can be achieved as the proficiency of operational teams matures through direct experience and innovation in response to locally-specific operational challenges, as well as improved institutional and financing mechanisms [27].
In contrast to other microbiological methods, currently there are no regular proficiency testing programs operational for microbial residue screening methods, while these are considered highly necessary to reveal the inevitable shortcomings in this area.
Operational manager Royal College of Nursing.
Operational Experiences with High-Volume Network Intrusion Detection.
