The phrase "a range of competences" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing various skills or abilities that someone possesses or that are required for a particular task or role.
Example: "The job requires a range of competences, including communication, problem-solving, and technical skills."
Alternatives: "a variety of skills" or "a spectrum of abilities".
Considering that some departments are very large with an enormous range of competences this is understandable.
The aim of this approach to teaching is safely to help students gain more confidence when confronted by technical instruments present in the hospital environment, and to encourage them to reflect on a range of skills and competences they need to acquire.
Student collaborators reported increased self-rated confidence in a range of key academic competences after participation in the STARSurgUK study (Table 4).
Simple innovations can be often done by employees involved, whereas attaining more complex innovations usually entails joint effort, i.e., teamwork based upon a range of precise knowledge, competence, and work roles (Janssen 2000).
When taken in concert, EIP (now a range of days), vector competence, and daily survival rate captures a more accurate picture of the natural transmission potential of a pathogen.
The British colonies, therefore, attracted many settlers from the British Isles (including the Irish) with a wide range of competence.
The Japanese company considered it a window on its partner's entire range of competences and interacted with a broad spectrum of its partner's marketing and product-development staff.
A recent study at the University of Colorado Boulder asked managers to mark their employees on a range of factors, including performance, competence and "diversity-valuing behaviour".
The great difficulty with bringing together short stories by a range of authors is that competence rubs up against genius, and does itself no favours.
One startling experiment — which asked participants to look at photographs of hypothetical political candidates and gauge them on a range of characteristics, including likability and competence — found that obese female candidates scored worse than ones who were not obese but that obese male candidates scored better.
