Developing Model for Enhancing New Skill Competencies of Building Auditor and Energy Management Auditor

Abstract

This study aims to develop a model for enhancing new skill competencies building auditors' and new energy management auditors. The researcher reviewed current laws and regulations regarding acquiring professionals for building auditor competencies and new energy management auditors and also analyzed the T-Shape model. The study emphasized the importance of key professional skills indicators, identifying the top five most crucial components as follows: 1) Personality, 2) Adaptability to new environments, 3) Ethics, 4) Lifelong learning, and 5) Complex problem-solving skills, which represent the horizontal skills in the T-Shape model. The analysis revealed the current new skill competencies for building auditors and energy management auditors. The data from legally mandated training focused only on technical skills, represented as the vertical skills in the T-Shape model. However, synthesizing the professional soft skills competencies would produce a comprehensive T-Shape model for building auditors and energy management auditors. This includes both vertical and horizontal competencies. The horizontal or professional skills would comprise five main components and 35 sub-components. The suitable approach for developing professional new skill competencies for building auditors and new energy management auditors is through role-playing activities, starting with personality and adaptability to new environments. These role-playing activities should allow participants to engage in real-life scenarios, using tools for organizing activities, a curriculum plan, and assessments of professional skills development before and after participating in the activities, as well as evaluating learner satisfaction.