SFIA7 Levels of Responsibility

The SFIA Framework consists of seven levels of responsibility from Level 1, the lowest, to Level 7, the highest. The levels describe the behaviours, values, knowledge and characteristics that an individual should have in order to be identified as competent at the level. The levels are precisely written to be progressive, distinct and consistently described. Each of the seven levels is also labelled with a guiding phrase to summarise the level of responsibility.

The levels of responsibility are characterised by a number of generic attributes: Autonomy - Influence -Complexity - Knowledge - Business Skills. The definitions of these levels describe the behaviours, values, knowledge and characteristics that an individual should have in order to be identified as competent at the level.