# Competences

## Manage Competences

Forma LMS lets you create and manage a list of skills and competences required by your company roles and assigned by course and test completion.

Find the competence management under:

<span style="background-color: rgb(206, 212, 217);">*Admin &gt; Users &gt; Competences*</span>

You can **group competences in categories**, and for each category you'll be able to set:

- **Name**
- **Description**
- **Typology**: choose whether you are defining a skill, knowledge, or attitude
- **Type**: the competence can be set by a score or a flag (yes/no)

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## Assign competences to users

### Assign by course completion

Users can obtain a competence by completing a course. Each course can assign one or more competences, see the [Course Management guide](https://docs2.formalms.org/books/reference-guide/page/course-management).

### Assign by test completion

A user could get a competence score by completing a test. See feedback management in the [test learning object guide](https://docs2.formalms.org/books/reference-guide/page/test).