The RADAR Method | Workforce Capability Framework

RADAR is Industry Graduates’ core methodology for building workforce capability and development pathways. It provides a practical structure for understanding current capability, designing development and supporting progression over time.

It can be applied across employers, individuals and industry contexts, helping connect recruitment, attraction, development, analysis and retention with more visible capability outcomes.

Why we developed RADAR

Many workforce and development initiatives fail because they operate in isolation. Recruitment, learning, development and retention are often treated as separate activities, with limited visibility of whether capability is actually improving.

RADAR was developed to address this challenge. It provides a single framework that connects workforce strategy, development activity and outcomes so that effort leads to real capability and clearer progression.

What RADAR provides

RADAR is not a product or a program. It is a methodology used to assess current capability, design future strategies and support implementation across different workforce and development contexts.

It can be applied at an organisational, team or individual level, making it flexible enough to support workforce strategy, structured development and clearer progression over time.

Recruitment

Designing proactive, sustainable talent pipelines aligned to workforce demand.

Attraction

Strengthening employer value and improving how development opportunities are positioned.

Development

Embedding capability through structured pathways, academies and applied learning.

Analysis

Improving visibility of workforce capability, progress and outcomes to support decisions.

Retention

Supporting engagement, progression and leadership readiness over time.

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Rate

Assess current skills and readiness

Analyse

Identify strengths and development priorities

Develop

Build targeted work skills

Action

Apply skills in workplace contexts

Reflect

Embed learning and plan next steps

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Industry Recognition RADAR

Industry Recognition RADAR provides a structured, industry aligned framework for recognising workforce capability, professional development and applied expertise.

It helps employers and individuals make capability more visible through experience, development, skills application and recognised outcomes. This supports workforce planning, progression and clearer recognition over time.

Role Experience

Demonstrated experience within a role, including responsibilities and duration.

Achieve

Completion of employer led or internally delivered professional development.

Demonstrate

Evidence of industry relevant skills through applied learning and assessment.

Accredited

Completion of relevant qualifications where applicable.

Recognition

Employer validation of capability, performance and expertise.

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What is RADAR?

RADAR is Industry Graduates’ core methodology for building workforce capability and development pathways. It provides a structured way to assess capability, design development and support progression over time.

Who is RADAR for?

RADAR can be applied across employers, industry bodies and individuals. It is designed to support workforce capability, practical development and clearer progression.

How is RADAR different from traditional learning models?

RADAR focuses on applied capability, visible progression and practical outcomes rather than learning activity in isolation.

How does RADAR support employers?

RADAR helps employers connect workforce priorities across recruitment, attraction, development, analysis and retention so capability can be built and measured more clearly.

How does RADAR support individuals?

RADAR gives individuals a structured development journey that helps them understand their starting point, build capability and reflect on progress over time.

Why RADAR?

RADAR was developed to bring more structure, clarity and consistency to workforce capability and development. Too often, recruitment, learning, progression and retention are treated as separate activities, which makes it harder to see whether capability is actually improving. RADAR connects these elements through one practical framework, helping employers and individuals build, apply and recognise capability more clearly over time.