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# Compliant with skill management

Compliance with laws and regulations starts with a clear overview: who has which skills, and where are the gaps? With skills management in Pluvo you keep that overview — and make sure your organisation stays demonstrably compliant.

## What is skills management in Pluvo?

Skills management revolves around three concepts that work together:

* **Skills** — the competencies your employees need.
* **Certificates** — the proof that someone has mastered a skill. For each skill you decide which certificates are mandatory or optional.
* **The skills matrix** — the overview that shows you at a glance who meets which requirements.

You link certificates to a skill and assign that skill to one or more user groups. Pluvo then automatically tracks whether someone has all the mandatory certificates and is therefore compliant.

## What can you do with skills management in Pluvo?

With the skills matrix you can see at a glance:

* Who has which skills.
* Which skills still need to be developed.
* Whether there are gaps within a team or the organisation.
* Which certificates are mandatory or optional.
* Which certificates are about to expire.

And you can take action right away: award certificates, enrol people in a meeting or send them a message — all from the same overview.

## Getting started

Below you'll find all the articles about skills management, organised in three steps: first you set everything up, then you keep track, and finally you take action.

| Set up | Insight | Take action |
| ---- |
| [Creating a skill](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/en/article/creating-a-skill-1d8kgfo/) | [ Reading the Skills matrix ](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/en/article/reading-the-skills-matrix-zv17wu/) | [Issuing a certificate](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/en/article/issuing-a-certificate-1gajcvx/) |
| [Create certificates](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/en/article/create-certificates-1fwrnt3/) | [Viewing a skill profile](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/en/article/viewing-a-skill-profile-1t7ihgl/) | [Select actions from the skillsmatrix ](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/en/article/select-actions-from-the-skillsmatrix-7o52jf/) |
| [Mandatory and optional certificates](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/en/article/mandatory-and-optional-certificates-1ovzdlb/) | [Voor groepsmanagers](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/nl/article/voortgang-en-resultaten-bekijken-188j5iq/) |  |
| [Setting skill requirements per group](https://helpdesk.pluvo.com/en/article/setting-skill-requirements-per-group-1hiv30n/) |  |  |