COMPETENCE, PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES AND PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: PORTRAIT OF THE PROFILE OF THE PSYCHOPEDAGOGIST

Every day, training based on competences is showing a big relevance in different educational and professional framework. The need to rely on good professional people who make their tasks and duties in an effective way is something latent in our society. It is needed therefore, a study and detailed analysis of the different occupations that we find in the labour market, generalizing the essential characteristics of each one of them in order to get an image of the professional field of these occupations. In this paper we try to describe some concepts of competence, professional competence and professional profile, analyzing their main characteristics and notes. It is concluded with a general frame of the professional profile of the Educational Psychologist, based on the general and specific competence that shows this job.