And how many are there?
With the launch of the BIM Career Ladder last month, we have the beginnings of an industry standard for BIM skills.
At the heart of the BIM Career Ladder is the BIM Competency Table – the result of a collaborative project to identify how tasks are allocated in a typical BIM team. By drilling into the table we can focus specifically on the primary tasks a typical BIM Coordinator will perform.
All 21 of them!
BIM Coordinator : primary tasks
| Production | Upload information to a CDE |
| Download information from a CDE |
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| Setup of a model |
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| Production of model outputs |
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| Preparation of COBie information |
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| Production of a COBie deliverable |
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| Management | Administration of a CDE |
| Ensure compliance with project standards |
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| Review and approve information/models for sharing |
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| Review of a single discipline model content/quality |
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| Review of multi discipline model content/quality |
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| Review of single discipline model coordination |
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| Review of multi discipline model coordination |
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| Represent company at BIM meetings |
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| Project team training |
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| Strategic | Research and development |
| Testing project information production methods and procedures |
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| Interpersonal | Good oral communication |
| Good written communication |
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| Proficient document and report writing |
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| Proficient internal presenter | |
If you want more detail, you can see all ‘primary‘, ‘secondary‘ and ‘oversee‘ tasks for all roles in the BIM Competency Table.
It is expected that the importance of tasks and competencies required will differ from company to company. The BIM Competency Table is deliberately generic to provide a pan industry point of reference.
If you want to assess your competency, see where you currently stand on the BIM Career Ladder and target the training/experience you need to progress, you can use the free BIM Competency Assessment Tool.
The BIM Career Ladder is a constantly evolving, constantly improving, collaborative project to create and maintain an industry standard for BIM skills. If you have any ideas on how it can be improved we want to hear from you. Simply email me and I will respond.