<s>
SFIAplus	B-Application
is	O
the	O
IT	B-General_Concept
training	O
and	O
development	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
British	O
Computer	O
Society	O
(	O
BCS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Industry	B-Application
Structure	I-Application
Model	I-Application
,	O
first	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
BCS	O
in	O
July	O
1986	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
remapped	O
to	O
the	O
Skills	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Information	I-Application
Age	I-Application
(	O
SFIA	O
)	O
and	O
rebranded	O
as	O
SFIAPlus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Responding	O
to	O
the	O
wide	O
recognition	O
of	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
an	O
externally	O
accredited	O
professional	O
development	O
scheme	O
,	O
the	O
BCS	O
consulted	O
with	O
hundreds	O
of	O
contributors	O
developing	O
SFIAPlus	B-Application
to	O
enable	O
individuals	O
and	O
organisations	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SFIAPlus	B-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
organisations	O
,	O
including	O
many	O
major	O
companies	O
,	O
to	O
apply	O
quality	O
control	O
to	O
the	O
practical	O
experience	O
and	O
training	O
of	O
ICT	B-General_Concept
practitioners	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
widely	O
used	O
outside	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
forming	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Informatics	O
Skills	O
Structure	O
used	O
throughout	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
in	O
1986	O
(	O
of	O
the	O
Industry	B-Application
Structure	I-Application
Model	I-Application
)	O
was	O
produced	O
as	O
a	O
paper	O
publication	O
,	O
the	O
complexity	O
in	O
SFIAPlus	B-Application
mean	O
that	O
it	B-General_Concept
is	O
best	O
accessed	O
using	O
a	O
software	O
interface	O
(	O
BCS	O
describe	O
it	B-General_Concept
as	O
three-dimensional	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
SFIA	O
two-dimensional	O
model	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SFIAPlus	B-Application
can	O
be	O
browsed	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
ICT	B-General_Concept
competencies	O
and	O
tasks	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
additional	O
tools	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
SFIA	O
maps	O
IT	B-General_Concept
competencies	O
in	O
two	O
dimensions	O
(	O
skill	O
categories	O
and	O
seniority	O
)	O
and	O
briefly	O
describes	O
the	O
263	O
tasks	O
expected	O
of	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
78	O
categories	O
at	O
the	O
relevant	O
level	O
of	O
seniority	O
;	O
SFIAPlus	B-Application
extends	O
this	O
with	O
additional	O
categories	O
,	O
making	O
86	O
specific	O
skills	O
and	O
290	O
tasks	O
;	O
adding	O
a	O
more	O
thorough	O
overview	O
of	O
each	O
competency	O
(	O
with	O
eight	O
skill	O
resources	O
)	O
;	O
and	O
providing	O
significant	O
detail	O
behind	O
each	O
task	O
description	O
(	O
six	O
task	O
components	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Task	O
descriptions	O
in	O
SFIAPlus	B-Application
are	O
supplemented	O
by	O
:	O
</s>
