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This proposal of professional roles and functions presupposes the existence
of three levels of professional specialisation in the field of career
counselling and guidance, organised either according to the level of
competences required of psychologists or according to the degree of
reflection they provide to consultants:

Work on career information - the most basic level of
competencies presupposing, however, the ability to support
individuals and groups and the understanding of theories and
principles of career development;

Career counselling and education – associated with highly
specialised knowledge, in which the professional is able to perform
effectively all the professional roles;

Expertise in research (specialist in career research)– at this level
the professional must also be able to perform all the professional
roles, maintaining a privileged link with high quality research.

It is up to each psychologist, based on his experiences of initial and
lifelong learning, to determine his/her present level of knowledge and
skills. He should also pursue more specialised professional roles and
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functions, to undertake training courses at the level of the 2 nd and/or 3
levels of tertiary education, which will allow him/her to exercise, with full
responsibility and competence, the activities and career counselling and
guidance services required by consultants. The training and hiring
institutions of psychologists may play an equally important role, promoting
the conditions for their training in this area.