Sign the CHAISE Statement of Support
The Blockchain Skills for Europe Alliance (CHAISE) invites organisations to support the project goals and outcomes via a Statement of Support.
What is the purpose of the Statement of Support?
The current Statement of Support calls on Blockchain stakeholders from across Europe, such as IT companies, sector representatives, policy actors, social partners, standardization organisations, national qualification agencies, VET and HE institutions, trainers/mentors, and field experts to:
- acknowledge the emerging occupational profiles in the Blockchain field and the defined skills and knowledge requirements, and
- contribute to the advancement of the project’s objectives to reinforce education in digital competences, based on the principles of common interest, reciprocity, and complementarity.
The Blockchain Occupational Profiles defined by CHAISE
CHAISE implemented a comprehensive and novel analysis to demarcate the Blockchain sector, and define Blockchain skills requirements, supply, and mismatches. This analysis showed the emergence of three new roles (profiles) in the European Blockchain field: Blockchain Developer, Blockchain Architect, and Blockchain Manager.
The Blockchain Developer codes the Blockchain applications and takes care of problem solving at the micro level. The job role demands general software development skills with great emphasis on the development skills of Blockchain technology and applications, operational business skills, and all transversal future skills, particularly self-managed work.
Essential skills
- Recognize blockchain application areas
- Recognize blockchain and cryptocurrency risks
- Explain implications of blockchain technology and governance
- Identify innovation opportunities enabled by blockchain technology
- Explain blockchain-based identity management and access control
- Explain principles of DLT system architecture
- Evaluate blockchain architectures
- Innovate blockchain architectures
- Analyze decentralized applications
- Implement smart contracts
Essential knowledge
- Blockchain concepts and components
- Blockchain applications
- Blockchain history
- Legal environment of blockchain-based products and services
- Blockchain terminology
- Blockchain application security principles
- Blockchain-based business models
- Blockchain application areas
- Information and data security principles
- Vulnerabilities in distributed ledger technologies
- Digital identity management
- Decentralized identifiers (DiD)
- Design process for blockchain-based systems
- Blockchain design patterns
- DLT consensus protocols
- Smart contract programming language
- Game theory
- Game theory for blockchain
The Blockchain Architect designs the multi levelled architecture of a large Blockchain system and software landscape and ensures the coherence of all aspects of a project as an integrated system. Furthermore, the blockchain Architect assures the overall technical quality of the blockchain application. The job role requires a strong micro and macro perspective. It has a strong focus on developing creative projects in product anduse case design, including the conception and design of Blockchain solutions. The Blockchain Architect is comparable to the role of the solution architect. They are ICT system architects who are specialized in blockchain-based solutions. They design the multi-levelled architecture of a large Blockchain system and software landscape and ensures the coherence of all aspects of a project as an integrated system. Furthermore, the BC Architect assures the overall technical quality of the BC application.
Essential skills
- Recognize blockchain application areas
- Recognize blockchain and cryptocurrency risks
- Explain implications of blockchain technology and governance
- Identify innovation opportunities enabled by blockchain technology
- Explain blockchain-based identity managment and access control
- Explain principles of DLT system architecture
- evaluate blockchain architectures
- Innovate blockchain architectures
- Implement cryptographic constructs
- Analyse blockchain use cases
- Introduce blockchain in an application
Essential knowledge
- Blockchain concepts and components
- Blockchain application
- Blockchain history
- Legal environment of blockchain-based products and services
- Blockchain terminology
- Blockchain application security principles
- Blockchain-based business models
- Blockchain application areas
- Information and data security principles
- Vulnerabilities in distributed ledger technologies
- Digital identity management
- Decentralized identifiers (DiD)
- Design process for blockchain-based systems
- Blockchain design patterns
- DLT consensus protocols
- Blockchain signature schemes
- Blockchain concept application
The Blockchain Manager leads groups of developers and architects. The Blockchain Manager tracks the implementation progress and maintains close cooperation with business managers or marketing professionals to identify the market requirements for new Blockchain systems and applications. This role monitors process quality to ensure that products meet their technical and business objectives, including the ethical reflection of possible areas of application of the technology. It features communicating with other stakeholders, such as department managers and marketing professionals. Furthermore, this role must monitor the process quality to ensure that products meet their technical and business objectives and communicate with other stakeholders, such as department managers and marketing professionals.
Essential skills
- Recognize blockchain application areas
- Recognize blockchain and cryptocurrency risks
- Explain implications of blockchain technology and governance
- Identify innovation opportunities enabled by blockchain technology
- Explain blockchain-based identity managment and access control
- Explain principles of DLT system architecture
- evaluate blockchain architectures
- Innovate blockchain architectures
- Implement cryptographic constructs
- Analyse blockchain use cases
- Introduce blockchain in an application
Essential knowledge
- Blockchain concepts and components
- Blockchain application
- Blockchain history
- Legal environment of blockchain-based products and services
- Blockchain terminology
- Blockchain application security principles
- Blockchain-based business models
- Blockchain application areas
- Information and data security principles
- Vulnerabilities in distributed ledger technologies
- Digital identity management
- Decentralized identifiers (DiD)
- Design process for blockchain-based systems
- Blockchain design patterns
- DLT consensus protocols
- Blockchain signature schemes
- Blockchain concept application
The CHAISE Blockchain VET Programme
The CHAISE partnership has designed a VET curriculum to fill in the gap in the supply and quality of existing formal and non-formal training for the emerging blockchain roles. Further, the curriculum addresses the evolving labour market needs and skills requirements, resulting from the increasing adoption of blockchain use cases across all economic sectors.
The CHAISE VET curriculum comprises modules that are common to the three blockchain roles (Developer, Architect and Manager) in the first year of education, and specialisation learning pathways for each of them after the second year of education. The programme has a 5-semester duration and corresponds to EQF 5.
Learn more in the Statement of Support!
Recognise the CHAISE results and indicate your support!
By recognizing the results, you are contributing to providing clearer description of the different blockchain roles and possible educational approach which will be transferable among various countries and markets, thus contributing to a joint effort to fulfil the growing needs of the blockchain sector.
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