Competency Assessment in the State Public Service (FPE)

Verified 01 August 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

Competency check: rules of organization in the public service.

The decree no. 2026-366 of 7 may 2026 provides that a ministerial decree will specify the rules for organizing the skills assessment (in particular the priorities and criteria for assessing the assessment requests).

When this text is published, an update will be made.

Until then, the information on this page remains valid.

Are you a civil servant (incumbent) or a contractor (non-incumbent) in the State civil service and would like to define and implement a career development project? With some exceptions, you can get a skills assessment every 5 years. It can be carried out at your request or at the request of your administration. The costs of this balance sheet are borne by your administration. We explain the rules to know.

A skills assessment allows you to analyze:

  • Your skills
  • Your skills and motivations.

It is used to define a professional project and, possibly, a training project.

You can conduct a skills assessment whether you are a civil servant (incumbent) or a contract worker (non-incumbent).

You benefit from priority access to the skills assessment if you are in one of the following situations:

  • You belong to a body category C and you do not have the bachelor's degree
  • You are a disabled person benefiting from theemployment obligation
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

The skills assessment can be obtained:

  • At your request. The assessment may take the form of a request for leave of absence, i.e. leave.
  • At the request of your administration (example: as part of your administration's training plan).

Please note

You can use your Personal Training Account (PTA) to complete the preparation or completion of your assessment.

The situation varies depending on whether you or your administration took the initiative:

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At the initiative of your administration

Your administration supports all costs related to the skills assessment.

At your initiative

Your administration can cover the costs of the balance sheet.

On proof, you are granted leave if you prepare or carry out a skills assessment not supported by the administration

Request for leave for competency assessment

You must submit your request for leave and care to your administration in particular formulated during theannual training interview.

Response from your administration

Your administration will reply to you in writing in the 2 months which follows your request.

In case of refusal, the administration must explain its refusal.

A skills assessment includes 3 phases.

Preliminary phase

The aim of the preliminary phase is to:

  • Confirm your commitment to this process
  • Define and analyze the nature of your needs
  • Inform you about the conditions of the skills assessment and the methods and techniques used.
Investigation phase

The investigation phase allows you to analyze your motivations and professional and personal interests.

It allows you to identify your professional and personal skills and aptitudes and, if necessary, to assess your general knowledge.

Finally, it allows you to determine your career development opportunities.

Conclusion phase

The conclusion phase allows you, through personalized interviews, to perform the following actions:

  • Read the detailed results of the investigation phase
  • Identify the factors that may or may not favor the realization of your professional project and, if necessary, your training project
  • Plan the main stages of your project implementation.

This phase ends with the presentation by the provider of the detailed results of the balance sheet and a summary document.

You are the sole recipient of the detailed results and the summary document.

They can only be disclosed to a third party with your consent.

Your request for a skills assessment or the proposal made by your administration is made in particular :

  • On the occasion of your training interview
  • As part of your annual assessment
  • As part of a career review.

If you have done a skills check, you have to wait 5 years before you can pretend to do one again.

However, that period shall be 3 years if you are in one of the following situations :

  • You belong to a body category C and you do not have the bachelor's degree
  • You are a disabled person benefiting from theemployment obligation
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

During the competency check-up leave, you continue to receive your usual treatment.

The duration of the leave shall be 24 hours maximum working time per balance sheet.

If you are in one of the following situations, the duration of the leave is set at 72 hours working time per balance sheet:

  • You belong to a body category C and you do not have the bachelor's degree
  • You are a disabled person benefiting from theemployment obligation
  • It is noted, after consulting the occupational physician, that you are particularly exposed, given your individual professional situation, to a risk of professional wear and tear.

This leave may be taken in a split manner.

You must present to your head of department a attestation of presence issued by the provider organization at the end of your leave.

FYI  

The summary document of the balance sheet can be communicated to your human resources department unless you expressly oppose it.