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SkillsUpp transforms organizations where technical capital is thé driver of their competitive advantage.
We rigorously and continuously optimize the technical competences and process knowledge of your employees.
The difference we make? Better-skilled technicians, higher-performing processes, a stronger safety culture — and an organization that fully leverages its potential for the future.
What challenge does SkillsUpp solve?
What do we notice in today’s economic landscape?
A lot of organizations are losing strategic momentum and are unintentionally creating operational safety risks due to a shortage of well-trained technical employees. Several trends are accelerating this challenge:
- Increasing complexity of industrial processes and highly volatile markets
- Massive outflow of experienced technicians due to the ageing working population
- A structurally shortage of technically skilled talent in the labor market
SkillsUpp introduces a breakthrough end-to-end concept for competence and process evaluation, designed to maximize the existing technical capital of organizations.
SkillsUpp walks you through an integrated three-step process
1. Strategic Setup
- Mapping current technical processes and evaluation methods.
- Translating each process step into specific, measurable competences.
- Co-creating structured evaluation matrices and a fully integrated assessment system.
2. Digital Setup
- Embedding the integrated assessment system into the digital SkillsUpp tool.
- Training internal stakeholders (training managers, instructors, evaluators…).
- Running a full end-to-end test phase, a test run from A to Z.
3. Continuous Follow-Up
- Continuous monitoring of the results at an individual, operational, and strategic level.
- Flexible licensing models.
- Tailored service level agreements.
SkillsUpp delivers measurable impact at every level
Individual
- Objective evaluations
- Targeted feedback
- Transparent progress
Operational
- Efficient evaluation processes
- Deep technical process insight
- Early risk detection
Strategic
- Higher organisational efficiency
- Strong, embedded safety culture
- Data-driven management
Construction & Infrastructure
Logistics & Port Operations
Chemicals & Life Sciences
Energy & Production
Testimonials of our clients & partners
Proud of the results we achieve together with our partners and clients
Meet the Team
- Deborah Hilderson – PhD – co-founder
deborah.hilderson@kdg.be
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-hilderson/ - Geert Van de Weyer – PhD (c) – co-founder
geert.vandeweyer@kdg.be
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geert-van-de-weyer/
Deborah and Geert have dedicated their careers exploring how people can grow to their full potential and master new skills in a sustainable way.
As lecturers and assessors, they experienced first-hand how challenging it is to evaluate hundreds of students efficiently and objectively.
SkillsUpp was born from the conviction that accurate, standardized evaluation of procedural skills can make a profound difference — not only for learners, but for society as a whole.
After years of development, real-world testing, and refinement, they created a product ready to scale beyond its original academic environment. Originating within KdG University of Applied Sciences, empowered by the research centre Future-driven Education and the IOF funding, SkillsUpp is evolving into a spin-off with international ambition.