IEC SRD 63314:2024

Active assisted living (AAL) guidance for education and training of persons working in the field of AAL

IEC SRD 63314:2024 provides guidance on the vocational education, training, and required competencies for persons working in the AAL field. For the purposes of this document persons working in the AAL field are referred to as AAL working persons.
The AAL technical assistant, AAL consultant, AAL technical expert, and AAL formal carer are considered as AAL working persons.
For the AAL informal carer, this document can be a reference when their training and education are developed and/or evaluated.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 02-Sep-2024
• ICS: 03.080 - Services
• ICS: 11.020.99 - Other standards related to health care in general
• ICS: 11.180 - Aids for disabled or handicapped persons
• Technical Committee: SyC AAL - Active Assisted Living
• Drafting Committee: WG 4 - SyC AAL/WG 4
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 03-Sep-2024
• Completion Date: 23-Aug-2024

Overview

IEC SRD 63314:2024 - "Active assisted living (AAL) guidance for education and training of persons working in the field of AAL" - is a Systems Reference Deliverable from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). This guidance document defines the vocational education, training, and required competencies for people working in the Active Assisted Living (AAL) domain. It applies to roles such as AAL technical assistant, AAL consultant, AAL technical expert, and AAL formal carer, and can also be used as a reference when developing training for AAL informal carers.

Key topics

• Roles & responsibilities: Clear role descriptions and interfaces between AAL professionals (technical assistants, consultants, technical experts, formal carers).
• Competence model: Distinguishes technical competence (installation, system integration, maintenance) and personal competence (communication, ethical awareness).
• Training modules: Guidance on recommended training modules and vocational education tailored to each AAL role.
• Ongoing education: Emphasis on continued professional development and refresher training to maintain competencies throughout an AAL system’s lifecycle.
• Legal & ethical aspects: Coverage of data security, privacy, accessibility, anti-discrimination, and other legal protections relevant to AAL users.
• Quality factors: Safety, security, reliability, usability and accessibility requirements that should inform training and practice.
• Stakeholder guidance: Advice for AAL service providers, manufacturers, system integrators, trainers and qualifying institutions on managing personnel competence.

Practical applications

Who uses IEC SRD 63314 and how:

• AAL service providers: develop internal training programs, define job profiles and competency assessments.
• System integrators & manufacturers: align installation, configuration, and maintenance training with AAL best practices.
• Vocational trainers & educational institutions: build curricula and modules for career pathways in AAL.
• AAL consultants & technical experts: use the standard to validate role expectations and continuous professional development.
• Formal and informal carers: formal carers follow recommended competencies; informal carers can use the document as a reference when training is designed or evaluated.
• Policymakers and procurement teams: specify training requirements in tenders and service agreements to ensure safe, ethical AAL deployments.

Related standards

• IEC 60050-871 - International electrotechnical vocabulary: Active assisted living (AAL)
• IEC TS 63134 - Active assisted living (AAL) use cases

IEC SRD 63314:2024 is guidance (not a certification scheme) intended to help stakeholders design, deliver and evaluate education and training that ensures competent, safe and user-centred AAL services.

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Persons acting in the field of AAL, interfaces, roles, competences and education . 9
4.1 Overview. 9
4.1.1 General aspects . 9
4.1.2 Relationship between persons acting in the field of AAL . 9
4.2 AAL technical assistant . 10
4.2.1 Role and tasks . 10
4.2.2 Recommended competencies . 10
4.2.3 Training module . 11
4.3 AAL consultant . 11
4.3.1 Role and tasks . 11
4.3.2 Recommended competencies . 11
4.3.3 Training module . 12
4.4 AAL technical expert . 13
4.4.1 Role and tasks . 13
4.4.2 Recommended competencies . 13
4.4.3 Training module . 14
4.5 AAL formal carer . 14
4.5.1 Role and tasks . 14
4.5.2 Recommended competencies . 15
4.5.3 Training module . 15
5 Ongoing education and training . 16
6 Trainer. 16
7 Training and qualifying institutions . 17
Bibliography . 18

Figure 1 – Relationship between persons acting in the field of AAL . 9

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ACTIVE ASSISTED LIVING (AAL) GUIDANCE FOR EDUCATION AND
TRAINING OF PERSONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF AAL

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IEC SRD 63314 has been prepared by IEC SyC AAL: Systems Committee on Active Assisted
Living. It is a Systems Reference Deliverable.
The text of this SRD is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
SyCAAL/340/DTS SyCAAL/367/RVDTS

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INTRODUCTION
A person's competencies are an essential factor that will affect the performance and
effectiveness of care. It is important to ensure that persons operating the AAL systems are
competent based on the appropriate education, training, or experience.
The knowledge and skills of persons working in the AAL field will affect the performance and
effectiveness of an AAL system. These skills will include system integration, configuration,
installation, maintenance, and other services in the AAL system life cycle. Knowledge on the
principles of safety, security, privacy, reliability, usability, accessibility, and ethical principles
for AAL users is also important.
In order to ensure the competencies of persons working in AAL, it is important for them to
complete particular education and training courses related to demography, assistive technology
and AAL systems based on a minimum curriculum to obtain the necessary knowledge and skills.
This document aims to:
• identify and detail roles and responsibilities for persons working in AAL;
• identify the professional skills and educational levels for persons working in AAL;
• provide guidance for the education and training in AAL systems, as well as help the AAL
stakeholders choose, develop, build, use and maintain the system and service;
• provide guidance for AAL service providers to manage the competence of their personnel
by developing appropriate training to meet the needs of the AAL system and service.

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ACTIVE ASSISTED LIVING (AAL) GUIDANCE FOR EDUCATION AND
TRAINING OF PERSONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF AAL

1 Scope
This document provides guidance on the vocational education, training, and required
competencies for persons working in the AAL field. For the purposes of this document persons
working in the AAL field are referred to as AAL working persons.
The AAL technical assistant, AAL consultant, AAL technical expert, and AAL formal carer are
considered as AAL working persons.
For the AAL informal carer, this document can be a reference when their training and experience
are developed and/or evaluated.
NOTE 1 AAL technical assistants, AAL consultants, AAL technical experts, AAL formal carers usually belong to an
AAL service provider, product manufacturer, system integrator, or other organization.
NOTE 2 In some countries, there can be deviations with this document.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 60050-871, International electrotechnical vocabulary – Part 871: Active assisted living
(AAL)
IEC TS 63134, Active assisted living (AAL) use cases
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60050-871 and the
following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
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3.1
AAL
active assisted living
concepts, products, services, and systems combining technologies and social environment with
the aim of improving the quality of people's lives
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-871:2018, 871-01-02, modified – Deprecated term omitted.]

3.2
AAL technical assistant
active assisted living technical assistant
person supporting AAL users and AAL operators with the installation and continued support of
AAL devices and systems and with technical and other advice
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-871:2018, 871-02-03]
3.3
AAL consultant
person advising AAL users on the possibilities of technical support in daily life and assisting
them in choosing suitable AAL services, systems or devices
3.4
AAL technical expert
person implementing AAL solutions due to his or her technical education, experience and
knowledge of the respective equipment
3.5
AAL formal carer
AAL formal caregiver, US
person who provides officially sanctioned or recognized personal or housekeeping services to
the AAL care recipient (IEV 871-02-18)
EXAMPLE Personal support worker.
Note 1 to entry: The personal or housekeeping services are usually paid services.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-871:2023, 871-02-16]
3.6
AAL care assistant
person providing care services to the AAL service recipient
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-871:2023, 871-02-10]
3.7
AAL informal carer
AAL lay carer
AAL informal caregiver, US
AAL lay caregiver, US
person who provides unofficial (or lay) services to the AAL care recipient
Note 1 to entry: An AAL informal carer is frequently a family member or a friend of the AAL care recipient.
Note 2 to entry: The unofficial services are usually unpaid services.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-871:2023, 871-02-17]
3.8
AAL care recipient
person who receives and consumes AAL care services
Note 1 to entry: The concept denoted by the term "AAL user" (IEV 871-02-05) includes a wider range of people,
including people who do not necessarily require AAL care services.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-871:2023, 871-02-18]

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3.9
AAL user
active assisted living user
person who uses or benefits from, or uses and benefits from, AAL devices, systems or services
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-871:2018, 871-02-05]
3.10
competence
ability to apply knowledge and skills to achieve intended results
Note 1 to entry: Demonstrated competence is sometimes referred to as qualification.
[SOURCE: ISO 9000:2015, 3.10.4, modified – Note 2 to entry omitted.]
3.11
knowledge
human or organizational asset enabling effective decisions and action in context
[SOURCE: ISO 10015:2019, 3.4]
3.12
skill
learned capacity to perform a task to a specified expectation
[SOURCE: ISO 10015:2019, 3.3]
3.13
installation
initial process of enabling a resource to perform its intended activity
[SOURCE: ISO 15531-1:2004, modified – "requested" replaced by "intended" in the definition.]
3.14
maintenance
combination of all technical and management actions intended to retain an item in, or restore it
to, a state in which it can perform as required
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-192:2015, 192-06-01, modified – Note to entry omitted.]
3.15
vocational training
training program preparing a person for a profession/trade
3.16
advanced education
advanced training
continued vocational training
4 Persons acting in the field of AAL, interfaces, roles, competences and
education
4.1 Overview
4.1.1 General aspects
Persons working in the field of AAL must have knowledge and understanding of local laws and
regulations protecting the rights of the AAL user. These include legal protection issues, ethical
considerations, data security and privacy, and anti-discrimination.
For AAL working persons, competence can be distinguished between technical competence
(e.g., knowledge, skill) and personal competence (e.g. social competence, autonomy).
Qualifications should remain consistent with those at national, regional, local, institutional or
professional level. Improvement or reduction of the required competence level may be
appropriate in terms of covering specific AAL systems and services.
NOTE In order to qualify as AAL working persons, training can be presented as vocational training and advanced
training based on different competency levels that specific AAL systems and services need. Improvement or reduction
of the ad hoc required training can be appropriate in terms of covering specific AAL systems and services.
4.1.2 Relationship between persons acting in the field of AAL
The relationship between persons acting in the field
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