I've been at the wrong end of compentacy based training. This was in the early days in the early 90's in the TAFE system. Did 9 months of an automotive course at TAFE promoted as being preparation for automotive trades. Got myself a start at a workshop. Then after 3 months my employer found that there was a big difference in what my paper qualifications stated and what my actual hands on skills were. He was most displeased about being mislead by my educational institution. I'll tell anybody that compentacy based training is sub standard and is obviously a cheaper alternative to proper training. I think the long term effect is that it discourages high calibre teachers from being involved in a broken system.