Collocations for competence - noun

great
basic
academic, administrative, clinical, managerial, professional, technical
communicative, language, linguistic
athletic
cultural, emotional, social
core
The company's core competence lay in engineering.

have
demonstrate, display, prove, show
She shows a high level of technical competence.

lack
achieve, acquire, develop, gain
He gradually developed the competence to deal with the more difficult cases.

increase, promote
challenge, question
assess, evaluate

beyond sb's competence
I'm afraid the work is beyond his competence.

within sb's competence
This should be well within your competence.

competence as
Students had questioned her competence as a teacher.

competence for
He displayed great competence for the job.

competence in
competence in English

a level of competence, a standard of competence

formal
exclusive

have
The commission has no formal competence in cultural matters.

outside sb/sth's competence
matters that fall outside the court's competence

within sb/sth's competence
The decisions come within the competence of the committee.

an area of competence