Skills and Tasks for Jobs. A SCANS Report for America 2000.

Institution	Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills.
Titel	Skills and Tasks for Jobs. A SCANS Report for America 2000.
Quelle	(1991), (545 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Competency Based Education; Difficulty Level; Education Work Relationship; Employment Qualifications; Job Analysis; Job Skills; Labor Force Development; Occupational Information; Postsecondary Education; Skill Analysis; Task Analysis; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Arbeitsanalyse; Produktive Fertigkeit; Arbeitskräftebestand; Berufsinformation; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Aufgabenanalyse; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	This report identifies generic competencies (skills necessary for success in the workplace) and foundations (skills and qualities underlying the competencies). Chapter 1 explains use of this report to help educators make high school courses more relevant to the needs of a modern work force and to help employers ensure that their employees possess appropriate, up-to-date skills. Development of the material is described. Chapter 2 contains definitions of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) competencies and foundation skills, followed by displays of job tasks in descending levels of difficulty. A two-page display of each competency/foundation skill provides a definition of the skill and illustrative tasks, along with corresponding job titles. Tasks are arranged in rows, with a maximum of three distinct tasks per row. Rows are arranged in ascending order of difficulty. Chapter 3 lists the task descriptions of 35 jobs clustered in the following areas: health and human services; office, financial services, government; accommodations and personal business; manufacturing, agribusiness, mining, construction; and trade, transportation, and communication. Chapter 3 also contains information about the importance of the competency and foundation skills required for these jobs. Two tables present the means and standard deviations of the ratings for all jobs for competencies and foundation skills determined through interviews with people holding these jobs. Information is then provided for each job, grouped by the five sectors of the economy. For each job, a brief general description is given. Next, the mean and standard deviations of the competencies and foundations are shown for that job. Following these data, illustrative tasks are provided that demonstrate the use of some skills. The appendix contains information on 15 additional jobs. (YLB)
Anmerkungen	Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 (order no. 029-000-00437-4: $27).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01