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Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers: a task-based learning plan

Plan and direct cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites.

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Understand the profile before choosing priorities

The table shows the ten highest importance ratings among 31 skills with usable ratings. Skills tied on importance can share a rank. Importance (1–5) and level (0–7) describe different dimensions. A level of 4 is not 4/7 of a course, and neither scale is your personal score. Source dates refer to the underlying rating, not the database release date.

SkillImportance / 5Level / 7Rating date
Complex Problem Solving4.124.1208/2021 · Analyst
Reading Comprehension4.004.5008/2021 · Analyst
Critical Thinking4.004.2508/2021 · Analyst
Speaking4.004.1208/2021 · Analyst
Monitoring4.004.1208/2021 · Analyst
Coordination4.004.1208/2021 · Analyst
Judgment and Decision Making4.004.0008/2021 · Analyst
Writing3.884.1208/2021 · Analyst
Active Listening3.884.0008/2021 · Analyst
Mathematics3.623.8808/2021 · Analyst

Anchor the plan in an actual task

Choose one reported task you want to understand better. Then choose one to three skills and describe an appropriate learning activity, evidence you will review and a date. For practical work requiring authorization, choose relevant coursework, observation or supervised training.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques

Level 6: Develop a plan to provide emergency relief for a major metropolitan area

How would you separate the problem into parts and compare possible explanations?

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies

Level 6: Read a scientific journal article describing surgical procedures

Which instruction, constraint or exception in a document would you need to explain accurately?

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses

Level 6: Write legal brief challenging a federal law

What assumption could change your conclusion, and what evidence would you check first?

Speaking

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history

Level 6: Argue a legal case before the Supreme Court

How would you explain the task, audience needs and next step in a short conversation?

Monitoring

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed

Level 6: Review corporate productivity and develop a plan to increase it

What result or exception would you inspect during the task, and when would you revisit it?

Coordination

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Work with others to put a new roof on a house

Level 6: Direct a project requiring coordination between multiple subcontractors

Who would need what information, and at which handoff would timing matter?

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk

Level 2: Decide how scheduling a break will affect work flow

Which options, constraints and consequences would you compare, and what could change the choice?

Writing

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Write an email to staff outlining new directives

Level 6: Write a novel for publication

What document would another person need, and how would you check that they could act on it?

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Answer inquiries regarding credit references

Level 2: Take a customer's order

What would you ask the other person to clarify, and how would you confirm you understood?

Mathematics

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for brownfield redevelopment specialists and site managers.

Level 4: Calculate the square footage of a new home under construction

Level 2: Count the amount of change to be given to a customer

Which quantities, units, denominator and rounding rules would need an explicit check?

Review the result

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