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Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment: a task-based learning plan

Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.

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Understand the profile before choosing priorities

The table shows the ten highest importance ratings among 35 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
Critical Thinking3.623.0008/2019 · Analyst
Active Listening3.383.0008/2019 · Analyst
Quality Control Analysis3.253.2508/2019 · Analyst
Operations Monitoring3.253.1208/2019 · Analyst
Reading Comprehension3.123.1208/2019 · Analyst
Repairing3.123.1208/2019 · Analyst
Monitoring3.123.0008/2019 · Analyst
Complex Problem Solving3.123.0008/2019 · Analyst
Troubleshooting3.003.2508/2019 · Analyst
Time Management3.003.1208/2019 · 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.

Critical Thinking

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

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 2: Determine whether a subordinate has a good excuse for being late

Level 4: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses

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

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 electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 2: Take a customer's order

Level 4: Answer inquiries regarding credit references

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

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 4: Assess new parts for precision and accuracy to specifications

Level 2: Inspect a draft email for errors (e.g., grammar, punctuation)

What is being checked, what defines a defect, and what evidence would be retained?

Operations Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 4: Monitor machine functions on an automated production line

Level 2: Monitor completion times while running a computer program

Which indicator would you observe, what is its expected range, and how would you record an exception?

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

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

Level 2: Read step-by-step instructions for completing a form

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

Repairing

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 4: Replace a faulty hydraulic valve

Level 2: Tighten a screw to get a door to close properly

What fault evidence, authorized training and documented repair procedure would be needed?

Monitoring

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

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 2: Proofread and correct a letter

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

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

Complex Problem Solving

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

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 2: Lay out tools to complete a job

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

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

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 4: Identify the circuit causing an electrical system to fail

Level 2: Identify the source of a leak by looking under a machine

Which observations would distinguish two possible causes before changing anything?

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.

Level 4: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week

Level 2: Keep a monthly calendar of appointments

What needs to happen first, where is the deadline, and what would you do if time runs short?

Review the result

Your plan should explain why the selected skills matter for your chosen task, what you will do next and what evidence you will examine. Revisit the plan after that activity. Completing a worksheet or matching an occupation’s ratings does not establish professional competence.

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