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Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers: a task-based learning plan

Install, service, adjust, or repair coin, vending, or amusement machines including video games, juke boxes, pinball machines, or slot machines.

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Understand the profile before choosing priorities

The table shows the ten highest importance ratings among 34 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
Repairing3.503.0007/2017 · Analyst
Equipment Maintenance3.383.0007/2017 · Analyst
Troubleshooting3.253.0007/2017 · Analyst
Operations Monitoring3.003.0007/2017 · Analyst
Operation and Control3.003.0007/2017 · Analyst
Quality Control Analysis3.002.8807/2017 · Analyst
Monitoring2.883.0007/2017 · Analyst
Reading Comprehension2.882.8807/2017 · Analyst
Active Listening2.882.8807/2017 · Analyst
Critical Thinking2.882.8807/2017 · 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.

Repairing

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

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

Level 4: Replace a faulty hydraulic valve

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

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

Level 2: Add oil to an engine as indicated by a warning light

Level 4: Clean moving parts in production machinery

What maintenance record or approved schedule would help you understand the task?

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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

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

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

Which observations would distinguish two possible causes before changing anything?

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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

Level 2: Monitor completion times while running a computer program

Level 4: Monitor machine functions on an automated production line

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

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Read the scale examples

These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

Level 2: Navigate the settings on an office printer to print on both sides of the paper

Level 4: Adjust the speed of assembly line equipment based on the product being assembled

Which authorized training and documented operating limits would you need to understand first?

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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

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

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

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

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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

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?

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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

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

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

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

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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

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?

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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.

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?

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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