Essential Skills Manual - Automotive Service Technician

TECHNICAL SKILLS
INVENTORY (TSI)
STEP FOUR: ASSIST THE PARTICIPANT TO DEVELOP AN
INDIVIDUAL TECHNICAL SKILLS LEARNING PLAN
Rationale
Information from the TSI is used to create an individual report for each
participant. This report includes:
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Information on the TSI so the participant has a record of how he/she
completed this tool;
A Pie Chart that provides a visual depiction of the participant’s
learning needs; and
A series of questions that result in each participant developing an
individual technical skills learning plan.
Timeline
At the mid-point of the Essential Skills Program, provide participants with
feedback on their TSI. This timeline:
Activity
gives the participant an opportunity to focus entirely on their
Essential Skills for the first few weeks of the program;
gives the participant time to evaluate if, through their Essential Skills
studies, they have discovered that their technical learning needs are
more extensive than they previously assessed through their TSI;
creates an opportunity for the participant to share how they are
adjusting to a learning environment with someone other than the
instructor; and
provides an opportunity for the assessor to gather information from
each participant to determine if resources and instruction are meeting
their learning needs.
Preparation
Develop an Individual Learning Needs Plan Pie Chart for each participant to
produce a visual depiction of a participant’s learning needs.
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