Essential Skills Manual - Automotive Service Technician

ESSENTIAL SKILLS
INVENTORY
TECHNICAL LANGUAGE
1. Word Lists
ASSESSOR’S ANSWER KEY
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Have the apprentice begin reading aloud a list with which he/she is
comfortable. If an apprentice has difficulty with more than three
words in list one, stop the inventory. If the apprentice has 7/10
words correct in any list, move up to the next list. The lists have been
written in a simple-to- more complex order and include words
contextualized to each trade.
2. Pseudowords
The apprentice should not have major difficulty with the pronunciation
of these pseudowords. The reason for inclusion of this list is that it
tells the assessor if the apprentice has major difficulty with phonics,
which can affect his/her ability to learn to read technical language at
the required level.
3. Reading Excerpts
The reading passages are not leveled by Essential Skill complexity
level but are arranged from simple to complex using a readability
index. Apprentices should be able to answer both the recall questions
as well as those questions requiring “reading between the lines.”
Apprentices need to be comfortable reading and answering questions
at the highest level in the inventory.
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Technician
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