Essential Skills Manual - Automotive Service Technician

ESSENTIAL SKILLS TECHNICAL READING

GUIDELINES

Automotive Service Technician

NOC 7321

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TR1 Use Terminology

Upon completion of this objective, learners will be able to:

1.1 identify strategies to organize and remember new terminology
ƒ use context clues to find the meaning of new terms
ƒ use word parts to create meaning
ƒ use trades glossary to find meaning of technical terms
ƒ use standard dictionary to find meaning of non-technical terms
1.2 implement strategies to organize and remember new terminology
ƒ define terms
ƒ use terminology in context

Suggested Strategies and Activities:

ƒ Identify and define terms unique to the trade
ƒ Highlight unfamiliar terms in trade-related reading
ƒ Choose appropriate strategies to find meaning of unfamiliar terms
ƒ Demonstrate understanding of new terms by using in sentences, providing
examples, or providing illustrations
ƒ Create a personal dictionary
ƒ Use graphic organizers to remember terms of the trade
ƒ Interpret acronyms and abbreviations of the Automotive Service Technician
trade

Non-contextualized Resources:

ƒ Shape Up Your Reading
ƒ Cross Curricular Reading Tools (Vocabulary Study)
ƒ Navigating Texts and Documents in Technical Training

Contextualized Resources:

ƒ EARAT (Communications Skills for Motive Power Apprentices: Skill #2)
ƒ Practical Problems in Mathematics for Automotive Technicians (Glossary pp.
206-212)

Technical Resources:

ƒ Automotive Technology: A Systems Approach, 4th Edition (with CD ROM)
ƒ Auto Fundamentals
ƒ Automotive Technology: Principles, Diagnosis, and Service, Canadian Edition
ƒ All Individual Learning Modules, especially:
ƒ Individual Learning Module 090101aB- Automotive Service Technician-
Communication-Part B- Materials, Tools and Safety-First Period
ƒ Individual Learning Module 090101d- Automotive Service Technician-
Fastening Devices-Materials, Tools and Safety-First Period