Essential Skills Manual - Automotive Service Technician

ESSENTIAL SKILLS COMPUTER USE

GUIDELINES

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE

TECHNICIAN

NOC 7321

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Automotive Service Technician

NOC 7321

CU1 Use Computer Operations

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

1.1 identify the primary components of a computer – monitor, keyboard, mouse,
system unit, ports, disk drives, printers
1.2 describe the function of the primary components of a computer
1.3 start up the computer, monitor and printer
1.4 shut down the computer, monitor and printer
1.5 log onto a network using a personal password
1.6 demonstrate basic troubleshooting strategies
ƒ protect and care for flash drives, CD ROMS and other media
ƒ clean computer components
ƒ maintain back-up copies of documents
ƒ perform basic maintenance

Resources:

ƒ Essential Skills for Digital Literacy- IC3 Module A ~ Courseware 2105-2 -
Computing Fundamentals using Windows XP

Online Resources:

ƒ http://www.ctdlc.org/remediation/indexComputer.html
ƒ http://www.homepages.ed.ac.uk/calarks/arks/materials.html
ƒ http://www.functionx.com/windows/Lesson01.htm
ƒ http://www.bcot1.com/