Essential Skills Manual - Automotive Service Technician

TECHNICAL SKILLS

INVENTORY (TSI)

Automotive Service

Technician

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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:

¾ Information on the TSI so the participant has a record of how he/she

completed this tool;

¾ A Pie Chart that provides a visual depiction of the participant’s

learning needs; and

¾ 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:

¾ gives the participant an opportunity to focus entirely on their

Essential Skills for the first few weeks of the program;

¾ 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;

¾ creates an opportunity for the participant to share how they are

adjusting to a learning environment with someone other than the

instructor; and

¾ provides an opportunity for the assessor to gather information from

each participant to determine if resources and instruction are meeting

their learning needs.

Activity

Preparation

Develop an Individual Learning Needs Plan Pie Chart for each participant to

produce a visual depiction of a participant’s learning needs.