ERIC Number: ED375286
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 42
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Job Profiling Guide. Results of 1994 Job Profiling. Part of the Ohio Vocational Competency Assessment (OVCA) Package.
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab.
This guide explains the process of job profiling and details the results of a 1994 profiling of 34 occupations. Discussed in section 1 are the following: purpose and components of the Ohio Vocational Competency Assessment (OVCA) package; purpose, contents, and use of the Ohio Competency Analysis Profiles and Work Keys components of the OVCA package; and steps in the job profiling process. The next section describes the skills needed to achieve each level of the following Work Keys academic skills: reading for information, applied mathematics, listening, writing, locating information, applied technology, and teamwork. Presented next are the 1994 job profiling results for the following occupations: accounting; administrative/secretarial services; agricultural/industrial mechanical technician; agricultural sales and service; auto collision technician; auto mechanics; building/property maintenance; business administration/management; business information systems; carpentry; commercial art; commercial photography; dental assistant; diesel mechanics; drafting; early childhood education and care; electrical trades; electronics; entertainment marketing; food production, management, and services; general marketing; graphic arts; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration; horticulture; hospitality and facility care services; industrial maintenance; law enforcement; machine trades; masonry; medical assistant; natural resources; power equipment technology; travel and tourism marketing; and welding. A list of participants in the job profiling process is included. (MN)
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Child Care Occupations, Clerical Occupations, Competency Based Education, Educational Needs, Electrical Occupations, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers, Health Occupations, Hospitality Occupations, Information Skills, Job Skills, Listening Skills, Managerial Occupations, Mathematics Skills, Off Farm Agricultural Occupations, Office Occupations, Problem Solving, Profiles, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Secondary Education, Service Occupations, Skilled Occupations, Statewide Planning, Teamwork, Technical Occupations, Vocational Education, Writing Skills
Vocational Instructional Materials Laboratory, Ohio State University, 1900 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1090 (order no. JPG: $4.50; quantity discounts available).
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Counselors; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab.
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