Procedure
Phase I
Describe the transferable skills and socioaffective behaviors, and determine the links that exist between these skills and behaviors on the one hand, and the performance of various occupational tasks on the other.
The participants identify the transferable skills and socioaffective behaviors required to effectively and safely practice the occupation. Much information on these aspects was already gathered during the task and operations analysis; it is now a matter of taking stock, formulating statements that participants agree on, and writing the statements on sheets.
It is not always easy to list the necessary skills, and the facilitator should pay special attention to cognitive skills. The usefulness of these skills should be identified as clearly as possible and it should be emphasized that the participants’ comments must unequivocally demonstrate how the cognitive skills are used in the occupation. For example, the facilitator should not allow an industry representative merely to state that, to practice the occupation, a person should be able to apply concepts of metallurgy such as the properties of metals, their processing, heat processes, etc. The facilitator should emphasize and ask this person to demonstrate the usefulness of being able to apply such concepts in the occupation.
Determine the importance of these transferable skills and socioaffective behaviors in relation to each other and with respect to the performance of various tasks. To promote a comprehensive analysis, it is suggested that the main tasks, the types of products or outcomes (if applicable), and the transferable skills and socioaffective behaviors be written on a flip chart. The functional links that exist between the tasks and the transferable skills and socioaffective behaviors also need to be described.
Analysis Checklist 3, Transferable Skills and Socioaffective Behaviors, is found in Appendix V.