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Designing on the Job

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of creativity and innovation. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set in creativity on the job. This involves:

  • Using the steps of creativity and designing in job tasks
  • Knowing the benefits of job innovation
  • Improving and expanding work productivity through inventiveness, innovation, and resourcefulness
  • Understanding the related body of knowledge
  • Using pertinent terms accurately in context
  • Taking personal responsibility for initiating creativity
Designing on the Job

Key Questions - Designing on the Job

  1. What is Designing on the Job?
  2. Why is it important to know how to design on the job?
  3. What is designing? Creativity?  Innovation?  Ingenuity?
  4. What terms are commonly used with Designing on the Job?
  5. What are occupations in which technicians design on the job?
    1. Occupational Profile – Machinist
  6. What are examples of things technicians have created while on the job?
  7. What is innovative thinking?
  8. Can you imagine?
    1. Practice Task – Imagining
    2. Practice Task – Tangram Combinations
  9. What are the steps in sketching?
  10. What is perseverance?
  11. What is the creative process?
  12. What are the steps in design thinking?
  13. What are steps in the process of Designing?
  14. How does your subconscious mind communicate with your conscious mind?
  15. What are impediments to being creative on the job?
  16. What do we know for sure about Designing on the Job and how do these tenets apply?
  17. What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for Designing on the job?
  18. What is your attitude toward being creative on the job?
  19. What have you learned?
  20. How should you declare your competence in Designing on the job?
  21. How can you continuously improve your competence in Designing on the job

This module on Designing on the Job is one of five topics in the Cluster of Creativity. The other topics are Problem Solving, Planning, Priority Setting, and Computer Modeling and Artificial Intelligence  Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. You can subscribe to this module for only $198, rather than the usual price of $350.

Problem Solving

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of solving problems. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set in problem solving on the job. This involves:

  • Identifying problems with plausible solutions
  • Knowing how problems are solved
  • Performing the sequential steps of effective problem solving
  • Understanding the related body of knowledge
  • Using pertinent terms accurately in context
  • Being responsible for solving problems on the job
Problem Solving

Key Questions - Problem Solving

  1. What is a Problem Solving?
  2. Why is it important to know how to solve problems on the job?
  3. What terms are commonly used with Problem Solving?
  4. What are examples of technical occupations that solve problems on the job?
  5. How do you know when you have a problem?
  6. How can a problem be sub-divided?
  7. What are the sequential steps in problem solving?
  8. What do we know for sure about solving problems on the job?
  9. What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for Problem Solving?
  10. What is your attitude toward Problem Solving?
  11. What have you learned?
  12. How should you announce your competence in Problem Solving?
  13. How can you improve your competence in Problem Solving?

This module on  Problem Solving is one of five topics in the Cluster of Creativity. The other topics are Designing on the Job, Planning, Priority Setting, and Computer Modeling and Artificial Intelligence  Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. You can subscribe to this module for only $98, rather than the usual price of $350.

Planning

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of planning. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set in anticipating and planning on the job. This involves:

  • Envisioning outcomes
  • Setting goals
  • Making objectives measurable
  • Garnering consensus from all involved
  • Subdividing tasks into sequential steps
  • Reviewing progress on a timed basis
  • Understanding the related body of knowledge
  • Using pertinent terms accurately in context
  • Appreciating the value of effective planning
Planning

Key Questions - Planning

  1. What is Planning?
  2. Why is it important to know how to Plan on the job?
  3. What terms are commonly used with Planning?
  4. What are examples of technical occupations that do Planning?
  5. What are components of effective planning?
  6. What is a vision?
  7. What is a mission?
  8. What is a goal? How can goals be established?  How should goals be phrased?
  9. What is an objective?  How should objectives be phrased?
  10. What is an action step?
  11. What is “strategic” planning?  What is a strategic plan and what are the steps in compiling one?
  12. What’s the difference between a strategy and a tactic?
  13. What is a planning pyramid?
  14. What is an action plan?
  15. Why is sequence important in establishing action plans?
  16. How can priorities be set/established?
  17. What is unique about planning and goal setting in a public agency?
  18. What do we know for sure about Planning, and how do these tenets apply on the job?
  19. What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for Planning?
  20. What is your attitude toward Planning?
  21. What have you learned?
  22. Should you include your competence in Planning in your resume?
  23. How can you continuously expand your competence in Planning?

This module on Planning is one of five topics in the Cluster of Creativity. The other topics are Designing on the Job, Problem Solving, Priority Setting, and Computer Modeling and Artificial Intelligence. Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. You can subscribe to this module for only $198, rather than the usual price of $350.

Priority Setting

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of setting work priorities. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set in priority setting on the job. This involves:

  • Anticipating work needs
  • Identifying and sequencing job tasks
  • Analyzing time and energy demands
  • Setting task objectives
  • Putting 1st things 1st
  • Understanding the related body of knowledge
  • Using pertinent terms accurately in context
  • Appreciating the value of priority setting on the job
Priority Setting

Key Questions - Priority Setting

  1. What is a priority setting?
  2. Why is it important to know how to analyze and set priorities?
  3. What terms are commonly used with Priority Setting?
  4. What are examples of technical occupations that must set priorities?
  5. What are the bases of setting priorities?
  6. What is the priority window?
  7. Why do some people have difficulty setting priorities?
  8. What do we know for sure about priority setting and how do these tenets apply?
  9. What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for setting priorities?
  10. What is your attitude toward Priority Setting?
  11. What have you learned?
  12. How should you declare your competence in Priority Setting?
  13. How can you continuously improve your competence in Priority Setting?

This module on Priority Setting is one of five topics in the Cluster of Creativity.  The other topics are Designing on the Job, Problem Solving, Planning, and Computer Modeling and Artificial Intelligence   Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here.  You can subscribe to this module for only $45, rather than the usual price of $350.

Computer Modeling

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of computer modeling. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set in computer-based modeling which helps to predict probabilities in political campaigns, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other phenomenon. This involves:

  • Analyzing real-world cause-&-effect
  • Predicting probabilities
  • Sequencing computer logics such as “if ... then ...” and others
  • Understanding the related body of knowledge
  • Using pertinent terms accurately in context
  • Appreciating the importance of computer modeling to human health and life, injury, property loss, and other risks.
Computer Modeling

Key Questions - Computer Modeling and Artificial Intelligence

  1. What is Computer Modeling?
  2. What is Artificial Intelligence? Machine learning?
  3. Why is it important to know and use Computer Modeling/Artificial Intelligence?
  4. What terms are commonly used with Computer Modeling/Artificial Intelligence?
  5. What are examples of technical occupations that work with Computer Modeling/Artificial Intelligence?
  6. What is real-world cause and effect?
  7. What is the nature of linear and logical thought?
  8. What is computer logic?
  9. What is “smart” device and what makes it smart?
  10. What is a possibility? A probability?  Compare and contrast.
  11. What is prediction of a possibility or a probability?
  12. What do we know for sure about Computer Modeling/Artificial Intelligence, and how do these tenets apply?
  13. What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for xxx?
  14. What is your attitude toward Computer Modeling/Artificial Intelligence?
  15. What have you learned?
  16. How should you declare your competence in Computer Modeling/Artificial Intelligence
  17. How can you continuously expand your competence in Computer Modeling/Artificial Intelligence?

This module on  Computer Modeling and Artificial Intelligence is one of five topics in the Cluster of Creativity.  The other topics are Designing on the Job, Problem Solving, Planning, and Priority Setting.  Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here.  The cost is only $350.