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Technical Productivity

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of technical productivity. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set on increasing and maintaining a worker’s technical productivity on the job. This involves:

Increasing one’s own productivity
Knowing the six basic components of productivity
Maintaining the quality and quantity of one’s own job output
Understanding the related body of knowledge
Using pertinent terms accurately in context
Having a positive attitude toward increasing one’s job output

Key Questions - Technical Productivity

What is Technical Productivity?
Why is it important to know how to measure and increase your productivity on the job?
What terms are commonly used with Productivity?
What are examples of technical occupations that strive for ever-increasingly productivity?
What is the history of increasing worker productivity?
How is work measured?
How can you increase/improve your technical proficiency?
How can technical productivity become more effective and efficient?
What is true about worker productivity?
How can you overcome perfectionism on the job?
What about procrastination?
How can you be more productive?
What are characteristics of a peak performer?
How can you become a peak performer?
What do we know for sure about human productivity on the job.
What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for increasing productivity?
What is your attitude toward Technical Productivity?
What have you learned?
How should you declare your competence in Productivity?
How can you continuously expand your competence in Productivity

This module on Technical Productivity is one of six topics in the Cluster of Productivity. The other topics are Quality Assurance, Preventive Maintenance, Diagnostics, Estimating, and Managing Time. This module is closely aligned with the module on xxx Standard Operating Procedure. Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. Get credentialed now for only $150, reduced for this introductory offer from $350.

Quality Assurance

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of quality assurance. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set in quality control. This involves:

Improving and maintaining standards of accuracy
Knowing the benefits of reducing error rates
Using the contributors of quality assurance
Understanding the related body of knowledge
Using pertinent terms accurately in context
Taking responsibility for controlling one’s own quality

Key Questions - Quality Assurance

What is Quality Assurance?
Why is it important to assure quality?
What terms are commonly used with Quality Assurance?
What are examples of technical occupations that assure quality?
What are different forms of quality assurance?
What is Six Sigma?
What do we know for sure about Quality Assurance?
What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for Quality Assurance?
What is your attitude toward Quality Assurance?
What have you learned?
How should you declare your competence in Quality Assurance?
How can you continuously increase your competence in Quality Assurance?

This module on Quality Assurance is one of six topics in the Cluster of Productivity. The other topics are Technical Productivity, Preventive Maintenance, Diagnostics, Estimating, and Managing Time. Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. Get credentialed now for only $150, reduced for this introductory offer from $350.

Preventive Maintenance

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of preventative maintenance. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set in preventive maintenance on the job. This involves:

Keeping equipment and facilities operating at maximum performance
Designing programs of preventive maintenance
Performing routine precautions
Understanding the related body of knowledge
Using pertinent terms accurately in context
Taking responsibility for scheduling maintenance

Key Questions - Preventive Maintenance

What is a Preventive Maintenance?
Why is it important to know and do Preventive Maintenance?
What terms are commonly used with Preventive Maintenance?
What are examples of technical occupations that use Preventive Maintenance
1. Occupational Profile – Job with a View
2. Occupational Profile – Need a Lift?
3. Occupational Profile – Have a Down Day
4. Occupational Profile – Avoid Eating a Valve
What needs Preventive Maintenance?
What kinds of devices need Preventive Maintenance?
What are the steps in developing a Maintenance Schedule?
Do workers themselves need preventive maintenance?
What do we know for sure about Preventive Maintenance, and how do these tenets apply on the job?
What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for doing Preventive Maintenance?
What is your attitude toward Preventive Maintenance?
What have you learned?
Should you include your competence in Preventive Maintenance on your resume?
How can you continuously improve your competence in Preventive Maintenance?

This module on Preventive Maintenance is one of six topics in the Cluster of Productivity. The other topics are Technical Productivity, Quality Assurance, Diagnostics, Estimating, and Managing Time. Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. Get credentialed now for only $250, reduced for this introductory offer from $350.

Diagnostics

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of using diagnostics or troubleshooting. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set to perform diagnostics on differing applications. This involves:

Locating sources of problems
Targeting the causes of technical problems or malfunctions
Using the five sequential steps of diagnostics
Correcting failures in “closed” or “open” biological or physical systems
Listing key elements in determining corrective courses of action
Recognizing when solving a problem requires outside assistance
Identifying needed outside sources
Understanding the related body of knowledge
Using pertinent terms accurately in context
Appreciating the technical competence of diagnostics

Key Questions - Diagnostics

What is Diagnostics?
Why is it important to know how to diagnose malfunctions?
What terms are commonly used with Diagnostics?
What are examples of a technical occupations that do Diagnostics?
1. Occupational Profile – Carol’s Cleaning Up
2. Occupational Profile – Rufus is dying
3. Occupational Profile – The QUICLEAN Machine
4. Occupational Profile – Keep your posts clean
What are different types of systems?
What kinds of thinking contribute to Diagnostics?
What is cause & effect?
What does it mean to be possible and/or probable?
What’s the difference between being effective and being efficient?
How does Diagnostics differ from problem solving?
How does Diagnostics differ from anticipatory diagnostics? From preventive maintenance?
What is Artificial Intelligence?
1. Automotive Diagnostics Simulation
What are the “five whys” of Diagnostics?
1. Electronics Diagnostics Simulation
What are the sequential steps in Diagnostics?
How is competence in Diagnostics assessed?
1. Veterinary Aid Simulation
What do we know for sure about Diagnostics?
What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for doing Diagnostics?
What is your attitude toward Diagnostics?
What have you learned?
How should you declare your competence in Diagnostics?
How can you continuously expand your competence in Diagnostics?

This module on Diagnostics is one of six topics in the Cluster of Productivity. The other topics are Technical Productivity, Quality Assurance, Preventive Maintenance, Estimating, and Managing Time. Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. Get credentialed now for only $250, reduced for this introductory offer from $350.

Estimating

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of estimating. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set for estimating on the job. This involves:

Using the five-step process in doing an accurate estimate
Approximating time, dimension, cost, value, etc
Knowing how to anticipate and predict
Improving speed and accuracy in making job estimates
Understanding the related body of knowledge
Using pertinent terms accurately in context
Appreciating the value of making technical estimates

Key Questions - Estimating

What is Estimating?
Why is it important know how to estimate on the job?
What terms are commonly used with Estimating?
What are examples of technical occupations that do Estimating?
1. Occupational Profile – Paint the town
What are the five steps in estimating?
What does it mean to Clarify the Situation?
What does it mean to Subdivide the Task?
What are knowns and unknowns?
How do you make Comparisons?
What does it mean to Declare the Estimate?
How can estimates verify calculated answers?
What’s the difference between an estimate and a bid?
What is markup?
What’s the difference between an estimate and an appraisal?
What are dangers in the inappropriate use of estimating on the job?
How is competence in estimating assessed?
What do we know for sure about estimating and how do these tenets apply?
What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for doing Estimating?
What is your attitude toward Estimating?
What have you learned?
How should you declare your competence in Estimating?
How can you continuously improve your competence in Estimating?

This module on Estimating is one of six topics in the Cluster of Productivity. The other topics are Technical Productivity, Quality Assurance, Preventive Maintenance, Diagnostics, and Managing Time. Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. Get credentialed now for only $250, reduced for this introductory offer from $350.

Managing Time

The purpose of this module is to introduce the occupational competency of managing work time. The goal is to develop an occupational skills set in managing one’s work time. This involves:

Realizing that “time is money”
Identifying and avoiding time wasters
Implementing specific time-saving techniques
Understanding the related body of knowledge
Using pertinent terms accurately in context
Valuing why managing time is important

Key Questions - Managing Time

What is Time Management? What is time?
Why is it important to manage one’s time on the job?
What terms are commonly used with Time Management?
How do people relate to time?
What are examples of technical occupations that must manage work time?
1. Occupational Profile – Self-employed Technician
What are misconceptions about time management?
What are the five resources of the workplace?
How can you manage yourself in relation to time?
What should and should not be on a To-Do List?
How can you become more effective and efficient?
How can procrastination be overcome?
What wastes your work time?
How can time-management habits be changed?
How can you analyze how you use your time on the job?
How should you schedule your time?
What do we know for sure about Managing Time, and how do these tenets apply?
What is the Standard Operating Procedure and Job Aid for Managing Time?
What is your attitude toward Managing Time?
What have you learned?
How should you declare your competence in Managing Time?
How can you continuously improve your competence in managing time

This module on Managing Time is one of six topics in the Cluster of Productivity. The other topics are Technical Productivity, Quality Assurance, Preventive Maintenance, Diagnostics, and Estimating. Your digital credential for mastering this topic is shown here. Get credentialed now for only $250, reduced for this introductory offer from $350.