OCCUPATIONAL GUIDANCE AND PREPARATION
17. Knowing and Exploring Occupational Possibilities
70. Identify Remunerative Aspects of Work
1. Identify why people are paid for working.
2. Identify why some jobs pay better then others.
3. Discuss personal needs that are met through wages.
4. Discuss positive and negative aspects of different kinds of wages.
5. Given a paycheck stub, calculate deduction information.
71. Locate Sources of Occupational and Training Information
1. List sources of occupational information.
2. List information provided by the sources from objective 1.
3. Use occupational information sources to demonstrate how to obtain information specific to a job.
4. Locate sources of training information.
5. Identify one kind of information provided by training information.
72. Identify Persona! Values Met Through Work
1. List an economic reason to work at a job.
2. Identify how a job affects building personal and social relationships.
3. Identify personal needs that can be met through work.
4. Describe how work relates to one's self-esteem.
73. Identify Societal Values Met Through Work
1. Identify ways in which individual workers help society.
2. Identify ways in which members of a specific occupation contribute to society.
3. Identify ways in which workers on different jobs are interdependent.
4. Describe ways society rewards different occupations.
74. Classify Jobs into Occupational Categories
1. Locate jobs using yellow pages and want ads.
2. Locate occupational categories and sort jobs into different occupational categories.
3. Locate information about job classifications.
4. List major categories of jobs related to interest.
5. List general job categories.
6. Locate training requirements and wages for common job classifications.
75. Investigate Local Occupational and Training Opportunities
1. Select an occupational area and find local employers in the Yellow Pages.
2. Collect and read help wanted ads in the occupational areas selected in Objective 1.
3. Utilize sources of employment information.
4. Locate sources of employment information.
18. Selecting and Planning Occupational Choices
76. Make Realistic Occupational Choices
1. Identify jobs of interest.
2. Obtain specific information about jobs of interest.
3. Obtain observational information about the above jobs (e.g.. on-site visits, work samples, job tryouts).
4. Identify a job of interest that is commensurate with interests and abilities.
77. Identify Requirements of Appropriate and Available Jobs
1. Identify the availability and location of jobs.
2. List specific job-related requirements.
3. Identify an alternative for each occupation for which personal qualifications are not adequate.
78. Identify Occupational Aptitudes
1. Identify different aptitudes necessary in the performance of various jobs.
2. Identify personal aptitudes.
3. Identify activities which could improve personal aptitude necessary for a perfect job.
79. Identify Major Occupational Interests
1. Identity occupational categories of interest.
2. Rank areas of personal interest in order of importance in finding occupation.
3. Identify how interests relate to jobs.
4. Describe ways the chosen job of interest relates to future personal goals.
80.. Identify Major Occupational Needs
1. Identify needs that can be met through one's occupation and rank them in order of personal preference.
2. Identify personal-social needs met through work.
3. Name status needs met through work.
4. Identify factors that the student needs in a personal occupational environment.
5. Identify the most personally satisfying aspects and the least satisfying aspects about a given job.
6. Identify criteria one would use in selecting an occupation.
19. Exhibiting Appropriate Work Habits and Behaviors
81. Follow Directions and Observe Regulations
1. Perform a series of tasks in response to verbal instructions.
2. Perform a series of tasks in response to written instructions.
82. Recognize Importance of Attendance and Punctuality
1. Identify reasons for good attendance and punctuality.
2. Identify acceptable and unacceptable reasons for tardiness and absenteeism.
3. Identify appropriate action to take if late or absent from work.
83. Recognize Importance of Supervision
1. List roles and responsibility of supervision.
2. Identity the appropriate response to a supervisory instruction.
3. Complete a job following supervisor's instructions.
84. Demonstrate Knowledge of Occupational Safety
1. Identify potential safety hazards on the job.
2. Identify jobs that require safety equipment and identify the equipment.
3. Identify main reasons for practicing safety on the job.
4. Follow safety instructions on the job (e.g., wear rubber gloves, safety goggles).
55. Work with Others
1. Identify reasons for working with others.
2. Identify the importance of individual components of a cooperative effort.
3. Complete a task working with other persons.
86. Meet Demands for Quality Work
1. Identify minimum quality standards for various jobs.
2. Identify reasons for quality standards.
3. Perform simulated work tasks which have minimum quality standards.
87. Work at a Satisfactory Rate
\, Identify the need for performing jobs at a satisfactory rate.
2. Identify satisfactory rates required for specific jobs.
3. List reasons why a job must be performed at a certain rate of speed.
4. Perform a job at a satisfactory rate.
20. Seeking, Securing, and Maintaining Employment
88. Search for a Job
1. Identify the steps involved in searching for a job.
2. Identify a potential job through employment resources.
3. Arrange a real or simulated job interview.
89. Apply for a Job
1. Identify appropriate job application procedures.
2. Collect a personal data sheet to be used for job application.
3. Complete a real or simulated job application with spelling assistance.
4. Apply for a real or simulated job in person or by telephone.
90. Interview for a Job
1. Obtain an interview or carry out a mock interview.
2. Identify interview behaviors.
3. Complete a real or simulated job interview.
4. Obtain transportation to and from the interview.
91. Know How to Maintain Post-School Occupational Adjustment
1. Identify potential problems to be encountered on the job.
2. For potential problems, identify potential solutions.
3. Identify resources for assistance if problems cannot be personally resolved.
92. Demonstrate Knowledge of Competitive Standards
1. Determine the minimum level of skill and performance requirements for a specific job.
2. Identify potential remedial activities which might be required by an occupation.
3. Determine the level of personal abilities required for a specific occupation.
93. Know How to Adjust to Changes in Employment
1. Identify factors which determine successful employment adjustment.
2. Identify factors which determine unsuccessful employ ment adjustment.
3. Identify potential employment variations within a specific occupation.
4. Identify factors which lead to termination of employment.
5. Identify factors which lead to promotion at place of employment.
21. Exhibiting Sufficient Physical-Manual Skills
94. Demonstrate Stamina and Endurance
1. Identify the need for stamina on the job.
2. Perform at the 80% level of age-normed simulated work task.
3. Identify jobs in which endurance and strength are critical.
95. Demonstrate Satisfactory Balance and. Coordination
1. Demonstrate satisfactory balance and coordination on non-work tasks.
2. Demonstrate satisfactory balance and coordination on simulated work tasks.
3. Describe the relationship between balance and coordination and job performance.
6. Demonstrate Manual Dexterity
1. State three different kinds of physical-manual dexterity.
2. Demonstrate personal level of dexterity in both work and non-work tasks.
3. Demonstrate adequate dexterity on work tasks appropriate to an identified occupation.
4. Identify reasons for dexterity.
5. Name two occupations commensurate with determined dexterity.
97. Demonstrate Sensory Discrimination
1. Describe five kinds of sensory discrimination.
2. Demonstrate size and shape discrimination.
3. Demonstrate color discrimination.
4. State the need for sensory discrimination on an identified job.
5. Demonstrate auditory discrimination.
17. Knowing and Exploring Occupational Possibilities
70. Identify Remunerative Aspects of Work
1. Identify why people are paid for working.
2. Identify why some jobs pay better then others.
3. Discuss personal needs that are met through wages.
4. Discuss positive and negative aspects of different kinds of wages.
5. Given a paycheck stub, calculate deduction information.
71. Locate Sources of Occupational and Training Information
1. List sources of occupational information.
2. List information provided by the sources from objective 1.
3. Use occupational information sources to demonstrate how to obtain information specific to a job.
4. Locate sources of training information.
5. Identify one kind of information provided by training information.
72. Identify Persona! Values Met Through Work
1. List an economic reason to work at a job.
2. Identify how a job affects building personal and social relationships.
3. Identify personal needs that can be met through work.
4. Describe how work relates to one's self-esteem.
73. Identify Societal Values Met Through Work
1. Identify ways in which individual workers help society.
2. Identify ways in which members of a specific occupation contribute to society.
3. Identify ways in which workers on different jobs are interdependent.
4. Describe ways society rewards different occupations.
74. Classify Jobs into Occupational Categories
1. Locate jobs using yellow pages and want ads.
2. Locate occupational categories and sort jobs into different occupational categories.
3. Locate information about job classifications.
4. List major categories of jobs related to interest.
5. List general job categories.
6. Locate training requirements and wages for common job classifications.
75. Investigate Local Occupational and Training Opportunities
1. Select an occupational area and find local employers in the Yellow Pages.
2. Collect and read help wanted ads in the occupational areas selected in Objective 1.
3. Utilize sources of employment information.
4. Locate sources of employment information.
18. Selecting and Planning Occupational Choices
76. Make Realistic Occupational Choices
1. Identify jobs of interest.
2. Obtain specific information about jobs of interest.
3. Obtain observational information about the above jobs (e.g.. on-site visits, work samples, job tryouts).
4. Identify a job of interest that is commensurate with interests and abilities.
77. Identify Requirements of Appropriate and Available Jobs
1. Identify the availability and location of jobs.
2. List specific job-related requirements.
3. Identify an alternative for each occupation for which personal qualifications are not adequate.
78. Identify Occupational Aptitudes
1. Identify different aptitudes necessary in the performance of various jobs.
2. Identify personal aptitudes.
3. Identify activities which could improve personal aptitude necessary for a perfect job.
79. Identify Major Occupational Interests
1. Identity occupational categories of interest.
2. Rank areas of personal interest in order of importance in finding occupation.
3. Identify how interests relate to jobs.
4. Describe ways the chosen job of interest relates to future personal goals.
80.. Identify Major Occupational Needs
1. Identify needs that can be met through one's occupation and rank them in order of personal preference.
2. Identify personal-social needs met through work.
3. Name status needs met through work.
4. Identify factors that the student needs in a personal occupational environment.
5. Identify the most personally satisfying aspects and the least satisfying aspects about a given job.
6. Identify criteria one would use in selecting an occupation.
19. Exhibiting Appropriate Work Habits and Behaviors
81. Follow Directions and Observe Regulations
1. Perform a series of tasks in response to verbal instructions.
2. Perform a series of tasks in response to written instructions.
82. Recognize Importance of Attendance and Punctuality
1. Identify reasons for good attendance and punctuality.
2. Identify acceptable and unacceptable reasons for tardiness and absenteeism.
3. Identify appropriate action to take if late or absent from work.
83. Recognize Importance of Supervision
1. List roles and responsibility of supervision.
2. Identity the appropriate response to a supervisory instruction.
3. Complete a job following supervisor's instructions.
84. Demonstrate Knowledge of Occupational Safety
1. Identify potential safety hazards on the job.
2. Identify jobs that require safety equipment and identify the equipment.
3. Identify main reasons for practicing safety on the job.
4. Follow safety instructions on the job (e.g., wear rubber gloves, safety goggles).
55. Work with Others
1. Identify reasons for working with others.
2. Identify the importance of individual components of a cooperative effort.
3. Complete a task working with other persons.
86. Meet Demands for Quality Work
1. Identify minimum quality standards for various jobs.
2. Identify reasons for quality standards.
3. Perform simulated work tasks which have minimum quality standards.
87. Work at a Satisfactory Rate
\, Identify the need for performing jobs at a satisfactory rate.
2. Identify satisfactory rates required for specific jobs.
3. List reasons why a job must be performed at a certain rate of speed.
4. Perform a job at a satisfactory rate.
20. Seeking, Securing, and Maintaining Employment
88. Search for a Job
1. Identify the steps involved in searching for a job.
2. Identify a potential job through employment resources.
3. Arrange a real or simulated job interview.
89. Apply for a Job
1. Identify appropriate job application procedures.
2. Collect a personal data sheet to be used for job application.
3. Complete a real or simulated job application with spelling assistance.
4. Apply for a real or simulated job in person or by telephone.
90. Interview for a Job
1. Obtain an interview or carry out a mock interview.
2. Identify interview behaviors.
3. Complete a real or simulated job interview.
4. Obtain transportation to and from the interview.
91. Know How to Maintain Post-School Occupational Adjustment
1. Identify potential problems to be encountered on the job.
2. For potential problems, identify potential solutions.
3. Identify resources for assistance if problems cannot be personally resolved.
92. Demonstrate Knowledge of Competitive Standards
1. Determine the minimum level of skill and performance requirements for a specific job.
2. Identify potential remedial activities which might be required by an occupation.
3. Determine the level of personal abilities required for a specific occupation.
93. Know How to Adjust to Changes in Employment
1. Identify factors which determine successful employment adjustment.
2. Identify factors which determine unsuccessful employ ment adjustment.
3. Identify potential employment variations within a specific occupation.
4. Identify factors which lead to termination of employment.
5. Identify factors which lead to promotion at place of employment.
21. Exhibiting Sufficient Physical-Manual Skills
94. Demonstrate Stamina and Endurance
1. Identify the need for stamina on the job.
2. Perform at the 80% level of age-normed simulated work task.
3. Identify jobs in which endurance and strength are critical.
95. Demonstrate Satisfactory Balance and. Coordination
1. Demonstrate satisfactory balance and coordination on non-work tasks.
2. Demonstrate satisfactory balance and coordination on simulated work tasks.
3. Describe the relationship between balance and coordination and job performance.
6. Demonstrate Manual Dexterity
1. State three different kinds of physical-manual dexterity.
2. Demonstrate personal level of dexterity in both work and non-work tasks.
3. Demonstrate adequate dexterity on work tasks appropriate to an identified occupation.
4. Identify reasons for dexterity.
5. Name two occupations commensurate with determined dexterity.
97. Demonstrate Sensory Discrimination
1. Describe five kinds of sensory discrimination.
2. Demonstrate size and shape discrimination.
3. Demonstrate color discrimination.
4. State the need for sensory discrimination on an identified job.
5. Demonstrate auditory discrimination.