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Assessment Criteria: For each product that you work on, assess your skills as follows:
1 |
You heard of the product. |
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You can describe the product: explain what it does, identify its target market(s) and user(s), and describe how specific functions and features benefit the users. |
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You have used the product. |
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You can install and customize the product, program the product, and perform basic troubleshooting. |
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You serve as an expert by performing tasks such as troubleshooting complex problems, finding alternative uses for the product (in some cases, by re-designing it). |
Example: Consider this person's experience with various operating systems.
| Operating System | Use | Evaluation |
| Windows | Have written Windows help systems. Also use Windows as the primary computer system and have customized the user interface to change the mouse pointer and the display screen. | 4 |
| OS/400 | Have written about applications that run on the IBM AS/400. Have only taken classes in this system and can describe what it does.; have not actually had many interactions with it. | 2 |
Assessment Criteria: For the technologies you work with, assess your skills as follows:
1 |
You can describe what the technology is. |
2 |
You can describe how the technology works, explaining the technical and scientific principles underlying it. |
3 |
You can describe practical applications of the technology and assess whether the technology would be appropriate for a given situation. |
4 |
You have contributed to the development of the technology. |
5 |
You serve as an industry expert in the technology. |
Technologies might include database systems, computer hardware, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and occupcational safety and health.
Example: Consider this person's experience with occupational safety and health laws.
| Authoring | Use | Evaluation |
| Right to know (laws pertaining to worker's rights to know about the chemicals in their workplace) | Have prepared an annual refresher course. | 3 |
| Hearing protection Audio hearing | Have prepared a training course for an airline; afterwards, worked with a legislator in writing the revision to the statute. | 4 |
| Confined space | Have reviewed the statutes on confined space, but have not worked with the material. | 2 |
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