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Section Three Essential Skills in Brief (Review the nine Essential Skills and read examples of how they are used in the workplace.)
10 minutes These nine Essential Skills are foundational for learning all other skills.
Essential Skill
1. Reading
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Document Use
Description
Workplace Example
Carpenters read project The ability to read and understand text in the form of specifications, installation manuals and notes on sentences and paragraphs. blueprints.
The ability to use charts, forms, graphs, labels, lists, signs, tables and similar materials.
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Electricians read lists of worksite procedures, such as the voltage being used. They interpret drawings when installing, assembling or repairing electrical equipment.