Vocabulary
SCANS
Vocabulary
SCANS
Vocabulary
100
Proficiency or ability.
What is Skill
100
Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens, and speaks
What is Basic Skills
100
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
What is Divorce
100
Uses learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills
What is Responsibility
100
Natural or acquired skill or talent.
What is Abilities
200
Those things that a person can use to help reach goals
What is Resources
200
Responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty
What is Personal Qualities
200
Relationships between persons.
What is Interpersonal
200
Believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self
What is Self Esteem
200
The Principles of conduct that govern a group or society.
What is Ethics
300
The processes of changing from one state, activity, or place to another.
What is Transition
300
Receives, interprets, and responds to verbal messages
What is Listening
300
Changes that occur as we move through life experiences.
What is Life Stages
300
Organizes and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects and other information
What is Visualization
300
Requires over time pay for time worked over 40 hours, and restricts the employment of minor.
What is Fair Labor Standards Act
400
Ideas and beliefs concerning career/work that are important to a person and govern his/her perception of job/occupation/career.
What is Work Values
400
Specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best alternatives
What is Decision Making
400
Relates to interaction with people and objects in real space.
What is Kinesthetic
400
Assesses skills and distributes work accordingly, evaluates performance and provides feedback
What is Human Resources
400
Proficiency in using the body or hands.
What is Dexterity
500
Those characteristics that employers require for employment (SCANS skills: basic skills, thinking skills, personal qualities, workplace competencies).
What is Work Needs
500
Uses learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills
What is Knowing how to learn
500
Layoff
What is An involuntary separation of the employee from the employer for a temporary or indefinite period, through no fault of the employee.
500
Demonstrates understanding and courtesy to others
What is Sociability
500
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act; law to provide terminated employees or those who lose insurance coverage because of reduced work to be able to buy group insurance for themselves and their families for a limited amount of time.
What is COBRA
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