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Via ACT's job profiling process, subject matter experts link specific tasks to skills <br />required for each task and determine the level of skill needed for each task i Tasks <br />requiring similar skills are grouped together, resulting in a range of skill levels needed <br />for the target occupation. The work readiness standards for an accountant and a <br />welder are summarized in the following tables. <br />Table 1. Work Readiness Standard — Accountant <br />(O *NET Occupation Code 13- 2011.01) <br />Applied Mathematics <br />5 <br />5 6 <br />Reading for Information <br />4 <br />5 5 <br />Locating Information <br />4 <br />5 5 <br />Writing <br />2 <br />3 3 <br />Teamwork <br />3 <br />3 4 <br />Observation <br />3 <br />4 4 <br />Business Writing <br />3 <br />4 4 <br />Table 2. Work Readiness Standard — Welder <br />(O *NET Occupation Code 51- 4121.06) <br />Applied Mathematics <br />3 <br />3 5 <br />Reading for Information <br />3 <br />3 5 <br />Locating Information <br />3 <br />4 5 <br />Applied Technology <br />3 <br />3 5 <br />Writing <br />3 <br />3 3 <br />Teamwork <br />3 <br />3 5 <br />Observation <br />3 <br />4 5 <br />The work readiness standard for a welder includes an additional skill, Applied <br />Technology, which measures problem- solving skills in four areas: electricity, <br />mechanics, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics. Meanwhile, accountants require <br />Business Writing skills, which are not required of welders. Skill levels required for <br />welders also differ from those required for accountants. For example, accountants <br />and welders require similar levels of Teamwork skills, but accountants require a higher <br />level of Reading for Information, Applied Mathematics, and Locating Information skills <br />because of the nature of the tasks identified by employers as important for the job. <br />ACT' <br />F -2 Page 102 <br />