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Definition of Terms <br />Foundational skills —The fundamental, portable skills that are critical to training and <br />workplace success. These skills are fundamental in that they serve as a basis —the <br />foundation —for supporting more advanced skill development. And they are portable <br />because, rather than being job specific, they can be applied at some level across a <br />wide variety of occupations. <br />Job profile —A systematic procedure for gathering, documenting, and analyzing <br />information about the content, context, and requirements of ajob. It demonstrates <br />that there is a clear relationship between the tasks performed on the job and the <br />competencies, knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors required to perform the <br />tasks. <br />Occupational profile—The end product of a process used to identify the key skill <br />areas and levels of skills required to enter an occupation and successfully perform <br />tasks. Occupational profiles are usually developed via ajob analysis or job profile for <br />several jobs with similar occupational titles. <br />Skills gap —A gap between the skills needed for ajob requiring a given level of <br />education versus those skills possessed by workers for a similar level of education. <br />Work readiness —A "work ready" individual possesses the foundational skills needed <br />to be minimally qualified for a specific occupation as determined through a job <br />analysis or occupational profile, <br />Work readiness benchmarks The median skill level for all job profiles within a <br />given occupation. <br />Work readiness standards — Precise descriptions of the knowledge and <br />combination of skills that individuals need to be minimally qualified for a target <br />occupation and are determined by the level of skills profiled for a national <br />representative sample of jobs in a given occupation. <br />ACT' <br />I5 <br />F -2 Page 106 <br />