SCANS
Correlation of CASAS Competencies to SCANS Competencies
The chart below shows how the "SCANS" competencies correlate to the CASAS Competencies. The SCANS competencies are taken from "Skills and Tasks for Jobs: A SCANS Report for America 2000," by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, U.S. Department of Labor, 1992.
Detailed description of SCANS Competencies here.
SCANS Competency Area |
SCANS Competency |
CASAS Competency |
Resources |
C1 Allocates time
C2 Allocates money
C3 Allocates material and facility resources
C4 Allocates human resources |
7.1.2
4.7.1
4.7.2
4.7.3 |
Information |
C5 Acquires and evaluates information
C6 Organizes and maintains information
C7 Interprets and communicates information
C8 Uses computers to process information |
4.7.4
4.7.4
4.6.5
4.5.5 |
Interpersonal |
C9 Participates as a member of a team
C10 Teaches others
C11 Serves clients/customers
C12 Exercises leadership
C13 Negotiates to arrive at a decision
C14 Works with cultural diversity |
4.8.1
4.8.2
4.8.3, 4.8.4
4.8.5
4.8.6
4.8.7
|
Systems |
C15 Understands systems
C16 Monitors and corrects performance
C17 Improves and designs systems |
4.9.1, 4.9.2, 4.9.3
4.9.4
4.9.4 |
Technology |
C18 Selects technology
C19 Applies technology to task
C20 Maintains and troubleshoots technology |
4.5.6
4.5.6
4.5.7 |
Basic Skills |
F1 Reading
F2 Writing
F3 Arithmetic
F5 Listening
F6 Speaking |
These skills are
inherent
throughout
CASAS competencies |
Thinking Skills |
F7 Creative thinking
F8 Decision making
F9 Problem solving
F10 Seeing things in the mind's eye |
7.2.6
7.2.7
7.3 (all)
7.4.8 |
Personal Qualities |
F13 Responsibility
F15 Social
F16 Self-management |
7.1.3
4.8.1, 4.8.3
7.1.1, 7.1.3 |
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