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IMG 1020 - Technology Foundations


Clock Hours: 18

Prerequisites: IMG 1011 - Safety and Orientation  

Course Description:
Technology Foundations is designed to enhance and/or develop language and mathematical skills that serve as a foundation for Industrial Maintenance and are necessary for employment in the technical workforce. Students will develop problem-solving skills, enhance communication skills, and will be encouraged to become independent thinkers.
 

Student Learning Outcomes:
  Applied Math

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of business math terminology.
    1. Define business math terms.
    2. Use business math terms correctly and appropriately.
  2. Demonstrate proficiency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, decimals, percentages, and fractions.
    1. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, decimals, percentages, and fractions.

Locating Information

  1. The learner shall: understand what type of data is depicted in each type of graphic; understand and use the different types of graphical depictions of information; extract one or two pieces of information from simple documents with little distractions; use a flowchart or other graphical data to make a decision.
  2. Use labels and scales when extracting data; understand the scale of a graph and how that affects the interpretation of the data; given data, draw a graph; label in percentages the pieces of a pie chart; compare data shown on a bar graph; complete forms using given information.

Reading for Information

  1. Measures the skills used to recognize, understand and apply workplace information presented in an audio format.
  2. Identify main ideas or main details that are explicitly stated
  3. Understand simple instructions
  4. Recognize straightforward, concrete statements and answer questions about directly stated main points and details.
  5. Understand straightforward multi-step instructions.
  6. Determine the meaning of one or two words based on context.
  7. Identify directly stated main points and details in moderately complex spoken information where the context is somewhat clear and direct but information unfamiliar.
  8. Understand reason or cause & effect from context clues