The Arc/Mercer, Inc.
180 Ewingville Road
Ewing, NJ 08638
Phone: (609) 406-0181
Fax: (609) 406-9258
arc@arcmercer.org

Pre Vocational Training Program
 
 

Skills Essential for Success in ALL Jobs As Identified by the Secretary of Labor’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)

Workplace Competencies

Resources: Identifies, organizes, plans, and allocates resources.

  • Allocates time
  • Allocates money
  • Material
  • Human resources

Information: Acquires and uses information.

  • Acquires/evaluates
  • Organizes information
  • Interprets/communicates
  • Uses computers

Interpersonal: Works with others.

  • Participates
  • Teaches
  • Serves clients
  • Leadership
  • Negotiates
  • Cultural diversity

Systems: Understands complex inter-relationships.

  • Understands
  • Monitors
  • Improves

Technology: Works with a variety of technologies.

  • Selects technology
  • Applies technology
  • Maintains technology
  Basic Skills

Basic Skills

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Arithmetic
  • Mathematics
  • Listening
  • Speaking

Thinking Skills

  • Creative thinking
  • Decision making
  • Problem solving
  • Seeing things
  • How to learn
  • Reasoning

Personal Qualities

  • Responsibility
  • Self-esteem
  • Sociability
  • Self-management
  • Integrity
 

Services and Skills

General Eligibility
Overview
Transition Services
Assembly Services
Essential Skills


Curriculum Overviews

Landscaping
Early Child Care and Health
Custodial Service
Food Service
Computer Technology

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