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Grade Levels Appropriate for Skill Development

Skill is introduced

Skill is practiced and consolidated

Skill is assumed to be mastered

Extension learning: skills may be taught

 

 

Skill #

Technical Skills - Hardware

1-6

1-6-1

ð       Adjust a monitor’s controls to optimize display

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

7

8

1-6-2

ð       Replace paper, toner or ink in printers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-3

ð       Replace one workstation with another

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-4

ð      Clean printer 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-5

ð       Clean a computer on the inside

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-6

ð       Practice good static-prevention techniques

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-7

ð       Free a jammed floppy drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-8

ð       Optimize settings in BIOS Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-9

ð       Change a floppy drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-10

ð       Change or add a CD, DVD or CD-R drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-11

ð       Change or add a hard drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-12

ð       Change or add memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

1-6-13

ð       Format and partition a hard disk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

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