DACUM ORIENTATION

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DACUM ORIENTATION For COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FROM INDUSTRY Ursula Osteneck January
2006
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WHAT IS DACUM?

• An acronym for Developing A CurriculUM
• A process for analysis of
• a job
• an occupation
• a process
• a function

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DACUM Used by Whom? Used Why?

• Who?
• Technical/Vocational Educators
• Business Industry Trainers Managers
• Government Agencies
• Why?
• Effective
• Quick
• Low Cost

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Philosophy

• Expert workers can describe and define their job
  more accurately than anyone else.
• An effective way to define a job is to precisely
  identify the tasks that expert workers perform.
• In order to perform tasks, certain knowledge,
  skills, tools and worker behaviors are required.

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DACUM Standards

• All duty and task statements contain a single
  verb and an object.
• The same task appears only once.
• Duties and tasks are logically sequenced.
• There are 6 to 14 duties per job and 6 to 30
  tasks in each duty.
• Lists of knowledge, behaviors, tools and trends
  may be developed.
• A majority of the committee represents expert
  workers (ratio 5 to 1 workers to supervisors).

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Duty Task Relationships
Economic Development Officer
Whole Job
Job Divided Into Duties (6-14)
Job Divided Into Duties Tasks (180 -400)
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Example of the relationship of a job, duty and a
task

• Job Economic Development Officer
• Duty Manage Strategic Planning
• Task Develop Action Plans

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Important Terms

• Duty - general statement of work performed
• Task - specific,observable units of work
• Step - detailed activity required to perform a
  task

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Duty

• Describes a large area of work in performance
  terms
• Serves as a title for a cluster of related tasks
• Is a general, not specific, statement of work
  that is performed
• Is a meaningful, stand alone statement without
  reference to a job
• Usually 6 to 14 duties per job

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Task

• Smallest unit of work with an outcome
• Outcome can be a product, a service or a decision
• Is an assignable unit of work
• Has a definite beginning and end point
• Is observable and measurable
• Can be performed independent of other tasks
• Consists of two or more steps
• Usually 6 to 30 tasks per duty

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Step Analysis

• Precisely stated procedural activities
• Defines how a task is completed
• Determines the procedural steps
• Also can be called Task Analysis
• Task Analysis is NOT being completed with this
  DACUM

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Task Statement Criteria

• Stated in performance, DOING, terms
• Has a SINGLE action verb
• Includes an object that receives the action
• Contains one or more qualifiers
• Is crystal clear
• Is a stand alone statement, not dependent on the
  duty or other tasks for meaning
• Avoids references to tools, equipment and
  knowledge

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DACUM Ground Rules

• Rank and seniority are left at the door
• Everyone participates equally
• Share ideas freely
• Hitchhike on each others ideas
• One person speaks at a time
• Keep on track

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DACUM Ground Rules contd

• Offer constructive suggestions rather than
  criticism
• Consider and reconsider all task and duty
  statements carefully
• Dont use references
• Observers usually do not participate

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DACUM Outcomes

• Precisely stated job duties and task
• A DACUM Chart
• Industry/institute linkages
• Potential Program Advisory Committee Memberships
• Optional activities may discern
• required entry level skills
• rating of importance of skills (training
  specific)

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DACUM Outcomes

• Next slide shows the DACUM chart on the wall and
  the DACUM Committee hard at work...

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• Thank you for your invaluable help!!!
• Diakuiu!