SCANS Matrix
Program: NUCP (NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGY-INSTRUMENTATION AND
CONTROL TECHNICIAN SPECIALTY)
CIP: 410205
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LIST ALL COURSES REQUIRED AND IDENTIFIED COMPETENCIES
Competencies
Course
Course Title
Number
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5
6
7
8
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
NUCP 1371
Math & Chemistry
Fundamentals for Nuclear
Power
ELPT 1370 or
PTAC1302
Intro to Power Technology
or Intro to Process
Technology
BCIS 1305
Business Computer
Applications
MATH
1314/2312
College Algebra/ Pre Calculus
ENGL 1301
Composition & Rhetoric I
NUCP 1370
Nuclear Fundamentals I
NUCP 1471
Nuclear Fundamentals II
PTAC 1432
(Note 1)
Instrumentation
CHEM
1405/1411
Intro Chemistry/Chemistry
I
NUCP 1472
Nuclear Power Plant Org &
Processes
CETT 1409
DC-AC Circuits
INTC 1450
Digital Measurement and
Controls
Social Science Elective
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
X
X
PTAC 2314
Quality
PTAC 2436
Instrumentation II
INTC 1457
AC / DC Motor Control
Humanities Elective
ELMT 2452
X
X
X
Power Generation
Instrumentation
SPCH 1315
Fundamentals of Speech
BMGT 2347
Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
COMPETENCY REFERENCES
8 Basic use of computers
7 Workplace Competencies: resources;
interpersonal skills; information; systems; and
technology.
6 Personal Qualities: A worker must display responsibility,
self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and
honesty.
5 Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make decisions,
solve problems, visualize, know how to learn, and reason
effectively.
4 Speaking and Listening: Organize ideas and communicate orally;
receive, attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other
cues.
3 Arithmetic or Mathematics: Perform basic computations and approach
practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical
techniques.
2 Writing: Communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and
create documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts.
1 Reading: Locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and in documents such
as manuals, graphs, and schedules.
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
SCANS Competencies Checklist
SCANS COMPETENCIES FOR PROGRAM
NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGY-INSTRUMENTATION AND
CONTROL TECHNICIAN SPECIALTY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012
Competency
Course where
Competency is Assessed
1 READING: Locate, understand,
and interpret written information
in prose and in documents such
as manuals, graphs, and
schedules.
2 WRITING: Communicate
thoughts, ideas, information, and
messages in writing, and create
documents such as letters,
directions, manuals, reports,
graphs, and flow charts.
3 ARITHMETIC OR
MATHEMATICS: Perform basic
computations and approach
practical problems by choosing
appropriately from a variety of
mathematical techniques.
4 SPEAKING AND LISTENING:
Organize ideas and communicate
orally; receive, attend to,
interpret, and respond to verbal
messages and other cues.
5 THINKING SKILLS: A worker
must think creatively, make
decisions, solve problems,
visualize, know how to learn, and
reason effectively.
6 PERSONAL QUALITIES: A
worker must display
responsibility, self-esteem,
sociability, self-management,
integrity, and honesty.
ENGL 1301
7 WORKPLACE
COMPETENCIES:
resources;interpersonal skills;
information; systems; and
technology
NUCP 1472
ENGL 1301
Findings and Plans for
Improvements
PERIODIC
DEPARTMENTAL
QUIZZES/EXAMS
Student Deficiencies in this
area will initiate immediate
cause analysis leading to
immediate implementation of
corrective action .
PERIODIC DEPARTMENTAL Student Deficiencies in this
QUIZZES/EXAMS
area will initiate immediate
cause analysis leading to
immediate implementation of
corrective action .
MATH 1314
PERIODIC DEPARTMENTAL Student Deficiencies in this
QUIZZES/EXAMS
area will initiate immediate
cause analysis leading to
immediate implementation of
corrective action .
SPCH 1315
PERIODIC DEPARTMENTAL Student Deficiencies in this
QUIZZES/EXAMS
area will initiate immediate
cause analysis leading to
immediate implementation of
corrective action .
PERIODIC DEPARTMENTAL Student Deficiencies in this
QUIZZES/EXAMS
area will initiate immediate
cause analysis leading to
immediate implementation of
corrective action .
PERIODIC DEPARTMENTAL Student Deficiencies in this
QUIZZES/EXAMS
area will initiate immediate
cause analysis leading to
immediate implementation of
corrective action .
BMGT 2347
SPCH 1315
8 BASIC USE OF COMPUTERS BCIS 1305
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
Method of Assessment
PERIODIC DEPARTMENTAL Student Deficiencies in this
QUIZZES/EXAMS
area will initiate immediate
cause analysis leading to
immediate implementation of
corrective action .
PERIODIC DEPARTMENTAL Student Deficiencies in this
QUIZZES/EXAMS
area will initiate immediate
cause analysis leading to
immediate implementation of
corrective action .