Communication and Trades | Origin: EL121
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Teaching Skills and Trades Online --> Communication and Trades
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Communicating effectively is an important life skill to have and will be used in every aspect of life, not just our careers.
Many individuals have a perception where they believe communication is simply a back and forth situation however, that is not the case at all. It involves active listening and repeating to make sure we listened and captured the message.
The importance of effective communication for all life skills
The key to any learning is the ability to communicate. The problems come in when a student or an instructor fails to communicate effectively in a classroom setting or a clinical setting
Communication is important no matter what career you choose.
Communication skills are vital in all aspects of life, both personal and professional. Helping students to improve these skills will help them be more sucessful all around.
soft skills are more self-motivated and aren't taught in schools. schools generally teach hard skills only
I enjoyed the discussion about the holistic approach for skilled trades workers.
Teaching integral skills is essential for any student and future professional. In the case of skilled trade students, there's often a mistaken belief that mastering practical skills is sufficient. This module made me reflect on the importance of other skills such as critical reasoning, problem-solving, communication, and adaptability.
What really resonated with me...It is important for teachers not to make assumptions about their students in relation to their experience, background, preexisting knowledge, or skill level. I have learned it is important to treat everyone as they are learning a particular skill for the first time, it helps to correct bad habits and provides opportunities for students to demonstrate what they know and the skills they have learned. I agree that application of skills and in-context learning are so important to ensure comprehension has been established. It also helps to provide close to real-life situations as much as possible so they can demonstrate their knowledge and abilities.
Students have the ability to practice customer service applications online and according to Newman University (2020), 99.2% of employers think critical thinking skills are essential, but they feel that only 55.8% of program graduates are proficient that statistic is remarkable.
Comment on Andrea Buls's post: I agree with you. As instructors, it gives us the opportunity to course correct if needed. We can also ask reinforcement questions to measure the understanding of the lesson.
No matter the trade quality customer service must be part of the training and execution of the skills taught.
Customer service is a foundation skill that everyone needs to know.
Becoming a good communicator is important for the customer relationship
Communication and customer service are important and go hand in hand. It is important to learn effective communication skills in order to solve problems.
There are many areas of life-long learning associated with skilled trade workers that is just the same as any student attending a four year college.
Communications and trades is very important to a self employed trades person or employee trades person. Communication can prevent injuries in the shop, productivity increases, and customer service is upgraded to have good relationships with customers and future business.
Communication is part of 'soft people' skills that sometimes get overlooked with more favor on content, concepts or skills. However, those soft people skils are what influences quality, efficiency, critical thinking to resolve problems and influences decision making so a win-win skill to have with being successful in what you do on the job and in life :-)
