Competency Based Learning Materials Part 2 of 2

Writing your Instructions Sheets.

The PTS-CBLM defines Instruction sheets as a document "designed to guide the trainee on the different things to be done to learn a unit of competency, different instruction sheets will be required for different learning activities."

These different Instruction Sheets are:

1. Information Sheet
2. Task Sheet
3. Operation Sheet
4. Job Sheet

Information Sheet

"Information sheet is not a copy or duplicate of an article from magazine, newspaper or book. An information sheet is developed when there are no resources available to explain the required information or to summarize an article that illustrate new trends and technology and present hard-to-find data. An information sheet is primarily designed to deliver pertinent information needed in the attainment of a learning outcome."

A good information sheet has the following characteristics or conforms to the following criteria:

1. Free from violation of copyright law
2. Contains information essential to the attainment of the learning
   outcomes
3. Has a title that gives some idea of the coverage of the sheet
4. Approach in terms of content and presentation is appropriate to the interest and reading level of the learner
5. The layout, text and drawings are attractive in appearance and legible
6. Has uncommon terms marked for further defining
7. Has acknowledgement per copied part of the sheet

Tips in writing Information Sheets

1. Make sure that the reading level matches that of your trainees
2. Use short paragraphs
3. Use short, concise sentences
4. Position illustrations to the side or just below the sentences referring to the illustrations
5. Keep information sheet brief

- From PTS-CBLM page 150.

There are lots of ways of writing an information sheet, provided below is one of the possible ways of writing it.

Figure 1. Sample Information Sheet (click to download sample doc)

For this Learning Outcome of the old CES NC II TR, it focuses more on learning how to assemble an electronic project, given that most of the prerequisites have already been discussed before, there is longer any other topic to learn except for the actual assembly of an Electronic Project, thus, there is no longer a need to write for a self-check, but instead, after this Information Sheet follows a Job sheet

Figure 2. Sample Job Sheet, click to download sample doc

Figure 3. Sample Job Sheet

Referring to figure 2, As you can see, in order to assemble the electronic project, the trainee is required to perform different task, from checking all the required materials, individual testing of components and then the actual assembly which makes the assembly a Job, since it's a combination of multiple tasks.

The same format is utilized when developing a task sheet and an operation sheet, the only difference is that a task sheet it focuses on the performance of a single task. Example, "Test components" is a single task, which will only require the trainee to test the functionality of components, while for an operation sheet, it should contain the different procedures that the trainee needs to perform to use (operate) an equipment. Example, "How to use a multi-tester."

Figure 4. Sample Performance Criteria checklist, click to download sample doc

For the performance Criteria Checklist (Figure 4), you need to copy all steps and procedures that you wrote in your job sheet, so that the trainee will be able to check his/her own performance. 

If you want to include portfolio as a requirement before the Trainee can undergo Institutional Assessments, you can collect the performance criteria checklist and include it as part of your portfolio requirements.

This ends this tutorial, in the near future will be posting more sample Information sheets.

Should you have further questions feel free to comment bellow.

Cheers!