Work and craft¶
Readiness and care¶
Supervised apprenticeship before independent accountable work
Respect labor protections, accessibility, authorization and workplace safety. Do not use unpaid risky work as an assessment shortcut.
Qualified supervisor, safety officer, occupational specialist or relevant professional
External standards and user acceptance matter; confidential work may be assessed through redacted evidence.
Craft apprenticeship & standards¶
Understand: skill decomposition; standards; tacit knowledge; deliberate practice; quality
Judge: Know what 'good work' looks like and how to learn from expert critique
Practice: Pursue one craft/technical skill for 100+ deliberate hours
Evidence: Before/after portfolio + external review
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- Expertise, Deliberate Practice & Tacit Knowledge
- Objects, Materials, Craft & Industrial Design
- Manufacturing + operations
Project formulation & execution¶
Understand: scope; requirements; milestones; dependencies; risk; change control
Judge: Protect the objective while changing the plan when evidence changes
Practice: Run a 12–24 week project
Evidence: Project log + delivered artifact
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Teamwork, leadership & followership¶
Understand: roles; trust; coordination; feedback; accountability; leadership; service
Judge: Lead when needed, follow competently, and make dissent safe
Practice: Rotate roles on a real team
Evidence: 360 feedback + incident review
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- Oral English, Cadence, Speech & Performance
Operations, quality & reliability¶
Understand: process; queue; bottleneck; standard work; quality; maintenance; incident learning
Judge: Improve throughput without hiding defects or externalizing risk
Practice: Map and improve a recurring process
Evidence: Before/after process metrics
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Enterprise, customers & value creation¶
Understand: need discovery; product/service; pricing; unit economics; competition; ethics
Judge: Distinguish actual value from persuasion and extractive lock-in
Practice: Serve a real customer/user or run micro-enterprise simulation
Evidence: User evidence + unit economics
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- Markets, Prices, Firms & Property
- Prototyping, User Research, Critique & Iteration
- Organizations, Bureaucracy, Professions & Delegation
Career, reputation & service¶
Understand: portfolio; signaling; networks; negotiation; professional ethics; contribution
Judge: Choose work using capability, values, constraints, learning, and service - not prestige alone
Practice: Build portfolio/CV, conduct informational interviews, contribute publicly
Evidence: External review + opportunity decision memo
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