2026 SkillsUSA MA District Employability/Safety Study Set

Flashcards created based on the lecture notes for review on employability and safety in the context of SkillsUSA.

SkillsUSA Framework

Provides a common language for students to articulate what they gain from SkillsUSA, assessing skill development, and creating a vision for SkillsUSA programs.

Work Ethic

The Essential Element best described as doing high-quality, ethical work in an efficient way.

Personal Skills

Skills such as Integrity, Work Ethic, Professionalism, Responsibility, Adaptability/Flexibility, and Self-Motivation.

Career Essentials: Experiences

The premier employability skills development program within SkillsUSA's curriculum offerings.

Multi-Cultural Sensitivity and Awareness

An Essential Element that is part of the Workplace Skills component of the SkillsUSA Framework.

Brainstorm possible solutions

The second step in the decision-making process.

Professionalism

Exhibited by attire, personal grooming, and speech.

Career Essentials Credential

An industry-validated credential available through SkillsUSA that demonstrates proficiency in the skills listed within the SkillsUSA Framework.

Responsibility

A characteristic that includes consistency and dependability.

Technical Skills Grounded in Academics

The component of the SkillsUSA Framework that includes Service Orientation as an Essential Element.

Adaptability/Flexibility

The Essential Element demonstrated when an individual is able to 'bounce back' from challenging experiences.

Workplace Skills

Encompasses Communications, Decision Making, Teamwork, Multi-Cultural Sensitivity & Awareness, Planning, Organizing & Management, and Leadership.

Ethics

A philosophy dealing with rules of right or proper conduct.

Customer Service

Provided when you consistently meet or exceed your customer's expectations.

Shadowing

Observing someone you respect doing their job.

Resume'

A document used by employers to identify worker applicants' qualifications for employment.

Perseverance

Continuing difficult tasks until they are completed.

Employment Portfolio

A collection of work representing education, self-development, and career information about you.

Compromise

A settlement of differences between opposing sides where each makes concessions.

Time Management

The process of directing and controlling activities with regard to the use of time.

Cultural Diversity

The mixing and blending of many people of different cultures involved in a similar activity or setting.

Appropriate Question

'Where would you like to be in 5 years?' is an example of this type of question during an interview.

Long-term Goal

A goal that describes your plans for retirement.

Entrepreneur

A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.

Communication

A process that includes a sender and a receiver each giving feedback to the other.

Listening Skills

Active and critical are two varieties of these skills.

Character

A characteristic of a good work ethic demonstrated by being self-disciplined, honest, and trustworthy.

Organization Chart

A diagram showing how a company or business is organized.

Confidence

A skill of an individual who believes in and respects themselves.

Priority

An item or task that requires immediate action.

Reliability

A worker who can be counted on to complete assigned tasks without constant supervision.

Gross Income

A person's income before any deductions.

Letter of Recommendation

A document you would ask a teacher or employer to write for you.

Black Ink

The color ink that should be used when completing a job application.

Brainstorming

The sudden, unrestrained offering of ideas by all members of a group to seek solutions to problems.

Role Model

A person of quality character whom others try to emulate.

Establish a Plan

Your next step after setting a positive goal.

Professional Development

The process of improving your capabilities through access to education and training opportunities.

Survey

A study to evaluate something in detail using a set of questions aimed at a specific group of people.

Goal Statement

An item that outlines what is going to happen, when it will happen, and how it will happen.

External Customer

A person getting their car repaired at an auto shop.

Contributes their best

What each person is expected to do on an effective team.

Honest

Free of deceit and untruthfulness; sincere.

Agenda

The written list of the business that will take place during a meeting.

Main Motion

The process used in a formal business meeting to propose an idea for consideration.

The maker of the motion

Who is allowed to speak first when debating a motion in a formal business meeting.

Keeping an open mind

A responsibility of members in a committee, treating others with respect and expressing ideas.

Parliamentary Procedure

A set of rules that govern meetings.

Minutes of a Meeting

A record of the business transacted during a meeting.

Skil lsUSA Official Attire

The appropriate dress during visits with dignitaries and ceremonies.

The Gear

Symbol representative of the industrial society within the SkillsUSA emblem.

The Parliamentarian

The officer responsible for settling controversial issues within SkillsUSA.

Six

The number of points in the SkillsUSA Creed.

Red, White, and Blue

The official colors of SkillsUSA.

Public Relations Committee

Committee likely chaired by the chapter reporter.

Four Pillars

The components of leadership as defined by SkillsUSA.

The Orbital Circles

Symbol representing technology within the SkillsUSA emblem.

Purposes of SkillsUSA

Include creating enthusiasm for learning and respecting the dignity of work.

The Hands

Represent the individual in the SkillsUSA emblem.

The Common Union of the States and Chapters

What the color blue represents in the SkillsUSA emblem.

Emblem Ceremony

Appropriate times for using this ceremony include during meetings and at national or state conferences.

Pledge

Part of the SkillsUSA stating 'To honor and respect my vocation in such a way as to bring repute to myself'.

Mission of SkillsUSA

Empowers members to become world-class workers and improve the quality of the skilled workforce.

Creed of SkillsUSA

Includes the declaration of belief in the dignity of work.

CTSO

Acronym for Career & Technical Student Organization.

Total Participation Plan

TPP stands for this within SkillsUSA's membership affiliation programs.

Fifteen

The number of national officers elected to serve SkillsUSA annually.

Vocational Industrial Clubs of America

The original name of SkillsUSA when it was founded in 1965.

Vice-President

The officer responsible for providing a year-end report on the chapter's accomplishments.

Chapter Excellence Program

SkillsUSA program that allows chapters to document quality activities and be recognized at state and national levels.

Motto of SkillsUSA

Preparing for Leadership in the World of Work.

Emblem of SkillsUSA

An image containing multiple symbols representing the characteristics of the organization.

Five

The number of symbols included within the SkillsUSA emblem.

The Sword

An icon NOT included within the SkillsUSA emblem.

Silver

Not an official color of SkillsUSA.

Secretary

Officer responsible for recording minutes at each meeting.

Stress

Good posture should minimize this on your muscles and joints.

OSHA 300 Log and the OSHA 300A Summary

Records that workers have the right to review under OSHA.

Something that has air molecules

This is NOT required for current to flow through a conductor.

Safe Workplace

Workers have the right to this under OSHA, which the employer is responsible for providing.

Right-To-Know Law or the Hazard Communication Standard

Law that gives you the right to know about hazardous chemicals at work.

Proper Ergonomic Practices

Failure to use these could result in musculoskeletal disorders.

Grounding

Means intentionally creating a low-resistance path that connects to the earth.

Completely legible

Safety Data Sheets (SDS) must be printed in this manner.

Employer

Responsible for paying for the correct personal protective equipment.

Static and Awkward

Two common types of unsafe postures that place a person at risk for injury.

Exposure to mucous membranes of an infected person

One of the four main ways to become infected with a blood-borne pathogen.

Mission of OSHA

To save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of America's workers.

Hazard Communication Standard (HSC)

Requires that containers holding hazardous chemicals have a warning label.

Blood

What bloodborne pathogens are carried by that can cause disease in humans.

Vinyl or Neoprene

Gloves that protect your hands from hazardous chemicals.

Safety Glasses

These provide better protection than regular glasses or sunglasses.

OSH Act

Standards, rules, and regulations under which employers must provide a safe workplace.

Carrying tools or other materials

A key to preventing a fall from a ladder.

Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)

Device that senses current flowing, trips the circuit, and cuts off electricity.

Personal fall arrest system

Required when working on a suspended scaffold 10 feet or higher.

Hearing Protection

Required when exposed to loud noises to prevent hearing damage.

Dust

Is NOT a potential hazard to your head.

As close as feasible

Where sharps disposal containers must be located.

Engineering Controls

Devices that isolate or remove the blood borne pathogen hazard from the workplace.