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PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2016 - Acquisition of Competencies (English Version)

General Information:

*Note: This item was tested in German. This is an English translation of the original German wording. The translation does not correspond exactly to the wording in the English PIAAC source questionnaire.*

Questions 13-15 were only asked to those persons who stated in question 12 that they had been employed in the previous week.

Introduction:

Now it's all about your work-related skills that you have learned, in other words your ability. These can be practical skills, such as the correct operation of a machine, but also logical or creative thinking.
[Nun geht es um Ihre arbeitsbezogenen Fertigkeiten, die Sie erlernt haben, also Ihr Können. Dies können praktische Fertigkeiten, wie bspw. das richtige Bedienen einer Maschine, aber auch logisches oder kreatives Denken sein.]

Question Text:

How do you rate your skills in comparison to what is required for the completion of your work?
[Wie schätzen Sie Ihr Können im Vergleich dazu ein, was für die Erledigung Ihrer Arbeit erforderlich ist?]

Instruction:

INT: Read out the instructions.
[INT: Vorgaben vorlesen.]

Answer Categories:

1 I can do more than is necessary. [Ich kann mehr als erforderlich ist.]
2 For this work I would need other skills that I should acquire. [Für diese Arbeit bräuchte ich weitere Fertigkeiten, die ich mir aneignen sollte.]
3 I can do exactly as much as is necessary. [Ich kann genau so viel wie erforderlich ist.]

Recommendations:

The recommendations are similar to question 14:
As a general rule, before the set of questions on work-related knowledge and skills, information should be given in a clearly defined introductory text that different areas are to be surveyed, so that those surveyed do not take all work-related skills into account in the first question (question 14) and as a result find it difficult to distinguish between knowledge and skills (question 15).
Introduction: Now it's all about your work-related skills that you have learned, in other words your ability. These can be practical skills, such as the correct operation of a machine, but also logical or creative thinking.
[Nun geht es um Ihre arbeitsbezogenen Fertigkeiten, die Sie erlernt haben, also Ihr Können. Dies können praktische Fertigkeiten, wie bspw. das richtige Bedienen einer Maschine, aber auch logisches oder kreatives Denken sein.]
Question: Please think about the day-to-day execution of your work: How do you rate your skills compared to what is required to complete your work? Again, it is not about the possible extensions of tasks or your career in the job.
[Bitte denken Sie an die alltägliche Ausführung Ihrer Arbeit: Wie schätzen Sie Ihr Können im Vergleich dazu ein, was für die Erledigung Ihrer Arbeit erforderlich ist? Es geht auch hier nicht um die möglichen Erweiterungen der Aufgaben oder Ihre Karriere im Job.]
(INT: Present list with answer scale) [(INT: Liste mit Antwortskala vorlegen.)]
Answer options: The answer category "For this work I would need other skills that I should acquire" needs to be adjusted, as it is not clear that it is about skills that are not sufficient to do the work. In addition, a scale with three response options allows for little variance and promotes socially desirable response behavior. To counteract this, we recommend the use of a bipolar, end-point and center-labeled 11-point scale:

1 Much less knowledge [Sehr viel weniger Kenntnisse]
2
3
4
5
6 Just as much knowledge as necessary [Genauso viele Kentnisse wie erforderlich]
7
8
9
10
11 Much more knowledge [Sehr viel mehr Kentnisse]

Alternative naming, which explicitly takes up the target dimension "ability" in the scale, but is longer:

1 I can do much less than necessary [Ich kann sehr viel weniger als erforderlich ist.]
2
3
4
5
6 I can do just as much as necessary. [Ich kann genauso viel wie erforderlich ist.]
7
8
9
10
11 I can do much more than necessary [Ich kann sehr viel mehr als erforderlich ist.]