Lesson 1 - Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies

• Carpentry as a mini-course in Industrial Arts will able them

  to perform basic home repairs and

  construction, planning, and estimating,

  framing and making a foundation, drawing

  blueprints and rendering, and other related

  tasks.
• Furniture and cabinet making (FCM) is a field of

  carpentry that deals not just with cabinets and

  pieces of furniture but also with display cases,

  shelves, countertops, tables, and the like. Furniture

  and cabinet makers are also experts in finishing

  works.
• Roofing carpenters works mainly on roofs, including

  rafters and timber trusses. They see to it that the

  roof frame well-designed to shed water and hold

  structural loads.
• Restoration and residential carpenters works on

  building and restoring domestic houses. They also

  do framing and cabinet making.
• The PECs are grouped into three

  clusters: achievement, planning, and power.
• Achievement cluster includes competencies that

  are geared towards fulfilling or realizing desired

  targets.
• Opportunity seeking. A carpenter successfully closes

  deals with client requirements. He/she also finds

  ways on how to improve his/her products and services

  by gaining experience or forming a good working

  relationship with clients.
• Persistence. A successful carpenter shows grace

  under pressure. He/she does not come defensive or

  irritated when times are tough. He/she can handle

  stress and does not show frustration when

  challenged. He/she get things done effectively and

  efficiently.
• Commitment to the work contract. A successful

  carpenter is dedicated to meeting his/her client’s

  expectations and requirements. He/she believes

  that maintaining a good working relationship with

  clients can help expand business opportunities.
• Risk-taking. A successful carpenter or a person

  engaged in the same business assesses the

  situation carefully. He/she has contingency plans

  when challenges or accidents happen within or

  beyond his/her control. He/she evaluates courses

  of alternative actions.
• Demand for efficiency and quality. This is the

  ability of a carpenter or furniture and cabinet

  maker to perform the task at a high level of

  expertise or accuracy.
• Planning cluster is composed of traits that are

  necessary in formulating programs, projects, activities,

  and policies.
• Goal setting. This refers to the utilization of time

  effectively and efficiently, focusing more on important

  priorities and accomplishing short- and long-term

  targets.
• Information seeking. This denotes the ability of a

  carpenter to produce marketable products and to provide

  effective and efficient services so that the clients can

  make accurate decision. This can be realized if the

  carpenter is knowledgeable and skillful in his chosen field

  of specialization.
• Systematic planning and monitoring. Carpenters

  assess the work that needs to be done, implement

  tasks or policies according to standards, and revise

  plans according to customer feedback.
• Power cluster is composed of the following

  characteristics of an entrepreneur or carpenter who

  aims at building his/her future.
• Persuasion and networking. This refers to the ability of

  a carpenter to influence customers and to establish

  partnership with organizations.
• Independence and self-confidence. Everyone who is

  engaged in carpentry work has the functional

  knowledge and skills to do the job, and the awareness

  that things happen as planned. He/she uses his own

  judgment in the face of opposition or challenges.
• 5 ACHIEVEMENT CLUSTERS

  1. OPPORTUNITY SEEKING
  2. PERSISTENCE
  3. COMMITMENT TO THE WORK CONTRACT
  4. RISK-TAKING
  5. DEMAND FOR EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY
• 3 PLANNING CLUSTER

  1. GOAL-SETTING
  2. INFORMATION SEEKING
  3. SYSTEMATIC PLANNING AND MONITORING
• 2 POWER CLUSTER

  1. PERSUASION AND NETWORKING
  2. INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE
• WHAT IS FCM?


  FURNITURE AND CABINET MAKING
• WHAT IS PEC? AND HOW MANY CLUSTERS?


  ACHIEVEMENT, PLANNING, AND POWER 3 CLUSTERS