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Grade 11, Workplace Preparation
A4. Technological and Mathematical Literacy and Communication Skills
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12 | Technological Education
By the end of this course, students will:
A4.1 demonstrate an understanding of terminology used in the green industries and use it correctly in oral and written communication (e.g., pulp, deciduous, form flower, scale, loam);
A4.2 use effective documentation practices to record and track important information related to green industry operations (e.g., preparing estimates, inventories, and invoices; maintaining cleaning and maintenance records, food source records, pesticide field logs, crop management records);
A4.3 identify technical issues of current significance in the green industries, using information from general media sources (e.g., newspapers, maga- zines, the Internet);
A4.4 use appropriate calculations and units of measurement when completing a variety of green industry tasks (e.g., calculating fertilizer and preservative applications, yields, basal areas; surveying; calibrating sprayers; converting between metric and imperial units).
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