Skill
skillsThe term ‘skill’ refers to the special ability that a person has in carrying
out a particular task. All professional workers obtain specific skills
relevant to their professional work. There are different ways to identify
skills. For example, some scholars identify specific activities such as
communicating, attending to feelings, conflict solving, planning,
recording and so on, whereas others may concentrate on what we shall
refer to as core skills such as communication, listening, analytical —
thinking, self control and so on These core skills enable a person to
carry out many of the tasks listed above with ease.
A professional approagh is characjpriged: by the techniques and
skills used to accomplish a fagk. In idengifying the professional skills a
reference to tasks is made tq highlight the skills by giving details of the
actual practice situation. Thjs at times results in confusion between
tasks and skills: For example, Corey (2000) identified the following