While academic skills may be necessary, these are also simply listed. At the other extreme are standards that focus on the critical functions required for the job and define them within the context of the industry. Particular academic skills are embedded within those functions. In these standards, the academic and industry skills are integrated within the industrial context. Academic skills in various forms appear throughout the industry skill standards.
Some standards simply call for knowledge of academic skills.
But these are very general standards and no level of knowledge is specified. Other standards tie the academic skills to particular work tasks. You are responsible for following the protocol for purifying your company's product. Demonstrate the steps you take in product purification. The 2 liters of the crude product has a calculated yield of 10 grams per liter.