Course: Employment Skills

Topic outline

Welcome
Welcome

Welcome to Employment Skills
Watch this video which explains what the unit is about.

This unit involves three main activities. You will

Investigate - find out about an area of work.

Practise - carry out tasks involved in this job.

Reflect - ask yourself how you are doing.
- [fa-cog] - Click on the Reflect tab at the top of the page and try out Activity 1 How are you doing?
Investigate
Investigate
- Panjango URL
  By clicking on the buildings such as a department store, school or hospital you can explore the different types of jobs in these settings.
  Pick a job to get more information about what you might do in that job.
- My World of Work URL
  Follow this link and type in the job you want to research. You can find out
  What you would do
  Where you would work
  When you would work
  What you could earn
  What qualifications you would need
  Other similar jobs.
- National Careers Service URL
  By searching this site you can find
  A general picture of the job
  What you would do
  Where you might work
  When you might work
  The pay you might earn
  Any qualifications you would need and how to get them
  Other ways of getting in to this line of work
- Careers Wales URL
  By searching the job leaflets on this site, you can read and hear about a number of different jobs. Find out
  What would I do?
  Where would I work?
  When would I work?
  What skills would I need?
  What training would I need?
  How to find out more.
- Activity 1 - Match the tasks to the job SCORM package
  Choose the area of work you are interested in then try to match the task to the job role.
- Activity 2 - BBC Skillswise Page
Practise
Practise

When you start your work experience you will develop lots of practical skills but you also need to work on some general skills that apply whatever job you are doing.
The following activities will help you explore some of the ways that an employee is expected to behave in work.
Be honest with yourself and think about whether you need to work on some of these.
Roles and responsibilities
- Where is my trainee? Page
  This comic strip story explains what to do if you can’t get in to work.
- Some help on what to do if you can’t get into work. URL
- Hire or fire URL
  Find out about the Dos and Don’ts at work.
- Working with others
- Decide what makes a good team player. URL
- Health and safety
- Try this quiz to see how safe you are at work URL
- Customer care
  In most jobs you will have to meet customers. Whether you are serving someone in a shop or café or providing a service to the public.
- Good or bad? SCORM package
  Try this customer service exercise.
- Job specific skills
- Retail URL
  Try The Change Game to work on your money handling skills.
Reflect
Reflect

At the start of the unit take time to think about or reflect on the things that you do well and also the things which you know you could be better at.
You should think about both job skills and people skills.
Keep a copy of your results and as you get more practice you should repeat the activities to see where you have made improvements.
It is important to be honest so that you can set yourself some personal targets.

Topic outline

Welcome

Welcome to Employment Skills

Watch this video which explains what the unit is about.

This unit involves three main activities. You will

Investigate - find out about an area of work.

Practise - carry out tasks involved in this job.

Reflect - ask yourself how you are doing.

[fa-cog] - Click on the Reflect tab at the top of the page and try out Activity 1 How are you doing?

Investigate

By clicking on the buildings such as a department store, school or hospital you can explore the different types of jobs in these settings.

Pick a job to get more information about what you might do in that job.

Follow this link and type in the job you want to research. You can find out

What you would do

Where you would work

When you would work

What you could earn

What qualifications you would need

Other similar jobs.

By searching this site you can find

A general picture of the job

What you would do

Where you might work

When you might work

The pay you might earn

Any qualifications you would need and how to get them

Other ways of getting in to this line of work

By searching the job leaflets on this site, you can read and hear about a number of different jobs. Find out

What would I do?

Where would I work?

When would I work?

What skills would I need?

What training would I need?

How to find out more.

Choose the area of work you are interested in then try to match the task to the job role.

Practise

When you start your work experience you will develop lots of practical skills but you also need to work on some general skills that apply whatever job you are doing.

The following activities will help you explore some of the ways that an employee is expected to behave in work.

Be honest with yourself and think about whether you need to work on some of these.

Roles and responsibilities

This comic strip story explains what to do if you can’t get in to work.

Find out about the Dos and Don’ts at work.

Working with others

Health and safety

Customer care

In most jobs you will have to meet customers. Whether you are serving someone in a shop or café or providing a service to the public.

Try this customer service exercise.

Job specific skills

Try The Change Game to work on your money handling skills.

Reflect

At the start of the unit take time to think about or reflect on the things that you do well and also the things which you know you could be better at.

You should think about both job skills and people skills.

Keep a copy of your results and as you get more practice you should repeat the activities to see where you have made improvements.

It is important to be honest so that you can set yourself some personal targets.