Unit Award Scheme

80600 CAREERS AND WORK PREPARATION

In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have

Evidence needed

demonstrated the ability to

1choose an appropriate career optionSummary sheet and/or student completed work

shown knowledge of

2a specified number of stages that occur in own career as a pathway through life, ie birth, starting school, starting secondary school, going to college, getting a job, leaving home, getting married, becoming a parent, changing job, retirementSummary sheet and/or student completed work
3the important connection between own interests and jobs which he/she might like to doSummary sheet and/or student completed work
4what skills they may haveSummary sheet and/or student completed work
5how own skills can help them make choicesSummary sheet and/or student completed work

acquired an understanding of

6the term career as meaning a pathway through lifeSummary sheet and/or student completed work
7making choices by examining options, using information about preferences, and taking adviceSummary sheet and/or student completed work
8what skills areSummary sheet and/or student completed work
9the choices which they face on leaving the centreSummary sheet and/or student completed work
10what will be expected of them in their work or training, both by themself and also a superior or boss.Summary sheet and/or student completed work

All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet

Approved 29 April 1998Level - Level One