Looking for a fun, interactive and successful way to introduce Work Skills topics? Use drama to introduce career plans, job search, problem solving and time keeping with students and young adults. Our drama-based one lesson modules are quick, easy and fun class starters. Just photocopy, distribute and your class begins. No acting skills required.
01: Demonstrate problem solving skills
02: Demonstrate care and timeliness as employee
03: Use assertiveness skills in specified situations
04: Use organisational skills to coordinate a group to complete routine tasks
05: Produce a career plan
06: Obtain job search skills
07: Produce a CV
08: Use interpersonal skills to communicate information
09: Apply listening techniques skills
10: Writing different letters skills
11: Use reading and assessing skills texts to gain knowledge
12: Use reading skills to interpret information presented in tables and graphs
13: Develop research skills
14: Instruction skills
15: Develop presentation skills
16: Use listening techniques skills
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Work Skills Unit 01: Demonstrate Problem Solving Skills
A group of friends are locked out of their house. What's the problem? Who's responsible? What are their problem-solving options? By performing this Unit learners are able to demonstrate a knowledge of problem solving and can apply a problem solving technique to a problem and evaluate the results.
Work Skills Unit 02: Demonstrate Care And Timeliness Skills As An Employee
Waking up late, not showering, unironed clothes, and an indifferent attitude doesn't make the perfect employee. By performing this Unit learners should have an awareness of personal presentation and behaviour, work place health and safety, a reasonable responsible attitude to equipment and materials, and be aware of timeliness in terms of punctuality, attendance, deadlines and notification of absences.
Work Skills Unit 03: Use Assertiveness Skills In A Range Of Specified Situations
Buying a t-shirt becomes complicated when the shop assistant won't listen to what is wanted. Having completed this Unit learners should be able to identify barriers to assertive communication, be able to interact assertively in a one-to-one situation, and to use the skills to communicate assertively in a small group.
Work Skills Unit 04: Use Organisational Skills To Coordinate A Group To Complete Routine Tasks
Disgusted by their untidy and unclean living conditions a group of people living together hold a meeting to discuss routine tasks, such as cleaning. By performing this Unit learners are introduced to team roles and responsibilities and routine tasks in a team or group.
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Work Skills Unit 05: Produce A Career Plan
By completing this Unit learners will become familiar with identifying options in relation to their own futures, exploring and identifying options to arrive at decisions and producing a plan to implement decisions.
Work Skills Unit 06: Obtain Job Search Skills
Finding a job can be challenging. However, different strategies can be used to find a job. This Unit introduces job search skills such as identifying potential job opportunities, locating suitable vacancies and preparing for, and carrying out, a job search programme.
Work Skills Unit 07: Produce a CV
A well designed, easy-to read, and focused CV is an essential job search tool. This Unit introduces the concept of a CV, and discusses content, layout, purpose, presentation and production.
Work Skills Unit 08: Use Interpersonal Skills To Communicate Information In A Specified Work Place
A tourism information officer works at the front desk and deals with different customers who are either in the office or on the telephone. When this Unit is completed the person should be familiar with giving information to the clients face to face and on the telephone, recording, paraphrasing and responding to predictable inquiries.
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Work Skills Unit 09: Apply Listening Techniques Skills
Listening attentively and understanding what is being said are important lifeskills. By performing this Unit learners have been introduced to listening techniques and applying listing techniques in a specific context.
Work Skills Unit 10: Writing Different Letters Skills
Writing letters for different situations is an important skill. After performing this Unit learners will have been introduced to writing a formal letter, writing a formal letter of complaint and writing a personal letter.
Work Skills Unit 11: Use Reading And Assessing Skills Texts To Gain Knowledge
Reading the label on a baked beans tin, finding a photographer in the telephone book and understanding a personal report help our friends achieve their objectives. By performing this Unit learners are able to choose and assess texts for an identified purpose and read texts to gain knowledge.
Work Skills Unit 12: Use Reading Skills To Interpret Information Presented In Tables And Graphs
Characters in this roleplay collect information and present it in pie graphs to settle arguments amongst their friends over things such as most common hair and eye colour.
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Work Skills Unit 13: Develop Research Skills
Friend One has to develop and write a research project outline. Not knowing where to start or what to do One checks in with a group of friends and asks for ideas and suggestions on what to do.
Work Skills Unit 14: Instruction Skills
Characters in this roleplay are assembled for the great shoe lace tying competition. Sole, Heel and Jimmy are seated behind desks with a shoe sitting in front of them. They have friends supporting them at their desks. They are going to attempt to follow a set of spoken and written instructions and tie their shoe laces.
Work Skills Unit 15: Develop Presentation Skills
Friend One has to prepare a speech on catching the bus. Although it may seem easy One wants help and so checks in with friends to get suggestions on content, presentation and delivery.
Work Skills Unit 16: Use Listening Skills
A character in the roleplay has to produce a CV as part of a class. The character's friends listen and then decide to offer helpful hints as to the content and layout of the CV.
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