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UNIT A/601/0992: EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

Unit title: Employability Skills
Unit code:

A/601/0992

QCF level:

5

Credit value:

15

Aim
This unit provides learners with the opportunity to acquire honed employability skills required for effective employment.

Unit abstract
All learners at all levels of education and experience require honed employability skills as a prerequisite to entering the job market. This unit gives learners an opportunity to assess and develop an understanding of their own responsibilities and performance in, or when entering, the workplace.
It considers the skills required for general employment, such as interpersonal and transferable skills, and the dynamics of working with others in teams or groups including leadership and communication skills.
It also deals with the everyday working requirement of problem solving which includes the identification or specification of the ‘problem’, strategies for its solution and then evaluation of the results through reflective practices.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit a learner will:
1

Be able to determine own responsibilities and performance

2

Be able to develop interpersonal and transferable skills

3

Understand the dynamics of working with others

4

Be able to develop strategies for problem solving.

BH031388 – Edexcel Unit A/601/0992 Employability Skills –
Issue 1 – June 2012 © Pearson Education Limited 2012

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UNIT A/601/0992: EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

Unit content

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Be able to determine own responsibilities and performance
Own responsibilities: personal responsibility; direct and indirect relationships and adaptability, decision-making processes and skills; ability to learn and develop within the work role; employment legislation, ethics, employment rights and responsibilities
Performance objectives: setting and monitoring performance objectives
Individual appraisal systems: uses of performance appraisals

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