Occupational standards are the first steps in gaining qualifications that identify the competence of an individuals capability to do there job in an efficient manner and produce the best work possible. There are specific targets/specific standards that must be met as part of there job role. Employees also must have an understanding of the job role they have undertaken as part of occupational standards. For employers to identify if and where training is required employees must demonstrate there capabilities
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Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried". As the story goes on it shows not only the literal meaning of what they carried but also symbolically the burdens that they had mentally. In the literal sense O’Brien talks about what different members of a platoon in Vietnam carried. This helps him to move to a more symbolic sense at the end of the story. He starts by talking about necessities and slowly moves on to what they carried to remind them that there was a world out side of the war. "Among the
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E1 Identify FIVE (5) pieces of current legislation/ E2 Describe how each piece of legislation will influence working practices in the setting. 1.) Children Act 1989 - The Children Act 1989 has influenced setting by bringing together several sets of guidance and provided the foundation for many of the standards practitioners adhere to and maintain when working with children. The Act requires that settings work together in the best interests of the child and that they form partnerships with parents
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priority would be to ascertain if they could speak and understand English. If there was no language barrier I would discuss the legislations in place and inform them that as a child-minder I have to follow legislations as acts of law and also explain the role of the regulatory body Ofsted to which I have to adhere to‚ I would also give them written information to support this. If the parents had difficulty with‚ or not much understanding of the English language or written English then I would enquire
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Goal-Setting and it’s Role in Education Author Basil S. Walsh once said “if you don’t know where you’re going‚ how can you expect to get there?” This quote speaks greatly to the importance of setting goals for oneself‚ especially in a realm such as academia‚ where success or failure can stay with a person for a lifetime. Students who set goals for themselves have been shown to perform better than those who don’t‚ give more effort and be motivated to succeed‚ which is why goal-setting needs
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The Way They Survived by The short story I chose to write my essay on is "The Things They Carried" by Tim O’Brien. The soldiers in the story had to deal with not only accepting the deaths of those they became close with‚ but also dealing with the knowledge that they took another human beings’ life. The author shows how they had to carry not only their equipment; but the emotions that came along with being in a war. The emotions I speak of are ones that come from knowing they were mere grunts-and
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How Coleridge‚ Shelley and Wordsworth Carried Out Their Aesthetic Principles "Poetry‚" according to the definition of Percy Bysshe Shelley‚ "is the expression of the imagination (696)." Samuel Taylor Coleridge would agree with this concise definition. On the contrary‚ William Wordsworth said that‚ "no words which imagination can suggest‚ will be compared with those which are the emanations of reality and truth (336)." Wordsworth also differed from Shelley and Coleridge in his approach to writing
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Governing Childcare Services There are a number of laws in the UK that affect children and childcare services; some are designed to give children certain rights‚ whilst others are aimed at protecting them from harm. Below is a brief summary of some of the relevant legislation. The Children Act 1989 This Act aims to protect the child from harm and to work in partnership with parents‚ ensuring that the welfare of the child is paramount. It forms the legal framework that sets quality standards in most
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Bargaining power is the ability to influence the setting of prices. Buyer power refers to the ability of customers of the industry to influence the price and terms of purchase. The bargaining power of customers is also described as the market of outputs. The ability of customers to put the firm under pressure‚ which also affects the customer’s sensitivity to price changes. Bargaining power of buyers occurs when leverage is given to the buyer and demand for lower prices‚ increased quality and more
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Nick Grainger Eng 112 March 16‚ 2004 The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien was an infantryman in during Vietnam War. He used those experiences to write many short stories including The Things They Carried. The story portrays how‚ "the things they carried" were weightless in comparison to their feelings of love and loss‚ fear and shame‚ and the torturous memories of death. "They all carried emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief‚ terror‚ love‚ longing- these were intangibles‚ but the intangibles
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