Employability Skills - Entry Level 3 Extended Award

This course is designed for 16-24-year-old learners who have an EHCP or school leavers who require a high level of support on a Pathway to Employment.

This course supports the learner’s development of key skills and attitudes valued by employers. This qualification allows you to gain a grounding in a wide range of topics/skills to prepare you for the world of work.

Units include:

• Planning for progression
• Personal finance
• Conduct at work
• Effective communication
• Introduction to ICT
• Applying for a job
• Interview skills
• Searching for a job
• Prepare for and attend an interview
• Work safely
• Working as part of a team
• Healthy living
• Personal presentation and hygiene
• Safe learning in the workplace
• Effective written communication for the workplace
• Undertaking work placement
• Rights, responsibilities and citizenship
• Investigating rights and responsibilities at work
• Candidate project
• Enterprise activity
• Community project
• Effective speaking for the workplace
• Attitudes and values for personal development
• Take part in leisure activities
• Recognise the benefits of leisure time
• Plan and make a journey using public transport

This course is ideal for those aged 16-24 with a current Educational and Health Care Plan (EHCP) or school leavers who require a high level of support on a Pathway to Employment.

You should have an Entry Level 2 qualification or Initial Assessment results at Entry Level 2.

You will be assessed through a variety of methods based on course requirements and individual needs. For example:

• Observations
• Portfolios and workbooks
• Practical Activities
• Questioning
• Peer feedback

Throughout the course, you will be gathering evidence/information in each unit. There are different methods that evidence can be gathered to meet individual needs.

If you are aged 16-24 and have an EHCP, the course will be free.

This course provides the skills needed to improve your employability skills to progress into employment.