Slide 1 of 15 Next Employment and Unemployment

Slide 2 of 15 How employment and unemployment affect the local community When the economy is doing well, and there is full employment, people will have money to spend on buying food, decorating the house etc. This creates employment for the people who do these jobs. These people in turn earn money, which they can spend elsewhere. Task 1: Think – Pair – Share: What happens if people lose their jobs – for example a local factory closes down? What happens to the local community?

Slide 3 of 15 There are 3 main sectors of employment: Primary Secondary Tertiary Different types of employment

Slide 4 of 15 Primary production: this involves acquiring raw materials. For example, metals and coal have to be mined, oil drilled from the ground, rubber tapped from trees, foodstuffs farmed and fish trawled. This is sometimes known as extractive production. Different types of employment

Slide 5 of 15 Secondary production: this is the manufacturing and assembly process. It involves converting raw materials into components, for example, making plastics from oil. It also involves assembling the product, eg building houses, bridges and roads. Different types of employment

Slide 6 of 15 Tertiary production: this refers to the commercial services that support the production and distribution process, eg insurance, transport, advertising, warehousing and other services such as teaching and health care. Different types of employment

Slide 7 of 15 Different types of employment ‘My name’s Frank. I work as a fisherman, based in the port of Grimsby. It’s not like when I started work as a young lad. There used to be a lot more boats here. My friends work in the primary industry: John is a farmer, Tom is a miner and Ryan is a fisherman like me. Numbers are declining in this industry’ QUESTION: What type of industry does Frank and his friends work in? PRIMARY / SECONDARY / TERTIARY

Slide 8 of 15 Different types of employment ‘My name’s Liz. I work in a call centre in Newport, dealing with enquiries for a Barclays Bank. There’s a whole floor of us here – over a hundred people. We all work together to deal with customers’ problems. I like working in the service sector. It’s good to have contact with lots of different people.' QUESTION: What type of industry does Frank and his friends work in? PRIMARY / SECONDARY / TERTIARY

Slide 9 of 15 Different types of employment ‘My name’s Joe. I work as a car assembly worker in Cardiff – putting hand lamps on cars. Things have changed here. The Jaguar factory I work at isn't British anymore – its owned by an Indian company, Tatta. And there’s a lot more robots and machines in the factory. Still, its good to be working on cars.’ QUESTION: What type of industry does Frank and his friends work in? PRIMARY / SECONDARY / TERTIARY

Slide 10 of 15 UK employment Structure

Slide 11 of 15 Study the pie chart In groups discuss: What does this tell you about jobs in the UK economy? Where are there fewer jobs? Where are there more jobs? Which sector of the economy can you see yourself working in? Task 1

Slide 12 of 15 Task 2 Look at the list of jobs. Write down what skills they require. If you were interviewing people for these jobs, decide which would be the three most important skills. 1. Chef 4. Hotel receptionist 2. Plumber 5. Farmer 3. Call centre worker

Slide 13 of 15 Task 3- Skills Audit Copy chart into your book and complete 1 = Excellent 2 = Very good 3 = Good4 = OK5 = Poor Communication Work as a team Solving problems Good ICT Skills Willing to learn Flexible in approach to work Good at number

Slide 14 of 15 Plenary Think of 3 things you have learned Write a short sentence explaining which skills you need to work hard at developing. Say why it is important for you to develop those skills.