1. Certificate in Employability Skills L1

2. Overview
Unit 408 – Searching for a Job Unit 462 – Applying for a Job Unit 404 – Effective Communication Unit 407 – Interview Skills Unit 413 – Safe Learning in the Workplace Unit 411 – Working as Part of a Team

3. Your Learning
The Certificate in Employability Skills is delivered over 10 days.
Your learning will be delivered by:
the tutor
e-learning
group activities
completing workbooks that will be used as evidence for the qualification

4. Searching for a Job You will:
Match your personal skills and requirements to job vacancies
Be able to research suitable job opportunities
State where to find information and key facts about jobs
Search for job vacancies and alert systems
Describe the key features of a job advert

5. Applying for a Job You will: Be able to create a CV
Be able to complete an online and offline job application form
Be able to apply for a job online
Be able to create a covering letter

6. Effective Communication
You will:
Identify and demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication techniques
Describe confident, assertive, passive and aggressive behaviours
Define and give examples of positive and negative feedback

7. Interview Skills You will:
State the information you need to prepare for an interview
Research company information to take to your interview
Prepare to travel to your interview
List the key considerations when preparing for an interview
Describe and demonstrate key interview skills
Attend a mock interview
Know how to prepare a presentation for an interview

8. Safe Learning in the Workplace
You will:
Understand health and safety legislation for the workplace
Understand risks and hazards in the workplace
Know how to reduce risk in the workplace
Be able to carry out a risk assessment
Know what responsibilities people have for safety in the workplace

9. Working as Part of a Team
You will:
State what is meant by the term team
Give an example of a successful team
List different types of team
List different team roles
List the factors that make a team effective
Give the benefits of team working
Identify methods of making team decisions
Describe a method to avoid conflict within a team
Plan to work towards a team task
Complete and evaluate a team task

10. Certificate in Employability Skills L1