Learner Pack
Unit – Personal Development: Self and Work
UNIT CODE - H18P 44
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Personal Development: Self and Work
In this section we will think about our strengths and weaknesses and how we can set
ourselves targets for undertaking the work placement activity. We will then monitor
our own performance in the work place and review it when we have completed.
Activity: What are your strengths and weaknesses?
We all have strengths and weaknesses but sometimes we are not fully aware of
what they are. We can look at these to create realistic targets for ourselves in
relation to our employability skills.
In this section you will undertake a few exercises and use some specially designed
web quizzes and “tools” to help you think about what our strengths are and what you
need to do to ensure that you are work-ready:
Your personality/ personal qualities can influence the strengths that you have. Your
tutor will help you undertake My DNA1 on the My World of Work web site. Your tutor
can go through the results of this with you.
List two things that you learned about yourself from this exercise:
1.
2.
Activity
Log on to My World of Work and undertake the My Strengths2 - it should take you
about 15- 20 minutes to complete this exercise. Answer the questions as best you
can. When you get to the results page discuss these with your tutor and consider
what your strengths are for the workplace and where you might need to develop.
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http://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/strengthtest
http://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/landing-mystrengths
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1. List two strengths that you have realised that you have in relation to the world
of work from using the strengths tool
1.
2.
2. List two areas where you think you need to take action in relation to the world
of work from using the strengths tool
1.
2.
Activity: Finding a placement that is right for you
In My World of Work you will have been given a list of “careers that match you”.
Explore these careers/jobs on the Internet. What do you think?
Write down below some thoughts on the type of work placement you would like to do
and discuss these with your tutor.
Placements that I am interested in:
Placement type
Choice rating (1,2 or 3)
Reason why chosen
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Activity – Produce a Plan
Whenever you set a target you should always develop a plan of how you are going
to achieve this.
Choose one target and ask yourself.
1. What is my target? Be realistic, can your target be achieved?
2. What do I need to achieve it? What resources do I need e.g. Time, money,
equipment, advice etc.
3. How long can I give myself to achieve the target?
This can be a little difficult to break down but it is important to learn the skills of
identifying what you need to achieve a task.
You are now ready to complete Assessment Personal Development Outcome 1
The next section of this unit cannot be completed until you are established in
your work placement for at least 2 weeks
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Activity: Monitoring your progress against the targets that you set yourself for
the work placement
Once you have got well established at your work placement, your tutor will discuss
your progress with both your supervisor and you and give you feedback on how well
you are doing in relation to your targets and what is expected of you by your
placement provider.
Using this information, use the table below (using ticks) to identify how good your
skills are in relation to the world of work:
Profile
1. POOR
2.UNSATISFACTORY
3. GOOD
4. EXCELLENT
My core skill use in the
workplace (comms., ICT
and numeracy)
My attendance at the work
placement
My timekeeping at the
work placement
My safety awareness in the
work place
My ability to follow dress
codes in the work place
My attitude to learning in
the work place
My team work on the work
placement
My willingness to do what
asked in the work place
My Ability to follow
instructions and ask for
assistance when unsure in
the work place
5
You are now ready to complete Assessment Personal Development Outcome 2
Your tutor will provide you with this.
You will not be able to complete the next section of this unit until you have
completed and received feedback from your work placement
At the end of your work placement, you will have been given some useful feedback
from your employer in relation to your work place skills generally and these should
help you also to think about how you met the specific targets you had when you
started the Self and Work unit.
You are now ready to complete Assessment Personal Development Outcome 3
Your tutor will provide you with this.
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Learning
To what extent do you feel you have learned from the programme? (Please ring the
score number that you feel most closely represents your views)
Learned a lot being a 6
Learned nothing being a 1
6
5
4
3
2
1
If you have rated 6, 5 or 4 please describe
a) what you have learned
b) what you intend to do with this learning when you are on work placement?
If you have rated 3, 2 or 1, please state as fully as possible the reasons why you
gave this rating.
Well Done
You have now completed Personal Development: Self and Work and should now
feel more confident that you are able to identify and achieve personal goals.
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