Employability Skills - Entry Level 3 Extended Award

This course is designed for 16-25-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

Current EHCP. 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.

School Leavers

If you will be aged 16, 17 or 18 on 31 August in the year you begin your course, and have been resident in the UK/EU/EEA for the past 3 years, it will be free. Some courses will have other costs associated, such as for materials and trips. Many of our students are eligible for financial support when studying at college – please click here for more information.

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