ASDAN
Level 2
QN: 600/8060/7
Curriculum Active
ASDAN Level 2 Award in Employability
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by ASDAN. Classified as a Other Vocational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 816 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
ASDAN
Syllabus Units
47 Units
Guided Hours
816 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Applying for a job
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to locate job opportunities and why it is important to tailor applications to particular situations
- Be able to carry out activities to apply for a job
- Be able to prepare for and take part in an interview and learn from the experience
2
Career exploration
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to compare career pathways in a chosen occupational sector
- Understand the skills and qualities needed to be succesful in a specific career
- Be able to produce a plan to improve skills and qualities needed to be successful in a career
3
Communicating with others at work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how communication takes place in own organisation
- Be able to communicate appropriately with others at work
4
Customer service
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand why good customer service is important and how to maintain customer satisfaction
- Understand customer needs and how own organisation tries to meet them
- Understand own organisation’s customer service procedures and good practice standards
- Be able to provide good customer service
5
Enterprise skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and how these are important in business situations
- Understand own strengths as an enterprising person and ways to develop own enterprising characteristics
6
Exploring business and enterprise
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how organisations differ in the way that they provide goods and services
- Understand how businesses/enterprises impact on society
- Be able to describe the features of a successful business/enterprise
7
Health and safety in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the responsibilities organisations have for the health and safety of the people who work for them
- Understand individuals’ responsibilities for health and safety when working in an organisation
- Understand health and safety arrangements in own workplace
- Be able to perform workplace tasks safely
8
Improving skills in preparing and presenting information
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand what skills are needed for the effective presentation of information
- Be able to plan how to improve own presentation skills
- Be able to present information on own skills, qualities and achievements in a way which is fit for purpose
- Be able to prepare to deliver a presentation based on research he/she has undertaken
- Be able to deliver a presentation
- Be able to evaluate progress towards improving presentation skills
9
Introduction to health and safety for people at work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of health, safety and welfare standards in the workplace
- Know how hazards and risks are controlled in the workplace, Be aware of the main causes and effects of poor health and safety at work
- Understand how health and safety information is communicated in the workplace
10
Learning through work experience
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to identify and set up a suitable work experience placement
- Be able to organise and prepare for a work experience placement
- Be able to carry out activities in the workplace
- Be able to review what has been learnt from the workplace experience
11
Maintaining work standards
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand why employees are expected to comply with workplace standards and codes of conduct
- Know what standards are required in own organisation
- Be able to plan for, and meet, timekeeping and attendance requirements of own organisation
- Be able to complete activities to specified work standards
12
Managing personal finance as an employee
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand financial terms associated with being an employee
- Understand why it is important to manage own income and expenditure effectively
- Know about sources of information and advice to help with management of own finances
- Be able to monitor income and expenditure over time and manage income within means
13
Meetings in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the way meetings are planned and managed in their organisation
- Be able to prepare for meetings
- Be able to participate in meetings
- Be able to fulfil commitments agreed at meetings
14
Opportunities for learning and work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand ways to maximise life long learning opportunities
- Understand a range of opportunities for learning
- Understand a range of opportunities for working
- Be able to explore options for learning and work
- Understand the factors that influence the achievement of career goals
15
Overcoming barriers to work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that enable an individual to be successful in accessing and staying in work
- Be able to identify barriers to accessing work and identify how to get support to help overcome them
- Be able to plan to deal with money issues associated with becoming an employee
16
Participating in an enterprise activity
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to explore options and ideas for an enterprise activity
- Be able to plan an enterprise activity with others
- Be able to meet own responsibilities for an enterprise activity
- Be able to review the enterprise activity
- Be able to review own contribution to the enterprise activity
17
Planning and reviewing learning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how setting targets can help improve their learning and performance
- Be able to develop a plan to improve their learning and performance
- Be able to carry out their plan
- Be able to review how they have improved their learning and performance
18
Research skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan research
- Be able to carry out research
- Be able to present the findings of the research and review research skills
19
Rights and responsibilities in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand that employees have rights in the workplace
- Understand that employees have responsibilities in the workplace
20
Tackling Problems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to tackle problems and the consequences of leaving them unresolved
- Be able to explore a problem
- Be able to tackle the problem
- Be able to check whether the problem has been resolved and review approach to tackling problems
21
Team working
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan collaborative work with others
- Be able to develop and maintain co-operative ways of working to achieve agreed objectives
- Be able to review work with others and agree ways of improving collaborative work in the future
22
Using advice and guidance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the benefits of advice and guidance in achieving learning and work related goals
- Understand how to access advice and guidance relevant to learning and work related goals
- Be able to use advice and guidance to help make decisions about achieving own learning or work related goals
23
Using ICT in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand policies, procedures and practices that are relevant to the use of ICT in own role within the organisation
- Be able to use ICT systems to locate and select information for a work based task
- Be able to use ICT systems to develop and present information for a work based task
24
Working to good practice standards
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how legislation impacts on how individuals carry out their roles and responsibilities in the workplace
- Know the procedures in own workplace and understand how they impact on own work
- Be able to apply good practice standards in own work(place) and identify areas for improvement
25
Working with numbers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand ways in which numbers are used in the workplace
- Be able to plan to tackle practical number problems
- Be able to tackle a practical number problem using appropriate methods
- Be able to interpret results and present findings
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 600/8060/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- ASDAN
- Qualification Type
- Other Vocational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Mar 2013