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Year 12 Working Skills Course |
The Kett
Centre offers a working skills course for students who have a few
qualifications at GCSE.
Why
choose The Working Skills Course ?
This course has been popular with
students who have reached the end of Year 11 without having much academic
success. You are probably not very interested in further study but are not yet
sure what you want to do with your life.
What
does the course involve?
This course will improve all your basic
skills in English, Maths and ICT.
You will learn how to be more
successful in the areas that matter to adult life:
- Relationships
- Running a home
- Use of leisure time
- Money
- Health
How
is the course taught?
- There will be time spent in school on basic skills.
This will be practical work, related to real life where possible. For
example, you will learn to write strong letters of application, complete
forms accurately, and speak on the telephone so as to make the right impression.
- You will have a work placement
- There will be links with courses at
- There will be visits to different workplaces and advice
from employers about how to get the job you want.
How
is the course assessed?
You will be able to get key Skills
qualifications at Level 1. You will also leave with a portfolio of work showing
what you can do.
Why
is it valuable?
You
will become more confident:
- In
applying for jobs
- In
interviews
- In the
workplace
- In training
and college
- In
getting on with people
- In taking
control of your life
It
will develop the skills that will make you more likely to get a job or to move
on to further training. Your teachers will help you find the right thing for
you to move on to at the end of Year 12.