Open College Network West Midlands Level 1 Award In Work Preparation for the Creative Industries (QCF)

What you'll be able to do

• Use acting skills in practical activities.
• Develop a character for an acting role.
• Use acting skills in a performance.
• Demonstrate a positive approach through participation in practical activities.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand different methods of applying for jobs.
• Complete a job application.

What you'll be able to do

• Source research material appropriate to the needs of an art project.
• Plan work for an art project.
• Record ideas for art project development.
• Develop and complete an art project.
• Reflect on own art work.
• Work safely on an art project.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand health and safety rules relating to backstage theatre skills.
• Work safely backstage.
• Understand specialist terminology used in backstage work.
• Know about backstage tasks.
• Use technical skills backstage.
• Review own backstage skills and performance.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the characteristics of basic visual language.
• Know about drawing and painting techniques and materials.
• Use tools and equipment.
• Understand Health and Safety procedures.
• Comment on own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know why it is important to get on well with colleagues.
• Work with employers and/or managers.
• Work with peers in the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the purpose of a CV.
• Complete a CV in an appropriate format.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the properties of clay.
• Know clay forming techniques.
• Use clay forming techniques.
• Use ceramic decorative techniques.
• Know the changes that occur during ceramic making, drying and firing processes.
• Work with clay safely.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the principles and application of colour theory.
• Apply colour theory in designs.
• Resolve problems related to colour mixing.
• Construct a twelve-section colour wheel.
• Know how colour is used in different contexts.
• Use colour related terminology.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about ways of communicating.
• Know the methods used to communicate different types of information in the workplace.
• Use communication skills.

What you'll be able to do

• Know what Health and Safety procedures are required for costume for performance.
• Understand how costume is used in performance.
• Communicate own ideas for costume development.
• Understand how to assemble costume from wardrobe.
• Review own work with costume.

What you'll be able to do

• Source research material appropriate to the needs of a craft design project.
• Plan work for a craft design project.
• Record ideas for craft design project development.
• Develop and complete a craft design project.
• Reflect on own craft design project work.
• Work safely on a craft design project.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the design characteristics of a given object.
• Understand terminology relevant to design practice and history.
• Know key influences on the design of a given object.
• Reflect on design style.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the principles and practices of workshop safety.
• Select and use basic craft tools
• Select and use a range of basic craft materials.
• Follow given instructions.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the media and its formats.
• Construct a media article.
• Prepare for a media interview.
• Understand safeguarding protocols as they relate to article production.
• Construct a news release.

What you'll be able to do

• Carry out creative craft activities safely.
• Record development of ideas for creative craft activity.
• Plan for creative craft activity.
• Use materials and equipment for creative craft activity.
• Use techniques for creative craft activity.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the differences between fiction and non-fiction.
• Understand how to use personal experience as a basis for creative writing.
• Identify an audience for a piece of creative writing.
• Draft a piece of creative writing.
• Reflect on own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the principles of good customer care.
• Provide good customer care.
• Communicate positively with customers.
• Understand the importance of keeping to organisational policies and practice.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the equipment used in DJ performance.
• Configure DJ performance equipment.
• Perform DJ mixing techniques.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the purpose and format of meetings.
• Prepare for meetings.
• Contribute to a meeting.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan a 10 shot film.
• Shoot a film.
• Edit a film in camera.
• Record Vox Pop interviews on video.
• Capture sounds and pictures for an experimental video.
• Plan a short documentary video.
• Shoot a short documentary video.
• Edit a short documentary video.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about classical music.
• Know about the main types of popular music.
• Know about production of sound in musical instruments.
• Understand the basic principles of music theory and notation.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand drawing media.
• Recognise drawing and composition problems.
• Know characteristics of line and tone.
• Understand the importance of keeping a personal sketchbook.
• Use drawing media.
• Work safely when drawing.

What you'll be able to do

• 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

What you'll be able to do

• Explore craft ideas

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise career opportunities in the creative sector.
• Identify future opportunities or goals.
• Understand the value of CVs or portfolios for career development.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify suitable job opportunities
• Identify steps for working towards getting a job

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for face painting.
• Apply face painting techniques.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare to restore an item of furniture.
• Plan work for a furniture restoration project.
• Complete a furniture restoration project.
• Work safely when restoring furniture.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about garment construction materials
• Use sewing skills for garment construction
• Know about health and safety issues within garment construction

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the role and application of graphic design.
• Know the tools and equipment used in graphic design projects.
• Source research material appropriate to the needs of a graphic design project.
• Plan work for a graphic design project.
• Use graphic design tools, equipment and techniques.

What you'll be able to do

• Communicate with an audience.
• Take direction.
• Work with a team to move a drama project forward.
• Understand the need to structure performance work to meet the needs of an audience.
• Use scripting conventions.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the Health and Safety requirements relevant to their work environment.
• Recognise risks in their work environment.

What you'll be able to do

• Obtain, insert and combine information for images.
• Use imaging software tools to create, manipulate and edit images.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand different ways of learning.
• Set realistic learning targets.
• Review own performance in meeting learning targets.

What you'll be able to do

• Devise performance structures through improvisation.
• Use performance skills.
• Understand the functions of a brief.
• Contribute to a group performance.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare to be interviewed.
• Respond to questions in an interview.
• Assess own performance in an interview.

What you'll be able to do

• Mix primary colours.
• Use harmonious and contrasting colours.
• Work safely in an art room.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about interactive media products.
• Know how interactive media techniques and technology are used.
• Use interactive media techniques and technology to create an interactive media product.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand different types of radio programmes.
• Know about the stories relevant for local radio.
• Conduct an interview.
• Understand different techniques used for radio.
• Understand and be able to use sound recording equipment.
• Understand relevant Health and Safety issues for radio production and interviewing.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the structure and working patterns of the Creative Industries.
• Know about different types of career opportunities available in the Creative Industries.
• Develop and demonstrate an appropriate skill in the Creative Industries.

What you'll be able to do

• Carry out jewellery making safely.
• Record development of ideas for jewellery making.
• Plan for jewellery making.
• Use materials and equipment for jewellery making.
• Use techniques for jewellery making.

What you'll be able to do

• Use proportion when drawing from a life model.
• Recognise characteristics of line and tone.
• Understand the importance of keeping a personal sketchbook.
• Use a suitable medium when drawing from life.
• Follow guidelines for life drawing.

What you'll be able to do

• Warm up and cool down.
• Create movement phrases.
• Combine movement phrases.
• Dance with a partner or small group.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the part music can play in creating mood and atmosphere.
• Demonstrate music making skills.
• Understand the use of rhythm and tempo.
• Select music appropriate for use in performance.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the difference between types of writing for the media.
• Know the format of a newspaper.
• Know how design is used in newspaper and magazine production.
• Design a draft page for a newspaper or magazine.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan an oral presentation.
• Deliver an oral presentation to a familiar audience.
• Review the presentation.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the difference between written and oral stories.
• Understand different kinds of stories in the oral tradition.
• Understand the relevance of personal experience in oral storytelling.
• Use a range of basic storytelling techniques.
• Understand the basic structure and appeal of popular stories.
• Review own oral storytelling performance.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare a surface or canvas support for painting.
• Use painting materials and equipment.
• Use painting methods and techniques.
• Understand Health and Safety.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare a surface for painting with water based media.
• Use materials and equipment for painting with water based media.
• Use methods and techniques for painting with water based media.
• Work safely.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about lay planning.
• Recognise fabric characteristics.
• Understand pattern piece markings.
• Complete a manual lay plan.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about pattern cutting.
• Know about woven fabric construction.
• Apply pattern cutting techniques.
• Create a simple pattern.
• Know about health and safety in the workshop.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand health and safety measures relating to physical theatre.
• Engage safely in physical theatre.
• Demonstrate basic movement for physical theatre.
• Choreograph simple physical performance sequences.
• Give and receive feedback on performance.
• Reflect on own performance.

What you'll be able to do

• Know conventions for personal presentation in the workplace.
• Demonstrate appropriate personal presentation for the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a camera and relevant accessories to create images.
• Transfer images from a camera for printing.
• Understand relevant Health and Safety issues and procedures.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare and use a tripod with a camera.
• Understand relevant Health and Safety issues and procedures.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan to meet targets.
• Follow a plan to meet targets and improve performance.
• Review own progress and achievements.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the stages involved in the preparation of performing arts work
• Explore ideas for performing arts work
• Carry out a role in the preparation of performing arts work

What you'll be able to do

• Understand why a performing arts event needs promotion.
• Plan the promotion of a specific performance or event.
• Contribute to the promotion of a specific performance or event.
• Review the promotion of a specific performance or event.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how recognising and respecting individual differences and diversity contributes to a positive environment in the workplace.
• Understand key responsibilities in relation to promoting equality in the workplace.
• Understand the importance of challenging discrimination at work.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how stereotyping people can lead to prejudice and discrimination.
• Understand the impact of discriminatory behaviour on individuals and the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the rehearsal process.
• Take part in the rehearsal process.
• Understand the skills necessary to create an effective production.
• Evaluate own contribution.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the requirements of the workplace.
• Understand the importance of positive attitudes and behaviours at work.
• Understand the characteristics of appropriate work practice.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand that employees have rights in the workplace
• Understand that employees have responsibilities in the workplace

What you'll be able to do

• Know physical properties and characteristics of sculptural materials.
• Plan a sculpture.
• Know tools and techniques for sculpture.
• Use tools and techniques for sculpture.
• Work safely in sculpture.

What you'll be able to do

• Work towards a set building brief.
• Know about tools used for set building.
• Use tools safely and correctly to build a set for performance.
• Maintain own workspace to a safe standard.
• Review own set building skills.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan to meet goals in the performing arts.
• Contribute to the setting of group and individual goals in the performing arts.
• Understand own and others’ responsibilities in achieving group goals in the performing arts.
• Plan group activities in the performing arts.
• Undertake group activities in the performing arts.
• Review own group’s performing arts activities.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the different types of problems they might encounter in the workplace.
• Understand how problems can be solved.

What you'll be able to do

• Translate a design into a stained glass panel.
• Use tools and equipment for stained glass making safely.
• Use tools and equipment for stained glass making safely.
• Select materials for stained glass production.
• Use techniques in assembling stained glass panels.
• Follow health and safety procedures for stained glass making.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how roles and responsibilities can be allocated within a team.
• Understand how to contribute to a team discussion.
• Understand how to participate in a team activity.
• Review own contribution to the team.

What you'll be able to do

• Know roles for individuals in a performing arts group.
• Interact with group members during performing arts activities.
• Demonstrate listening and conversational skills for social interaction during performing arts activities.
• Accept the right of other people to communicate within a group situation during performance arts activities.
• Understand the importance of co-operation in group situations during performing arts activities.
• Accept and respond to praise and criticism during performing arts activities.
• Be aware of the role of those in authority

What you'll be able to do

• Understand health and safety regulations relevant to technical support in the performing arts, both on and off stage.
• Know technical support roles in the performing arts.
• Set up and use production equipment relating to one area of responsibility in the performing arts.
• Use technical skills to enhance a production.

What you'll be able to do

• Know materials and equipment used for textile production.
• Design a textile item.
• Plan how to produce a textile item.
• Use materials and equipment for textile production.
• Use textile techniques.
• Use a textile technique to produce an item.
• Follow health and safety guidelines when producing textile items.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of good time management.
• Know ways to promote good time management.
• Plan own use of time.
• Improve own time management.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand that organisations need to respond to change and new directions.
• Understand the impacts of change in the workplace.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify types of work based learning and apprenticeships.
• Understand how to identify a relevant work based learning opportunity for own development.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of organisational objectives and values.
• Understand the need for effective communication routes within an organisation.
• Recognise the way in which decisions are made in relation to organisational structure.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the development of urban, street or graffiti art practice.
• Generate ideas for site-specific art works.
• Plan for and create site-specific art works.
• Know about ways to solve problems with urban, street or graffiti art practice.
• Use Health and Safety procedures for self and general public.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to initialise software for use in the arts.
• Understand and use tools for use in the arts.
• Edit items to support development of ideas.
• Save and retrieve files.
• Understand the possibilities and limitations of the software to achieve output expectations.
• Understand Health and Safety procedures.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about video hardware and software.
• Use video hardware and software to capture information.
• Store and retrieve information captured on video.
• Use video software tools to edit video sequences.
• Play video sequences.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for their work experience placement.
• Work appropriately in their role.
• Review their work experience placement.

What you'll be able to do

• Know different types of organisations in the craft industry.
• Know job roles in the craft industry.
• Know the skills and training required for jobs in craft.
• Know about progression opportunities in the craft industry.
• Know own skills and qualities relevant to craft.
• Complete a C.V. for a specific job role in the craft industry.

What you'll be able to do

• Know different types of organisations in the performing arts industry.
• Know job roles in the performing arts industry.
• Know the skills and training required for jobs in performing arts.
• Know progression opportunities in performing arts.
• Know own skills and qualities relevant to performing arts.
• Complete a C.V. for a specific job role in the performing arts industry.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about woodcraft tools.
• Care for woodcraft tools.
• Use woodcraft tools to create a craft item.
• Work safely with wood.