AIM Qualifications Entry Level Diploma in Employability and Development Skills (Entry 3)

What you'll be able to do

• Know the forms of public transport.
• Plan a journey on public transport.
• Make a journey on public transport.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare ground for planting.
• Plant.
• Prepare and turf an area.
• Maintain amenity planting and grass.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand that individuals have rights and responsibilities.
• Understand equality issues in relation to current legislation.
• Understand the main functions of local and national government.
• Know public services available in own local community.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare a work area in readiness for assembly operations.
• Carry out assembly operations using mechanical components.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about credit and borrowing
• Know how different bank accounts work
• Know about different ways and places to save and borrow money

What you'll be able to do

• Know the kinds of behaviours that can hinder a trusting and supportive atmosphere
• Know how being labelled may impact behaviour
• Know about habitual behaviours
• Know how past events may influence the development of habitual behaviours
• Know about core beliefs
• Know the concept of choice over habitual behaviours

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for tasks.
• Dismantle a practice section of wall.
• Mix mortar for workshop practice.
• Prepare for workshop practice.
• Prepare for workshop practice.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for tasks.
• Build a half brick wall, three courses high.
• Tidy work area.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about budgets
• Know about budgetary control
• Know how budgeting fits into the management process

What you'll be able to do

• Know about own skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and personal qualities
• Build a portfolio of personal/educational information
• Produce a Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Identify personal goals

What you'll be able to do

• Know about business meetings.
• Know about planning business meetings.
• Run a meeting.
• Follow up after a meeting.
• Deal with difficult issues in meetings.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify the needs of a baby.
• Know the need for developmental and health checks.
• Identify why immunisation is necessary.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about childhood behaviour patterns/problems
• Know about the importance of play in child development
• Know about the nature of children’s social and emotional development
• Know about the importance of safety and hygiene in childcare
• Know about children’s physical development up to 11 years
• Know about the nutritional needs of children

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for carrying out a systematic cycle check and basic adjustments.
• Carry out a systematic cycle check and basic adjustments.
• Tidy up area after work.

What you'll be able to do

• Work safely when cleaning and preparing a cycle for use.
• Know about cycle cleaning and finishing products.
• Carry out the cleaning and preparation of a cycle for use.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand clothing design.
• Follow a design brief.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the different parts of a computer.
• Know computer terminology.
• Know about computer performance and features.
• Know about computer operating systems.

What you'll be able to do

• Create and maintain a retail display

What you'll be able to do

• Choose materials for making curtains.
• Make and hang curtains.
• Use tools and equipment safely.

What you'll be able to do

• Extract and interpret information.
• Make numerical comparisons from bar charts and pictograms.

What you'll be able to do

• Observe and record numerical information.
• Organise and represent information.

What you'll be able to do

• Use appropriate designs and page layouts for a publication.
• Input text and other information into a publication.
• Use desktop publishing software techniques to edit and format a publication.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand what a community is.
• Know the location and use of buildings and facilities in own local area.
• Understand independent skills in own community.
• Know facilities and services available to the community.
• Understand own responsibilities as part of a community.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about different branches of angling.
• Know about regulations relating to angling.
• Know about Health and Safety requirements when angling.
• Use angling equipment in a specific branch of angling.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the hand tools and equipment used in basic painting tasks
• Know the materials used in basic painting tasks
• Know the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in basic painting tasks
• Apply safe working practices to paint a flat wall area
• Work responsibly with others
• Seek and respond to guidance when working as part of a team

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the differences between fiction and non-fiction.
• Use personal experience and memory as a source for creative writing.
• Use a range of stimuli as a basis for creative writing.
• Draft and re-draft a piece of creative writing.
• Understand the importance of choosing a particular reading audience.
• Reflect on own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the hand tools used in basic joinery processes
• Know the materials and fixings used in basic joinery processes
• Know the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in basic joinery processes
• Apply safe working practices to produce a joinery product
• Work responsibly with others
• Seek and respond to guidance when working as part of a team

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the role of a parent in a family unit.
• Know the rights of children in a family unit.
• Understand the importance of listening to children and giving choices.
• Know techniques for dealing with challenging behaviour.
• Understand how children learn through daily family activities.
• Understand own needs as a parent.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand own strengths and weaknesses.
• Know own skills and investigate ways of self-improvement.
• Understand own current life situation and relationships.
• Make positive decisions.
• Set personal objectives and make action plans for self-improvement.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand aspects of the brain in relation to learning.
• Understand how learning takes place.
• Know his/her own learning profile.
• Make plans to aid learning.

What you'll be able to do

• Take part in an initial screening process.
• Complete an assessment process.
• Know their preferred learning style.
• Set personal goals and prepare an action plan.
• Understand commitment in relation to learning or work experience.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the hand tools used in basic plumbing processes
• Know the materials and components used in basic plumbing processes
• Know the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in basic plumbing processes
• Apply safe working practices to perform plumbing operations
• Work responsibly with others
• Seek and respond to guidance when working as part of a team

What you'll be able to do

• Maintain a clean home.
• Care for clothing.
• Maintain personal hygiene.
• Clean own teeth.
• Maintain a healthy body.

What you'll be able to do

• Maintain a clean home.
• Care for clothing.
• Maintain personal hygiene.
• Clean own teeth.
• Maintain a healthy body.
• Understand the importance of regular sight tests.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare a work area for producing components using a bench/pedestal drilling machine.
• Safely carry out drilling activities using a bench/pedestal drilling machine.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for and carry out an electrical wiring activity.
• Wire and terminate electrical components correctly and safely.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the relevance of previous skills and experience for future learning.
• Use guidance and advice for own learning needs.
• Know about the purpose and value of negotiating own learning programme.
• Review a learning programme in the context of own needs and development.

What you'll be able to do

• Know different soil types.
• Know different garden habitats.
• Know the role of wildlife in the garden.
• Prepare soil for plants.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about past history in the own local area
• Get historical information from different sources
• Create a record of findings

What you'll be able to do

• Display travel and tourism information to customers
• Plan and present travel and tourism information
• Review their display of travel and tourism information

What you'll be able to do

• Divide two digit whole numbers, interpreting remainders.
• Use ÷ and = in calculations.
• Be able use a calculator to solve division problems.
• Estimate answers to calculations.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for electronic assembly
• Assemble electronic components

What you'll be able to do

• Engage in discussion.

What you'll be able to do

• Know some ways that people affect the environment.
• Understand how people can take action to benefit the environment.

What you'll be able to do

• Extract and interpret information from a range of sources.
• Make numerical comparisons from bar charts.
• Make numerical comparisons from pictograms.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the different roles within the family
• Know about some of the causes and effects of problems in family life
• Know about the changing nature of families
• Produce a life plan for family and self

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the Data Protection Act
• Know about filing classification systems
• Know about the importance of pre-sorting documents
• File using different filing classification systems
• Use an index

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of handling food safely
• Understand the importance of personal hygiene when handling food
• Understand the importance of cleaning a food work area
• Understand the importance of keeping food products safely
• Handle food safely

What you'll be able to do

• Read and write common fractions.
• Use equivalent fractions.
• Recognise common fractions in everyday contexts.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the purpose of the front office.
• Know the structure of the front office.
• Work in the front office.

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

• Know about sewing equipment.
• Use sewing equipment.
• Make a garment.
• Tackle basic problems when making a garment.
• Follow safe working practices.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify trees common to an area.
• Identify wild plants common to a woodland area.
• Identify common tracks or signs left by living creatures.
• Understand the importance of preserving natural woodland.

What you'll be able to do

• Use grammar to aid understanding.

What you'll be able to do

• Demonstrate hand-knitting techniques
• Follow instructions when producing hand-knitted garments
• Know about current styles and/or trends in knitwear

What you'll be able to do

• Extract information from data.
• Interpret information from data.
• Represent discrete data.

What you'll be able to do

• Maintain a clean and hygienic home.
• Care for clothing.
• Understand the need for basic personal hygiene.
• Maintain a healthy body.
• Understand the importance of regular eye tests.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about personal fitness
• Know about healthy eating
• Know about personal hygiene and grooming
• Know about sex education and contraception
• Take responsibility for own health and lifestyle

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to care for clothing.
• Sort clothes for washing according to the label specifications.
• Use a washing machine safely.
• Use an iron safely.
• Use and store cleaning materials safely.
• Deal with an emergency situation involving utilities.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify and locate basic external car parts.
• Identify and locate basic internal car parts.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand ways of learning which reflect own likes and dislikes
• Determine realistic learning target(s)
• Make decisions about how to achieve learning targets
• Understand own performance

What you'll be able to do

• Know own spelling weaknesses.
• Use strategies to improve spelling.

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise the functions of different types of shops
• Identify items needed to furnish a home
• Use a budget for shopping
• Behave appropriately in shops

What you'll be able to do

• Locate facilities at college.
• Identify members of staff and their roles.
• Know reasons for attending college.
• Understand own responsibilities while at college.
• Understand differences between college and a previous place of learning.
• Identify Health and Safety procedures.

What you'll be able to do

• Know facilities in own learning environment
• Know about Health and Safety Procedures
• Use the library (learning resource centre)
• Know about personal study planning
• Know about working in groups in a learning situation

What you'll be able to do

• Distinguish advertisements from other media content.
• Understand how advertisements are used to sell products.

What you'll be able to do

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

What you'll be able to do

• Know the structure and working patterns of the Business and Administration sector
• Know about different types of career opportunities available in the Business and Administration sector
• Develop and demonstrate an appropriate skill in the Business and Administration sector

What you'll be able to do

• Provide physical care for children of different ages.
• Choose appropriate clothing and footwear for children.
• Understand the importance of a child’s daily routine.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for drilling and fixing components.
• Drill and fix components to different wall surfaces.
• Leave work area clean and tidy.

What you'll be able to do

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

What you'll be able to do

• Know the main food commodities.
• Know where the main food commodities can be obtained.
• Know how the main food commodities should be stored.

What you'll be able to do

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

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for measuring and marking out.
• Mark and measure out a range of components.
• Estimate material requirements according to measurements.
• Leave work area clean and tidy.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the differences between news media formats.
• Understand why producers choose particular news items.
• Understand the use of images in news reporting.

What you'll be able to do

• Cross a road safely.
• Walk to a specified destination.

What you'll be able to do

• Cross a road safely.
• Walk to a specified destination.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the structure and working patterns of the Travel and Tourism industry
• Know about different types of career opportunities available in the Travel and Tourism industry
• Develop and demonstrate an appropriate skill in the Travel and Tourism industry

What you'll be able to do

• Source ideas or images for a design project.
• Develop and record own ideas for a project.
• Plan a design project.
• Carry out and complete a design project.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the structure of the hospitality industry.
• Know the career opportunities in the hospitality industry.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the structure and working patterns of the Information and Communication Technology sector.
• Know about different types of career opportunities available in the Information and Communication Technology sector.
• Develop and demonstrate an appropriate skill in the Information and Communication Technology sector.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about what is involved in job searching
• Match personal skills and abilities with different jobs
• Know about applying for a job
• Know about interview skills and procedures

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the need to keep a clean kitchen.
• Use equipment to clean a kitchen.
• Use products to clean a kitchen.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the basic principles of lip reading.
• Use strategies to improve effective communication.
• Know how finger spelling works.
• Know the main features of how the auditory system functions.
• Use non-verbal communication.
• Differentiate between vowels and consonants and speech shapes.

What you'll be able to do

• Demonstrate lip-reading knowledge and skills.
• Understand vowel confusion groups and visible consonants.
• Use the British Manual Alphabet.
• Watch, observe and follow speech on the face.
• Finger spell.
• Understand the need for good communication skills.
• Use a range of conversation strategies.
• Participate in a lip reading discussion.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about history of own local area.
• Research local history.
• Record information related to local history.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of personal hygiene.
• Understand the importance of caring for clothes and other laundry.
• Understand the importance of a balanced diet to a healthy lifestyle.
• Plan and budget for a balanced diet.
• Understand the importance of exercise to a healthy lifestyle.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for lubricating and tensioning of cycle chain.
• Lubricate and tension a cycle chain.
• Tidy up area after work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about vehicle care and maintenance
• Carry out vehicle care and maintenance checks
• Obtain specialist advice when appropriate
• Know the main controls of a vehicle

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how own personal attributes have affected current situation to date.
• Know about information resources relevant to future opportunities.
• Set personal goals.
• Understand the practical implications of pursuing personal goals.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how own personal attributes have affected current situation.
• Identify opportunities.
• Set personal goals.
• Pursue personal goals.
• Plan to achieve personal goals.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the purpose and content of story sacks.
• Produce a story sack and contents.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the purpose and content of story sacks.
• Produce a story sack and contents.
• Use a story sack.
• Encourage reading for meaning and comprehension.
• Use prompt cards to develop litreacy skills.
• Know about sequencing skills.
• Use story sacks to identify language opportunities.
• Evaluate the use of story sacks.

What you'll be able to do

• Estimate measure and compare capacity.
• Read a thermometre.

What you'll be able to do

• Use time written in different formats.
• Identify and use dates written in different formats.
• Understand the relationship between units of time.
• Calculate using time.
• Read temperatures.
• Compare temperatures.
• Measure temperature.

What you'll be able to do

• Measure weight.
• Put weights in order.
• Estimate weight.

What you'll be able to do

• Read and interpret distance in everyday situations.
• Estimate measure and compare length.

What you'll be able to do

• Know measuring methods for a range of textile/clothing items.
• Apply measurements to ensure accurate production.
• Prepare fabrics for accurate cutting.
• Prepare and cut fabrics using fabrics which do not require special handing.
• Use different marking methods.

What you'll be able to do

• Use equipment for needle and textile tasks.
• Work with fabric.
• Tackle problems when preparing and cutting fabric.
• Work safely with textiles.

What you'll be able to do

• Select equipment and tools for cutting and hanging wall coverings.
• Cut and hang wallpaper to a flat, vertical wall.
• Tidy work area.
• Look after tools.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about being a parent
• Know about the rights and needs of different family members
• Know about the importance of listening to children
• Know about the major stages of a child’s development
• Know how children learn through daily activities

What you'll be able to do

• Know about job roles within a vocational area.
• Use relevant skills and knowledge in a vocational context.
• Know about Health and Safety requirements relevant to a vocational context.
• Comment on strengths and areas for improvement when working in a vocational context.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the purpose of peer mediation
• Know about the use of peer mediation for conflict resolution
• Know why neutrality, confidentiality and voluntary participation are important within peer mediation practice
• Know about the key principles of peer mediation
• Understand the role of a peer mediator
• Know about the different types of communication skills used by a peer mediator

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the role of the peer supporter
• Know about the skills and qualities required to be an effective peer supporter
• Know about the importance of listening

What you'll be able to do

• Know about own qualities and skills.
• Set personal goals.
• Plan to meet personal goals.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a software package to process digital photographs.

What you'll be able to do

• Know why bathing or showering is necessary for personal hygiene.
• Know the reasons for using toiletries.
• Know why clothes should be changed regularly.
• Know why clothes should be washed or cleaned regularly.

What you'll be able to do

• Know common foot conditions.
• Know the correct use of footwear.
• Understand that own feet and toenails need to be cared for.
• Understand the importance of keeping the hands and nails clean.
• Wash own hands.
• Care for own fingernails.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of visiting the dentist regularly.
• Know problems that can occur from poor oral hygiene.
• Understand the importance of correct tooth brushing for good dental health.
• Brush own teeth correctly.
• Know products that are available to support good dental hygiene.
• Know what sorts of foods can cause tooth decay.

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

• Safeguard own home, personal possessions and self.
• Know what action needs to be taken in the event of fire.
• Respond to a fire drill.
• Know about general fire detection devices.
• Cope appropriately with an accident.
• Know when and how to contact own GP or health centre.
• Summon the emergency services.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand which attraction would be most appropriate for a given visitor
• Plan an itinerary for a day trip showing details and costings
• Present the itinerary

What you'll be able to do

• Plan a short walk.
• Know about undertaking a walk.
• Participate in a short walk.
• Record walks taken.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about design in floristry
• Be able prepare for the construction process of a floral arrangement
• Demonstrate skills and techniques in constructing floral displays
• Produce a floral arrangement
• Review own floral arrangements

What you'll be able to do

• Know how types and colours of flowers are used in the design of floral arrangements.
• Make a floral arrangement.
• Make a buttonhole.

What you'll be able to do

• Select sewing notions relevant to a given task.
• Select suitable fabric and patterns.
• Prepare a pattern and fabric for garment construction.

What you'll be able to do

• Be prepared for a recruitment interview.
• Know about recruitment interview questions and responses.
• Review own performance in an interview.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand probability as an expression of an event occurring.
• Understand that probability can be written as a fraction, decimal or percentage.
• Calculate probability.

What you'll be able to do

• Behave appropriately in a workplace or production area.
• Communicate during production processes.
• Work as part of a team.
• Use simple production equipment and tools.
• Recognise suitable product standards.

What you'll be able to do

• Use punctuation to aid understanding.
• Use grammar to aid understanding.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand instructional texts.
• Know when to use punctuation and capitalisation.

What you'll be able to do

• Read and understand key specialist words.
• Complete a form.

What you'll be able to do

• Interpret source material.
• Extract information from source material for a specific purpose.

What you'll be able to do

• Perform reception duties in an office environment.
• Carry out filing tasks in an office environment.
• Deal with messages in an office environment.

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise common trees.
• Recognise common plants.
• Know the benefits of trees and plants to wildlife.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about different forms of employment
• Know about the labour market

What you'll be able to do

• Know own strengths and weaknesses.
• Recognise own skills and investigate ways of self-improvement.
• Describe current life situation and identify relationships.
• Make positive decisions.
• Set personal objectives and make action plans for self-improvement.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about packaging.
• Know about recycling.
• Know about controlling waste.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for replacement of cycle saddles, seatposts and handlebars.
• Replace a cycle saddle, seatpost and handlebars.
• Tidy up area after work.

What you'll be able to do

• Work safely and efficiently when removing and replacing a cable operated rim brake assembly.
• Use relevant sources of information when removing and replacing a cable operated rim brake assembly.
• Know how cycle rim brakes function.
• Identify and use appropriate tools and equipment to remove and replace a cable operated rim brake assembly.
• Remove and replace a cable operated rim brake assembly.

What you'll be able to do

• Work safely and efficiently when repairing a puncture on a rear wheel.
• Use relevant sources of information when repairing a puncture on a rear wheel.
• Know how cycle wheel rims, tyres and inner tubes function.
• Know causes of punctures.
• Repair a puncture on a rear wheel.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to research tourist destinations
• Carry out research on a tourist destination
• Present research on a tourist destination

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

• Work safely when carrying out routine motorcycle maintenance
• Know motorcycle components and systems that require maintenance
• Know routine maintenance requirements for motorcycles
• Carryout routine maintenance on motorcycles e.g interim service

What you'll be able to do

• Know relevant tools and equipment used in sewing.
• Use basic hand sewing techniques.
• Use a sewing machine.
• Use an overlocker to finish the edges of a seam.
• Construct a simple sewn artefact.
• Know about health and safety procedures when working in the sewing room.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand different relationship types.
• Understand how cultural and individual differences may affect relationships.
• Understand qualities and attributes that may help individuals form positive relationships.
• Understand rights and responsibilities in the context of relationships.
• Know the law in relation to sex and sexuality.
• Understand how the human body works in relation to sex and sexuality.
• Understand contraception in terms of protection against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
• Apply a condom correctly.
• Know agencies which provide contraception and sexual h

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise the properties of 2-D shapes.
• Recognise the properties of 3-D shapes.

What you'll be able to do

• Know different types of shops.
• Know items needed to furnish a home.
• Use a budget.
• Use shops.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the need for Health and Safety procedures at work.
• Participate in a task in a work-simulated environment.
• Work as part of a team.
• Know social skills needed for work.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the responsibilities of caring for accommodation.
• Understand the importance of personal hygiene and having clean clothes.
• Understand the importance of a balanced diet and planned meals.
• Understand the care required to look after people.
• Understand the importance of budgeting.
• Understand the importance of leisure time and activities.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan a visit to a local shop.
• Plan a trip to a local shop.
• Buy items.
• Conduct self appropriately on a shopping trip.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand why personal fitness is important to good health.
• Understand the role that exercise plays in maintaining a healthy life style.
• Plan a balanced, healthy meal.
• Understand the importance of personal hygiene and good grooming in relation to healthy living.
• Take responsibility for own health and lifestyle through action planning for the future.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the nature of adult relationships.
• Understand issues relating to adult physical relationships.

What you'll be able to do

• Use equipment for making soft furnishings.
• Produce a piece of soft furnishing work.
• Tackle basic problems in a soft furnishing task.
• Follow safe working practices when undertaking a soft furnishing project.

What you'll be able to do

• Communicate with others.
• Present information effectively to others.
• Obtain information from others
• Engage in discussion.

What you'll be able to do

• Use the language of spelling.
• Match sounds to written symbols.
• Use methods to learn how to spell words.
• Understand the importance of developing memory skills in learning spellings.

What you'll be able to do

• Locate correct spellings.
• Understand own spelling strengths and weaknesses.
• Maintain a personal spelling programme.

What you'll be able to do

• Write a legible letter.
• Use different strategies for learning to spell.
• Spell common words and relevant key words relating to work routines, leisure and study.

What you'll be able to do

• Work with peers to improve own learning.
• Understand different learning styles.
• Take notes.
• Research information.
• Create a piece of writing.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of family learning in raising achievement.
• Help improve litreacy and numeracy skills.
• Know different roles and responsibilities within family learning.
• Understand own contribution in encouraging a child’s learning.
• Know other groups that support family learning.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand opportunities at home and in the community to support litreacy and numeracy.
• Understand the importance of planning practical activities to support litreacy and numeracy skills.
• Understand the importance of building on past experience when starting new learning.
• Understand the importance of recording progress in learning.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of family learning in raising achievement.
• Know about ways in which members of different generations can support each other’s learning.
• Know about ways in which family members/carers can help improve a child’s litreacy and numeracy skills.
• Know the different roles and responsibilities of family members/carers and teachers in supporting children’s learning.
• Understand that being learners themselves can make a difference to children’s attitudes to lifelong learning.
• Understand the value of working together with other groups to support family learning.
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What you'll be able to do

• Know the different approaches and methods that can be used to teach reading
• Know about the problems a child may face when learning to read
• Know the role of the parent/carer in the reading process
• Create reading support materials
• Know that children learn in different ways

What you'll be able to do

• Know about Internet connections.
• Know about the ‘World Wide Web’ (Web).
• Search for information using a web browser.
• Use e-mail.
• Know about methods of communicating via the Internet.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the key stages of the mediation process
• Know about the function of a pre-meeting
• Know about ground rules for peer mediation situations
• Know about the key aspects of a joint mediation meeting

What you'll be able to do

• Know about the role of a peer mentor
• Know why peer mentoring is important to young people
• Know about the role of peer mentor with young people within the local community
• Assess own work with young people in the role of peer mentor

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

• Know about the organisation.
• Understand own role within organisation.
• Follow code of behaviour in the workplace.
• Know the safe working practices in the work environment.
• Carry out tasks using appropriate work related skills.

What you'll be able to do

• Read numbers with up to three decimal places.
• Write numbers with up to three decimal places.
• Order numbers with up to three decimal places.
• Understand that the position of a digit signifies its value.
• Approximate decimals by rounding to a whole number or two decimal places.
• Add decimals up to two decimal places.
• Subtract decimals up to two decimal places.
• Multiply decimals up to two decimal places.
• Divide decimals up to two decimal places.
• Use strategies to check answers.
• Use

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the changing role and relationships of parents as a child gets older.
• Understand the changes that a child goes through during adolescence.
• Understand the pressure that all families with adolescents sometimes experience.
• Understand issues that can cause conflict.
• Understand issues of power and authority.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about eating disorders.
• Understand the link between food and feelings.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the impact of plant and animal interaction on the environment.
• Understand plant structures and their purpose(s).
• Understand the basic principles of species evolution.
• Understand eco-system development.
• Understand an environmental issue.
• Understand the need for plant and animal conservation.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the different forms families take.
• Know the different roles within the family.
• Understand some of the difficulties in family life.
• Understand own personal responsibilities within the family to other family members.
• Know the needs of different family members.
• Know own needs for future development as a member of the family unit.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand what is meant by financial services.
• Understand what to expect from financial services.
• Speak to financial services.
• Use questioning techniques to obtain information from financial services.
• Understand vocabulary used to describe financial services.

What you'll be able to do

• Know tools and equipment required for floristry.
• Know plant material that could be used in a display.
• Understand preservation and conditioning techniques for plant material.
• Know shapes commonly used for floral displays.
• Know suitable colour combinations for a floral display.
• Understand the purpose of construction elements in floral displays.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan and prepare for a particular HE enrichment activity.
• Review and reflect on own HE enrichment activity experience.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of family learning in raising achievement.
• Help improve litreacy and numeracy skills.
• Know that there are different roles and responsibilities within family learning.
• Record learning.
• Understand that being learners themselves can make a difference to children’s attitudes to lifelong learning.
• Understand the value of working with other groups to support family learning.
• Review own learning.

What you'll be able to do

• Know a sequence of growth and development from birth to old age.
• Know the main factors that affect growth and development.
• Know how experiences may affect emotional or social development.
• Know ways in which a child learns to communicate.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand different food groups.
• Understand the relationship between food and health.
• Understand the basic principles of weight control.
• Understand why a balanced diet is required to maximise performance.
• Understand how to promote healthy eating.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how images of young women and men are portrayed in the media.
• Understand how media representations influence own body image.
• Understand how images of men or women have been portrayed through history.
• Understand how culture influences portrayal of men and women in images.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the different conflicts that may occur frequently.
• Understand the possible negative and positive outcomes of conflict.
• Understand the causes of conflict.
• Understand the emotions and physical responses experienced during a conflict.
• Know types of behaviours that are likely to increase and decrease the level of a conflict.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand personal awareness.
• Understand key aspects of own personality.
• Recognise own skills, knowledge and achievements.
• Recognise own feelings.

What you'll be able to do

• Represent own needs and wishes in a range of different contexts.
• Understand personal health issues.
• Interact with others.
• Understand personal relationships.

What you'll be able to do

• Know examples of human rights.
• Understand the law in a specific situation and why society has laws.
• Understand some of the democratic and electoral process.
• Know examples of rights and responsibilities, and related organisations.

What you'll be able to do

• Know a range of relationships and family lifestyles.
• Understand qualities that help people form positive consensual relationships.
• Understand rights and responsibilities within a relationship.
• Know the law in relation to sex and sexuality.
• Know body parts related to sex and contraception.
• Know contraception methods.
• Know what a sexually transmitted infection is.
• Know about agencies able to give help and advice on contraception and sexual health.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about adult relationships
• Know about issues relating to adult relationships

What you'll be able to do

• Know the relevant tools and equipment.
• Know about relevant plant material.
• Understand conditioning techniques.
• Understand preservation techniques.
• Know basic design principles.
• Understand basic construction techniques.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of a balanced diet to a healthy lifestyle.
• Understand the importance of regular exercise to a healthy lifestyle.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand time management.
• Understand the factors that affect time management.
• Delegate.
• Understand the techniques used in time management.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the health and safety requirements of own workplace surroundings.
• Understand the main elements of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH).
• Prevent common accidents at work.
• Respond to first aid incidents.
• Recognise respiratory and cardiac arrest.
• Demonstrate resuscitation techniques and the recovery position.
• Safely handle and move inanimate loads.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan and prepare for a particular activity or experience aimed at better understanding work-based learning and apprenticeships.
• Review and reflect on his/her work-based learning activity or experience.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how and why employment and work patterns have changed over the last century to the present day.
• Understand the impact of improving technology on working practices.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand why young people might become involved in crime.
• Understand consequences of crime for victims and offenders.
• Know about the Criminal/Youth Justice System.
• Know about custodial and alternative forms of sentences.
• Know about the role of local agencies in supporting young people.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand why young people might become involved in crime.
• Understand the consequences of crime on different people.
• Understand the Criminal/Youth Justice System.
• Understand custodial and alternative forms of sentences.
• Understand the role of a local agency.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the stages of pregnancy.
• Understand the purpose of antenatal care.
• Understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy.
• Know the essential equipment for a new baby.
• Understand some of the physical and emotional changes during pregnancy and childbirth.

What you'll be able to do

• Select a product to sell to a particular target market.
• Select a suitable venue to sell a product.
• Advertise a sale.
• Set up a point of sale and sell products.
• Know the costs involved in an enterprise project.
• Reflect on the outcome of an enterprise project.

What you'll be able to do

• Select an appropriate enterprise project for a particular target market.
• Set the price for own product or service.
• Know the significance of effective marketing.

What you'll be able to do

• Add whole numbers of up to three digits to give totals up to 1000.
• Carry out subtraction calculations involving whole numbers of up to three digits.

What you'll be able to do

• Add whole numbers.
• Subtract whole numbers.
• Check answers.

What you'll be able to do

• Multiply whole numbers.
• Divide whole numbers.
• Check answers.
• Multiply whole numbers by 10 and 100.
• Divide whole numbers by 10 and 100.
• Recognise numerical relationships.

What you'll be able to do

• Know how computers can be used to support family learning.
• Know how software can be used to support family learning.
• Know about equipment that can be used with computers to support family learning.
• Know how the Internet can be used as a resource to support family learning.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to plan and cost nutritionally balanced meals.
• Use fresh ingredients and convenience foods.
• Use and maintain a range of domestic kitchen equipment.
• Use a variety of food preparation methods.
• Understand the importance of health and safety in a domestic kitchen.

What you'll be able to do

• Carry out craft tasks safely.
• Plan and implement a craft project using natural materials.
• Develop work in craft using natural materials.

What you'll be able to do

• Know uses of some common domestic appliances.
• Use electrical appliances safely.
• Store electrical appliances safely.

What you'll be able to do

• Send faxes for a specified purpose.
• Receive and distribute faxes.
• Recognise and resolve problems with a fax machine.
• Prepare a photocopier for use.
• Perform photocopying tasks.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify relevant tools and equipment used in floor and wall tiling.
• Identify relevant materials.
• Identify background surfaces.
• Plan and prepare for the project.
• Set out and fix tiles.
• Demonstrate tile cutting techniques.
• Demonstrate grouting techniques.

What you'll be able to do

• Use mixed media to produce 2D artwork.
• Know about health and safety procedures when using mixed media.
• Review own performance when producing 2D artwork.

What you'll be able to do

• Select equipment and resources to carry out routine office tasks.
• Use office equipment.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for painting.
• Use tools, materials and techniques for painting.
• Leave work area clean and tidy.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the tools and equipment used in plastering.
• Prepare the work area.
• Fix rules/angle beads to corners.
• Apply a floating coat.
• Apply a finishing coat.