AIM Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Skills for Living and Work (Entry 2)

What you'll be able to do

• Use a bicycle.
• Use tools and equipment needed for maintaining a bicycle.
• Carry out basic bicycle maintenance.
• Participate in carrying out basic bicycle repair procedures.
• Follow health and safety procedures relevant to bicycle repair and maintenance.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a bicycle.
• Use tools and equipment needed for maintaining a bicycle.
• Carry out basic bicycle maintenance.
• Participate in carrying out a basic bicycle repair procedure.
• Follow a health and safety procedure relevant to bicycle repair and maintenance.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify artwork from a specific historical period.
• Create artwork related to a given period of art.
• Create traditional art materials.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify artwork from a selection of historical periods.
• Create artwork using a variety of media.
• Create and use traditional art materials.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare materials for clay work.
• Use forming techniques in clay work.
• Use finishing techniques in clay work.
• Know tools and equipment for clay work.
• Follow a health and safety procedure relating to clay work.
• Review own clay work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the basics of computer security and privacy.
• Keep information secure.
• Protect self from online security threats.
• Keep a computer secure.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the basics of computer security and privacy.
• Keep information secure.
• Protect self from online security threats.
• Keep a computer secure.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the basics of computer security and privacy.
• Keep information secure.
• Protect self and family from online security threats.
• Keep a computer secure.

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 a craft design project.
• Work safely on a craft design project.

What you'll be able to do

• Handle dairy animals.
• Understand health and safety procedure relating to a dairy parlour.
• Feed dairy animals.
• Understand the origin of milk.
• Assist in the despatching of milk.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand and be able to use processes in preparing plaster.
• Make a solid plaster face-cast.
• Use techniques of sculpting a mask design.
• Use papier-mâché in mask-making.
• Follow health and safety procedures.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the processes in preparing plaster.
• Make a solid plaster face-cast.
• Use papier-mâché in mask making.
• Follow health and safety procedures when mask making.

What you'll be able to do

• Develop ideas for work in 3 dimensions from a set theme.
• Produce work in 3 dimensions on a given theme.
• Comment on own art and design work.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify artwork from a specific historical period.
• Create artwork using a specific medium.
• Create traditional art materials from raw substances.

What you'll be able to do

• Develop ideas for work in 2 dimensions from a set theme.
• Produce work in 2 dimensions on a set theme.
• Comment on own art and design work.

What you'll be able to do

• Assist in basic fish farming skills.
• Feed appropriate food to different types of fish.
• Understand hazards to farmed fish.
• Follow health and safety procedures relating to fish farming.

What you'll be able to do

• Assist in basic fish farming skills.
• Know the different types of fish on a fish farm.
• Feed appropriate food to each type of fish.
• Understand hazards to farmed fish.
• Follow health and safety procedures relating to fish farming.

What you'll be able to do

• Know parts of a cutting lathe.
• Know different cutting wheels and their effects.
• Know the differences in thickness and shape of glass for the cutting process.
• Cut glass with a lathe.
• Follow a health and safety procedure relating to glass cutting.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know parts of a cutting lathe.
• Know different cutting wheels and their effects.
• Know the differences in thickness and shape of glass for the cutting process.
• Cut glass with a lathe.
• Follow a health and safety procedures relating to glass cutting.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the parts of an engraving lathe.
• Know the different engraving wheels and their effects.
• Understand the differences in the thickness and shape of glass for the engraving process.
• Engrave glass using an engraving lathe.
• Show awareness of health and safety issues relating to this unit.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the parts of an engraving lathe.
• Know the different engraving wheels and their effects.
• Understand the differences in the thickness and shape of glass for the engraving process.
• Engrave glass using an engraving lathe.
• Understand health and safety issues relevant to glass engraving.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a mould for shaping glass.
• Work with hot glass.
• Prepare glass bubble for shaping in mould.
• Operate a mechanical boy.
• Understand health and safety issues relevant to glass mould blowing.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a mould for shaping glass.
• Work with hot glass.
• Prepare glass bubble for shaping in mould.
• Understand a health and safety issue relevant to glass mould blowing.

What you'll be able to do

• Know moulds for shaping glass.
• Work with hot glass.
• Prepare glass bubble for shaping in mould.
• Produce tableware glass article using a mould.
• Follow health and safety procedures.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the materials and tools required in green woodwork.
• Prepare wood for a specific purpose.
• Use appropriate tools to complete green woodworking projects.
• Know the health and safety standards for working with green wood.
• Review own green woodwork.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the materials and tools required in green woodwork.
• Prepare wood for a specific purpose.
• Use appropriate tools to complete green woodworking projects.
• Know the health and safety standards for working with green wood.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the meaning of habitat.
• Understand the importance of habitat management.
• Maintain an area of habitat.
• Maintain safety of self and others while carrying out habitat management.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Demonstrate hand knitting techniques.
• Follow instructions when producing a hand-knitted garment.
• Know about a current style and/or trend in knitwear.

What you'll be able to do

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

What you'll be able to do

• Demonstrate a hand knitting technique.
• Follow instructions when producing a hand-knitted garment.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the materials required for glass making.
• Know the tools used in hot glass projects.
• Use tools in glass making projects.
• Know health and safety requirements for glass making activities.
• Use PPE for glass making activities.
• Comment on own engagement in glass making activities.

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

• Use sources of ideas for photography.
• Develop ideas for photographic work, using appropriate equipment, techniques and processes.
• Produce and present photographic work in response to a task or theme.

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

• Identify a type of steel.
• Prepare and maintain a forge fire.
• Use basic blacksmithing tools.
• Use a basic blacksmithing technique for forging steel.
• Follow a health and safety procedure relating to iron forging.
• Reflect on own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand safe working practices when making jewellery.
• Use a tool in jewellery making.
• Know a material required for simple jewellery making.
• Understand a technique for making jewellery.
• Understand design for making a piece of jewellery.
• Translate a design into making a piece of jewellery.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand safe working practices when making jewellery.
• Use essential tools and equipment in jewellery making.
• Know the materials required for simple jewellery making.
• Understand techniques for making jewellery.
• Develop a design for making a piece of jewellery.
• Translate a design into making a piece of jewellery.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand safe working practices.
• Use essential tools and equipment in jewellery making.
• Know the materials required for simple jewellery making.
• Use techniques for making jewellery.
• Develop a design for making a piece of jewellery.
• Translate own design into making a piece of jewellery.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a tool and material for leather work.
• Carry out a leatherwork process.
• Work safely.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a range of tools and materials for leather work.
• Shape leather.
• Carry out leatherwork processes.
• Work safely.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the materials required in leatherwork.
• Participate in sourcing materials for leatherwork.
• Know the tools required to complete a leatherworking project.
• Use leatherworking tools.
• Know basic health and safety requirements for leather working activities.
• Use PPE for leatherworking.
• Contribute to making choices about own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a range of tools and materials for simple leather work.
• Shape leather.
• Carry out leatherwork processes.
• Work safely.

What you'll be able to do

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

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the property of a metal to be used for metalwork craft.
• Know about a tool used for metalwork craft.
• Use a manufacturing process to produce a metalwork item.
• Understand a health and safety procedure relating to metalwork craft.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the properties of a metal to be used for metalwork craft.
• Know about a tool used for metalwork craft.
• Use a manufacturing process to produce a metalwork item.
• Understand health and safety procedures relating to metalwork craft.

What you'll be able to do

• Carry out a maintenance routine on a narrow boat.
• Understand navigation practices on a narrow boat and canal.
• Know the physical environment around a narrow boat.
• Understand a health and safety issue in relation to narrow boats.

What you'll be able to do

• Carry out maintenance routines on a narrow boat.
• Understand navigation practices on a narrow boat and canal.
• Understand the historical context of a canal.
• Know the physical environment around a narrow boat.
• Understand health and safety issues in relation to narrow boats.

What you'll be able to do

• Solve work related numeracy problems using whole numbers up to 100.
• Use units of measure to solve work-related numeracy problems.
• Interpret charts to solve work-related problems.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a software package to process digital photographs.

What you'll be able to do

• Plan a visit to a chosen tourism destination.
• Use personal skills to take part in a visit.

What you'll be able to do

• Know common woodland trees.
• Use a woodland tool.
• Participate in a woodland management activity.
• Participate in a woodland management activity.
• Follow a health and safety procedure when working in woodland.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know a health and safety rule in a workshop.
• Know a material to use in a workshop.
• Know equipment to use in a workshop.
• Plan own work.
• Produce a piece of work in a workshop.
• Reflect on own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know a health and safety rule in a workshop.
• Know materials to use in a workshop.
• Know equipment to use in a workshop.
• Plan own work.
• Produce a piece of work in a workshop.
• Reflect on own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Input text and other information within presentation slides.
• Use presentation software tools to structure, edit and format slides.
• Prepare slides for presentation using IT tools.

What you'll be able to do

• Behave appropriately in the workplace or production area.
• Function and communicate during the production processes.
• Work as part of a team.
• Use simple production equipment and tools.
• Recognise suitable product standards.
• Work safely in a work environment.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for replacement of cycle wheels, tyres and inner tubes.
• Replace cycle wheels, tyres and inner tubes.
• Tidy up area after work.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for replacement of cycle wheels, tyres and inner tubes.
• Replace cycle wheels, tyres and inner tubes.
• Tidy up area after work.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare for replacement of cycle wheels, tyres and inner tubes.
• Replace cycle wheels, tyres and inner tubes.
• Tidy up area after work.

What you'll be able to do

• Work safely when repairing a puncture on a cycle wheel.
• Use relevant sources of information when repairing a puncture on a cycle wheel.
• Repair a cycle puncture.

What you'll be able to do

• Work safely when repairing a puncture on a cycle wheel.
• Use relevant sources of information when repairing a puncture on a cycle wheel.
• Repair a cycle puncture.

What you'll be able to do

• Work safely when repairing a puncture on a cycle wheel.
• Repair a cycle puncture.

What you'll be able to do

• Know why personal targets are needed in the workplace.
• Set a personal target at work.
• Review a personal target at work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the main tools required for work in a market garden.
• Use tools required for work in a market garden.
• Prepare soil for vegetable production.
• Understand some aspects of soil fertility.
• Prepare a medium for seed germination and plant growth.
• Follow health and safety procedures relating to market gardening.

What you'll be able to do

• Know methods of cutting different types of glass.
• Know uses of basic stained glass cutting tools.
• Use glass cutting tools.
• Demonstrate basic glass cutting techniques.
• Follow health and safety issues relating to glass cutting.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Source information and advice to improve performance of a selected skill.
• Prepare an action plan to improve a selected skill.
• Implement an action plan to improve a selected skill.
• Demonstrate improvement of a selected skill.
• Respond to feedback on performance of a selected skill.
• Review the impact of performance planning.
• Embed and use a newly improved skill.

What you'll be able to do

• Take a role in preparing for a performance.
• Undertake a role in a performance for an audience.
• Review own role in a performance.

What you'll be able to do

• Use tools needed to cleave wood.
• Use suitable wood to make a specific tool and handle.
• Follow a health and safety procedure relating to tool making.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Use tools needed to cleave wood.
• Use suitable wood to make a specific tool and handle.
• Follow health and safety procedures relating to tool making.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Carry out a craft task safely.
• Produce a craft item using natural materials.
• Work in craft using natural materials.

What you'll be able to do

• Use e-mail software tools to send and compose messages.
• Manage incoming email.

What you'll be able to do

• Set up a mobile device to meet needs.
• Input and store data on a mobile device.
• Transfer data between mobile devices.
• Maintain the performance of a mobile device.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand an opportunity available through use of social media.
• Understand a risk associated with use of social media.
• Use social media to access and post content.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the checks required before starting a tractor.
• Know a daily maintenance routine for a tractor.
• Identify a fault on a tractor.
• Know the location of an instrument and control for driving a tractor.
• Start a tractor.
• Follow a health and safety procedure when starting a tractor.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the checks required before starting a tractor.
• Know daily maintenance routines for a tractor.
• Identify faults on a tractor.
• Know the location of instruments and controls for driving a tractor.
• Start a tractor.
• Follow health and safety procedures when starting a tractor.

What you'll be able to do

• Connect to the Internet.
• Use browser software to navigate webpages.
• Use browser tools to search for information from the Internet and the world-wide web.
• Know safety and security practices when working online.

What you'll be able to do

• Use tools and equipment for washing a car exterior.
• Wash a car exterior.

What you'll be able to do

• Use waxing and polishing equipment.
• Wax and polish car exterior.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a range of tools for basket making.
• Gather some sources of basket making materials.
• Prepare material for basket making.
• Handle tools and materials to complete a basket making weave.
• Follow health and safety procedures during willow work.

What you'll be able to do

• Use tools for basket making.
• Gather sources of basket making materials.
• Prepare material for basket making.
• Handle tools and materials to complete a basket making weave.
• Follow health and safety procedures during willow work.

What you'll be able to do

• Use a tool for basket making.
• Gather a source of basket making materials.
• Prepare material for basket making.
• Handle a tool and material to complete a basket making weave.
• Follow a health and safety procedure during willow work.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare and maintain a woodland kitchen fire.
• Prepare seasonal vegetables.
• Use kitchen tools.
• Use cooking techniques.
• Lay a table.
• Follow health and safety and health and hygiene procedures.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare a woodland kitchen fire.
• Prepare a seasonal vegetable.
• Use a kitchen tool.
• Lay a table.
• Follow a health and safety and health and hygiene procedure.

What you'll be able to do

• Know breeds of sheep.
• Tease and/or card raw wool.
• Know equipment used for plant dying.
• Scour wool.
• Mordant wool.
• Know plants used for dying.
• Dye wool using natural dyes.
• Follow a health and safety procedure relating to wool preparation and dying.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know breeds of sheep and their fleece.
• Tease and/or card raw wool.
• Know equipment used for plant dying.
• Scour wool.
• Mordant wool.
• Know plants used for dying.
• Dye wool using natural dyes.
• Follow a health and safety procedure relating to wool preparation and dying.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the origins of wool.
• Use the tools for preparing wool fibre.
• Prepare yarn for spinning.
• Dye wool.
• Know the difference between felted, woven and knitted fabric.
• Understand health and safety relating to wool processing.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the origins of wool.
• Use tools for preparing wool fibre.
• Prepare yarn for spinning.
• Know the difference between felted, woven and knitted fabric.
• Understand health and safety relating to wool processing.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the origins of wool.
• Use a tool for preparing wool fibre.
• Prepare yarn for spinning.
• Understand a health and safety standard relating to wool processing.

What you'll be able to do

• Know origins of wool and natural dyes for colouring wool.
• Use tools for preparing wool fibre.
• Make a range of knots.
• Know the differences between different fabric constructions.
• Follow health and safety procedures relating to wool work.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Know origins of wool and natural dyes for colouring wool.
• Use tools for preparing wool fibre.
• Make a range of knots.
• Know the differences between different fabric constructions.
• Follow a health and safety procedure relating to wool work.
• Review own work.

What you'll be able to do

• Enter and edit text in word processed documents.
• Use word processing software tools to format and present documents.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare to work with others.
• Play an active role in working as part of a group.
• Review own role in a group.

What you'll be able to do

• Identify the context of volunteering.
• Understand what tasks are necessary in a voluntary organisation.
• Follow instructions to complete a voluntary task.
• Reflect on own role as a volunteer.

What you'll be able to do

• Prepare to work with others.
• Work with others as part of a group.

What you'll be able to do

• Know safety rules in an office.
• Know types of equipment used in an office.
• Use a piece of equipment safely in an office.
• Communicate with others in an office.

What you'll be able to do

• Know safety rules on a farm.
• Know types of equipment used on a farm.
• Use a piece of equipment safely on a farm.
• Know where to store different types of equipment safely on a farm.