AIM Qualifications Level 2 Certificate in Employability and Development Skills

What you'll be able to do

• Understand ways that individuals in the workplace depend on one another.
• Understand how an individual’s behaviour affects other people at work.
• Demonstrate positive behaviours that promote effective working with others.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand own skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and personal qualities.
• Assess the potential of own skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and personal qualities in contributing towards the achievement of personal goals.
• Build a portfolio of information to evidence achievements and qualities.
• Produce a curriculum vitae (CV).
• Identify personal goals and the actions required to achieve these.
• Understand the value of a portfolio in personal, educational and career development.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand skills needed to be a Chair of an organisation.
• Understand how to organise and facilitate meetings.
• Understand the role of the Chair in facilitating decision making.
• Understand the leadership role of the Chair.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to maintain a clean environment to prevent the spread of infection
• Understand the decontamination process
• Understand the importance of good waste management practice in the prevention of the spread of infection

What you'll be able to do

• Understand peer research.
• Carry out peer research.
• Plan a peer research project.
• Carry out a peer research project.
• Evaluate own research.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand different approaches to using counselling skills.
• Understand cultural influences on approaches to counselling.
• Understand skills and techniques relevant to counselling.
• Use practical counselling skills and techniques.
• Know the importance of boundaries in counselling.

What you'll be able to do

• Select and use appropriate designs and page layouts for publications.
• Input and combine text and other information within publications.
• Use desktop publishing software techniques to edit and format publications.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the impact of confidence.
• Know what is meant by self-esteem.
• Understand ways of building confidence and self-esteem.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the purpose and factors influencing the effectiveness of a display of stock in a salon environment, including visual appeal and accessibility
• Assemble a display of stock to promote sales in a salon, considering product placement and promotional materials
• Maintain and dismantle the display area, ensuring stock levels are appropriate and the area is clean and tidy

What you'll be able to do

• Identify suitable job opportunities.
• Investigate job vacancies.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the role and responsibilities of a first aider
• Assess an incident
• Manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
• Manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
• Recognise and assist a casualty who is chocking
• Manage a casualty with external bleeding
• Manage a casualty who is in shock
• Manage a casualty with a minor injury

What you'll be able to do

• Understand what is meant by a funding strategy.
• Know the key elements of a funding strategy.
• Know the elements present in a good funding application.
• Apply funding strategies.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the nutritive value of grains, pulses and dairy products.
• Recognise different types of pulses and grains.
• Use different types of grains, pulses, and dairy foods.
• Understand principles of health and safety.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand how to improve own performance.
• Improve own performance using feedback.
• Agree own development needs using a learning plan.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of duty of care.
• Understand support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about the duty of care.
• Respond to complaints.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand land-based industries.
• Know about different types of career opportunities and training available in land-based industries.
• Demonstrate and review an appropriate skill in land-based industries.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand what is meant by ‘mentoring’.
• Understand the need to respect individuality and difference within the mentoring relationship.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the retail sector.
• Know about different types of career opportunities in the retail sector.
• Demonstrate an appropriate skill in the retail sector.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand key characteristics of an effective leader.
• Understand the skills involved in being an effective leader.
• Understand the relationship between leader and team member.
• Lead a team.

What you'll be able to do

• Know about common Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
• Know what individuals can do to reduce the risk of transmitting or contracting STIs
• Know about the issues surrounding disclosure of HIV status

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the fundamental principles of marketing.
• Understand the processes involved in product development and the role of market research in informing these processes.
• Understand the role and components of the marketing mix.
• Manage and implement marketing strategies effectively.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the role of marketing research in organisations, including its purpose and benefits
• Use marketing research tools and techniques to gather relevant data
• Use methods of primary research, such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups
• Use techniques for analysing marketing research information to identify trends and insights
• Present marketing research information in a clear and concise manner, using appropriate visual aids

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the stages of the ‘mentoring’ relationship.
• Understand a range of techniques to make mentees feel comfortable and at ease.
• Use communication skills.
• Understand the boundaries of a mentoring relationship.
• Understand when and to whom referrals should be made.

What you'll be able to do

• Know the purpose of monitoring and evaluation
• Monitor community based projects, groups and activities
• Evaluate community-based projects, groups and activities
• Prepare monitoring and evaluation reports

What you'll be able to do

• Know how learning takes place.
• Know about own learning profile.
• Manage own learning.
• Review own learning management.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand why communication is important in adult social care settings.
• Understand how to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of an individual.
• Understand how to reduce barriers to communication.
• Understand confidentiality in adult social care settings.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion.
• Work in an inclusive way.
• Access information, advice and support about diversity, equality, inclusion and discrimination.

What you'll be able to do

• Recognise signs of abuse.
• Respond to suspected or alleged abuse.
• Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from abuse.
• Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse.
• Recognise and report unsafe practices.

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 roles and responsibilities of Secretary to an organisation.
• Understand the importance of Secretary to an organisation.
• Understand skills required to be Secretary to an organisation.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the functions of Treasurer to an organisation.
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of Treasurer to an organisation.
• Understand the importance of Treasurer to an organisation.
• Understand skills required to be Treasurer to an organisation.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand types of events that could be run in own organisation.
• Understand tasks involved in running a community event.
• Understand skills required to organise a community event.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the role of bookkeeping in supporting financial management.
• Understand the principles of coding for bookkeeping.
• Understand the principles of single entry bookkeeping.
• Understand own bookkeeping needs and areas for development.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the term stress.
• Recognise signs and symptoms of stress.
• Understand how stress affects health.
• Know about potential causes of stress in everyday life.
• Design a personal plan to manage stress.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand market forces.
• Understand the concept of elasticity.
• Understand the role of the government in the macro economy.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand working relationships in health and social care.
• Work in ways that are agreed with the employer.
• Work in partnership with others.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings.
• Understand the use of risk assessments in relation to health and safety.
• Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness.
• Reduce the spread of infection.
• Move and handle equipment and other objects safely.
• Understand the principles of assisting and moving an individual.
• Handle hazardous substances.
• Know environmental safety procedures in a social care setting.
• Manage stress.
• Understand procedures regarding handling medica

What you'll be able to do

• Understand person-centred approaches for care and support.
• Understand how to implement a person-centred approach in an adult social care setting.
• Understand the importance of establishing consent when providing care or support.
• Understand how to encourage active participation in a social care setting.
• Understand how to support an individual’s right to make choices.
• Understand how to promote an individual’s well-being.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand what is meant by “mentoring”.
• Understand individual requirements of a mentor.
• Understand the need to respect individuality and difference within the mentoring relationship.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the sequence of development of language and communication in children.
• Understand the needs and requirements of young children with respect to developing language and communication skills.
• Understand the role of the childcare worker and other professionals in promoting language skills.
• Understand the reasons for children’s language delay and communication difficulties.
• Understand links between language and communication skills and the development of reading and writing.

What you'll be able to do

• Understand the structure and purpose of an organisation.
• Understand own work placement role within an organisation.
• Understand the reasons for dress conventions in a workplace.
• Maintain acceptable conventions for behaviour in the workplace.
• Comply with safe working practices in the work environment.
• Carry out tasks during work placement using appropriate work related skills.

What you'll be able to do

• Use appropriate language in response to purpose and audience.
• Organise writing through structure and formatting.
• Plan and draft writing.
• Proof read and revise text.