Career exploration

Each of the activities around career exploration below, has been allocated to one or more of the following levels:
l Level 1 - Suitable for students below average ability and some of those with learning difficulties
l Level 2 - Suitable for average ability students
l Level 3 - Suitable for more able students
l Staff - Notes for tutors or activities for staff that could also be used by appropriate students
 
Curriculum idea Description Level
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Advertise that job To assist students in understanding the skills and abilities involved in a job l l l   
Career search To provide a framework for career research linked to local opportunities and self awareness    l l   
Connections To enable students to see the links between different jobs l  l l   
Creating your own worksheet to investigate work To enable staff to create a variety of student resources based on the information in Jed          l 
Disappearing jobs To assist students in understanding the changing nature of the world of work    l l   
Future jobs To consider the skills and qualities needed for some 'future jobs'       l   
'Happy families' To enable students to become competent at moving around Jed l  l      
Health and safety To enable students to become more aware of health and safety issues in the workplace l  l      
Key skills in work To enable students to assess themselves and see how workers use key skills in a range of jobs l  l l   

More qualifications equals more pay?

To enable students to see the link between pay and qualifications

  

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Picture matching To illustrate aspects of the world of work l  l l   
School and the world of work To enable students to see the link between the activities that they take part in at school and the activities that people do as part of their work l  l      
Skills in work (1) To illustrate the wide range of skills that are used in the workplace l  l l   
Skills in work (2) To enable students to identify key skills being used in employment l  l l   

Skills in work (3)

To introduce students to the tasks that may be performed in a job

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Subjects and jobs displays To enable students in schools and colleges to see the link between subjects being studied and the world of work l  l l   

What is the most valued work?

To assist students in understanding the value that different people put on work of different types

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Who am I? To enable students to identify the activities involved in a job l          
World of work An activity using First Jed's World of Work Map l  l