My Careers WorkbookBook 1 - Let’s Get Started

Name .....................................

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Class ...............................

Year Group .....................

Gyrfa CymruCareers Wales

WelcomeWelcome to the first of a series of Careers workbooks. The workbooks are intended to help equip you with the tools you will use, to consider your future options.

Where to find information about

which

courses to choose for

your future career?Your future

options could include

:

What skills are employers look

ing for?

Do your current skills m

atch what is

required for the caree

rs you are interested

in?

Information about different

routes into work.

These workbooks will a

lso help you to researc

h

the requirements of dif

ferent careers which

you may not have been awa

re of.

Let’s get started!!!

Activity 1

What is the name of your school’s Careers Adviser?

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Where is the Careers Adviser based?

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When is the Careers Adviser in school?

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How do you make contact with Careers Wales?

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What would you expect a Careers Adviser to talk to you about?

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Activity 2 - Quiz

From the matrix below tick which characteristics link to the jobs suggested?

Carpenter Veterinary Nurse

Farm Worker

Police Officer

Graphic Designer

Child Minder

Working with babies, children or teenagers

Using your hands in a skillful way

Working outdoors in any weather

Providing a service to members of the public

Understanding the use of Computers

Being interested in science

Can you list THREE Jobs YOU might like to do?

About You

Which Jobsrequire these skills

What sort of characteristics do the THREE jobs YOU have suggested require you to consider if you were to apply for them?

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1Job

2Job

3Job

liftingvaluing

outd

oors

Driv

ingWrit

ing

Team

Teac

hing

serviceimplementing

others

Rules

helping

designing

calculatingCreative

customersActive

Engaging

Construction

AnimalsPlanning

Supervising

Trav

eling

Com

munic

ation

s

children

Working on a Computer, tablet or mobile phone go to:

www.careerswales.gov.wales

Then select ‘Plan your Career’

Scroll down and select ‘Job Information’

When researching your choices within ‘Job Information’, please take notes about the qualities that the people see as important in each of the THREE jobs.

What qualities are similar that are required for ALL three jobs:

Anything else you have noticed that is similar about these jobs?

What qualities are required for each of the jobs which are different from the other two jobs?

Qualities

Qualities

Qualities

1Job

2Job

3Job

Activity 3Research Using the “Job Information” section within the ‘Plan your Career’ section research the following:

What is the Salary Range for:

Job 1 .................................. to ...............................

Job 2 .................................. to ...............................

Job 3 .................................. to ...............................

What qualifications are required for this job?

Job 1 ............................................................................

Job 2 ............................................................................

Job 3 ............................................................................

Job 1

Using no more than 100 words what have you discovered about your three jobs, and what are your thoughts about these jobs now?

How many people are employed in this role, (and related jobs) in Wales?

Job 1 ............................................

Job 2 ............................................

Job 3 ............................................

Job 2

Job 3

In your own words can you write down what you have now learnt

about your three careers ideas.

Gyrfa CymruCareers Wales