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HORTICULTURE Work Journal

39282QLD Certificate I in Core Skills for Employment & Training -Communication

Student Name: ……………………………………………….……………………………………………………………

Start Date: ________________________ End Date: ________________________

Teacher: _________________________

ASSESSMENT PROFILE COVER SHEET

Student’s Name: Assessment Date:___/___/___

Assessment Instrument: Work Journal, online & e-course activities.

Certificate Code and Name: 39282QLD Certificate I in Core Skills for Employment and Training- Communication

Module Name: Horticulture (Work Journal 1 of 5)

Units of Competency Assessed: QLD191RDG03A Demonstrate a knowledge of routine texts QLD191WRT03A Write routine texts QLD191LST03A Respond to routine spoken English texts in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts QLD191SPK03A Use spoken English in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Task: You are a trainee at Deadly Bay. You must accurately complete your work journal, online and e-course activities.

Reasonable adjustment: Students may be helped with the literacy and online aspects of this task. Help with literacy can include reading questions for students or clarifying what is required of a task. Help with online activities includes assistance to access resources and providing instructions on how to complete a task.

Competency Attained: Yes No

Further Evidence Required: Yes No

This work journal forms only part of the required evidence for the 39282QLD certificate. Completion of all 5 work journals is required for competency to be demonstrated in all required units.

Student to answer questions, by indicating yes or no. - Do you understand what competencies are being tested and why they are being tested? Yes No

- Do you understand that you have the right to appeal and the way to do this been explained to you? Yes No

- Do you know you can ask for help at any time while completing this assessment? Yes No

I agree to undertake assessment in the knowledge that information gathered will only be used for assessment purposes. Student’s signature: _________________________________ Date: ___/___/___

Assessor’s signature: ________________________________ Date: ___/___/___

The candidates knowledge and skills are: Satisfactory Not Satisfactory Feedback:

Statement of Competency Competency is achieved when the assessor has gathered sufficient evidence to confidently state that the candidate

has successfully demonstrated the underpinning skills, knowledge and standards required of the elements that could be reproduced ‘on site’ in an industry setting.

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39282QLD Certificate 1 in Core Skills for Employment & Training – Communication

Students must complete the following:

Total Units: 3 Core Units: 1 Elective Units: 2

Competency code:

Competency Entry requirements

Resource location

1.

Induction

QLD 190PTA01A

Formulate & review training plan

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2.

My Plan

QLD 191MLG03A

Plan, implement & adjust strategies to achieve learning goals

Module 1: Induction

3.

Deadly Bay

In order, the following units to complete in Deadly Bay are:

1. Horticulture

2. Seafood

3. Hospitality

4. CommunityRecreation

5. Tourism

QLD 191RDG03A

QLD 191WRT03A

QLD 191LST03A

QLD 191SPK03A

Demonstrate knowledge of routine texts

Write Routine Texts

Respond to routine spoken English texts in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Use spoken English in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Module 1: Induction

What is the course outline?

PDF Portfolio

PDF Portfolio

YOU ARE: A trainee (someone being paid to do a job) YOUR TASK: To work in ‘Deadly Bay’

This is how the course fits in together:

You will work in each area of Deadly Bay.

There are 5 areas in the town. Each area has an online workplace and a work journal for you to complete. Follow the order below and work your way through the trainee program:

1. Horticulture – Deadly Bay Plant Nursery

2. Seafood – Deadly Bay Fish Market

3. Hospitality – Deadly Bay Hotel

4. Community Recreation – Deadly Bay Community Hall

5. Tourism – Deadly Bay Tours

• Each area gets a little more difficult than the last.• In each area you will do some reading, writing, speaking and listening.• Make sure you complete all activities in your work journal and on the e-

course.Good luck, work hard and have a great time!

How does my course fit together?


Materials you will need:

• Computer

• Access to the internet

• Access to a printer

• Deadly Bay (Interactive resource)

We are learning to:

• identify purpose and audience

• ask questions to gain information

• identify a range of literacy strategies to read and write.

• identify textual features

• read a range of workplace documents

• fill in forms

• follow instructions with increasing independence

• be confident

Let’s get started!


Online activity - Access the internet for this activity.

Oral language activity – When you see this icon discuss the question with your teacher.

Guided activity – You can work by yourself or with a teacher.

Group activity – You can work with a partner or in a group to do these activities. These activities require you to speak with and listen to others.

Deadly Bay activity – Go to Deadly Bay and do the matching activity. Make sure your teacher checks it!

In Deadly Bay, we are going to

practice our literacy skills. Ready to

get skilled? Ok, let’s go!

What do all the icons mean?


Keep Track of Your Learning Use the table below to keep track of your progress in this unit.

Tick each box when you have completed the activity.

Each of the sections in the table below is marked by a blue banner in your book.

We are learning to:

Use a range of reading strategies:

Make syllables & read aloud

Use a dictionary

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Identify key information through listening and speaking:

Ask questions to gain information and solve problems

Find meaning

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Comprehend and compose text by reading and writing:

Fill in forms

Use workplace documents

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READING

Make syllables & Read aloud

Words can be broken into syllables. Syllables are single sounds.

When we read them out loud it is like adding dynamite to our brain. We can hear the syllables clearly!

Woo, that’s a big word! Syllable. It just means how many beats are in a word? That way we can break it down so we can read it.

Read these out loud and clap the beats in the word (syllables). For example:

Can Can = 1 syllable

Cedar Ce dar = 2 syllables

Ironbark Ir on bark = 3 syllables


Now it’s your turn. Look at the words below and circle or highlight the ones that have 1 syllable. Make sure you say them out loud as you go.

• These words are made up of one syllable.• Say them out loud.

a the will plant month year

The when that

This be have

People long and

You he was

Write go very

Sound over thing

1 Syllable Words

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• Break up these words into two syllables:

Eg. centre cen tre

section

maybe

deadly

Murri

awesome

Bunya

Maori

Torres

• These words are made up of 2 syllables.

Say them out loud:

only = on ly sometimes = some times isn’t = is n’t

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• Break up these words into 3 syllables:

Eg. educate ed u cate detention

personal

Samoan

deliver

correctly

respectful

afternoon

coverage

landscaping

• These words are made up of 3 syllables.Say them out loud:

detention = de ten tion cutlery = cut ler y honestly = ho nest ly

3 Syllable Words


So let’s practise our 2 new reading

strategies of syllables & reading aloud.

What is horticulture? How do we say it? Let’s use the literacy strategy – syllables. Remember - it just means how many beats are in a word? That way we can break it down so we can read it. So….

How many beats is that?

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So how many syllables are in horticulture?

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Horticulture Horti…what? 1. Break it down into beats and read it aloud. Hor ti cul ture

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick ‘Make syllables & Read aloud’. Use the Use a dictionary bookmark to get back here!


READING

Use a dictionary

Hmmmm… What does it mean?

Let’s use a new reading strategy – Using a Dictionary.

Click here to use an online dictionary. Type in HORTICULTURE and press the search button.

www.dictionary.com

So now we have our answer.

What does horticulture mean?

You are a super deadly detective!

You have discovered the meaning of horticulture. Now let’s see how horticulture fits into our world.


http://www.dictionary.com/

http://www.dictionary.com/

Words, words, words – they create stories! So let’s create a horticulture story about what we know.

Let’s dig a little deeper.

1. Who do I know who likes/dislikes horticulture? (Writethis in a sentence).

likes or dislikes horticulture

because

2. Have I ever used horticulture skills in OCWP?

Yes, .

All our stories are important. Your stories are important. Let’s tell our stories together to get lots of knowledge. Let’s see what words and pictures go together to make a horticulture journey.

What is my horticulture story?


3. What happened? What did you do?

__ 4. Do I have any stories about horticulture? (Tell the story toyour teacher and then write the main ideas in dot points)

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5. Do the teachers have any stories about horticulture?(Listen, then fill in the dot points.)

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Words as Pictures

Look back over all the words you have just written, listened to and read about horticulture.

Write down 20 words in the space below that relate to horticulture. (Hint: think about tools, plants, things plants need to grow, jobs around the nursery and jobs done in the garden).

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Click here to create a tree or flower full of words about horticulture.

http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

Save your tagxedo and print it out.




Wow! You just used so many deadly literacy strategies! You used:

• Syllables• Reading Aloud• Using a dictionary• Reading, listening and writing for meaning

Congratulations! You’ve got READING SKILLS!!

So now we’ve got a bit of knowledge about horticulture and all these skills let’s all go to Deadly Bay

Follow these steps to help get us there.

Step 1: Go to Deadly Bay.

Step 2: Click on the symbol

It is called Open for Work.

Step 2: Click on the Introduction and watch it.

Step 3: Click on the Tutorial and watch it.

Step 4: Go to the Main Menu.

Step 5: Go into Deadly Bay Plants

Step 6: Do the online activities.


These are the activities from the Deadly Bay e-course.

Have this page open when you are in the Deadly Bay e-course, so that your teacher can sign and date each activity when you finish it.

Activity Number

Activity Name Teacher Sign

Date

1 Pack Orders

2 Flag Water System

3 Leave Form

4 Labelling

5 Forklift

You also have activities in this work journal to complete as well. Make sure your teacher marks, signs and dates each activity.

Activity Grid


Horticulture covers almost as many types of jobs as there are plants. Breeding plants, selling seeds and pot plants, landscaping and laying turf. One day you might be digging ditches and laying irrigation pipes and the next you are pruning roses and shovelling manure. Most of the work is outdoor though there is plenty of indoor work too.

Deadly Bay Plants is a wholesale business. We grow and sell plants to shopkeepers, gardeners and the public from our shop. Our plants range from seedlings to trees grown in our fields and glass houses. We grow native species suitable for our climate and specialise in bush tucker plants.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a strong knowledge of our native plants. We understand the ecology of our land. We can play an important part in this industry because of our strong connection with the land and all its animals and plants. For example, people these days are getting more interested in bush tucker. Deadly Bay Plants is marketing bush tucker plants and we aren’t the only ones.

Go back to the Deadly Bay Plant Nursery and listen to Steve tell you about horticulture.

• Read along below as you listen to Steve.

• Highlight any words you don’t understand.

Listen in & read along!

Use all the words you highlighted (didn’t understand) from the horticulture paragraphs to finish the table below.

Word Syllables Dictionary Meaning Horticulture Hor ti cul ture To plan, grow and maintain

a garden.

1. Now go back over the paragraphs and read oneparagraph aloud to your teacher.

2. Explain what the paragraph means in your ownwords.

Get your teacher to sign _____________.

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick

‘Using a dictionary’. Use the Speaking and Listening bookmark to start working again!

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SPEAKING & LISTENING

Ask questions to gain information

Questions help us to:

find out what we need to know chat with our friends and family increase our knowledge & become more powerful

There are 6 key enquiry questions

These key enquiry questions are the basis of all questions we ask.

Ask the right question = get the right answer!

WHO? WHAT?

WHERE? WHEN?

WHY? HOW?

How do we ask questions?


Now have a go at turning these sentences into questions. Click on the image below.

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Lower_Junior_Activities/questions.htm

Discuss your results with your teacher.




GROUP ACTIVITY

Write 5 questions to which BLACK is the answer.

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Look at the image below. Using the question starters, write 3 questions you could ask about the image.

What is ______________________ ?

Where is _____________________ ?

Why are ______________________?

More asking questions

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick ‘Ask questions to gain information’. Use the Find meaning bookmark to start working again!


SPEAKING & READING

Find meaning

Most bosses like employees to ask questions. It shows they are interested in doing a good job.

In the horticulture industry, it is very important to ask questions because you are dealing with chemicals and dangerous equipment. If you do not ask questions when you are not sure what to do, you could kill the plants or even kill yourself!

Think about the times you have asked questions to get help. Read the 4 questions on the next page. Discuss these questions with your teachers and classmates and then answer them.


How do we ask questions to get help?


(Try to answer in full sentences. Use capital letters to start and full stops to end.)

1. Why is asking questions to get help sometimes hard todo?

Asking questions to get help can be hard to do because ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Are people usually happy to answer your questionswhen you ask for help? Why?

People are usually happy/unhappy to answer my questions because ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. When do you feel comfortable about asking questionsto get help? Why?

I feel comfortable asking questions to get help when ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4. When do you feel uncomfortable? Why?

I sometimes feel uncomfortable asking questions when ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.


Now write down what you just said.

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DISCUSS THIS STATEMENT WITH YOUR TEACHER

“Sometimes employees are uncomfortable asking questions, because the questions could point to a problem in the workplace or a problem with another worker.”

Now you have listened to others talk about it, explain the statement in your own words.


Listen, think, say, write


Go back to the e-course and think about how you helped Jeff.

Highlight what Jeff, the horticulture trainee at Deadly Bay Plants, asked for help about?

• the meaning of the words ‘pot coverage’

• how to drive a forklift

• how to fill out a pay claim

There is usually more than one way to find out the answers to your questions.

1. How did you help Jeff when he needed an answer?

I helped Jeff when he needed an answer by

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

_________________________________________________ .

2. Was this the best way to help him?

This was the best way to help him because _______________ __________________________________________________

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Look again at the choices Jeff had when asking for help. Highlight the correct answer in each box. a) Sorry for interrupting. I’m not sure what pot coveragemeans.

Who is the audience? Other workers Friends

What is the purpose for Jeff asking?

To get information

To entertain the other workers

Are these words a good choice?

Yes No

b) Excuse me mate. What does pot coverage mean?



To get information


Are these words a good choice? Yes No

c) Oi! What’s pot coverage?



To get information


Are these words a good choice? Yes No

The best choice for Jeff is _________________.

It is important to ask for help in the right way. You need to think about who the person is, how well you know them, and then think about the right words to use.


Think before you ask - can you work out the problem yourself?

Be polite, especially if you are asking a boss or a co-worker you do not know very well.

Choose the right time to ask your question. If your workmate is busy, it might be best to wait until he or she is finished.

Be clear and quick about what your problem is.

Try to remember the reply so that you won’t have to ask next time.

Keep a small notebook with you so that you can write down any really important things people tell you.

Remember: asking questions is a good thing to do!

A few tips


In pairs, read these short workplace conversations. Then answer the questions below.

1. John: Sorry, Jack, I know you’re busy, but could you help me with this machine?

Jack: Sure, John, what’s the problem?

Highlight who you think the two speakers are: • a boss and worker?• 2 workers who know each other well?• 2 workers who do not know each other well?

Why do you think this? __________________________________________________

2. Jason: Hello, Mr Graham, I was wondering if youcould help me with these instructions, when you’ve got a minute.

Mr Graham: Look I’m a bit busy right now, Jason. Can you come back in about five minutes?

Jason: Yeah sure, thanks Mr Graham.

Highlight who you think the two speakers are: • a boss and worker?• 2 workers who know each other well?• 2 workers who do not know each other well?

Why do you think this? __________________________________________________


Highlight the best thing to say to a worker you don’t know in these situations.

1. You need to check your pay and don’t know where thepay office is. • Where’s the pay office?• Excuse me. Could you tell me where the pay office is?• Is the pay office around here?

2. You don’t know how to fill in your time sheet.• Excuse me, would you mind helping me with this time sheetplease? • These time sheets are confusing.• Tell me what to do with this time sheet.

3. Another worker has set you a task and he is now verybusy on another job. You have a problem with the task. • Could you help me?• I’m sorry to interrupt. When you have a minute, could I askyou something? • I need to ask you a question.

4. Why did you ask those questions? (What was thepurpose?) Highlight the answer. ∙ To get information∙ To be entertained∙ To instruct the other employee – tell them what to do


5. In what situations would you would use more polite,formal language? I would use polite, formal language in the following situations: __________________________________________________

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Discuss your answers with your teacher.


Read these situations and discuss what you would do to get the help you needed.

Tip: if you get stuck, go back to Deadly Bay Plants on the e-course to help you remember what strategies you used.

a) What would you do? Why?__________________________________________________

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b) What would you say? To who? Why?__________________________________________________

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1. You have been working in a nursery for two weeks. You areloading plant trays onto the delivery truck. Another worker has packed the trays. You notice that some of the plants are very poor quality. You have been told how important plant quality is, and are sure that these plants do not meet the nursery’s quality standards.


a) What would you do? Why?

b) What would you say? Why?

2. You have asked your boss to help you with some forms that youmust fill in. He has said he will help you whenever you are ready. However, every time you go to ask, you can see he is very busy and so you do not ask. You must fill in the forms by the end of the week.

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick ‘Findmeaning’. Use the Fill in forms bookmark to get back here!

Great work! Now you

can ask questions and

solve problems.

READING & WRITING

Comprehend & Compose Text

Fill in Forms

In all workplaces you have to fill in forms. Forms are a way for bosses to gather important information and to find out what is going on in the workplace, for example what equipment is being ordered. Forms also can have legal status. Filling in forms is part of everyday life outside the workplace too.

• What forms have you had to fill in recently?__________________________________________

• Who wanted or needed the information?__________________________________________

• Was it short or long? Was it easy or difficult to fill in?__________________________________________

• Did you ask someone to help you fill it in?__________________________________________

• Why did the form need to be filled in?__________________________________________


You helped Jeff to fill in a leave application form. Highlight what type of leave was he asking for?

• maternity leave• sick leave• recreational leave• leave without pay

Look at Jeff’s leave form you filled in on the e-course.

Why was it important for Jeff to fill this form in properly? __________________________________________________

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Use the following words to fill in the blanks

Forms collect ____________________. They are quick and easy. They can act as a record, a legal document, and can help with making decisions.

Usually, you do not have to write ______________ when filling out forms.

You need to read right through a form before filling it out to get a good idea of what it is about.

Sometimes you are asked to fill out a form in ____________ letters to make it easier to read, or for a computer to read. It is useful to take a ____________ form to practise on. Go slowly.

When you have finished, ____________ to make sure you have filled it all in and that it is correct. If you can, keep a copy.

What is the purpose of forms? (highlight the correct answer)

instruct inform explain entertain persuade

spare sentences information

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What is the purpose of forms?


Mix and match. Match the titles on the left hand side with their meanings on the right hand side.

Title

Marital status

Residential status

Postal address

Date of birth

Signature

Maiden name

Given/Christian/first name

Surname/family name

Office use only

Where you live

The word you put in front of someone’s name

Where your mail is sent

The name/s your parents chose for you

Whether you are married or not

The name you have because of who your parents or guardians are

Completed by someone in the office where the form comes from

Date you were born

A woman’s name before marriage

Your written name

Titles in forms


A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

I.

J.

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When we fill in forms we need to use BLOCK LETTERS.

Which are block letters? Circle the block letters. A b c D e F G h I j K

Write the abbreviations for the following words. The abbreviations are found in the box below.

Street _____________________ Road _____________________ Avenue _____________________ Crescent _____________________ Close _____________________ Drive _____________________

Rd. Cres. Dve. Ave. Cl. St.

Abbreviations in forms


Read the text below and answer the questions.

What is this person’s first name?______________________ What is his surname?_______________________________ What would his title be?_____________________________ What is his date of birth? ___________________________ What is his occupation (job)?________________________ Write down Greg’s full residential address. ____________________________________________________

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Greg Floyd Bani is a rap singer with Indigenous Intruders.

He lives at 13 Giselle St., Inala, 4077.

He was born on the 13th February, 1993.

Greg gets his fan mail sent to the Post Office at Inala because there is too much to fit in his letterbox.

His Post Office box number is 357. He gets his personal mail sent to his home address.

Finding the information


Write your personal details below:

Mr TITLE Mrs (circle) Miss Ms SURNAME:_________________________________ GIVEN NAMES: _________________ _______________________ First name Middle names MARITAL STATUS:_______________________ D.O.B.: / / RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________

__________________ Post Code_______

HOME PHONE NUMBER:______________________

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:____________________ SIGNATURE:________________________________ DATE:_____________________________________


Use the following details to fill in this form. Remember to use BLOCK LETTERS. • Andrew Gary Johns was born on the 19 May 1974. • He lives in Unit 5, 456 King’s Terrace, Darling Harbour,

Sydney, 4765. • He gets his professional mail sent to: PO Box 309, Darling

Harbour, Sydney, 2765.

Name

Surname Other names

Date of Birth

D D M M Y Y Y Y

Residential Address

Number and Street

Town or Suburb Post Code

Postal Address (if Applicable)

Number and Street

Town or Suburb Post Code

Using block letters


This is part of a Medicare form. The claimant (the person claiming the money) gives their personal information in this section.

Your Medicare Card number is 4057 389761, Reference No. 1 Fill the rest in using your own personal details.

Filling in a real form


Go back to Deadly Bay if you need help to remember. Timesheets are forms that are used in many workplaces. Employees often have to record the hours they work on timesheets. Timesheets are also used to work out how much it costs to produce things or get things done. In Deadly Bay Plants, timesheets are used for working out costs of producing plants. This means that the timesheets are very detailed. Look at the information about Jeff’s day.

Work timesheets

• Jeff packed orders from 8.00 am to 10.30 am. (This one has

been filled in for you)

• He had a break from 10.30 am to 10.45 am.

• He labelled plants from 10.45 am to 11.45 am.

• He helped Harry move plants from 11.45 am to

• 12.15 pm.

• He had lunch from 12.15 pm to 1.15 pm.

• He did some errands for Freda after lunch until 2.00 pm.

• He worked in the equipment shed helping with repairs

until the end of shift at 4.00 pm.


Now fill in the timesheet for Jeff’s day. You will need to use the codes below the timesheet to fill it in. (Tip: If you are on a computer using Acrobat Reader click view, page display, then two page view on the ribbon at the top of the page to make this task easier).

Deadly Bay Plants

Timesheet Name _____________________Date ______________ Task Code Start Finish Total Hours 07 8:00 am 10:30am 2 hr 30 min

Codes: 01 Pot filling 07 Packing orders

02 Potting preparation 08 Cutting back plants 03 Potting plants 09 Meetings 04 Moving plants 10 Paperwork and errands 05 Labelling 11 Repairs and maintenance 06 Irrigating (watering) 12 Lunch or other breaks

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick ‘Fill in forms’. Use the Workplace documents bookmark to start working again!


Use workplace documents

In most workplaces and industries you will find that a lot of important information about your job is written down - even when the job is very hands-on and practical.

Management (the people in charge) write down this information so that everyone can refer to it when they need to. Often it is the law to do this.

Workplaces usually put important information that new workers need to know in an Induction Manual. The manual is made up of many different types of documents like policies, memos and lists of rules.

Why do workplaces write information down? ________________________________________________

________________________________________________

________________________________________________

When you were helping Jeff, you had to use quite a long document.

What was it about? (highlight the answer.)

• different types of plants• the quality of Deadly Bay plants• holiday leave• Deadly Bay Plants Social Club


Why was it important for Jeff to be aware of the information in this document?

It is important for Jeff to know how to read this document

because_________________________________________

________________________________________________

_______________________________________________ .

Draw a line to match the information in the sign to its correct title.

Heading - tells

you what it is

Sub-heading –

tells you what

the parts of

the text are

Images -

Pictures

help the

reader

understand


Read the documents below from the horticulture industry. Find the answer to each of these questions.

Document A How long each day will the electric fence be ‘live’? _______________________________________________

Finding information

Electric Fence

An electrified fence has been erected around the staff car park perimeter and the bloomer growing area.

To inhibit entry by wallabies and any other animals likely to spoil our nursery products, this fence will be “LIVE” twenty-four hours a day.

Signs will be hung indicating “ELECTRIC FENCE” and special care should be taken when parking and walking around any vehicle.


Document B What colour are the taps that tell you the water is safe for drinking? ________________________________________________

Drinking water

There are a number of taps installed in the nursery from which “water for drinking” may be obtained. These are painted yellow for easy identification.

Drinking water may also be taken from the cold taps on the wash basins in each of the male and female bathroom areas.

Do not drink water from any other source within the nursery complex. IF IN DOUBT, DON’T.


At Deadly Bay Plants, there was a forklift moving the plants.

Look at the images below and list 2 reasons why the workers are safe or unsafe.

Safe or Unsafe because:

• _________________________• _________________________• _________________________


_______________________ _______________________ _______________________


• _________________________• _________________________• _________________________

Documents for safety


Highlight the words in the document that mean the same as these phrases:

• people walking around (paragraph 1)• raised high in the air (paragraph 2)• official rules that must be followed (paragraph 3)• that are meant for (paragraph 4)

Fork lift trucks and tractors

Fork lift trucks and tractors are used in all areas of the nursery. All workers and pedestrians should keep clear of these types of machinery, especially when loading and travelling.

In particular no one should walk behind 1 forklift truck

while it is loading or stacking. Nor should they walk

under an elevated load.

It is against regulations to carry passengers on the

load.

Do not walk in areas designated for forklifts only - use

the marked pedestrian lane instead.

PLEASE TAKE CARE FOR YOUR OWN SAKE AND HELP TO KEEP OTHERS SAFE.

Another great literacy strategy – highlight!

Brisbane Youth Education & Training Centre 2013 v1.0

At Deadly Bay Plants Jeff applied for leave. Leave is another word for holidays. Here is a horticulture workplace document explaining the different types of leave a worker can take. The headings in the document are missing. Can you put them where they belong?

Leave entitlements

______________________________ Permanent employees receive 20 days paid annual leave for each 12 month period of service, plus17.5% loadings. Also Public Holidays are paid at the normal rate of pay. If a Public Holiday is worked, then overtime rates apply. ______________________________ After three months of continuous service, a total of five days sick leave is payable in the first 12 months, followed by 8 days for each ensuing year. Unused sick leave is accumulated from year to year. With the exception of one day each year, all sick leave must be supported by a medical certificate. Employees are requested to ensure that the company is notified of the absence as close to the day’s commencement time as possible. ______________________________ After twelve months continuous service as a full time employee, a woman may take leave without pay as maternity leave. Please ask your department manager if you need further information. ______________________________ Two days compassionate leave is also available following the death of an immediate family member. Please ask your department manager if in need. _____________________________ Casual employees do not have the above mentioned benefits but receive an increased rate of pay in lieu.

Knowing your entitlements

Maternity leave Casual employee benefits Compassionate leave Sick leave Annual leave


Look again at the Leave entitlements document above. Can you find the sentences that mean the same as the sentences below? Work with another student and highlight the sentence in the document. 1. If you do not use all your sick leave days in one year, you can use them the next year. 2. You can take one days sick leave each year without a doctor’s certificate but you must have a certificate for any other days after that. 3. If you are sick, you should tell the company you cannot come in just before the work day begins. 4. Casual employees get more pay per hour or day because they do not get all these benefits. 5. Why do you think these sentences are easier to understand than the sentences in the Leave Entitlements document? ________________________________________________

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Match it

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick ‘Use workplace documents’. Use the Final Countdown bookmark to get back here!


The final countdown! Woohoo! Your work at Deadly Bay Plants is done! So now it’s time to reflect on and celebrate all the great new skills you have. Select the happy face for all of the skills you can now demonstrate. Select the sad face for all the skills you still need to practise more.

Identify purpose and audience.

Ask questions to gain information.

Identify a range of literacy strategies

Able to break words down into syllables.

Able to use a dictionary.

Able to highlight and underline.

Able to listen and take notes.

Able to identify headings, subheadings and images.

Able to read a range of workplace documents including accident report forms, everyday forms, leave forms, safety forms.

Able to write to fill in forms.

Follow instructions with increasing independence.

Have confidence to discuss your ideas with your teachers and classmates.

It is now time for you to move on and take all your awesome

reading, writing, speaking and listening skills to the Deadly Bay Fish Market! See you there.

Show this list to your teacher and discuss your answers with them.
