Vocational Profiling - Storybook Workbook

Vocational Profiling - Storybook Workbook

Open Ended

If you could speak with someone in a specific profession, who and what would they be doing?

MEETING PROFESSIONALS

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How can it be beneficial to meet people who are working?

PROFESSIONS AND SKILLS

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​Let's discuss some specific professions.

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​What professions are you interested in?

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​What kind of professions are your family or friends working in?

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What skills do you need to be a chef?

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What qualities do you need to be a chef?

How to communicate

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MEETING NEW POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS

• Bob and Victoria are in the wood workshop.

• Bob’s introducing Victoria to the manager of the wood workshop, Lisa.

• Lisa is explaining to Victoria about what happens in the wood workshop.

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How should we greet Lisa?

INTERESTS

You interests and hobbies can help guide you towards finding a job you might like doing.

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​What are your hobbies? What are you interested in?

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​Name 3 each

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What skills do you need to have if working in as a nursery assistant?

WORK EXPERIENCE

Victoria choose gardening and is doing work experience to see if she likes the job

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Victoria is meeting her new manager, Bob.

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What could you ask the manager?

LEARNING

• Lisa is showing them the tools in the workshop.

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Questions:

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• What does this tool do?

• How do use this tool safely?​

• Where do I put the tools when I’ve finished?

• Cleaning up?

COLLABORATING

• Victoria and Lisa are using overalls to protect themselves and their clothes. They are wearing sensible shoes.

• Victoria is using a saw to cut some wood.

• Lisa is sanding the wood, using a vice to keep it still.

• Lisa is also supervising Victoria.

• Victoria and Lisa are making a cuckoo clock.

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In order to collaborate with others, what is important? 

SINGING A CONTRACT

• Victoria and her managers are looking at the work that she has done at work experience.

• Victoria has done a excellent job.

• Victoria has been offered a permanent job at the garden centre.

• Victoria is signing her contract and filling out some forms.