Higher Nationals in Computing

Overview - Unit 3: Employability and Professional Development

These pages aim to To provide learners with the opportunity to acquire employability skills required for effective employment and to manage their own personal and professional development

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Learning Outcomes

  1. Be able to take responsibility for own personal and professional development
  2. Be able to demonstrate acquired interpersonal and transferable skills
  3. Understand the dynamics of working with others
  4. Be able to develop strategies for problem solving

Assessments

  1. Final Apr 27th Assessment A3.1: Continuous Professional Development
  2. Final December 15th 2016 Assessment A3.2: Working in Teams
  3. Final June 13th 2017 Assessment A3.3: Problem Solving

Assessment Criteria

  1. Be able to take responsibility for own personal and professional development
    1. reflect on own current skills and competencies against professional standards and organisational objectives
    2. evaluate own development needs and the activities required to meet them
    3. devise a personal and professional development plan based on identified needs
    4. reflect on own development against original aims and objectives set in the personal and professional development plan
  2. Be able to demonstrate acquired interpersonal and transferable skills
    1. communicate in a variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels
    2. demonstrate effective time management strategies
  3. Understand the dynamics of working with others
    1. analyse team dynamics, discussing the roles people play in a team and how they can work together to achieve shared goals
    2. discuss alternative ways to complete tasks and achieve team goals
  4. Be able to develop strategies for problem solving
    1. review tools and methods for developing solutions to problems
    2. develop an appropriate strategy for resolving a particular problem
    3. evaluate the potential impact on the business of implementing the strategy

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