The Trainers’ Job

1. The Trainers’ Job How can the trainers identify skills in the trainees’ Portfolio?

2. “The purchase of a house is an important event in a person’s life, and as I saw in an advertisement from Caixa de Crédito Agrícola, the purchase of a house for single people represents freedom... for married people represents a Home... and this is what I expect the house to represent to us... our Home.” “At the moment, I am in the process of buying my first house, and it is all I ever dreamt about.” Sónia Sousa

3. Generator core and themes Generator core: Urbanism and mobility. Theme: Construction and architecture. Description of the house construction phases Description of house divisions, indicating its dimensions. Identification of materials and building techniques related with energetic efficiency, quality, durability and comfort.

4. Generator core: Environment and Sustainability. Theme: Consumption and Energetic efficiency. We also had the care to choose class A household equipments, because are the ones which consume less energy. Sónia Sousa Identification of good practices related with household equipments. Identification of equipments’ classes of energetic efficiency Its role for energetic efficiency.

5. Generator core: Environment and Sustainability. Theme: Waste and recycling. Recycling becomes fundamental for the preservation of our planet . Sónia Sousa Identification of domestic and professional waste Ways and importance of recycling processes. Identification of the institutions and jobs related with recycling. Indication and description of the processes and types of waste one can use to obtain energy.

6. Generator core: Environment and Sustainability. Theme: Climate There is a need to change behaviours and the fastest way to do it is through the Media. Sónia Sousa Identify and ex plain the causes of climate changes. Reflect about the consequences of these changes. Present solutions for this issue. Importance of the Mass media as a way of broadcasting information.

7. Generator core: Conviction and Ethical Belief. Theme: Ethical and Cultural values I have never truly believed in a divine power and when I refused to believe in the conception of Jesus according to the Bible, I was grounded, but because I didn't agree with that I was expelled from the catechesis. Francisco Rocha Identify different cultural and religious values. Lived and learned from a religious and cultural stressful situation . Argued about this situation trying to prove his point, justifying his personal opinion.

8. Generator core: Complexity and Change Theme: Innovation Processes After three months working on the company, I decided I wanted to improve my skills and asked if I could work with the new programme the company acquired and hadn’t used yet... Three weeks later I was drawing the furniture in this programme: Auto-Kitchen. Francisco Rocha Identify new processes of work. Transmit how he introduce innovations in the performance of his duties. Explore and use the Information Technologies and Communication at his work.

9. Generator core: Planning Theme: Work Management In July of 2006 I decided to enrol in CFPIMM to take a course related with New Technologies, namely, the construction of FLASH catalogues. Francisco Rocha Update knowledge in order to solve complex problems that emerge. Make plans for developing professional activities.

10. Generator core: Identity and Alterity Theme: Institutional and Community Codes I live my life according to a set of principles... But whenever is necessary I try to understand the other’s point of view... Honesty and seriousness are my best qualities concerning relationships. Francisco Rocha Transmit a set of principles and justify his opinion. Obey to a set of principles in the relationships established through life.