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Rural Skills . What is different about this course?. Practical involvement Real workplace activities Preparing you for work: employability skills. Handouts and exercises. Handouts have key information and activities Questions are designed to make you think hard: not tests!
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What is different about this course? • Practical involvement • Real workplace activities • Preparing you for work: employability skills
Handouts and exercises • Handouts have key information and activities • Questions are designed to make you think hard: not tests! • Answers are often much fuller than you are expected to give
What are rural skills? Write down what you think is meant by the term rural skills.
Land-based Industries: an Introduction • Exploring different industries in the land-based sector • Find out if any of the jobs are for you
Estate maintenance: an Introduction • Learn the tasks and jobs that are important for maintaining the land. • All practical
Employability Skills for Land-based Industries • This will be part of everything you do • More explanation later!
Plant Units • Learn about soft landscaping and crop production: by getting involved!
Animal Units • Learn about animal handling and husbandry: by getting involved!
Group Activity • What does employable mean? • Why is being employable important? • What personal qualities does an employer look for in their workers?
Timekeeping Attendance Understanding your roles and responsibilities in the workplace Planning and Preparing for work Working co-operatively with others Awareness of efficient resource use Health and Safety Awareness Employability Skills
Group Activity • What do you think might go wrong without planning and preparing for the following activities? • A)Moving sheep from field to farm along a main road • B)Painting the walls of a shed
Ask yourself? • What good comes out of being awkward, huffy and refusing to work with others? • Does it make you feel any better? • Does it gain you any respect? • Is it worth it?
Group Activity • List what would you need to plant out bedding plants and water them in • How could you be wasteful with any of these things and cost money for your boss?
Safety Awareness • Hazards • Risk • Minimising Risk
Risk Assessment • What are the hazards for this farrier? • Are these low, medium or high risk hazards? • What could be done/worn to reduce the risk of this hazard?
Review and self-evaluation Carry out practical work Rate yourself against employability profile Make an action plan With your tutor’s guidance Reflect on where you Could get better