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first for training & skills
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your Passport to Success
www.camre.ac.uk
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At Cambridge Regional College each Engaging fully with Cambridge Regional
programme of study will help you to College’s Passport to Success will give you a
develop the skills necessary for successful distinct advantage when it is time for you to
employment and career progression. progress within your chosen career.
Our badge of quality is called Passport to The knowledge and skills you develop
Success and this document identifies how here will also support you to become self-
we will support you in developing your skills employed if you wish to consider this option.
and experiences.
The five elements of the Passport to Success
Employers and training providers require are: Specialist Skills, Core Skills, Workplace
applicants to have a good understanding Skills, Personal Learning and Thinking Skills
of their relevant work area, personal and Social and Community Skills.
responsibility, good communication skills, a
willingness to learn, the ability to work as The information on the following pages
part of a team, reliability, and passion for identifies all the skills that are incorporated
their chosen career. and achieved throughout your programme.
Qualifications
• Develop knowledge and understanding of
current best practice in the sector Delivery of Specialist Skills
• Achieve a work-relevant qualification
Skills are delivered by qualified lecturers and
assessors with relevant industry expertise:
Sector Values • through a schedule of programme units
• Understand and demonstrate the core values • in stimulating learning environments
that underpin the activities of your chosen work
• using up to date resources
sector
Working Practices
• Learn how to work successfully with others
by showing respect to colleagues and Assessment of Specialist Skills
communicating effectively • Achieved through a planned schedule of
• Focus on working flexibly and finding solutions assignments and assessment tasks
• Marked and graded by experienced lecturers
Role Model and assessors
• Be ambitious for yourself and for others • Quality Assured and celebrated by the team
• Find out how to competently lead the practice of • Qualifications certificated by Awarding
others by setting a good example Organisations
Sector-Specific Awareness
• Study to develop knowledge and understanding
of the financial issues that impact upon the
efficient performance of your work sector
English
• Read and comprehend a range of written materials
• Write competently in a range of different formats Delivery of Core Skills
• Speak confidently in presenting ideas and Skills are taught by qualified lecturers and assessors
information with relevant English, Maths and IT expertise and:
• Listen and understand any information given
• delivered through a planned scheme of work
• Be able to check spelling, punctuation and grammar
• based in stimulating learning environments
Maths • using effective physical and virtual resources
• Demonstrate a range of skills in the use of numbers
• Apply numbers to solve everyday problems
• Competently use estimation and calculation Assessment of Core Skills
• Use and interpret information from data sources
• Use numbers as decimals, percentages and fractions • Achieved through a planned schedule of
assessment tasks and external exams
• Marked and graded by experienced lecturers
ICT and assessors
• Confidently use IT to source relevant information
• Quality Assured by Awarding Organisations
• Competently use the college VLE* for programme
studies • Certificated and celebrated by the team
• Communicate effectively using a range of IT systems
within the workplace
• Use and promote safe internet usage and have an
awareness of security issues
* Virtual Learning Environment
“ The importance of Maths and “ At Gowing and Hunt we believe “ At Tees Law, we value good
English at work and in everyday good English and Maths are English skills for our employees
life is beyond question. In our essential to do the job well. We because it is something we use
workplace, people must be able consider qualifications in core every day in the real working
to apply these skills to solving skills, such as English and Maths, world. Good English can be the
problems and making informed are key requirements.” difference between achieving
decisions.” employment or not.”
Darren Sadler - Lamb Weston Gowing & Hunt Mike Harris - Tees Law
Task and Activity Planning
• Demonstrate knowledge of work-related tasks
• Implement work-based practices and
procedures
Self Belief
• Relate to others with self-confidence in
the workplace
• Demonstrate a positive ‘can-do’ attitude
Delivery of Workplace Skills
Work Ethic
• Have excellent attendance and punctuality • Personal development of workplace skills is integrated
within all programmes
• Show enthusiasm and make a good effort
at work • Employers are involved in programmes through
contribution to content and delivery
Knowledge of Work Roles
• Show understanding of work roles
and responsibilities
Assessment of Workplace Skills
• Work safely and with consideration
for others • Achieved through a marked schedule of work-based
assessment activities
Skills • Observation reports by tutors and assessors
• Apply practical skills competently to
• Discussion reports by employers, tutors and assessors
workplace situations
• Communicate and contribute confidently
to team activity
Attitudes and Values In Full-Time Programmes
• Be a role model for inclusiveness Relevant experience is available through access to an
and integrity extensive range of real work settings, with:
• Be open and willing to learn from others in
• additional work-related assignment tasks
the workplace.
• review of personal reflective diary accounts
Effective Communication
• Comprehend meaning in spoken and
written formats
• Participate fully in a range of learning
opportunities
Independent Research Delivery of Personal Learning &
• Proficient use of information, search Thinking Skills
tools and methods Skills are developed in conjunction with input from
• Make decisions about validity and relevance tutors, assessors and mentors:
of information
• through a schedule of development activities
Creative Thinking and Problem Solving • in a range of stimulating environments
• Tackle challenges effectively from a number • using excellent resources and opportunities
of viewpoints
• Develop original ideas
• Demonstrate innovation and commitment
to action Assessment of Personal Learning &
Thinking Skills
Self-Managing and Positive Motivation
• Initial preparatory activities to establish skills
• Exercise self-control, reliability and resilience
• Individual target-setting meetings with tutors
• Be determined and convey belief in own ability
and assessors
and skills to achieve goals
• Recording progress and achievement on VITAL*
Honesty and Integrity • Regular review of progress with tutors and
• Know and understand what is right and wrong assessors to reflect on development strategies
• Take responsibility for your own views, values • Incorporating skills into a persuasive CV
and actions * e-tutorial record system
Initiative, Enterprise and Resourcefulness
• Establish productive responses to options
and opportunities
• Show enthusiasm and curiosity when
learning new thingsSocial Skills
• Demonstrate and promote inclusive practices
• Control own emotions and behave Delivery of Social and Community Skills
considerately
Skills are developed in conjunction with input from
Team Working tutors and assessors:
• Use democratic processes to reach team • through a schedule of development activities
decisions • in a range of stimulating environments
• Show understanding and respect for
different team roles • using excellent resources and opportunities
Appreciating the Needs of Others
• Engage in activities with other groups
and organisations
• Make a positive contribution to the college Assessment of Social and Community Skills
and to the workplace
• Initial preparatory activities to establish skills
Contributing to Social Cohesion • Individual target-setting meetings with tutors
• Broaden knowledge of fundraising strategies and assessors
and projects • Reflective accounts of team contribution
• Identify opportunities to support charitable
• Recording progress and achievement on VITAL*
activities
• Incorporating skills into a persuasive CV
Environmental Responsibility * e-tutorial record system
• Show awareness of the impact of behaviour
on others
• Contribute to recycling schemes and
avoid wastefulness
• Develop knowledge of global issues
Improving Health and Well-being
• Choose a lifestyle that promotes good
personal health
• Contribute positively to the health and
safety of othersReflect on your current level of skills -
identify your own areas of strength and areas for development
ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL
SPECIALIST SKILLS COMMENTS
E/1 2 3 4 5
Sector knowledge and understanding
Demonstrating work sector values
Working with and supporting others
Role modelling best work practice
Showing financial awareness
ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL
CORE SKILLS COMMENTS
E/1 2 3 4 5
English: Read and comprehend
English: Write competently
English: Speak confidently
English: Listen and understand
Maths: Use and apply numbers
Maths: Use/interpret data sources
Maths: Estimate and calculate
Maths: Use decimals, percentages & fractions
ICT: Use information search media
ICT: Competent use of the VLE
ICT: Communicate using technology
ICT: Promote safe use of technologyASSESSMENT OF LEVEL
WORKPLACE SKILLS COMMENTS
E/1 2 3 4 5
Task and activity planning
Show self-belief and confidence
Have a positive work ethic
Have knowledge of the workplace
Have practical skills for the workplace
Show integrity and a responsible attitude
PERSONAL LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL
COMMENTS
THINKING SKILLS E/1 2 3 4 5
Effective communication
Independent research
Creative thinking & problem-solving
Self-management/positive motivation
Honesty and reliability
Initiative, enterprise and resourcefulness
ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SKILLS COMMENTS
E/1 2 3 4 5
Social skills and self-control
Team working
Appreciating the needs of others
Contributing to social cohesion
Environmental responsibility
Improving health and well-beingCambridge Regional College Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge CB4 2QT Tel: 01223 418200 Email: enquiry@camre.ac.uk
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