vocational and pre-vocational prospectus 2012/2013

Opportunities outwith School for Senior Phase 2012/2013

Vocational and

Pre-Vocational

Prospectus

2012/2013

Please see inside for information

on all pre-vocational and

vocational courses offered for the

session 2012/2013.


Please note that all of the courses in this booklet are subject to

change or cancellation depending on interest

The booklet should be used when discussing course choices

with targeted young people only and should not be out on gen-

eral distribution

All young people must complete a paper application form and

have a parental consent form signed, in line with the deadlines

outlined overleaf. These forms will be available to school staff

by 12th March

Staff must fill out an e-referral form for every young person.

These will be issued via email on 12th March

Staff making referrals should ensure they have read the criteria

table issued with this booklet

If a young person is put forward for and is accepted to a

course, school staff must keep in regular contact with a named

person from the course being delivered.

It will be the school’s responsibility to give a named member

of staff to each of the course providers to whom attendance,

behaviour issues—and importantly—positive developments

with young people will be reported

It is expected that other subject teachers are made aware that

the young people are on these courses and ask about them and

positively re-enforce the work the young people are doing out-

side the traditional school timetable

Any questions or queries should be directed to Jacqui McCrea

[email protected]


Inside you will find a number of vocational and employability

courses for you to apply to do next year while you are still at school.

All of the courses are designed to make it more likely for you to get

a job, training place, university place or college place.

All of the courses have a day and time written down but this might

change depending on how many people apply for the course

Any travel you have to do to get to the course will be paid by the

school.

If you want to apply, you will have to take time out of school to do

the course. When you are out of school you must remember that

you are representing the school and should present yourself

maturely.

All courses have limited places so you must complete an application

form and have a parental consent form signed. This form MUST be

in by 27th April.

All courses also have an interview but you will be helped through

this and it will be great experience for when you are looking for a

job.

If you are interested in any course, let your guidance teacher know

so that they can get you an application form for you to fill in and re-

ferral form for them to fill in.


Day Course Venue Places Notes

Monday

SQA National Certificate

Rural Skills

New Battle Ab-

bey College

12 Meet at ELSC

Construction Crafts Spark of Genius 12

Tuesday

Towards Work Opportu-

nities

ELSC 12 Winter Leaver Provision

– ends December 2012

Replaced with Girl’s Al-

lowed in January

Wednesday Saltire Award Various 12 Occasionally use ELSC

as base

Thursday

Uniformed Emergency

Services Year 2

Pennypit 12 Afternoon only

Second year of two

Friday

Care and Education ELSC 15 Afternoon only

Second year of two year

As individ-

ual Young

Person

Business Coaching

Individual School 27 Referrals can be made

mid session

Extended Work Experi-

ence

Various As avail-

able

Referrals can be made

mid session

As individ-

ual School

Tots and Teens Knox Academy

Rural Skills Dunbar Grammar

Moving on North Berwick

High School

Hairdressing North Berwick

High School

Knox Academy only

Dunbar Grammar only

NBHS only

NBHS only


Skills for Work: Early Education and Childcare In-

termediate 1

Method of Delivery

This course contains both lots of practical work and also a strong

element of theory. Candidates will be involved in devising activi-

ties for children and will cover a number of the units involved in

the Skills for Work Course. There are four units in the whole

qualification and it is expected that this will be a two- year

course.

Mandatory Units (all candidates will undertake)

Child Development

Play in Early Education and Childcare

Working in Early Education and Childcare

Plus one unit from:

Parenting

Care of Children

Maintenance of a Safe Environment

INFILL ONLY

Day: Friday

Time: 1.15pm—4pm

Place: East Lothian Skill Centre

Duration over year: August—March (FOR TWO YEARS)

Requirements: Completed Year One Skills for Work (if requesting Infil,

must be working towards or achieved English Grade 3)


The Course contains practical construction crafts Units in a number of important construc-

tion trades. It is especially suitable for candidates with an interest in practical crafts work.

Candidates will learn a variety of skills in the trades-specific Units. In addition, they will de-

velop skills and attitudes that enhance employability, not just in the construction industry,

but in employment generally.

Employability Skills

Half Brick Walling

Decorative Painting

Site Carpentry and Bench Joinery

Plumbing

Practical Copper Pipework

Brickwork Techniques

Carpentry and Joinery Techniques

Decorative Finishes Using Water-borne Paints

Electrical Installation

Plasterwork

Roof Tiling

Day: Monday

Time: 10 am—2 pm

Place: Spark of Genius Musselburgh

Duration over year: August—June

Requirements: An interest in working in the trades and ability to give

full attendance

The Trades aren’t just

for boys!


Want to improve your health, increase your confi-

dence and develop your employability skills?

Girls Allowed is an all girl programme which involves

one morning per week doing employability skills in-

cluding visits to colleges and employers and one af-

ternoon per week at the dance class.

The dance class is fun and is great for improving

health and confidence!

Day: Tuesday

Time: 9.30—3.30


Duration over year: January—April

Requirements: Full attendance;


This course is one of the SQA’s Skills for Work courses and will be of-

fered, initially, at Intermediate One level. The course will cover a lot of

areas such as basic hairdressing skills; design and styles; health, safety

and hygiene; reception skills. The programme will also include skills such

as communication; working with the public; numeracy and literacy skills;

creativity and working as part of a team.

The course covers the following four modules:

Salon Awareness

Working in a Salon

Employability Skills

Creativity

Assessment Assessment in this Course will be based mainly on a range of practical activi-

ties carried out in a salon environment. Performance evidence will be sup-

ported by tutor observation checklists. Candidates will also complete self-

evaluation reviews and gather specified information in a folio. Each Unit will

be supported by a National Assessment Bank (NAB) item which will provide

an assessment package.

Progression

This Course may provide candidates with opportunities to progress to:

An Intermediate Two qualification in S5/6

an SVQ/NVQ in hairdressing at College

a full-time National Certificate Course in Hairdressing in College

suitable training/employment.

THIS PROGRAMME IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT NORTH BERWICK HIGH

SCHOOL


The programme has three broad aims:

To equip you with skills and knowledge to plan and manage your learning and make effec-

tive transitions

To increase your understanding of the concept of ‘self’ and your awareness of your own

needs, thus motivating and empowering you to make informed choices

To stimulate you in your learning to gain knowledge and skills that help you to achieve

goals

Candidates will be involved in:

Work experience

Volunteering

Physical exercise

Outdoor learning

Learning about healthy living

Learning about managing money

Being independent

Making the right decisions

Independent travel

THIS PROGRAMME IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT NORTH BERWICK HIGH

SCHOOL AND IS DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTH BERWICK

YOUTH CAFE


This is a practical course designed to develop skills in horticulture, estate

maintenance, conservation and introduction to forestry. If you complete

the course successfully you will be awarded an SQA National Certificate in

Rural Skills

The following 12 Units are delivered in teh college’s Community gardens, es-

tate and woodlands:

Rural Work Activities

Rural Environment

Gardening Skills: An Introduction

Rural Estate Maintenance (using tools safely, repairs and mainte-

nance, simple risk assessment)

Tree and Shrub Planting

Pest and Predator Control

Construct Rural Features and Structures: An Introduction

Employability

Enterprise Activity

Rural Species Identification and Habitats

Soft Landscaping: Introduction to Plant Groups Selection and Use

Forestry: An Introduction

Core Skills (literacy, numeracy, ICT, working in teams and communication)

will be taught and assessed in each of the 12 Units.

Work Experience opportunities are also included in the course!

Day: Monday

Time: 9am—3pm

Place: Newbattle Abbey College (picked up at Skill Centre)


Requirements: Full attendance; Interest in working outdoors


Course outline The Course is one of a range of National Courses known as Skills for Work

Courses. This Course has been designed to provide a broad basis for progres-

sion into further education and training in the land-based sector. It allows

candidates to begin to develop some of the basic practical skills necessary to

work in most of these disciplines as well as an opportunity to explore the

very diverse employment prospects that exist.

The 3 compulsory modules are:

Estate Maintenance: An introduction

Land-based industries: An introduction

Employability Skills for Land based industries

Then either:

Animal Husbandry and Animal Handling

Or

Crop Production and Soft Landscaping

Course assessment

There is no external assessment for this Course. To achieve the Course award the candidate must

successfully achieve all the Units which make up the Course.

Assessment objectives

Assessment is aimed at addressing the technical knowledge, skills and understanding associated with a

range of land-based industries at intermediate 1 level. In particular assessment will focus on:

practical vocational skills

skills for employment in a land-based industry context

safe working practice.

THIS COURSE IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT DUNBAR GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PUPILS WITH AN

INTEREST SHOULD CONSIER NC RURAL SKILLS AT NEWBATTLE ABBEY COLLEGE


Step up to the Challenge and Volunteer!

Find out more about volunteering and have a go yourself

whilst working toward your 200 hour Saltire Awards Certificate.

You will be part of a small group who will decide and plan

where you would like to take part in making a difference

in your local community by volunteering.

You might be spending time with the members of a day centre or creating a forest garden

for kids, painting a community hall or pricing books in a charity shop.

Remember it will also look great on your CV and will give you a chance to have a taster of

things you may want to continue doing!

Day: Wednesday

Time: 9am—3pm

Place: Volunteering will take place all over East Lothian


Requirements: Full attendance; Willingness to try new things


Day: Tuesday

Time: 9.30—3.30


Duration over year: August—December

Requirements: Full attendance; Willingness to do 3 days per week of

work experience

Winter Leaver? Want to get more work experience and employability instead of being in school?!

This is the course for you! You will spend one day per week doing employability skills in-cluding:

CV building Visits to college One-to-one meetings to help you look for a job / placement for january Confidence building Career Planning Team Work Visits to potential employers

You will spend the other 3 days per week on a work experience placement putting into practice what you have learned at the employability sessions. Your work experience can be anywhere but we try to make it suit what you want to do


This is a TWO YEAR course. Below are the first two mod-ules. On completion, it is possible to do the next two mod-ules next year. If the whole course isn’t completed, it is cer-tificated in modules.

UNIT 1 An Introduction 1 - Investigate a range of uniformed and emergency services.

2 - Investigate career opportunities in the uniformed and emergency services.

3 - Participate in practical activities in an allocated role in a specific service environ-ment.

4 - Review and evaluate own performance in specified employability skills.

UNIT 2 Working in Teams 1 - Investigate the nature and importance of team-working in the uniformed and emergency services.

2 - Contribute to a plan for a team task to a given brief, in a service environment.

3 - Contribute to the specified team task.

4 - Review and evaluate own contribution to team-working on completion of the task

Not Currently Available for session 2012 / 2013


This is a TWO YEAR course. Below are the second two modules. Participants who have completed the first two modules will get priority in application.

UNIT 3: Participate in practical activities in an allocated role in a specific

service environment.

1. Arrive on time and dressed appropriately for the activity.

2. Follow instructions given while participating in the activity.

3. Participate in the allocated role as part of the activity.

4. Comply with all relevant health and safety requirements throughout the activity.

UNIT 4 Review and evaluate own performance in specified employability skills.

1. Identify own strengths and areas for improvement in specified employability skills.

2. Seek feedback from others on these employability skills.

3. Identify action points for improvement of these employability skills taking ac-count of feedback.

Day: Wednesday

Time: 9am—3pm

Place: Pennypit Community Centre

Duration over year: August—March (potential for two years to do further

modules)

Requirements: Completion of units 1 & 2. Infil opportunities guaran-

teed


Placements can be offered with a huge variety of em-

ployers in a huge variety of industries.

Placements can be anything from one afternoon per

week to 4.5 days per week

Placements can be offered in the middle of the year

Most employers say that young people don’t have enough experi-

ence to give them a job as soon as they leave school.

Here is your chance to get loads of work experience to get you

ready for work or to help you think about what you want to do.

THIS IS ORGANISED TO SUIT EVERY INDIVIDUAL.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY, GET YOUR GUIDANCE TEACHER TO FILL OUT

A REFERRAL FORM AND SEND TO ALISON HOOD.

BEFORE YOU MEET WITH ALISON TRY TO THINK OF JOBS AND CAREERS YOU

MIGHT LIKE—USE YOUR IMAGINATION!!!


How would you like your very own business coach!?

Someone who you could meet one-to-one once a month to talk

about what it’s like to work in the industry you want to go

into?

If you’re not sure what job you want, you can meet with any

business coach who can tell you all about their experiences in

the world of work and try to guide you towards finding what

YOU really want to do?

If you’re nervous about going to university or college, you can

talk to someone who’s been there.

It’s your coach and you can use them for whatever advice you

need...

In our team, we have:

ICT specialists

Executive Directors

Youth Workers

Social Workers

Project Managers

Finance Managers

Maintenance staff

... And loads more joining every day.

TO GET A BUSINESS COACH, ASK YOUR GUIDANCE TEACHER FOR AN APPLI-

CATION TODAY. YOU CAN AGREE WHEN TO SEE YOUR COACH WHICH IS

USUALLY FOR AN HOUR A MONTH IN SCHOOL TIME. THERE IS USUALLY A

WAITING LIST BUT AS SOON AS YOU FILL IN THE FORM, YOU’RE ON THE

LIST!


Scotland needs more Jamie Olivers, Tom Kitchens and Derek John-

sons: could this be you? If you have never considered the Hospitality

and Tourism Industry as a career choice, perhaps you should.

The Hospitality and Tourism Industries provide a wide variety of jobs in

areas such as food preparation, hotel & restaurant management, customer

services, marketing & public relations and events organisation & manage-

ment.

The East Lothian Hospitality & Tourism Academy provides you with a

unique opportunity to build your academic knowledge and practical skills

in ways which will give you the best chance of securing the best jobs. A

number of leading employers will participate in the Academy and of-

fer opportunities to young people including Marriott Hotels, The

Townhouse Group and MacDonald Hotels

The Academy is run through a partnership between the employers, three

schools in East Lothian: Musselburgh Grammar School, Preston Lodge

High School, Ross High School, East Lothian Council, Jewel & Esk Col-

lege and Queen Margaret University. If selected for the Academy you

will visit these leading employers to gain valuable industry experience,

see demonstrations from industry experts and get the opportunity to

study both at College and at university while still being able to stay at

school

THIS IS A COMPETITIVE COURSE WITH BIG RETURNS. TO TAKE PART, YOU

HAVE TO BE INTERESTED IN THE INDUSTRY (EITHER MANAGEMENT / FRONT

OF HOUSE / FOOD PREP / MANY OTHERS) AND WILLING TO GO TO A COURSE

ONE NIGHT PER WEEK AND ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

TO FIND OUT MORE, ASK YOUR GUIDANCE TEACHER WHO YOUR SCHOOL

CHAMPION IS