Future Jobs
Lesson
To consider the skills and qualities needed for some 'future jobs'.
Context
In 2003 City and Guilds research identified several new job titles that will grow rapidly after 2010. What will these jobs involve and who will do them?
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to identify the skills and abilities needed for a variety of occupations.
Level
As the job titles are quite high level occupations, this activity is probably best suited to more able students.
Resources
Access to JED and the Internet.
Contribution to National Framework
This activity contributes to the following learning outcomes, KS3 learning outcome - 7, KS4 learning outcome - 8 and Post-16 learning outcome - 6.
Starter
Ask the class to identify four jobs that were common twenty years ago and are now less so, and four jobs that are more common now than before.
Main
You are asked to write a new job record for JED, using the same headings and style of writing that JED uses, for one of the following new job titles:
- Ubicomp technologists
- Fuel cell technologists
- Longevity consultants
- Fun employee
- Time consultant
You may need to use the Internet as a source of information to decide exactly
what these jobs are, but you may be able to complete much of the job record
by referring to similar existing job titles in JED.
Plenary
What elements of the new jobs are the same as currently available jobs?
What can students do in school to develop the skills and abilities needed for future work?
Extension Activity
Having completed the job records use the information to design a newspaper advertisement for the situations vacant page of a national newspaper.
Page date 14/02/08