Skills in work (3)
Lesson
Comparing work details. To introduce students to the tasks that may be performed in a job.
Context
Students investigating the world of work may not fully understand exactly what is involved in a job simply by referring to the job title. This activity enables them to compare several jobs to pick out the tasks that may be involved.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to list the tasks involved in selected job titles.
Level
This activity is appropriate for any ability level, the complexity can be tailored to suit for example, by reducing or increasing the number of jobs compared and taking them from a particular level.
Resources
Access to JED and the student instruction/answer sheet below.
The associated document/worksheet for this activity can be downloaded as a PDF file.
Contribution to National Framework
This activity contributes to the following learning outcomes, KS3, KS4 and Post-16 learning outcomes 8 and 10.
Starter
Ask the class to list a series of tasks that a shop assistant might have to perform during their working day. They need to understand that a job title is often not sufficient to fully describe what a person does in their job.
Main
The activity sheet asks the students to identify which tasks match which job title – without looking up the job in JED. They can then refer to the job record in JED, in particular the Work Details section of the Summary, to review their answers. If their answers are different compared to JED, this does not mean they are wrong, or that JED is right. JED cannot contain all tasks, there are often too many in a job.
Plenary
Ask the students to discuss the differences.
Extension Activity
To extend the work, students could write a job description for a particular job they are interested in and try to include as many tasks as possible.
Page date 14/02/08