Technology and

Livelihood Education 10
Quarter Electrical Installation and
1
Maintenance
TLE – Grade 10
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Personal Entrepreneurial Competency
First Edition, 2020

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Quarter 1
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EIM
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the TLE 10 Module on EIM!

This Self Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
educators from Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-In-Charge
Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin in partnership
with the Local Government of Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis
N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) while overcoming their personal,
social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners
as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the Electrical Installation and Maintenance Module on Personal

Entrepreneurial Competencies!

The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often used to
depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and
accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a learner
is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies and
skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning material while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after

completing the lessons in the module

Pretest - This will measure your prior knowledge and the

concepts to be mastered throughout the lesson.

Recap - This section will measure what learnings and skills that
you understand from the previous lesson.

Lesson - This section will discuss the topic for this module.

Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

applications of the lessons.

Valuing - This part will check the integration of values in the

learning competency.

Posttest - This will measure how much you have learned from
the entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

You will learn more about entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial

competencies related to Electrical Installation and Maintenance. You will have a
first-hand experience in educational activities leading to assessment of your personal
entrepreneurial competencies (PECS) and assessment of entrepreneurial
competencies of a successful electrician or electrical engineer within your
town/municipality.

PRETEST

Multiple Choice
Directions: Read and understand the statement carefully. Circle the letter of the
correct answer.
1. What characteristics of entreneurs that make them work attentively in laboring
and put effort into doing and completing tasks?
a. Disciplined c. Hardworking
b. Committed d. Confident
2. Which trait of successful entrepreneurs that constantly stick them on the design
and fight the attraction to do what is not relevant?
a. Disciplined c. Hardworking
b. Committed d. Confident
3. What characteristics of entreneurs that keep faith in one’s skill and own
judgment?
a. Disciplined c. Hardworking
b. Committed d. Confident
4. This refer to the attributes of a good entrepreneur to stay in the business and in
order to have an edge over the other challengers.
a. Disciplined c. Committed
b. Creative d. Confident
5. When entrepreneurs give their complete assurance and continuous commitment
to make the company fruitful, what traits do they exhibit?
a. Disciplined c. Committed
b. Creative d. Confident
 RECAP
Entrepreneurs are people with skills and capabilities to see and evaluate
business opportunities. They are individuals that can strategically identify products
or services needed by the community. Consequently, they deliver these products
and services at the right time and at the right place.
Furthermore, entrepreneurs are agents of economic change; they organize,
manage and assume risks of a business. Some of the good qualities of an
entrepreneur are opportunity seekers, risk takers, goal setters, excellent planners, a
confident problem solvers, hardworking, persistent and committed workers.
Entrepreneurship is a strategic process of innovation and creation of new
ventures. Basically, entrepreneurship is both an art and science of converting
business ideas into marketable products or services to improve the quality of living.

LESSON

Personal Entrepreneurial Competency

The key characteristics that should be possessed by successful or budding

entrepreneurs in order to perform entrepreneurial functions effectively is called as
Personal Entrepreneurial Competency. The Personal Entrepreneurial Competency
may be termed as qualities such as generic and specific knowledge, motives, traits,
self-images, social roles, and skills that result in venture birth, survival, and/or
growth.
Below are few important characteristics / traits / attributes of a good
entrepreneur:

 Hardworking: These are people that works

attentively in laboring and puts effort into doing
and completing tasks. To produce good products
and results or provide good services hardworking
people keep on improving their performance.

 Confident: Faith in one’s skill and own

judgment are characteristics that an
Entrepreneurs must have. In order to survive
with all the risks of operating their own business
Entrepreneurs must exhibit self-confidence.
 Disciplined: Successful entrepreneurs
constantly stick on the design and fight the
attraction to do what is not relevant.

 Committed: A good entrepreneur takes full

accountability of everything in their business.
They give complete assurance and continuous
commitment to make the company fruitful.

 Ability to Accept Change: Change regularly

happens. When one owns a business, they
should adopt and flourish on changes. To make
their business grow they have to benefit from
positive changes.

 Creative: To stay in the business and in order to

have an edge over the other challengers an
entrepreneur should be inventive and pioneering.

 Has the Initiative: An entrepreneur takes the

lead. An entrepreneur must put themselves in a
position where you are answerable for the success
or failure of their business.
  Profit-Oriented: An entrepreneur venture into
the world of business to make profit or extra
income. This may become the means of support
for you and for your family as well. Therefore, you
must see to it that the business can make profit.

Listed below are the important skills of a successful entrepreneur:

 Excellent Planner: Calculated judgment and placing of targets to achieve
aims by carefully capitalizing all the available resources is called planning. To
realize the aims a good entrepreneur creates and applies step-by-step
strategies. Planning is an effective skill only when an entrepreneur combines
it with action.
 Possesses People Skills: In order to be successful in any kind of business
an entrepreneur must possess people skills. Effective and efficient
communication and relation to people working in and out of your business is
referred to as people skills. In day-to-day business dealings, you need to
transact with people. The difference between success and failure of the
business can be spelled out by a well-developed people skill.
 Sound Decision Maker: Successful entrepreneur have the skill to think
swiftly by making intelligent choice on the way to pre-determined set purposes.
Sound decision should give out from given proofs and evidence and should be
on the road to the pre-determined goals.

ACTIVITIES
Directions: Answer the following questions briefly. Share your answers on the
space provided.

1. What is the importance of assessing one’s PECs before engaging in any

particular entrepreneurial activity?
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2. What are the desirable personal characteristics, attributes, skills and traits of a
prospective entrepreneur? Why important to them? Support your argument.
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3. What entrepreneurial activities do you know and are you capable of doing which
are related to Electrical Installation and Maintenance?
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WRAP–UP

Personal Entrepreneurial Competency refer to the important characteristics

that an individual should possess by in order to perform entrepreneurial functions
effectively. If you are planning to engage yourself in entrepreneurial activities, list
down at least 5 PECs that you should possess. Explain briefly.
______________________________________________________________________________
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VALUING

The Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies are the most important

characteristics that an individual should possess by in order to perform
entrepreneurial functions effectively. These PECs are important
characteristics, attributes, lifestyle, skills and traits of a successful
entrepreneur in order to be successful in a chosen career. Some of the
important characteristics / traits / attributes of a good entrepreneur are
disciplined, creative, confident, hardworking, committed, ability to accept
change, profit-oriented. While the important skills of a successful
entrepreneur are sound decision maker, possess people skill, excellent
planner.
 POSTTEST

Multiple Choice
Directions: Read and understand the statement carefully. Write the letter
that best describes the statement. Write your answer in your quiz notebook.
1. When one owns a business, they should adopt and flourish on changes.
To make their business grow they have to benefit from positive changes,
what traits must they possess?
a. Has the Initiative c. Profit-oriented
b. Ability to Accept Change d. Excellent Planner

2. What characteristics of an entrepreneur must put themselves in a position

where they are answerable for the success or failure of their business?
a. Has the Initiative c. Profit-oriented
b. Ability to Accept Change d. Excellent Planner

3. What traits should exhibit such that their business may become the
means of support for them and for their family as well?
a. Has the Initiative c. Profit-oriented
b. Ability to Accept Change d. Excellent Planner

4. Calculated judgment and placing of targets to achieve aims by carefully

capitalizing all the available resources are one of the skills of an
entrepreneur must have, what is this skill?
a. Possesses People Skill c. Profit-oriented
b. Ability to Accept Change d. Excellent Planner

5. What skill refers to having an effective and efficient communication and

relation to people working in and out of your business?
a. Possesses People Skill c. Profit-oriented
b. Ability to Accept Change d. Excellent Planner
 KEY TO CORRECTION

C 5. A 5.
B 4. D 4.
D 3. C 3.
A 2. A 2.
C 1. B 1.
PRETEST POSTTEST

REFERENCES
Cabusora, Roman Jr. A., Cueto, Marino C., Technology & Livelihood
Education – Grade 10: Learner’s Material. Deped-IMCS, 2014