Name: JUSTIN L Workplace: Thomastown Secondary College

Work Placement Diary

Gold unit
2022
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WHAT DO EMPLOYERS WANT?

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

KEY SKILLS WHAT IT MEANS

Communication Be able to talk your boss, other workers and customers, and be able to
write letters and reports, complete forms and other documents that are
part of your job. Express yourself clearly and politely.
Teamwork Work with other people to complete a task. Be comfortable to talk to
other workers, listen to what people tell you, deal calmly with confusing
situations or upset people, understand and respect people from different
cultures or that are a little bit different from everyone else. Be flexible
and willing to change the way you do things to fit in with others and treat
them with respect. Be prepared to help other people even when it is not
your job.
Problem solving Understand and deal with difficult questions, calmly identify the
problem, what caused the problem and pick the best solution. Find
practical solutions to both simple and complex problems. It may include
finding better and faster ways to say fix a car, design a more effective ad
for a business or even working out a quicker way of driving to work in the
morning.
Initiative and Know what to do before being asked, be enthusiastic and energetic when
enterprise asked to do something, and tell your boss if you think something can be
done easier or better. It means taking responsibility for the business’s
performance and responsibility for your role in it.
Planning and Make sure you give yourself enough time to get to work on time. It also
organising means making sure you give yourself enough time to do all the tasks you
have to do at work. It may involve organizing other people and business
resources to complete a task. Typical examples might be drawing up a
work roster, booking a taxi or even booking a data show. Complex
examples might be planning and organizing venues and food for a large
conference.
Self- Be able to balance both your job and social time, have clear goals for
management what you want from your job, know what job you want in the future and
plan for it, and look after your health and fitness at work and at home. It
also means sticking to your goals and working towards them over time.
Ability to learn Be enthusiastic to learn new skills from your boss and other staff, and
decide where you need more help, such as reading, using computers or
something else.
Technology and Know how to work with computers, photocopiers or other equipment that
Computers might be part of your job.

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What Employability skills are illustrated in each example? (See table next page)

(1) Tim works in a MacDonald’s. When his friend John has trouble keeping up the supply of fries
because they are so busy, he jumps in and helps him. He gets new bags of uncooked fries and
may even pack some of the fries for John himself.

(2) Sally works part time in a newsagent. She regularly gets complaints about the paper boy
delivering papers to the wrong houses in the morning. Using Google maps, she prints out a
picture of each house on his route, with the street number and papers this house should
receive. Hopefully this will make his job easier.

(3) Jim works as technical assistant helping people in an office with computing problems. He has
recently enrolled in a post grad certificate in Information Technology to improve his
understanding of computer software and his ability to do his job.

(4) Gina works in a real estate office. Her boss calls her Goodle and she finds this offensive.
Frequently she is tempted to lose her temper and call him ‘Fatso’, instead she calmly tells
him she would like him to use her proper name instead of Goodle.

(5) Jack is employed as a forklift driver in a large factory. Last week another storeman slipped
on the polished floor and broke his ankle. Jack administered first aid and called an
ambulance. He then organised for the factory floor to be resealed with a non-slip sealant.

(6) Lynette works as a salesperson at Harvey Norman. Every day she has to deal with a range of
vexatious customers. When a disgruntled customer approaches her she sits them and offers
them a cup of tea. She also calmly tries to find a solution to their problem and resolves any
misunderstandings. She is successful in most cases.

Each of the above scenarios illustrate one or more employability skills.

On the following page, write the employability skills that each demonstrates.

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Case No. Employability Skills Illustrated in the case

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What you need to do to complete Outcome 2 for Industry & Enterprise:

 CHECKLIST – be sure you have completed ALL before going on to work placement.

 Successfully complete appropriate Occupational Health and Safety training

(safe@work modules)

 Effectively complete a minimum of 35 hours of structured workplace learning in an

appropriate setting

 Negotiate with your employer/supervisor about the nature of the work to be

undertaken
 Identify and apply relevant employability skills in the workplace

 Identify the develop employability skills, including the use of self-assessment before,
during and after the structured workplace learning

 Maintain a daily record of tasks completed in the workplace learning journal

 Obtain an assessment of performance including employability skills practised during

the structured workplace

 Describe the experience of work, reflecting on the placement as a setting for work
including the development of employability skills.

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WORK PLACEMENT DETAILS

(1) Name and Address of your Work Placement
Thomastown secondary college, 80-96 Main St

(2) What is the main purpose of the organisation where you are completing your placement?
For example: to make and sell products and make a profit; to provide a service in the
community, such as education.
maintenance

(3) Is the business organisation public or private?

Private, by individuals. Public, by the government.
public

(5) Your Work Placement Details:

What time do you leave to get to work? 8:30am

What time do you start work? 9:00am

How many breaks do you have? 2-4

How long do you get for lunch? 30m

What time do you finish work? 3:25pm

How long does it take you to get home? 20-30m

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EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
Complete the table below. Provide at least one example for each employability skill that
illustrates tasks that you completed during your work experience.

SKILL
EXAMPLES OF TASKS COMPLETED DURING WORK EXPERIENCE
Communication

Planning and
Organising

Problem Solving

Technology

Self-Management

Ability to Learn

Teamwork

Initiative and
Enterprise

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Occupational Health and Safety

(1) List the main Occupational Health and Safety Rules for your work placement business.
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(2) List specific Occupational Health and Safety rules if you are using equipment in your
workplace and the reasons for them.

(3) Do employees follow these rules? Give examples.

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Week 1 - Dates of placement:

Provide notes and describe some of the work that you completed during your first
week on placement:
The roof is made of asbestos.

Sit around and doing nothing.

Cutting Weeds.

Fulling a hole with water

Assorting books.

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Week 2 - Dates of placement:

Provide notes and describe some of the work that you completed during your first
week on placement:
I clean all the air purifiers in the school

Patch up asbestos cracks

Clean out the gutters

Organize books and take inventory.

Cut down a tree