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KNP/IMS/REG/F004
AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
CERTIFICATE IN HORTICULTURE
COURSE OUTLINE
COURSE: Horticulture
COURSE CODE: CHORTS21
UNIT: EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
DURATION: 80Hrs
LECTURERS NAME: Patrick Ochola
EMAIL: patrickochola0@gmail.com
UNIT DESCRIPTION
This unit covers competencies required to demonstrate employability skills. It involves conducting self-
management, demonstrating interpersonal communication, critical safe work habits, leading a workplace
team, planning and organizing work, maintaining professional growth and development, demonstrating
workplace learning, problem solving skills and managing ethical performance.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the training the trainee should be able to;
1. Conduct self-management
2. Demonstrate interpersonal communication
3. Demonstrate critical safe work habits
4. Lead small teams
5. Plan and organize work
6. Maintain professional growth and development
7. Demonstrate workplace learning
8. Demonstrate problem-solving skills
9. Demonstrate workplace ethic
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Learners to attend at least 85% of lecture hours
Learners to sit for all exams and CATs.
ASSESSMENT1
Written and oral assessment 40%
Practical assessment 60%
1
ILearning Content Specific objectives remarks
Outcome
Conduct self- Self-awareness Personal vision, mission
management Formulating personal vision, and goals are formulated
mission and goals based on potential and in
Strategies for overcoming life relation to organization
challenges
objectives
Emotional intelligence
Assertiveness versus Emotions are managed as
aggressiveness per workplace
Expressing personal thoughts, requirements
feelings and beliefs Assertiveness is developed
Developing and and maintained based on
maintaining high self- the requirements of the
esteem
job.
Developing and
maintaining positive self- Accountability and
image responsibility for own
Articulating ideas and aspirations actions are demonstrated.
Accountability and responsibility Self-esteem and a positive
Good work habits self-image are developed
Self-awareness and maintained.
Self-development
Financial literacy
Healthy lifestyle practices
Demonstrate Meaning of interpersonal Listening and
interpersonal communication understanding is
communication Listening skills demonstrated as per
Types of audience
communication policy
Writing skills
Reading skills
Writing to the needs of the
Meaning of empathy audience is demonstrated
Understanding customers’ needs as per communication
Establishing communication policy
networks Speaking, reading and
Sharing information writing is demonstrated as
per communication policy
Demonstrate Stress and stress Stress is managed in
critical safe management accordance with
work habits Punctuality and time workplace procedures.
consciousness
Punctuality and time
Leisure
consciousness is
Integrating personal
objectives into demonstrated in line with
organizational objectives workplace policy.
2
Resources utilization Personal objectives are
Setting work priorities integrated with
HIV and AIDS organization goals based
Drug and substance abuse on organization’s strategic
Handling emerging issues plan.
Resources are utilized in
accordance with
workplace policy.
Work priorities are set in
accordance to workplace
procedures.
Lead a small Leadership qualities Performance
team Team building expectations for the
Determination of team roles and team are set
objectives
Duties and responsibilities
Team performance indicators
are assigned in accordance
Responsibilities in a team
Forms of communication with the organization
Complementing team activities policy.
Gender and gender mainstreaming Team parameters and
Human rights relationships are
Maintaining relationships identified according to
Conflicts and conflict resolution set rules and regulations.
Forms of
communication in a
team are established
according to office
policy.
Plan and Functions of management Task requirements are
organize work Planning identified as per the
Organizing workplace objectives
Time management
Task is interpreted in
Decision making process
accordance with safety
Task allocation
(OHS ), environmental
Evaluating work activities
Resource utilization requirements and quality
Problem solving requirements
Collecting and organising Work activity is organized
information with other involved
personnel as per the SOPs
3
Maintain Opportunities for professional Personal training needs
professional growth are identified and
growth and Assessing training needs assessed in line with the
development Licenses and certifications for
requirements of the job.
professional growth and
development Training and career
Pursuing personal and opportunities are
organizational goals identified and availed
Identifying work priorities based on job
Recognizing career requirements.
advancement
Resources for training
are mobilized and
allocated based
organizations skills
needs.
Demonstrate Managing own learning Own learning is
workplace Contributing to the learning managed as per
learning community at the workplace workplace policy.
Cultural aspects of work
Learning opportunities
Variety of learning context
Application of learning are sought and allocated
Safe use of technology based on job requirement
Identifying opportunities and in line with
Generating new ideas organization policy.
Workplace innovation Contribution to the
Performance improvement learning community at
Handling emerging issues
the workplace is carried
Future trends and concerns in
learning out.
Range of media for
learning are established
as per the training need
4
Demonstrate Problem identification Creative, innovative and
problem solving Problem solving practical solutions are
skills Application of problem- developed based on the
solving strategies
problem
Resolving customer concerns
Independence and
initiative in identifying
and solving problems is
demonstrated.
Team problems are
solved as per the
workplace guidelines
Demonstrate Meaning of ethics Policies and guidelines
workplace Ethical perspectives are observed as per the
ethics Principles of ethics workplace requirements
Values and beliefs
Self-worth and
Ethical standards
Organization code of ethics profession is exercised in
Common ethical dilemmas line with personal goals
Organization culture and organizational
Corruption, bribery and policies
conflict of interest Code of conduct is
Privacy and data protection observed as per the
Diversity, harassment and
workplace requirements
mutual respect
Financial Personal and
responsibility/Bccountability professional integrity is
Etiquette demonstrated as per the
Personal and professional personal goals
integrity Commitment to
Commitment to jurisdictional
jurisdictional laws is
laws
demonstrated as per the
Emerging issues in ethics
workplace requirements
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