- 1. Session 1 April 2013 Improving Operational Performance
2. To introduce you to your learning programme, set goals and
targets and discuss employment rights and responsibilities. Session
Aims 3. By the end of the session participants will be able to:
Explain the components of the apprenticeship. Set goals fro the
coming year. Describe possible progression routes. Identify
statutory rights and responsibilities of employers and employees.
Explain agreed ways of working that protect your own relationship
with the employer. Session Objectives 4. 4 Session Objectives
Describe how your own role fits in with the wider context of the
sector. Identify career pathways available. 5. Your learning
programme A knowledge based qualification. A competence based
qualification. Functional skills Employment rights and
responsibilities. Personal learning and thinking skills. 6. 6
Knowledge based sometimes known as a technical certificate. Shows
you have knowledge of your specialist subject and is assessed by
completing written and practical tasks. Competence based known as
an NVQ. Shows you are competent at carrying out your job role to
national occupation standards and are assessed through product
evidence, observation, question and answers, etc. 7. 7 Functional
Skills essential skills in English, Maths and ICT. Assessed by
sitting either paper based or online exams. Employment rights and
responsibilities (ERR) everybody should understand the specific
legislation designed to protect them in the workplace. Assessed by
completing written tasks and researching information. 8. Personal
learning and thinking skills essential skills to have in order to
be successful in learning, work and life. Assed through completing
practical and written tasks embedded into the qualification. 9. The
apprenticeship agreement Under the Apprenticeships, Skills,
Children and Learning Act 2009, the need for an apprenticeship
agreement became a legal requirement. 10. Setting goals Being able
to set goals, meet deadlines and create targets for your own skills
development will help you achieve all the outcomes of your learning
programme. Organisational skills are very important in learning,
work and life, and good timekeeping is essential. Being organised
creates an excellent impression on others. 11. SMART SMART is a
well know model for setting clear goals for yourself and others.
Specific goal needs to be detailed, clear and to the point.
Measurable goal needs a form of measurement. Achievable can the
goal be achieved given the resources? Realistic can it be done, are
the goals relevant to the task? Time-bound goals must have a
timescale. 12. Motivation Everyone has occasions where their
motivation starts to falter; if this does happen to you, speak to
someone! Your tutor, your employer, your colleagues or a family
member, these are your goals and aspirations and the support you
receive from others will help you to achieve them. 13. Progression
When you complete your learning programme there will be several
options open to you. Advanced or higher apprenticeships. Other
qualifications related to the sector. Other academic
qualifications. Lifelong learning opportunities offer us all the
chance to achieve success in our professional and personal lives.
14. ERR Everyone should be aware of the rules, principles and
regulations governing employment rights and responsibilities to
ensure they understand the conditions under which they work. This
understanding protects both the employee and the employer, ensuring
that work place practice is undertaken in a mutually respectful and
safe environment. 15. Your contract of employment sets out the main
terms and conditions of the relationship between you and your
employer. By law, all employees are entitled to a written statement
of the key terms and conditions of there employment within two
months of starting work. Changes to employment contracts must be
made following set procedures, termination of a contract is
governed by various rules which protect the rights of the employee
and employer. 16. Employment Rights Act 1996 The Employment Rights
Act 1996 deals with the rights that most individuals are entitled
to at work, including; protection from unfair dismissal reasonable
notice before dismissal time off rights for parenting redundancy
entitlement the right not to suffer discrimination or inequality at
work the right to a written contract of employment, plus much more.
17. The employer Employers have rights and responsibilities as well
as employees. Every employer has the right to ask an employee to;
Do the job they are employed to do. Behave appropriately in the
workplace. Turn up for work when they are meant to. 18. The
employer Employers also have certain responsibilities that they
must adhere to by law. They are required to ensure that all
employees receive certain basic employment rights such as;
Providing a written statement of employment terms and conditions. A
written statement of pay or payslip. A minimum wage. Unpaid breaks
during work hours. Annual leave from work plus much more. 19.
Representative bodies Within an industry there are a range of
representative bodies that promote the views of a group of people
with common interests. Trade unions Professional bodies Regulatory
bodies Standard setting or sector bodies. 20. Sustainable
Development Sustainable development is based on production and
consumption. Every employer and employee has a duty to preserve the
environment. Sustainable development encourages the conservation
and management of: Natural resources and the environment. Energy
Waste and transportation 21. By the end of the session participants
will be able to: Explain the components of the apprenticeship. Set
goals fro the coming year. Describe possible progression routes.
Identify statutory rights and responsibilities of employers and
employees. Explain agreed ways of working that protect your own
relationship with the employer. Session Objectives 22. 22 Session
Objectives Describe how your own role fits in with the wider
context of the sector. Identify career pathways available.
