How can the trainers identify skills in the

trainees’ Portfolio?

“The purchase of a house is an important event in a

person’s life, and as I saw in an advertisement from

Caixa de Crédito Agrícola, the purchase of a house for

single people represents freedom... for married people

represents a Home... and this is what I expect the

house to represent to us... our Home.”

“At the moment, I am in the process of buying my first

house, and it is all I ever dreamt about.”

Sónia Sousa

Generator core: Urbanism and mobility.

Theme: Construction and architecture.

Description of the house construction phases

Description of house divisions, indicating its dimensions.

Identification of materials and building techniques related

with energetic efficiency, quality, durability and comfort.

Generator core: Environment and Sustainability.

Theme: Consumption and Energetic efficiency.

We also had the care to choose class A household equipments,

because are the ones which consume less energy.

Sónia Sousa

Identification of good practices related with household

equipments.

Identification of equipments’ classes of energetic efficiency

Its role for energetic efficiency.

Generator core: Environment and Sustainability.

Theme: Waste and recycling.

Recycling becomes fundamental for the preservation of our

planet .

Sónia Sousa

Identification of domestic and professional waste

Ways and importance of recycling processes.

Identification of the institutions and jobs related with recycling.

Indication and description of the processes and types of waste one

can use to obtain energy.

Generator core: Environment and Sustainability.

Theme: Climate

There is a need to change behaviours and the fastest way to do

it is through the Media.

Sónia Sousa

Identify and ex plain the causes of climate changes.

Reflect about the consequences of these changes.

Present solutions for this issue.

Importance of the Mass media as a way of broadcasting information.

Generator core: Conviction and Ethical Belief.

Theme: Ethical and Cultural values

I have never truly believed in a divine power and when I refused to

believe in the conception of Jesus according to the Bible, I was

grounded, but because I didn't agree with that I was expelled from

the catechesis.

Francisco Rocha

Identify different cultural and religious values.

Lived and learned from a religious and cultural stressful situation .

Argued about this situation trying to prove his point, justifying his

personal opinion.

Generator core: Complexity and Change

Theme: Innovation Processes

After three months working on the company, I decided I wanted to

improve my skills and asked if I could work with the new

programme the company acquired and hadn’t used yet... Three

weeks later I was drawing the furniture in this programme: Auto-

Kitchen.

Francisco Rocha

Identify new processes of work.

Transmit how he introduce innovations in the performance of his

duties.

Explore and use the Information Technologies and Communication

at his work.

Generator core: Planning

Theme: Work Management

In July of 2006 I decided to enrol in CFPIMM to take a

course related with New Technologies, namely, the

construction of FLASH catalogues.

Francisco Rocha

Update knowledge in order to solve complex problems that

emerge.

Make plans for developing professional activities.

Generator core: Identity and Alterity

Theme: Institutional and Community Codes

I live my life according to a set of principles... But whenever

is necessary I try to understand the other’s point of view...

Honesty and seriousness are my best qualities concerning

relationships.

Francisco Rocha

Transmit a set of principles and justify his opinion.

Obey to a set of principles in the relationships established

through life.