City & Guilds supports learners to get a job, to get on in a job and to move onto the next job. To be successful and make progress learners need a wide range of employability skills and behaviors. The Employability Skills (5546) suite of qualifications provides a flexible way of capturing and recognizing those skills that each individual learner needs to develop. The suite provides certification at a range of levels and at various sizes to meet the needs of the learner, their learning program and destination. Qualifications are built of units from a broad bank covering a number of employability themes.
Course Duration
150 Hrs.
Course Objectives
Planning for Progression (Unit 401)
- Understand own study or training program.
- Know the facilities and services provided in the place of study or training.
- Recognize personal strengths (skills, qualities and attitudes) needed for learning and work.
- agree an action plan for self-improvement
Managing Personal Finance (Unit 402)
- understand sources of income and outgoings
- know how to reduce expenditure
- understand how to plan a personal budget
- be able to recognize the products provided by financial institutions
- understand the advantages and disadvantages of borrowing money
- understand how to obtain help with managing own money
Career Planning and Making Applications (Unit 405)
- be able to choose a suitable career pathway
- be able to identify a suitable job, training program or course
- understand how to prepare a Curriculum Vitae
- understand how candidates are selected for interview
- be able to apply for a job, training placement or course
- understand the interview process
Interview Skills (Unit 407)
- know how to prepare for an interview
- be able to present and perform well at an interview
- be able to review own performance at an interview
Self-Assessment and Development (Unit 422)
- be able to take an active role in self-assessment and self-development
- be able to develop a plan for self-development
- be able to implement and review a plan for self-development
- be able to reflect on the effectiveness of the self-development plan
