TRANSFERABLE SKILLS AUDIT

Name: William Kelsall

Course: Level 3 BETC in Business
Date: 10th of June 2016

(Assignment 2)

Competence How competent are

you in this skill?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Highly proficient
Fairly proficient
Adequate
Not very proficient
Unskilled

Job Importance How important do

you think this skill is in
Employment?
1. Unnecessary
2. Not very important
3. Helpful
4. Fairly important
5. Essential

SKILL

COMPETE
NC
E

JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

COMPETE
NCE
X
JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
COMMUNICATION
Written:
Ability to express self well in
writing
Verbal:
Informal ability to network
easily with other people
Formal ability to express
self clearly and concisely to a
group of people
Non-verbal:
Listening ability to attend
actively to others views and
ideas and understand their
point of view
Body Language ability to
match body language
appropriately to what is
being said verbally
WORKING WITH OTHERS
Cooperation

10

Done through English GCSE and BTEC

level three course work.

10

Displayed through event that has been

held in order for course work unit
completion.
Displayed through event that has been
held in order for course work unit
completion.

10

This has been displayed through unit 18s

event for Planning a business event.

12

This has been displayed through unit 18s

event for Planning a business event.

Ability to collaborate
effectively within a team

12

This has also been done through the Unit

18s planning a business event of which
was a presentation that was given to
multiple employers.

15

Shown through multiple events that I

have attended within college, this being
Morrisons supply chain mater class and
Unit 18s planning a business event.

10

I can say that I appropriately respond to

individual differences, I have shown this
via group work within class and outside of
class.

10

Shown through unit 18s planning a

business event group work.
EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF
COMPETENCE

Negotiation
Ability to reach a mutually
satisfactory outcome through
compromise
Sensitivity
Ability to respond
appropriately to individual
differences, e.g., age,
gender, etc.
Leadership
Ability to encourage and
motivate others
SKILL

COMPETE
NC
E

JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

Ability to supervise or direct

work of others

COMPETE
NCE
X
JOB
IMPORTAN
CE
5
10

Ability to evaluate competing

priorities to plan ahead

10

Shown through unit 18s planning a

business event group work, each member
of the group was delegated a task to
contribute with the creation of the
presentation.
Shown through Unit 18s group work for
the presentation that was shown to
employers.

APPLICATION OF NUMBER
Calculations
Ability to use a calculator or
PC to make calculations
Interpretation
Ability to interpret
descriptive statistics, e.g.
ratios percentages, means,
standard deviations
Ability to interpret inferential
statistics, e.g., confidence
intervals, statistical
significance, effect size
Application
Ability to organise and
present numerical data in an
appropriate manner

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
File Management Techniques
Ability to create, store and
1
retrieve files
Word Processing (e.g. MS Word)
Ability to use a word
1
processing (WP) package to
produce a variety of formats
of documents
Spreadsheets (e.g., MS Excel)

I have a good understanding of how to

use this because of the Level 2 IT course
that I completed at (D*D*).

10

Shown through GCSE math and Level 2 IT

at Shipley college as well as Level 3
Business Finance units.

16

N/A
(No idea what this is)

Displayed through the various

spreadsheets that have been completed
under units 2, 5 and 7 within Level 3
BETC in business.

Shown through the use of Microsoft

applications and Google applications of
which both I have used within the Level 3
BTEC in business at Shipley college.

Done through level 2 BTEC in IT and Level

3 BTEC in business.

Ability to use a spreadsheet

to record and manipulate
different sets of data
SKILL

COMPETE
NC
E

Databases (e.g., MS Access)

Ability to retrieve information
from a database
Ability to create a database

JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

10

Used in Level 3 BTEC in business through

the Finance units (2, 5, 7).

COMPETE
NCE
X
JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

10

10

Presentations (e.g., MS PowerPoint)

Ability to create and display
1
a PowerPoint presentation

I have created a presentation for Unit

18s planning a business event and Level
2 BTEC in IT for specific units.

Sending questions to tutors in regards to

course work.
Sending questions to tutors in regards to
course work.
Shown through extensive online research
for course work.

Information and Communication

Ability to send and receive e- 1
mail
Ability to send and receive
1
attachments by e-mail
Ability to use an internet
1
browser, e.g., Internet
Explorer, Netscape, AOL
Ability to download files from 1
the Internet and transfer to
WP

Evidence can be shown through Level 2

BTEC in IT.
Evidence can be shown through Level 2
BTEC in IT.

Shown through downloading Google

classroom flies for assignments.

Ability to use a search

engine, e.g. Altavista, Google
PROBLEM SOLVING
Creativity
Ability to generate new ideas
or conceive existing ideas in
a new way
Organisation and Planning
Ability to set down a
systematic sequence of
activities and carry them
through in an effective
manner

Shown through extensive online research

for course work.

I have successfully done this via the

Marketing units for level 3 BTEC In
business.

10

This can be shown through course work

for Level 3 BTEC in business of which
some of the unit shave many set tasks
that are better completed in a systematic
order of which proves to be more
effective.

10

This can be shown through course work

that I have completed by finding specific
facts that are needed in order of doing
so.

COMPETE
NCE
X
JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

Research
Ability to gather information
in a systematic way to
establish certain facts or
principles
SKILL

Analysis
Ability to understand and
summarise information

COMPETE
NC
E

JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

Done through research for specific tasks

for course work of which I needed
information from the internet.

Initiative
Ability to initiate, take
2
decisions and act
resourcefully
IMPROVING OWN LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE
Self Management
Self awareness ability to
2
identify and reflect on own
strengths and weaknesses in
relation to:
Personal Development
Educational
Development
Career Development
Effective learning ability
2
to learn from a range of
situations and apply learning
in a variety of contexts
Reasoning skills ability to
3
defend argument using
logical and systematic
thinking based on sound
evidence
Reflection ability to reflect
2
on and critique own
performance

10

N/A

10

This can be shown through the work that

I have done for the centre of excellence
(Ready for work).

10

N/A

15

N/A

10

This can be done via analyzing provided

examples and ideas that are shown
within Level 3 BTEC in business course
work.

SKILL

Study Skills
Ability to manage and
prioritise time to meet
deadlines
Ability to identify relevant
sources of information,
including people and reference
material
Ability to use a library to find
books and journal articles
Ability to take notes, organise
them, and integrate them with
other sources of information
Ability to reference materials
using an appropriate system,
e.g., Harvard or Vancouver

COMPETE
NC
E

JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

2 3
1

3
2

COMPETE
NCE
X
JOB
IMPORTAN
CE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

12.5

Demonstrated through course work.

Used for research in regards to course

work and GCSE English.
Shown through course work and class
sessions of which relevant information
was taught.
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Meeting deadlines for assignments and

assessments.

Identify your learning needs

(Note): Now pick three of the highest scoring skills from the above audit (by multiplying your scores as shown
above) that you need to develop further. List these below in order of priority.
Skill Area

Action Plan for Development and where you can access these

1: Interpretation
Ability to interpret
inferential statistics, e.g.,
confidence intervals,
statistical significance,
effect size

I can develop this skill via practicing it by using my research skills in order to find examples
of which I can complete and learn from thus improving this skill in greater detail.

2: Negotiation
Ability to reach a
mutually satisfactory
outcome through
compromise

I can develop this skill by learning better methods of negotiating, these can be such things
as improving my listening skills and gathering and learning more information about the
topics of which the negotiation is based upon. In addition to this, I could also learn ways of
which help compromise in regards to the given subject and have a better understanding of
where the other person Is coming from with their point of view.

3: Self management
Reasoning skills
ability to defend
argument using logical
and systematic thinking
based on sound evidence

(Linked to the second skills area)