Venues

Kilmarnock Campus

Content

This course is all about preparing you for life after school – building skills, developing your confidence and helping you decide what your future goals are. Most of all, it lets you see choice of different workplaces out there. Here’s just some of what you’ll be doing: You’ll look at a wide range of vocational areas (workplaces) from trades like joinery and painting and decorating, to motor vehicles, sport, hair and beauty, fashion, early years education or electrical engineering. You’ll visit each department, hear first hand what it’s like to work in these areas and find out how to get started.

You’ll go on a work placement, probably in the college somewhere, to see what it’s like in the real working world. You’ll develop key skills to get you ready for work, such as computing, literacy and numeracy. You’ll develop good habits for the working world, like attendance and time-keeping. You’ll build transferable Essential Skills in meaningful contexts to help you become more effective in life, learning, and work. This could be communication, numeracy, ICT, working with others, and problem solving.

Entry Requirements

No formal entry requirements.