Having vocational sites and close connections with local employment partners supports our students’ wellbeing and progression as they learn lifelong employability skills during their work experience sessions, this develops their self-confidence and builds self-esteem. For our young people to be successful in their chosen vocational areas, it is important we support their emotional and mental wellbeing. A young person who has these skills will have fewer barriers to learning and a better understanding of themselves and how to meet their own needs.
Students learn life long, valuable transferrable employability skills to increase the likelihood of them access a meaningful vocation when they leave college.
Some of the transferable skills that the students learn include:
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working skills
- Problem solving skills
- Listening skills and following instructions
- Keeping safe and following procedures
- Behaviour and self-presentation
- Working under pressure
- Time management
- Positive work ethics and motivation
- Health and Safety
- Adaptability
- Functional numeracy and literacy
- Digital skills and IT
- Decision making
