Key Skills Audit
Key Skills Audit
Section A –
Start of Course
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Section B –
End of Course
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Rank your
skills confidence level (1-5) (1 being the highest)
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Which
skills do you aim to develop this term
(Please *)
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Rank your
skills confidence level (1-5) (1 being the highest)
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Which
skills do you aim to develop this term
(Please *)
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Communication
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Written
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Reports
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3
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*
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3
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*
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Technical reports
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3
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*
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3
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*
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Presentations
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4
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*
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3
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*
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Verbal
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One to one
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4
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*
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3
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*
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Group work
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4
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*
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3
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*
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Presentations
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5
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*
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3
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*
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Contribute ideas
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4
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*
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3
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*
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Listening
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Note taking
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4
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*
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2
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*
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Asking questions
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3
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3
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IT Skills
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Software Applications
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Word Processing
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2
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*
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1
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*
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PowerPoint
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2
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*
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1
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*
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Internet
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2
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1
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Email
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2
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1
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Learning to Learn
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Sourcing material quickly
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3
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*
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2
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*
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Summarising Information
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4
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*
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3
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*
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Time Management
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3
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*
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3
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*
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Working to deadlines
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3
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*
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3
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*
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Reflective practice
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3
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*
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2
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*
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Problem Solving
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4
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*
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3
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*
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Proof reading your work
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3
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*
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3
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*
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Working with others
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As a team player
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4
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*
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3
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*
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Motivating others
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4
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*
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4
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*
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Working independently
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2
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2
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Working quietly, respecting others
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2
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1
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Describe what strengths you
have, providing examples? (at least 10 needed).
- Touch typing – I can
close my eyes and type out a full paragraph usually without any mistakes
at a fast pace
- Software – I usually
tend to get a bit lost in trance when using new software’s that are
interesting, making it more a hobby and gaining quick experience on how to
navigate and troubleshoot errors
- Time management – I
usually set at least a timeframe allowing me to usually get to where I need
to be around 5-10 minutes early
- Independent working – I
like to keep myself to myself a lot of the time as I tend to zone out on
my surroundings due to concentration on my current task
- Helping others –
helping friends or family always makes me feel a lot better than I
originally did, to stay in a good mind set and stay positive I like to go
out my way to help other people
- Self-learning – I like
to spend a lot of time in my own hours learning more detail about the
fundamentals of what I already know, I believe learning something new
every day is a good way of keeping yourself refreshed
- Literature – from being
in a family which has always been on top of spelling correctly, it’s kind
of mandatory to know how to spell correctly
- Determination – after
studying different subjects after all confidence was knocked from an IT
apprenticeship (music, labouring) I am now more determined than ever to
achieve a career in ICT
- Targets – I have
already set myself a 3-year goal plan (BTEC level 3, CompTIA A+,
Networking+, Security+, HnD in IT and a part time job while I study in
further education)
- Teaching – I play a big
role model to my younger brother, who is also wanting to learn from me
what I know, spending hours on weekends breaking down what I already know
to prepare him if he chooses to learn ICT or if he wishes to have a
guideline to computing
List, with explanations,
areas for improvements you are going to work towards? (at least 10 areas identified).
- Computer hardware –
Until I started my BTEC in IT I have had no experience in computer
hardware
- Programming and coding
– This is another new area that I have been recommended by friends to
learn as soon as possible
- E-Commerce/Business – I
have no idea on any form of business studies that can relate too but would
really like to learn the basics of business and how it can also combine IT
- Law – I wish to gain a
basic understanding in law and how it can benefit me knowing the
fundamentals
- Verbal communication –
I would like to improve my verbal communication skills as I sometimes
doubt myself on what I’m about to say in case it is wrong and I feel a
little silly
- Prioritizing tasks – I
wish to make sure that all my main priorities always come first and I
don’t leave a high priority task or commitment due to a lower priority
- Being on-point – I tend
to get a bit carried away when it comes to talking and writing, I wish to
start just getting to the point a lot quicker and easier other than
talking or explaining things which don’t really need to be mentioned
- Security – from being
hacked (keylogged, trojaned) I have a fear of the same ever happening to
my siblings/family/children in the future, security is something I really
wish to know and stay on top of in the future
- Networking – as I wish
to progress from hardware to networking to then security, it is mandatory
that I learn how networking and troubleshooting networking works
- Working in teams –
confident to speak to other people but always have an anxiety that people
disagree with my ideas so don’t always speak out about my ideas
