Purpose of the unit standard:
The purpose of this unit standard is to facilitate learning and to ensure that learners are able to cope with learning in the context
of learnerships, skills programmes, and other learning programmes. Many adult learners in the FET band have not been in a learning situation for a long time, and need learning and study strategies and skills to enable successful progression. Learners competent at this level will be able to deal with learning materials, to access and use useful resources, to seek clarification
and help when necessary, and apply a range of learning strategies. They do this with an understanding of the features and processes of the workplace and occupations to which their learning programme refer.
Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:
- Access and use suitable learning resources
- Techniques for Selecting Artwork
- Use learning strategies
- Manage occupational learning programme materials
- Conduct basic research, analyse and present findings
- Function in a team
- Reflect on how characteristics of the workplace and occupational context affect learning
Course Content
Access and use available learning resources.
Specific Outcome
- Relevant learning resources are identified
- Learning resources are used effectively through appropriate selection of information and acknowledgement of sources
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Use learning strategies
Specific Outcome
- Information is summarised and used for learning purposes
- Specific techniques are selected and applied appropriately
- Relevant questions are asked
- Texts are read/viewed for detail, interpreted and analysed for a given context
- Spoken/signed input is listened to/viewed for detail, interpreted and analysed for a given context
- Learning takes place through communicating with others in groups or as individuals.
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Manage occupational learning materials
Specific Outcome
- Occupational learning materials are organized for efficient use
- Layout and presentation of learning materials are understood and used effectively
- Technical language/ terminology is engaged with, and clarification sought if needed
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Conduct basic research, analyse, and present findings.
Specific Outcome
- Appropriate or relevant topic and scope is identified and defined
- Research steps are planned and sequenced appropriately
- Research techniques are applied
- Information is evaluated for relevance.
- Information is classified, categorized and sorted.
- Research findings are analysed and presented in the appropriate format.
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Function in a team.
Specific Outcome
- Active participation takes place in group learning situations.
- Responsibilities in the team are taken up and group work conventions are applied in learning situation
- Conflict management and negotiating techniques are practised in a defined context.
- Team work results in meaningful product or outcomes.
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Reflect on how characteristics of the workplace and occupational context affect learning.
Specific Outcome
- Sector and organisation type is identified.
- Features of the occupational environment are described and discussed.
- Ways in which these features affect learning processes and/or application of learning are described and discussed
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