CAREER AND ENTERPRISE

Unit 3 2022
Task 1
ELECTRONIC INDIVIDUAL PATHWAY
PLAN
Learning to learn
 the value of participating in lifelong learning designed to support career goals
 identify personal and professional learning opportunities and understand their link to career
development
Career development and management
 examine personal progress in each of the following career competencies:
 make career-enhancing decisions
o seeks advice, feedback and support as required
 maintain balanced life and work roles
o develops a personal, school and work timetable to manage all commitments
 understand the changing nature of life and work roles
o identifies changes in personal roles and commitments that will occur in the school to post-
school transition
 understand, engage in and manage the career-building process
o sets personal learning challenges using formal and informal learning opportunities

 develop/refine own electronic career portfolio (to be done in semester 2)

 develop/refine own electronic individual pathway plan (IPP)

Gaining and keeping work

 location of job opportunities, including:
 newspapers
 websites
 social and professional networking
 professional associations
 interpret requirements in a job advertisement, including:
 job description
 job location
 qualifications required
 selection criteria
 expression of interest requirements
 application process and deadline
 strategies for successfully applying for a job, including:
 writing a job application letter

Riggyan Kurrun

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Name: Riggyan Kurrun
Teacher: Mrs Fraser
Date Due:

LIFELONG LEARNING
Learning occurs continuously throughout life and having a positive approach to learning will
help you manage your career development.
Due to constant changes in technology and the labour market, you must be able to cope with
change by committing to learning and re-skilling.

Discuss why it is important to participate in lifelong learning to support career goals:

To keep challenging yourself and gain enough experience for raises and security in your
work.

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In the table below give examples of personal and professional learning opportunities you
could engage in to support your career goals:
Personal learning opportunity Professional learning opportunity
Discuss with friends, family and Work part time,
colleagues
Go out with friends more often Create connections to advance in
career
Relax in spare time and participate in Work more shifts and gain more
hobbies to relieve stress experience

POST SCHOOL TRANSITIONS

Reflect on the post school options you are considering and identify some of the changes that
will occur in your personal life and work commitments for each scenario:

Post school option Personal life Work commitment

Go to TAFE or Be hanging out with friends Taking more shifts at casual job
University more often and making new and start looking for potential
friends at uni (study groups) workplaces for my career

Take a gap year Socialize with friends and do

more hobbies Work more shifts at casual/ part
time job

Get an apprenticeship Time organization and focus on Work to the best of my ability and
or full time job job and getting a healthy not waste the time I have there
amount of sleep.

WHY SET GOALS? (Mind tools)

Goal setting is used by top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all
fields. Setting goals gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation.

Step 1: Setting Lifetime Goals

The first step in setting goals is to consider what you want to achieve in your lifetime.
To give a broad, balanced coverage of all important areas in your life:
 Career - What level do you want to reach in your career, or what do you want to
achieve?
 Financial - How much do you want to earn? How is this related to your career goals?

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 Education - Is there any knowledge you want to acquire in particular? What
information and skills will you need to have in order to achieve other goals?
 Family - Do you want to be a parent? If so, how are you going to be a good parent?
How do you want to be seen by a partner or by members of your extended family?
 Artistic - Do you want to achieve any artistic goals?
 Attitude - Is any part of your mindset holding you back? Is there any part of the way
that you behave that upsets you? (If so, set a goal to improve your behaviour or find a
solution to the problem.)
 Physical - Are there any athletic goals that you want to achieve, or do you want good
health deep into old age? What steps are you going to take to achieve this?
 Pleasure - How do you want to enjoy yourself? (You should ensure that some of your
life is for you!)
 Public Service - Do you want to make the world a better place? If so, how?

Step 2: Setting Smaller Goals

Once you have set your lifetime goals, set a five-year plan of smaller goals that you need to
complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan. Then create a one-year plan, six-month plan,
and a one-month plan of progressively smaller goals that you should reach to achieve your
lifetime goals. Then create a daily To-Do List of things that you should do today to work
towards your lifetime goals.

Further Goal Setting Tips

The following broad guidelines will help you to set effective, achievable goals:
 State each goal as a positive statement - Express your goals
 Be precise: Set precise goals, putting in dates, times and amounts so that you can
measure achievement.
 Set priorities - When you have several goals, give each a priority. This helps you to
avoid feeling overwhelmed by having too many goals.
 Write goals down - This crystallizes them and gives them more force.
 Keep operational goals small - Keeping goals small and incremental gives more
opportunities for reward.
 Set performance goals, not outcome goals - If you base your goals on personal
performance, then you can keep control over the achievement of your goals, and draw
satisfaction from them. In business, things you may not be able to control could be
unexpected effects of government policy. In sport, they could include bad weather,
injury, or just plain bad luck.
 Set realistic goals - It's important to set goals that you can achieve. All sorts of
people (for example, employers, parents, media, or society) can set unrealistic goals
for you. It's also possible to set goals that are too difficult because you might not
appreciate either the obstacles in the way.

VISION BOARD
Watch: Draw your future, take control of your life (10:32) https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=zESeeaFDVSw

You are to create a vision board, a picture display of how you would like your life to look in
the future. You can do this on your Macbook or use magazine cut outs. Dream big!

Your Vision Board will then be displayed in a class mural.

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To get you started write down some things you would like to include in your vision board:

Vision Board

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 What Am I Like?
Personal Attributes Skills and/or abilities Values to work
Personal How I can use Skills How I can use My How these will
attributes I these to and/or these to achieve values be met by my
demonstrate achieve my abilities I my goals professional
goals have goals
developed

SELF-MANAGEMENT: PERSONAL ACTIVITY LOG

Achieving your personal and professional goals may require commitment to study, part-time
work, exercise, socialising and other aspects of your life.

Record your personal, school and work commitments for the next week in the timetable
below:

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

Before Breakfas Breakfas Breakfas Breakfas Sleep in Sleep in

9am Breakfas t and get t, get t, get t, get
t and get ready ready ready ready
ready for for for for for
school school school school school

9am - 12pm School school Work Work Either Do a

school thinking thinking thinking thinking asleep or hobby or
thinking about about about about having hang out
about lunch and lunch and lunch and going out breakfas with
lunch breaks breaks breaks with t friends
friends or family

12pm - 3pm school school School Hang out Play Have

School thinking thinking thinking with sport and lunch
thinking about about about friends hang out with
about going going going with friends
the rest home home home friends or family
of the or family
day and have
lunch

3pm - 6pm Go home Go home Go home Hang out Still out Hanging
Go home go, get and cook go, get with hanging out with

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 and chill ready dinner ready friends with friends
out or for a for a family or or family
hang out training training friends
with session in session in
friends sport sport
and cook
dinner

6pm - 9pm chill at Recover Have Recover Go out Come Come

home, from dinner from and get home and home
have session and chill session dinner chill out chill out
dinner at home out until at home with and play
and play have bed have friends video
video dinner dinner games
games and chill and chill
out out

After 9 pm Get Get Get Get Finish Play Get

Make note of ready for ready ready ready the night video ready for
the time you bed for bed for bed for bed out and games bed
went to sleep
go to bed with
friends
until 12
and go to
bed

Do you feel there is balance in your life and work roles? If not, what could you do achieve
more balance?
yes, my schedule is extremely balanced with home and work.
__________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

LOCATION OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Once you have decided on a career path and made progress in obtaining the required
training and education, you will need to begin searching for a job that suits you. Look at the
figure below which shows the results of a recent Skillsroad survey of 15 -24 year olds.
What does the data tell us? _______________________________________________

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There are many ways to search for work, these include; using online recruitment agencies,
company websites, advertisements in newspapers, magazines and noticeboards, personally
approaching employers (door-knocking), employment agencies, networking, extra-curricular
activities (work experience, volunteering), professional associations.

Finding job opportunities or vacancies may require you to utilise a variety of sources.
Complete the table below:

Location of job opportunity Examples of work search resources

Newspapers Eg West Australian newspaper

 The guardian
 Daily News
 The Sunday Times
Websites Eg www.jobsearch.gov.au
 www.jobs.wa.gov.au
 http://au.indeed.com/
 https://www.seek.com.au/
Social Networks Eg Family friend
 My friends
 soccer coach
 Older Brothers friends
Professional Networks Eg Work experience supervisor
 University
 TAFE
 Government
Professional Associations Eg State School Teachers Association
 Education department
 Green batch
 Health department

INTERPRETING REQUIREMENTS IN A JOB

ADVERTISEMENT
In order to gain work, you must first find a job vacancy and then interpret the requirements in
the job advertisement. The advertisement usually has the following components:

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 Job description – this usually gives the job title and contains a basic description of the
job including work pattern (full time, part time, casual, etc)
 Job location – the geographic base of the position, and often if regular travel is involved.
 Qualifications required – include formal education and training, such as TAFE
Certificates and Degrees, but can also include any licensing required for that position;
Drivers - various classes related to vehicle
Safety Certifications – White Card, Hazardous materials handling, working at heights,
Registration – Builders Registration, Working with Children Check.
 Selection criteria – when applying for a job you are required to write a short statement
against each criterion, which outlines how your current skills, attributes, knowledge
 Application process and deadline –can include very specific instructions regarding the
length and format of your application, the method of submitting and the closing date.
1. Have a go with the newspaper advertisement below:
Job Registered nurse at Brightwater
description Kingsley for a permanent part 2. Google jobswa and find a job
time basis: vacancy you are interested in. You are
now to interpret the requirements of the
Job location Brightwater Kingsley, 41 job advertisement in the table below:
Renegade Way, Kingsley WA

Qualifications Senior first aid certificate

required registered with APHRA and hold
a National Police Clearance

Selection Motivated and energetic

criteria/skills individual with aged care
experience and an interest in
working with the elderly
Application Email Aileen Williams.
process &
deadline

Job description Health and P.E secondary school teacher

Job location Ballarat Clarendon College

Qualifications required  Capacity to teach Health and Physical Education Years

5-10.
 Demonstrated commitment to Child Safety.
 Willingness to learn, be resilient and agile.
 Confidence in extending and enriching student
learning.
 Unrestricted registration with VIT to teach secondary
students in Victoria.

Selection criteria/skills  A demonstrated understanding of and commitment to

Clarendon's curriculum.
 Excellent ICT skills, including high level proficiency
with relevant software.

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  Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills
when liaising with colleagues, students, parents,
members of the community and the public.
 Ability to work both autonomously and within a team.
 A willingness to fully engage in annual goal setting and
professional review.
 Teachers who are successful in joining the Clarendon
team are excellent team players and confident
communicators that are fully committed to the school
and its community.
 Teachers report to and operate under the general
direction of their Head of Subject and Heads of
School. Teachers interact with all areas and levels of
staff as well as relevant external parties which often
require discretion and confidentiality.

Application process & To apply

deadline Please complete an application by providing a covering letter
that addresses the key selection criteria and outlines your
ability to meet the requirements of this role supported by a
resume via our careers page at:
clarendon.recruitmenthub.com.au/vacancies/Vacancies & enter
job ref number: 5831945
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt with applications
closing 27 February 2022

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST REQUIREMENTS

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are generally used for non-ongoing positions, where a person is
needed to fill a job for a short length of time. This document is an alternative to writing a fully-
fledged selection-criteria response. It is much more a selling document, one that captures
your strengths and experience in a way that convinces the reader that you will make a
valuable contribution. People are asked to prepare a written response, usually with a
maximum length specified, such as 2 pages, and attach a CV.

The expression of interest is based on a short job description which will outline what the
person is to do and the experience and skills needed to carry out the role.

Your expression of interest should be written around three sections:

1. A short opening paragraph that makes a succinct case for why you should be
considered for the vacancy, based on your portfolio of relevant skills, knowledge and
experience relevant to the roles.
2. Several example-based paragraphs which tell stories about how you have used your role-
related skills to deliver results. These examples should be written in SAO (situation,
action, outcome) format. Rather than taking criteria and skills separately, look for examples
that combine skills. For example, a story about project management might combine
communication with stakeholders, research and analysis, writing, team management.

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3. A short closing paragraph that could indicate the contribution you wish to make and your
enthusiasm for this opportunity.

Note: you need to update and tailor your resume so that it complements your expression of
interest. Modified from - Dr Ann Villiers : http://www.selectioncriteria.com.au/

Activity: Go onto seek.com and look for an advertisement that requires an expression of
interest. In the space below write your expression of interest response:

Expression of interest: I am writing to express my interest as a secondary P.E/ health

teacher 2022

Dear Clarendon College

I consider myself the best candidate for this job because I am considered by many as the
best P.E teacher to ever grace this Earth. I have achieved A’s all through my Highschool
P.E classes and have completed a certificate 2 in Sport Coaching and a Certificate 4 in
Education Support. Meaning I am very versatile and a fantastic people person, which is
very easy to work in. I am also experienced with ICT skills and an amazing problem solver
allowing me to work very well in a team.

I was told to lead a group of year 8’s for the 2021 lightning carnival for the day, all the
students had fun and no-one got injured and they listened to all my instructions, at the end
of the day all the students said I was greatest of all time in teaching.

I am excited to work at Clarendon college and hope I can make the students excel in their
health and P.E studies.

Yours sincerely, Riggyan Kurrun

APPLICATION LETTER (for mainstream students)

Follow the outline below using Times New Roman, size 12 font for your letter, print your letter
and place it in your portfolio.

Write a letter applying for a casual job at a local

business of your choice.

(Date)

(Mr/ Ms Name of Supervisor)

(Company Name)
(Street Number) (Street Name)
(Suburb) WA (Post code)

Dear (Ms/Mrs/Mr)

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I wish to apply for a casual position as a Coles checkout worker (identify position) with your
company.

NOW INSERT YOUR OWN PARAGRAPHS ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

 Education and other qualifications.

 Relevant employment experience and the skills you have developed

(if you don’t have any employment experience, you may refer to sporting, volunteer work or
other activities in or out of school time)

 Explain why you are interested in the position and why you feel that you are
suited to the position.

My resume and personal details are enclosed for your consideration. I would appreciate the
opportunity to discuss my application further and would be available for an interview at a time
convenient to you. I can be contacted on (insert number as above).

Yours faithfully

(Signature)

(Your Name)

Your (First Name) and (Surname)

(Street Number) (Street Name)
(Suburb) WA (Post code)
(Telephone Number)

APPLICATION LETTER (for VET students)

Follow the outline below using Times New Roman, size 12 font for your letter, print your letter
and place it in your portfolio.

Write a letter applying for an apprenticeship or

traineeship at your work placement.

(Date)

(Mr/ Ms Name of Supervisor)

(Company Name)
(Street Number) (Street Name)
(Suburb) WA (Post code)

Dear (Ms/Mrs/Mr)

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I wish to apply for the position of __________________________ (identify position) with
your firm, as advertised on ____________________________ (insert date).

NOW INSERT YOUR OWN PARAGRAPHS ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

 Education and other qualifications.

 Relevant employment experience and the skills you have developed

(if you don’t have any employment experience, you may refer to sporting, volunteer work or
other activities in or out of school time)

 Explain why you are interested in the position and why you feel that you are
suited to the position.

My resume and personal details are enclosed for your consideration. I would appreciate the
opportunity to discuss my application further and would be available for an interview at a time
convenient to you. I can be contacted on (insert number as above).

Yours faithfully

(Signature)

(Your Name)

Your (First Name) and (Surname)

(Street Number) (Street Name)
(Suburb) WA (Post code)
(Telephone Number)

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 CAREER COMPETENCIES
In the table below tick and comment on your level of development for each of the career competencies:

Your level of your ability to manage yourself and... Okay So-so Low Notes on how I can build on my current level
Personal
Management
1. build and maintain a positive self-image Focus on the positives about myself

2. interact positively and effectively with others Focus on the positives on others

3. change and grow throughout life Keep moving forward even when times are bad

Your level of your ability to learn and explore work and ...
Learning & 4. participate in lifelong learning to support career goals Don’t turn down opportunities to learn new things
work
exploration
5. locate and effectively use career information Ask more experienced people questions about the job

6. understand the relationship between work, society and Research on how they relate to each other if I’m not sure
the economy
Your level of your ability to build and develop your career and ...

Career 7. secure/create and maintain work Keep working hard to secure and maintain a steady job
Building
8. make career enhancing decisions Always look for raises or new job opportunities in your work

9. maintain balanced life and work roles Keep my schedule the same and socialise on weekends and
work weekdays
10. understanding the changing nature of life and work Changes are always occurring, always adapt positively to
roles those changes
11. understand, engage in and manage the career building Ask more experienced staff members on how to build my
process career effectively and efficiently.

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 PRACTICE EST QUESTION
1. To stay up-to-date in any work environment requires ongoing personal and professional
training and development.
(6 marks)
State one of your own personal career goals.
___Get a steady job that pays anywhere between 88,000 and 115,000 dollars
__________________________________________________________________

(a) Identify one (1) personal development opportunity and explain how this would help you
to achieve your stated career goal.
_Study more when I’m in university to get my qualification with the least amount of
stress.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

(b) Identify one (1) professional development opportunity and explain how this would help
you to achieve your stated career goal.

______________________________________________________________________
_Work well in the team of staff and build good professional relationships with
everyone.______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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Description Marks
Lists the personal development opportunity 1
Explains how the personal development opportunity could help achieve the
1
identified career goal
Links the personal development opportunity to the specific career goal 1
Lists the professional development opportunity 1
Explains how the professional development opportunity could help achieve the
1
identified career goal
Links the professional development opportunity to the specific career goal 1
Total 6

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Section 0 marks 1/2 mark 1 mark
Short term Personal Goal Goal not stated Limited description of goal Comprehensive description of goal
Described

Short term Personal Goal Importance not stated Limited description of importance Comprehensive description given of
Importance importance

Short term Personal Goal Barriers not stated Limited description of barriers Comprehensive description given of
Barriers barriers

Short term Personal Goal Support not mentioned Limited description of support Comprehensive description given of
Support support networks

Short term Personal Goal Actions to achieve goal not mentioned Limited description of actions to Comprehensive description of
Actions achieve goal actions to achieve goal

Short term Educational Goal Goal not stated Limited description of goal Comprehensive description of goal
Described

Short term Educational Goal Importance not stated Limited description of importance Comprehensive description given of
Importance importance

Short term Educational Goal Barriers not stated Limited description of barriers Comprehensive description given of
Barriers barriers

Short term Educational Goal Support not mentioned Limited description of support Comprehensive description given of
Support support networks

Short term Educational Goal Actions to achieve goal not mentioned Limited description of actions to Comprehensive description of
Actions achieve goal actions to achieve goal

Short term Career Goal Goal not stated Limited description of goal Comprehensive description of goal
Described

Short term Career Goal Importance not stated Limited description of importance Comprehensive description given of
Importance importance

Short term Career Goal Barriers not stated Limited description of barriers Comprehensive description given of
Barriers barriers

Short term Career Goal Support not mentioned Limited description of support Comprehensive description given of
Support support networks

Short term Career Goal Actions to achieve goal not mentioned Limited description of actions to Comprehensive description of
Actions achieve goal actions to achieve goal

Attributes/Strengths None identified 1 identified 2 identified

Profile: No explanation given Limited explanation given Comprehensive explanation given
How attributes/strengths can be (both attributes discussed)
used to achieve goals
Profile: No skills identified 1 skill identified 2 skills identified
Skills/abilities
Profile: No explanation given Limited explanation given Comprehensive explanation given
How skills can be used to (both skills discussed)
achieve goals
Profile: No values identified 1 value identified 2 values identified
Values

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Profile:
How values will be met by
professional goals
Occupation 1 Job title
Occupation 1 Name of
educational or training institute
Occupation 1 Name of course
Occupation 1 Length of course
Occupation 1 Pre-requisites to
get into course
Occupation 2 Job title
Occupation 2 Name of
educational or training institute
Occupation 2 Name of course
Occupation 2 Length of course
Occupation 2 Pre-requisites to
get into course
Up skilling/professional
development/retraining
that may be needed
Up skilling/professional
development/retraining
People that can help
Up skilling/professional
development/retraining
How it can help
Long term Personal Goal
Described
Long term Personal Goal
Importance
Long term Personal Goal
Barriers
Long term Personal Goal
Support
Long term Personal Goal
Actions
Long term Educational Goal
Described
Long term Educational Goal
Importance
Long term Educational Goal
Barriers
Long term Educational Goal
Support
Long term Educational Goal
Actions
Long term Career Goal
Described
No explanation given Limited explanation given
No job title given Job title incomplete
No institute given Institute name incomplete
No course given Course name incomplete
No length of course given Length of course incomplete
No pre-requisites given Pre-requisites incomplete
No job title given Job title incomplete
No institute given Institute name incomplete
No course given Course name incomplete
No length of course given Length of course incomplete
No pre-requisites given Pre-requisites incomplete
No mention of possible up Limited explanation of possible up
skilling/retraining skilling or retraining
No mention of people that can help find Limited explanation of people that help
out about up skilling find out about up skilling
No mention of how up skilling/retraining Limited explanation of how up skilling
helps or retraining helps
Goal not stated Limited description of goal
Importance not stated Limited description of importance
Barriers not stated Limited description of barriers
Support not mentioned Limited description of support
Actions to achieve goal not mentioned Limited description of actions to
achieve goal
Goal not stated Limited description of goal
Importance not stated Limited description of importance
Barriers not stated Limited description of barriers
Support not mentioned Limited description of support
Actions to achieve goal not mentioned Limited description of actions to
achieve goal
Goal not stated Limited description of goal
Comprehensive explanation given
(both values discussed)
Job title comprehensive
Institute name comprehensive
Course name comprehensive
Length of course comprehensive
Pre-requisites comprehensive
Job title comprehensive
Institute name comprehensive
Course name comprehensive
Length of course comprehensive
Pre-requisites comprehensive
Comprehensive explanation of
possible up skilling or retraining
Comprehensive explanation of
people that can help find out about
up skilling
Comprehensive explanation of
how up skilling or retraining helps
Comprehensive description of goal
Comprehensive description given of
importance
Comprehensive description given of
barriers
Comprehensive description given of
support networks
Comprehensive description of
actions to achieve goal
Comprehensive description of goal
Comprehensive description given of
importance
Comprehensive description given of
barriers
Comprehensive description given of
support networks
Comprehensive description of
actions to achieve goal
Comprehensive description of goal
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 Long term Career Goal Importance not stated Limited description of importance Comprehensive description given of
Importance importance

Long term Career Goal Barriers not stated Limited description of barriers Comprehensive description given of
Barriers barriers

Long term Career Goal Support not mentioned Limited description of support Comprehensive description given of
Support support networks
Long term Career Goal Actions to achieve goal not mentioned Limited description of actions to Comprehensive description of
Actions achieve goal actions to achieve goal

Mark for IPP /48

Mark for completing booklet /22

Total mark /70

Comment:

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