Student Name Flynn Rochford

Professional Development: Task 2 – Identifying

job roles in your chosen area/industry(U3: LO 3.2, AC 2.1
& 2.2))

You are required to carry out the following three tasks to complete this
assignment. I’ll be looking for these headings on your page:

Skills Audit Analysis: This section is designed to get you thinking about your own
strengths as well as identifying things you’d like to be better at.

Transferable Skills Analysis: We’re then going to look at skills you feel can be
applied to the course and your career as an Esports professional, which you may have
learned in other aspects of your life.

Identifying and applying effective working practices: Finally, we’ll look at some
established effective working practices which you’ll discuss the importance of. You’ll
then grade yourself out of ten for each one.

You can copy and paste the relevant tasks of this worksheet on to your
Weebly page in order to complete for submission

• Use this worksheet to help you construct your response to this section of
the assignment brief.
• You will be given certain assignment tasks to be completed in class
• You may also undertake ‘extended learning’ outside of the class time
when required
• You will use your Weebly page for your response. No hard copy is
required, but you are advised to keep any work safe by uploading it
digitally.
• You must reference ALL sources that you use in researching this
assignment, and this must be made clear in your response.
• Remember, plagiarism will result in your work being failed and possible
disciplinary action taken.

The first task we’re going to look at is a skills audit…

Task 1 – SKILLS AUDIT ANALYSIS (Do this task on your Weebly page)

Part 1: Look at the twelve skills and place them in order of difficulty, with the most
difficult first (you can do this by cutting and pasting them in order):
Speaking in front of people - I think that a way I could try to overcome this
problem is to gain a bit of confidence and self esteem to be able to try and
combat the worrying factor. I also find it difficult to speak to others aloud because
of my autism. This is where I find it tough to speak to others without stuttering
and also finding it hard to make eye contact and speak to those who I have not
known for a long time.
Presentation skills – One way that I can try to improve my presentation skills is
the same as speaking in front of other people. This is by trying to build
confidence when speaking aloud and partaking in more public speaking
excercises
Motivation and staying motivated – I’ve always found it tough to always stay
motivated. This has come from previous experiences where I was on
Hampshire’s books when playing cricket and being released at 15 due to over
16s being on a semi professional contract. I can try and be more motivated by
staying set and focused on the task in hand
Time management – I’ve always found time management quite simple by
always checking what is happening the next day at what time. Sometimes this
doesn’t always work out and the odd time is where I have missed something and
leaves me with 5 minutes to get ready. I can improve on this by knowing for
definite what is happening next
Evaluating own work – I have been able to know whether my work is neat or
not, and when it isn’t I’ll always do it again until I believe it is good enough
standard. It comes back to the motivation side of things whether the piece of
work is good enough or not
Writing skills – My Writing has always been quite scruffy so I’m happy that we
have moved to digital work due to handwriting issues. If anything written has to
be done, I’d find a digital copy and type and print the copy out
Getting started on work
Memory
Working with others
Effective use of session time
Writing skills
Use of IT skills
Reading skills
Part 2: Now use the ‘traffic light’ system to highlight which you feel is the most or
least difficult for you (you can do this by changing the text colour)
Red – major priority which needs working on a lot
Amber (or yellow) – difficult, but manageable
Green – confident

Part 3: Write a few lines of what you can do to turn each of the red and amber
priorities into green.

Task 2 - TRANSFERABLE SKILLS CHECKLIST (Do this task on your Weebly

page)

This is the second task. It’s about skills which you can use on the course which
you may have used in other situations…

Highlight as many of these transferable skills which definitely apply to you…

Key Transferable Skills

Meet deadlines Work independently

Ability to plan Accept responsibility
Instruct others Desire to learn/improve
Good time management Solve problems
Talk in public Team player
Written communications Computer/IT skills

Other Transferable Skills (Dealing with things)

Use my hands Assemble/make things

Safety conscious Follow instructions
Drive vehicles Repair things

Dealing with Data

Analyse data or facts Working with spreadsheets

Locate answers or information Research

Creative, Artistic

Artistic Perform, act Expressive

Draw, sketch Play instruments

Working with People

Patient Care for others Persuasive

Pleasant Sensitive Outgoing
Supportive Help others Tactful
High energy Diplomatic Adaptable
Open minded Take orders Speak in public
Listen Trustful Negotiate

Using Words, Ideas

Articulate Innovative Communicate verbally

Logical Remember information Remember names
Research Create new ideas Design
Speak in public Presentations Edit information
Write clearly
Leadership

Arrange an event Motivate people Decisive

Plan Delegate Empower others
Explain things to others Self-motivated Get results
Think of others Team builder Solve problems
Take risks

Next, choose ONE transferable skill from each coloured section which you might
identify as being your strongest (you might highlight four skills for Leadership,
but which is your strongest?).

Write a little next to each of these Identifying how you have used each of these
chosen skills AND how this skill might be useful on the Level 3 Esports course.

Key Transferrable Skills – Work independently

I think once the task has been set and I have an idea on what the end goal is, I’m able to
get underway with work and do a few “power sessions” In getting my head down and
working for a period of time before taking a small break. This works with the Level 3
Esports course because of the long projects that will happen across the year and the
amount of work that has to be put in is of a high calibre

Dealing with Data – I’ve found data and analysis quite important and that I’m Curious
with specific data when being used in sports. The use of data will be important for the
esports course due to using statistics from specific Esports teams when learning about
the business

Working with people – Supportive

I find that I’m quite a supportive person and always try to put others first rather than
myself. This is an important skill for anyone to have that caring side of yourself to
hopefully have that supportiveness back from others. This will help in the Esports
Course when working on a project with other people to make sure the work is up to a
good standard whilst also making sure that they’re taking their own time and if they
need an extra pair of hands.

Using Words, Ideas – Remember information

Remembering what information has been given to you is crucial in any aspect or
situation. This can come from a piece of homework to a remembering if you’re going out
for the day. This is important for the esports course when learning information about
the business of esports when having to put it into your own words
Task 3 – IDENTIFYING AND APPLYING EFFECTIVE WORKING PRACTICES
(Do this task on your Weebly page)

OK, for this one I’d like you to give a brief description of how you can apply
each of the following twenty effective working practices to the Level 3 Esports
course and why these are considered important. Also grade yourself out 10
for each one

1 Punctuality – When writing a piece of work to put on Weebly - 10

2 Motivation – When having a small piece of your newest project left with
free time- 3

3 Review your work (at end of session or assignment) – To make sure you
think that your work is up to a good standard - 8

4 Plan ahead – If you have a busy schedule, then planning ahead gives you
a good idea on when you can next do you work. – 7

5 Be organised – Organising all your folders into which project is which is a

good way to know what is where in your L Drive – 8

6 Create good workday habits – Helps you stay on task during sessions
and when you’re on the clock - 7

7 Keep promises to colleagues – Being able to keep promises

8 Prioritise work – being able to fully prioritise your work can show that you
can put the more important priorities first – 6

9 If unsure, ask – If there’s something you haven’t understood, then always

ask to see if you’re teacher can explain again - 9

10 Maintain concentration and focus – Keeping focused on the target and

project before the end of the session. - 8
11 Watch your language – when talking around members of staff - 10

12 Give positive feedback to others – Whenever someone has created a

good piece of work, praise should always be offered out to the student in
question - 9

13 Share the credit – Always giving credit to someone who put some extra
effort into the project - 8

14 Be a team member – Always seeing how people are getting on with their
work and if you can offer anyone advice on how they can try and improve

15 Avoid complaining – If two people see different views on something then

don’t escalate the situation further - 8

16 Find a mentor/become a mentor-Always lending a helping hand to those

that are in need - 8

17 Effective time management – Making sure that time is on your side and
you have enough of it to complete the set work - 7

18 Taking a short break – Breaks can always help calm yourself down after
a long stint of hard work - 7

19 Recognising errors or mistakes – Finding spelling or grammatical

mistakes in your piece of writing -9

20 Seeing opportunities – finding the opportunities in your piece of work in

which you can adapt and excel the piece of work that little bit further - 5
Worksheets can be completed digitally or by hand.
If completed by hand these must be scanned in or photographed to a decent standard.

This document must be completed on your Weebly site in the page allocated for
Professional Development. The headings can be reproduced within the page or the
document can be embedded using a Scribd window.