TRANSFERABLE SKILLS AUDIT

Name: Adnaan Yaqoob Course: Level 3 business Year: Year 2 Date: 25/10/19

Section 1

Consider the skills listed below and rate how important you think each skill is for employment and how competent you are in this skill.
Consider how each of these skills may enhance your performance, and allow you to develop and advance further. You may wish to discuss
these with your advisor of studies. Alternatively, you may wish to ask a friend or family member, and to compare and discuss your separate
findings.

Once you have rated yourself, multiply the number in the column marked ‘Competence’ with that in the column ‘Job Importance’. So, for
example, if you feel that you are not very proficient in verbal and written communication (i.e. you have rated your competence at 4), but that
these skills are very important for employment (i.e. you have rated it at 5), then your overall total score would be 5 X 4 = 20.

Section 2
This section will provide you with examples of the types of evidence you can provide to demonstrate your level of competence with each skill.

Competence – How competent are you Job Importance – How important do you
in this skill? think this skill is in Employment?
1. Highly proficient 1. Unnecessary
2. Fairly proficient 2. Not very important
3. Adequate 3. Helpful
4. Not very proficient 4. Fairly important
5. Unskilled 5. Essential
 SKILL
1 2
COMMUNICATION
Written:
Ability to express self well in writing
Verbal:
Informal – ability to network easily
with other people
Formal – ability to express yourself
clearly and concisely to a group of
people
Non-verbal:
Listening – ability to attend actively
to others’ views and ideas and
understand their point of view
COMPETENCE JOB COMPE EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF COMPETENCE
IMPORTANCE TENCE
X
JOB
IMPOR
TANCE
3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
6 I send texts on a daily basis expressing my thoughts and have
emailed my tutors when I have concerns about college, so I am
efficient in expressing myself effectively. However I don't think
it is as important in a job as it would be more verbal and face to
face communication.
5 I am confident that I have the ability to network easily with other
people as I had to at the start of my college years because I didn't
know the majority of my class which resulted in me
communication with them and finding things in common. In my
opinion I think this is important in a job because I would spend a
lot of time at the workplace and with the workforce so they would
be like a second family.
10 I have previously displayed my ability to express myself clearly
and concisely to a group of people as I have done a lot of group
work with people in project and had to do group work at the start
of my first year in college. I also think this is important in a job
because I would be working with people I don't know.
5 In my opinion, I have the ability to attend actively to others’
views and ideas and understand their point of view. I have
developed my listening skills in class by listening to the tutors and
by listening to my friends conflicts and disagreements which i
have had to understand both sides to resolve.this would be an
important skill as there are many conflicts in the workplace.
Body Language – ability to match 8 I need to work on the ability to match body language
body language appropriately to what is appropriately to what is being said verbally as I am normally
being said verbally slouching which results in people thinking I am not bothered
when I am. This skill is quite important in the workplace, however
the majority of people would be more interested in your
comments or suggestions so they would ignore your body
language.
WORKING WITH OTHERS
Cooperation
Ability to collaborate effectively 10 I am quite confident that I am able to collaborate effectively
within a team within a team as I have done a lot of team work for previous
assignments and still am doing teamwork in project so I have lots
of previous experiences and am currently still developing my
skills.
Negotiation
Ability to reach a mutually satisfactory 8 I have had previous experiences where I have compromised to
outcome through compromise reach a mutually satisfactory outcome many times. For example, I
didn't have the skill set needed to complete a task yet the team
manager assigned me the task. so I asked the manager to assign
someone to work alongside me who knew how to do the task to
guide and assist me to do the task.
Sensitivity
Ability to respond appropriately to 20 In my previous experiences I have communicated with an age
individual differences, e.g., age, range that is similar to mine so there is very little experience with
gender, etc. communicating with different age groups. however the pe0ple i
talk to on a daily basis are very diverse and I communicate
effectively and in a way that the listener would understand
Leadership
Ability to encourage and motivate 15 In previous group work I have encouraged people to communicate
others within the group and present their ideas. however I am not as
confident as I wish to be and feel as though my skills can be
developed further as i sometimes get distracted so i would need to
keep myself focused.
 SKILL
Ability to supervise or direct the work
of others
Ability to evaluate competing
priorities to plan ahead
APPLICATION OF NUMBER
Calculations
Ability to use a calculator or PC to
make calculations
Interpretation
Ability to interpret descriptive
statistics, e.g. ratios percentages,
means, standard deviations
Ability to interpret inferential
statistics, e.g., confidence intervals,
statistical significance, effect size
Application
Ability to organise and present
numerical data in an appropriate
manner
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
File Management Techniques
COMPETENCE JOB COMPE EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF COMPETENCE
IMPORTANCE TENCE
X
JOB
IMPOR
TANCE
15 I have no previous experience in supervising or directing the work
of others. However I would like the chance to try to develop my
skill. I feel as though it is dependent on job importance as you
may not have a managing or supervising job role.
20 I have some experience with being able to evaluate competing
priorities to plan ahead as I have to do this for my assignments
and usually choose to do the more simple and straightforward
assignments after the complicated ones or the assignments that are
due sooner. this is important in a job as you must get all the
assigned tasks done in the given time frame.
3 I am very experienced in using a calculator/PC to use calculations
as i have done a GCSE exam which consisted of me using a
calculator to do calculations. however, I do not think it is that
important in a job but that depends on your job role.
9 I have some previous experience with interpreting descriptive
statistics as i have done some in college. This skill is dependant
on job role for it to have job importance.
12 I have done this previously in school as it was part of my work. I
am not confident and could use some development in this area.
The job importance would depend on the job role for this skill.
9 I have some previous experience in the ability to organise and
present numerical data in an appropriate manner as i have had to
hand in assignments consisting of this ability. The job importance
would depend on the job role.
Ability to create, store and retrieve 5 I create files very regularly for college and am able to store them
files where I can access them easily. I have also had to retrieve files as
I have accidentally deleted them. The job importance is very
important because you need to be able to create,store and retrieve
file or you wouldn't get any work done.
Word Processing (e.g. MS Word)
Ability to use a word processing (WP) 5 I have developed this skill over a period of time with the help of
package to produce a variety of school and college. This skill would have a lot of job importance
formats of documents if your job role is something related to it, for example, writing
reports. You wouldn't need this skill if you did labour work.
Spreadsheets (e.g., MS Excel)
Ability to use a spreadsheet to record 10 I have created spreadsheets in college to record and manipulate
and manipulate different sets of data different sets of data in the past. This is important in a job if your
job role consists of it

SKILL COMPETENCE JOB COMPETENCE EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

IMPORTANCE X COMPETENCE
JOB
IMPORTANCE
Databases (e.g., MS Access)
Ability to retrieve information from a 12 I have previously done this in school and use some in
database college. the job importance relies on the job role.
Ability to create a database I have done this previously in school but need to
develop more on this skill. the job importance depends
on the job role.
Presentations (e.g., MS PowerPoint)
Ability to create and display a 20 I have not yet presented a powerpoint however i have
PowerPoint presentation created one. This skill would be important in a job as
you would need to create and display presentations so
the other members of the team or your superiors would
be informed of certain changes within the business.
Information and Communication
Ability to send and receive email 5 I have developed the skill over time through emailing
my classmates, other people from my college and
tutors for assistance. This would be important in a job

Ability to send and receive attachments
by e-mail
Ability to use an internet browser, e.g.,
Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL
Ability to download files from the
Internet and transfer to WP
Ability to use a search engine, e.g.
Altavista, Google
PROBLEM SOLVING
Creativity
Ability to generate new ideas or
conceive existing ideas in a new way
Organisation and Planning
Ability to set down a systematic
sequence of activities and carry them
through in an effective manner
Research
Ability to gather information in a
systematic way to establish certain facts
or principles
you would have to email colleagues to know
information or for assistance.
I have developed this skill over time through school
and college as I email my classmates and tutors for
help.
5 I have developed this skill through my everyday life as
I use internet on a daily basis.
5 I have developed this skill through school and college
as I need to transfer files to WP to put the files on my
website for assignments
5 I have previously used different search engines for
example bing and google to research for assignments.
9 I have previously used creative solutions or
suggestions in group work that we were doing as
assignments.
8 I have developed this ability over time with my
assignments as i have to get each done and sometimes
2 may have the same deadline so i have to complete the
tasks one after the other. this would be important in a
job as you have multiple tasks and would need todo the
task at hand to start another.
8 I am developing this skill through my assignments as it
consists of a lot of research. this would be important in
a job as you would need to research before writing a
report.
 SKILL
Analysis
Ability to understand and summarise
information
Initiative
Ability to initiate, take decisions and act
resourcefully
IMPROVING OWN LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE
Self Management
Self awareness – the ability to identify
and reflect on own strengths and
weaknesses in relation to:
● Personal Development
● Educational Development
● Career Development
Effective learning – the ability to learn
from a range of situations and apply
learning in a variety of contexts
COMPETENCE JOB COMPETENCE
IMPORTANCE X EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF
JOB
IMPORTANCE
COMPETENCE
12 I am still developing this skill as I have not yet fully
mastered it. I am developing this skill as i have to write
reports on some assignments so i am getting better. This
skill would be important in a job as you may have to
write reports on certain products or businesses.
10 In my previous experiences I have taken my own
initiative and used my own ideas to reach my end goal.
This wouldn't be very important as you would have
training to assist you to complete your tasks. However,
some tasks require you to use your own initiative and
make ur own decisions to reach the end goal.
12 I am not very good at identifying all my strengths and
weaknesses but can identify some, I haven't tested how
good I am at some skills so I need to test myself and
evaluate what my strengths and weaknesses are. This
would be important in a job as you want to work in a
department that you can do and not something you
haven't got the ability to accomplish.
15 I have previously shown that I can learn quickly and use
the knowledge to complete certain tasks but sometimes
can make mistakes as I need to learn more in debt and
need examples so I understand more. This skill would be
important in a workplace as you would go through
training to actually be able to do the job you are aiming
to get. Also some employers may give you training to do
another job rather than employ other people as it saves
them money.
 Reasoning skills – ability to defend
argument using logical and systematic
thinking based on sound evidence
Reflection – ability to reflect on and
critique own performance
SKILL
Study Skills
Ability to manage and prioritise time to
meet deadlines
Ability to identify relevant sources of
information, including people and
reference material
Ability to use a library to find books and
journal articles
6 I have previously used logic and evidence to defend my
argument which is okay but don't always know the facts
so it can be challenging. I don't think it is very important
in a business environment as there wouldn't be much
conflict but could be so it would be average.
15 I have developed this skill in the past from college and
school as i have received constructive feedback and
worked on the skills I needed to develop on. This would
be beneficial in the workplace because you would
receive feedback from your managers.
COMPETENCE JOB COMPETENCE EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF
IMPORTANCE X COMPETENCE
JOB
IMPORTANCE
10 I have developed this skill by handing my assignments
in on time. this is important in a job because you would
be expected to meet your deadlines or you could be
fired.
12 I have developed this skill as I need to do research on
my assignments to complete them.
8 I am experienced in this as the college has an LRC
which you can borrow books from. Also my secondary
school had a library which the students were able to use.
This is important in a job as you may be writing a report
on an article on which you need more information on.
Ability to take notes, organise them, and 5 I have developed this skill over time through college as i
integrate them with other sources of need to take notes for assignments so I am more aware
information of what to do and how to do it. This would be important
in a workplace as you would need to understand and
remember what is being said as you won't get a second
chance.
Ability to reference materials using an 8 I have a lot of previous experiences as I have to
appropriate system, e.g., Harvard or reference all of my findings at the bottom of my
Vancouver assignments in a bibliography.

Identify your learning needs

Now pick three of the highest scoring skills from the above audit (by multiplying your scores as shown above) that you need to develop further.
List these below in order of priority.

Skill Area Action Plan for Development and where you can access these

1.Ability to encourage and

motivate others
I can develop this skill through more group work and taking charge of the group and guiding them instead of jus
motivating them and making them feel comfortable to share their ideas in the group. I can do this in college.
 2.Ability to evaluate I can develop this skill by simply assessing the situation and choosing which one would need to be done and
competing priorities to plan prioritised before the others. I can practice this with my assignments and other tasks.
ahead

3.Ability to respond I can develop this skill by thinking about other people's opinions and caring for what they think and feel. I can
appropriately to individual develop this skill in college or anywhere in my day to day life.
differences, e.g., age, gender,
etc.

Section 2: Providing Evidence you have the Skills

COMMUNICATION
Communication may be formal or informal, personal or impersonal, creative or factual. Messages may be delivered verbally, in writing or non-
verbally. There are many areas where examples of each communication approach may have been successfully applied, at university, at work, at
home, etc

Written - Ability to express self well in writing Ability to express self well in writing
I have the ability to express myself in writing as I have written assignments for my course which consisted of me writing reports. Last year I was
made to make a poster which i produced to a good standard for an assignment. I am currently writing my personal statement and send emails
to my classmates and tutors if I need assistance on assignments.
Written - Ability to express self well in writing
Verbal:
Informal – ability to network easily with other people
I have the ability to communicate verbally as I had to make new friends in my classes at the start of college and school which made me more
confident and helped me to talk to new people without feeling shy. I have also organised events to do with close friends many times and usually
have turned out to be a success and I had lots of fun.

Formal – ability to express self clearly and concisely to a group of people

I have the ability to express myself clearly and concisely to a group as I have previously done a presentation which went with my course that
was to do a mini dragons den in which we did group work and presented our ideas to potential investors. I have also done an interview for a
potential work placement which I personally think that helped me to develop this skill further as it was my first interview.

Non-verbal:
Listening – ability to attend actively to others’ views and ideas and understand their point of view
I have the ability to listen as I listen to my tutors as they explain what I need to do for each assignments and have taken instructions as to how
to box and other fighting skills.

Body Language – ability to match body language appropriately to what is being said verbally
I still need to develop the skill of body language as I seem bothered and tired a lot and I am not comfortable making too much eye contact.

WORKING WITH OTHERS

Working with others is a skill highly valued by employers. Suitable evidence for this skill need not be limited to work experience. You should
think of all aspects of your work, studies and social life.

Cooperation - Ability to collaborate effectively within a team

I have some experience in this skill through lots of group work as there was a unit that consisted of group work. I am still developing this skill as
I do project which is all group work.

Negotiation - Ability to reach a mutually satisfactory outcome through compromise

I have developed the skill of negotiation as I negotiate when i am making a purchase of of close friends or family so i know how to negotiate
however choose not to a lot of the time as i always get a reasonable price.
Sensitivity- Ability to respond appropriately to individual differences, e.g., age, gender, etc.
I have not yet developed this skill as I sometimes say offensive things which results in people being unhappy. So I still need to develop this
skill.

Leadership - Ability to encourage and motivate others

I have previously motivated team members and made them feel more comfortable however i have not had the experience of being a team
leader so i have not got this ability and need to develop this skill further.
.
APPLICATION OF NUMBER
Calculations - Ability to use a calculator or PC to make calculations
Interpretation - - Ability to interpret descriptive statistics, e.g. ratios percentages, means, standard deviations
- Ability to interpret inferential statistics, e.g., confidence intervals, statistical significance, effect size
Application -Ability to organize and present numerical data in an appropriate manner
I received a 5 in GCSE mathematics, one of the papers was a calculator based paper on which I was taught different methods of using a
calculator which came in handy during the examination and I am able to use them in different circumstances if needed.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
File Management Techniques - Ability to create, store and retrieve files
I have the ability to create, store and retrieve files as i do this in college for assignments all the time.

Word Processing - Ability to use a word processing package to produce a variety of formats of documents
I have the ability to use a word processing package to produce a variety of formats of documents as i have created posters leaflets and reports
and done assignments and have also created a CV.

Spreadsheets - Ability to use a spreadsheet to record and manipulate different sets of data
I have the ability to use a spreadsheet to record and manipulate different sets of data as I can input information, produce graphs and use
formulas. I have developed this skill through ICT in school and doing some financial work for assignments.

Databases - Ability to retrieve information from a database/ Ability to create a database

I have the ability to create a database as i have done this many times in the past however have not got the ability to retrieve information from a
database.
Presentations - Ability to create and display a PowerPoint presentation
I have produced presentations previously as I have had to do them for assignments. I have also displayed a powerpoint as me and my team
had to for a dragons den event.

Information and Communication - Ability to send and receive email

I have the ability to send and receive emails as I send and receive emails on a daily basis for college and personal too.

Ability to send and receive attachments as email

I have the ability to send and receive attachments as emails as i have sent them to classmates and have sent my CV out to employers.

Ability to use an internet browser e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL

I have the ability to use an internet browser as i use google chrome on a daily basis and to assist me in my assignments.

Ability to download files from the internet and transfer to WP

I am able to download files from the internet and transfer them to WP as i have done this previously as I needed information for my assignment
which i could not access unless I downloaded it.

Ability to use a search engine e.g. Altavista, Google

I have the ability to use a search engine as I use google when I am doing research for assignments and online shopping.

PROBLEM SOLVING
Creativity - Ability to generate new ideas or conceive existing ideas in a new way
I have the ability to generate new ideas or conceive existing ideas in a new way as I always take half an hour a day to do assignments so I keep
to it and don't lose attention and waste my time.

Organisation and Planning - Ability to set down a systematic sequence of activities and carry them through in an effective manner
I have the ability to set down a systematic sequence of activities and carry them through in an effective manner as I organised my close friend's
birthday party which I succeeded in and had a lot of fun.

Research - Ability to gather information in a systematic way to establish certain facts or principles
I have developed the skill of researching as I have done a lot of researching for my previous assignments and am currently doing a lot of research
for my current assignments.
Analysis - Ability to understand and summarise information (Detailed examination of structure and content)
I have developed this skill as I have to analyse my assignments to ensure i have done it to a good standard, completed all the criterias, added
the heading, used correct grammar and correct spelling before handing it in.
Initiative - Ability to initiate, take decisions and act resourcefully
I use my own initiative to ensure that I complete work in college and that I understand what I am doing or ask questions if I do not understand
anything.

IMPROVE OWN LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE

Self Management

Self-awareness – ability to identify and reflect on own strengths and weaknesses in relation to:
I have created a skills audit and a skills analysis document which identifies my strengths and weaknesses for my personal development for
example the documents assist me in knowing what skills I have and what skills need developing. Also i have made a SMART targets document
which would assist me in my educational development as i would need to follow them to be better in class and with assignments. My 5 year
plan would assist me in my career development as I have milestones on the plan which are small targets i need to reach.

Effective learning – ability to learn from a range of situations and apply learning in a variety of contexts
I have the ability to learn from a range of situations and apply learning in a variety of contexts as I learnt to keep a timetable in which I needed
for my workout and food intake and have applied that schedule to complete my assignments.

Reasoning skills – ability to defend argument using logical and systematic thinking based on sound evidence
I have not yet had the opportunity to have an argument about anything yet however I use logical thinking to avoid the situation in the first place,

Reflection – ability to reflect on and critique own performance

I reflect on my performance by reading the record sheet that I receive back from my assignment and take into account what i could do better
and apply it to my next assignment.
Study Skills
-Ability to manage and prioritise time to meet deadlines
I have the ability to manage and prioritise time to meet deadline as i have handed in all my assignments in on time to far.
- Ability to identify relevant sources of information, including people and reference material
I have a bibliography on each assignment which has all the references to anything I may have used.
- Ability to use a library to find books and journal articles
I have been to the LRC facilities that the college provides for some books to assist me on some assignments
- Ability to take notes, organize them, and integrate them with other sources of information
I have notes of classes which I have organised into folders and have previously used them and added them on to other assignments where
relevant.
- Ability to reference materials using an appropriate system, e.g., Harvard or Vancouver
I reference all materials in a new document or at the bottom of my documents with the heading “bibliography”