Life and Work Skills - 3

You’ll learn important life skills, such as how to budget your money or research local jobs. With support from your personal tutor, you’ll develop practical skills such as filling in a form, using a timetable and designing a Powerpoint presentation. You’ll also get a taste for the career of your dreams, with opportunities to try different vocational areas such as motor vehicle, construction, catering, art and design.

This course consists of the following:

• Life Skills: such as how to take an item back to a shop, how to budget money or how to be a good parent
• Employment Skills: such as researching what jobs there locally, how to apply for jobs and how to be effective in the workplace
• Functional English, Maths and ICT: such as how to write a letter, fill in a form, use a 24 hour timetable, design a PowerPoint presentation
• Students will also get the chance to try out different vocational areas such as: Motor Vehicle, Construction, Catering, Childcare, Creative Media, Public Services, Art and Design, Drama and Retail

Learners will benefit from:

• A Personal Tutor to help learners plan and succeed in college
• A Teaching Assistant to give support in class when needed
• Small class sizes so that everyone can get the attention they need
• Support from other learners who have also experienced problems and barriers in education

Central Sussex College is committed to providing you with guidance and support to help you make the most of your potential and achieve your goals! We offer an exciting range of academic qualifications, vocational subjects and apprenticeships – based at excellent facilities in Crawley, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead and Horsham. We have something for everyone – so whether you are just leaving school and looking to study for a BTEC or A Levels, are looking to retrain and gain new skills or take your studies further with professional qualification or higher level training at our University Centre, Central Sussex College can cater for you.