You are required to produce a written report that profiles your vocational area. This needs to follow a report format with an introduction, main body, conclusion, and recommendations.

Learning Outcomes: Work Experience LO 1,2,3; Communications LO Guidance: Work Experience Requirements and Marking Profile of your vocational area to include: ü Evidence of analyzing the key challenges and opportunities facing the particular vocational area (6m) ü Career opportunity and future skills needs (6m) ü A summary of the basic rights and responsibilities of employees and employers in a particular work, organizational or institutional context (6m) for example v health, safety, and welfare at work v equality legislation v union representation v regulations related to pay Communications Requirements and Marking Structured Report is as follows:

• report well structured, detailed, balanced, uses impersonal language, good interpretation of terms of reference (3 marks)
•  research is comprehensive, relevant, variety of sources acknowledged and critiqued through references and bibliography (3 marks)
• key issues discussed and explained with clarity, objectivity, evidence of original thinking and supported with visual aids (3 marks)
• Findings presented clearly and in own words, recommendations/ conclusions show evidence of critical thinking and in-depth analysis (3 marks)
• fluent writing, well-expressed, extensive vocabulary, freedom from minor errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation (3 marks)