Improving lives through vocational education Pearson BTEC in Teamwork & Personal Development in the Community (QCF) JOB RESOURCE BOOK Second edition Outline to learner BTEC Diploma in Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community Outline to Learner 1. This Level 2 Diploma has been designed to complement the skills that you have already acquired through your youth organisaton. Wherever possible, the required criteria have been mapped to actvites that you carry out as part of your organisaton’s syllabus. This is referred to as Recognised Prior Learning (RPL). Where the criteria cannot be covered by these actvites, CVQO has produced workbook questons for you to complete. 2. This resource book should be used alongside the workbook and contains research material to assist you in answering the workbook questons. The resource book and workbook follow the same layout and are broken down into units to make it easier for you to pinpoint the informaton that you need for each secton. 3. The assessment criteria that you are required to achieve is listed at the beginning of each unit. The table also shows what evidence you need to produce to achieve each of the criterion – a workbook queston or RPL. 4. When you have completed the units required, you should hand in the workbook to your Vocatonal Qualifcatons Ofcer (VQO) who will send it to CVQO. Once your work has been assessed, your grades will be sent back to you via your VQO. Appeals Procedure 1. You have the right to appeal if you are dissatsfed with your grades. 2. You should put the grounds for your appeal in writng to your Unit VQO, who will submit it to CVQO for adjudicaton by the Head of Quality and Curriculum. 3. Your Unit will be notfed in writng of the result of your appeal. Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community Resource Book Second editon 2015 ii - Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community Resource Book Contents Outline to Learner ................................................................................................................. ii Appeals Procedure ................................................................................................................ ii Unit One - Teamwork and Communicaton Skills ...................................................................1 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 2 Teamwork and Communicaton Skills ..................................................................................... 3 Qualites of a Good Instructor ................................................................................................. 5 Interpersonal Communicaton ................................................................................................ 6 Unit Two - Employment Skills in Uniformed Organisaton ......................................................7 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 8 Unit Three - Career Planning and Self-Assessment for Uniformed Organisatons ...................7 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 9 The Defence Vision ................................................................................................................. 11 Joint Forces - Working Together .............................................................................................. 13 Royal Navy .............................................................................................................................. 15 Purpose of the Royal Navy ...................................................................................................... 15 Specifc examples of tasks given to the Royal Navy ................................................................ 16 Royal Marines ......................................................................................................................... 17 Purpose of the Royal Marines Commandos ............................................................................ 17 Specifc examples of tasks given to the Royal Marines Commandos ...................................... 18 Britsh Army ............................................................................................................................ 19 Purpose of the Britsh Army .................................................................................................... 19 Specifc examples of tasks given to the Britsh Army .............................................................. 20 Royal Air Force ........................................................................................................................ 21 Purpose of the Royal Air Force ................................................................................................ 21 Specifc examples of tasks given to the Royal Air Force .......................................................... 22 Police Service .......................................................................................................................... 23 Purpose of the Police Service in the UK .................................................................................. 23 Specifc examples of tasks given to the Police Service ............................................................ 24 Fire and Rescue Service .......................................................................................................... 26 Purpose of the Fire and Rescue Service .................................................................................. 26 Specifc examples of tasks given to the Fire and Rescue Service ............................................ 27 Ambulance Service ................................................................................................................. 28 Purpose of the Ambulance Service ......................................................................................... 28 Specifc examples of tasks given to the Ambulance Service ................................................... 29 Careers Introducton .............................................................................................................. 30 Royal Navy .............................................................................................................................. 31 Royal Navy Ofcer ................................................................................................................... 31 Royal Navy Ratng .................................................................................................................... 32 Royal Navy Conditons of Service ............................................................................................ 33 Ofcers - Entry Requirements ................................................................................................. 34 Ratngs - Entry Requirements .................................................................................................. 35 Ofcers - Selecton Process ..................................................................................................... 36 Ratngs - Selecton Process ...................................................................................................... 37 iii Contents Royal Marines ......................................................................................................................... 38 Royal Marines Commando Ofcer .......................................................................................... 38 Royal Marines Commando ...................................................................................................... 39 Royal Marines Conditons of Service ....................................................................................... 40 Ofcers - Entry Requirements ................................................................................................. 41 Marines - Entry Requirements ................................................................................................ 42 Ofcers - Selecton Process ..................................................................................................... 43 Marines - Selecton Process .................................................................................................... 44 Army ....................................................................................................................................... 45 Army Ofcer ............................................................................................................................ 45 Army Soldier ............................................................................................................................ 46 Army Conditons of Service ..................................................................................................... 47 Ofcer - Entry Requirements .................................................................................................. 48 Soldier - Entry Requirements .................................................................................................. 49 Ofcers - Selecton Process ..................................................................................................... 50 Soldiers - Selecton Process ..................................................................................................... 52 Royal Air Force ........................................................................................................................ 54 Royal Air Force Ofcer ............................................................................................................. 54 RAF Non-Commissioned Aircrew ............................................................................................ 55 RAF Airman Or Airwoman ....................................................................................................... 56 Royal Air Force Conditons of Service ...................................................................................... 57 Ofcers - Entry Requirements ................................................................................................. 58 Non-Commissioned Aircrew (NCA) - Entry Requirements ...................................................... 59 Support Trades - Entry Requirements ..................................................................................... 60 Ofcers & Non Commissioned Aircrew (NCA) - Selecton Process .......................................... 61 Support Trades - Selecton Process ......................................................................................... 62 Police Service .......................................................................................................................... 64 Police Ofcer ........................................................................................................................... 64 Police Service Conditons of Service ....................................................................................... 65 Police - Entry Requirements .................................................................................................... 66 Police Ofcer - Selecton Process ............................................................................................ 67 Fire and Rescue Service .......................................................................................................... 69 Firefghter ................................................................................................................................ 69 Fire and Rescue Service Conditons of Service ........................................................................ 71 Fire Service - Entry Requirements ........................................................................................... 72 Firefghter - Selecton Process ................................................................................................. 74 Ambulance Service ................................................................................................................. 77 Paramedic ............................................................................................................................... 77 Ambulance Service Conditons of Service ............................................................................... 78 Ambulance - Entry Requirements ........................................................................................... 79 Selecton Process .................................................................................................................... 80 Job Applicatons ..................................................................................................................... 81 Introducton ............................................................................................................................ 81 Opportunites - Optons - Hold on a bit! ................................................................................. 81 Take a Look at Yourself ............................................................................................................ 82 My Best Subjects ..................................................................................................................... 82 What is Important to Me?....................................................................................................... 84 iv - Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community Resource Book Contents How Do You Rate Yourself? ..................................................................................................... 84 Review the Results .................................................................................................................. 85 The CV (Curriculum Vitae - Career Details) ............................................................................. 86 Guidelines to Writng a CV ...................................................................................................... 86 Suggested CV layout ................................................................................................................ 88 Applicaton Forms ................................................................................................................... 94 Terms....................................................................................................................................... 95 Completng an Applicaton Form - Right and Wrong ............................................................... 96 Applicaton Form check list ..................................................................................................... 99 Unit Four - Improving Health and Fitness in Uniformed Organisatons ...................................101 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 102 The Principles of Health & Fitness .......................................................................................... 103 Factors of a Healthy Lifestyle .................................................................................................. 104 Efects of Fitness Training On The Body .................................................................................. 104 The Main Components of Fitness ........................................................................................... 105 The Impact of Poor Nutriton .................................................................................................. 107 The Diferent Types of Nutrients ............................................................................................. 110 The Food Group System .......................................................................................................... 111 Types of Diet ........................................................................................................................... 113 Investgatng your diet ............................................................................................................. 114 Food Tables For Use In Diet Calculatons ................................................................................ 115 Energy Needs .......................................................................................................................... 116 Reasons for Fitness Tests ......................................................................................................... 118 Repeat Fitness Tests ................................................................................................................ 118 Developing a Fitness Training Programme .............................................................................. 122 Testng Components of Fitness ............................................................................................... 129 Unit Five – Personal Development through Adventurous Actvites .......................................135 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 136 Reducing the risk of incidents when conductng adventurous actvites with young people .................................................................................................................. 137 Impact on the Environment .................................................................................................... 138 Benefts of Outdoor Actvites ................................................................................................. 139 Recognised Adventurous Actvites ......................................................................................... 140 Adventurous Actvity Projects ................................................................................................. 140 Responsibilites of partcipants during adventurous actvites ................................................ 140 Unit Six - Land Navigaton by Map and Compass ...................................................................141 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 142 Unit Seven - Expediton Skills ................................................................................................143 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 144 Benefts of Expeditons ........................................................................................................... 145 Unit Eight - Fundamentals of Nautcal Studies .......................................................................147 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 148 v Contents Unit Nine - Volunteering .......................................................................................................151 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 152 What is Volunteering? ............................................................................................................. 153 Why do Uniformed Organisatons need Volunteers? .............................................................. 153 What are the benefts to the Volunteer? ................................................................................ 153 Skills required of the Volunteer .............................................................................................. 154 Uniformed Organisatons that use Volunteers ........................................................................ 154 How to get involved ................................................................................................................ 156 Resources - Websites .............................................................................................................. 157 Unit Ten – Citzenship, the Individual and Society ..................................................................159 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 160 What are individual and what are human rights? ................................................................... 161 What are the qualites of a good citzen? ............................................................................... 163 What are equal opportunites? ............................................................................................... 164 Unit Eleven – Community and Cultural Awareness ................................................................165 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria ......................................................................... 166 What is community and types of community? ....................................................................... 167 Community and cultural issues ............................................................................................... 167 Costs and benefts of living in a community ........................................................................... 169 Cultural diversity ..................................................................................................................... 169 The efects upon youth organisatons ..................................................................................... 171 Glossary of Terms ..................................................................................................................172 Notes ....................................................................................................................................173 vi - Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community Resource Book Teamwork & Personal Improving lives through Development in the vocational education Community TINU ENO Teamwork an d Communiac tion kS ills This is a manad tory unit an d must eb ahc ieve d to ag in the id ploma 1 Unit 1 - Teamwork and Communication Skills Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria The criteria you must meet to achieve a Pass are shown below. Grading criteria UNIT 1 Teamwork and Communicaton Skills (10 Credits) Learning outcomes Assessment criteria Achieved by 1 Know the purpose and 1.1 Identfy teamwork and communicaton Correctly answer 1.1-1 importance of teamwork skills and communicaton skills 1.2 Describe the importance of teamwork Correctly answer 1.1-2 and communicaton skills using examples from contrastng uniformed organisatons 2 Understand efectve 2.1 Explain the qualites of an efectve Correctly answer 1.2-1 communicaton methods instructor of instructon in 2.2 Demonstrate efectve instructon skills Pass an approved uniformed organisatons Methods of Instructon or CVQO Instructon assessment 3 Be able to use a range 3.1 Contribute efectvely to diferent team Routne cadet of interpersonal building actvites training met by the communicaton skills CVQO enrolment requirements 3.2 Use appropriate terminology within a Routne cadet given scenario training met by the CVQO enrolment requirements 3.3 Use interpersonal skills to efectvely Correctly answer 1.3-2 communicate with personnel in a given scenario 3.4 Report on the efectveness of Correctly answer 1.3-4 various methods of interpersonal communicaton 2 - Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community Resource Book Unit 1 - Teamwork and Communication Skills Teamwork and Communicaton Skills Members of uniformed organisatons are ofen in trusted roles, sometmes protectng the general public by performing hazardous roles in unpredictable situatons. In order to functon efectvely, members of these organisatons need to be able to display skills such as: Self discipline Pride of appearance An individual within a team must be able to Members of organisatons are ofen in uniform. put the team’s requirements before their own. Pride in appearance demonstrates self- The individual must have the determinaton discipline and gives confdence to the general to ensure that the basic skills that have been public that they are being protected by an learnt are not forgoten, otherwise the team ofcial organisaton. will sufer. Behaviour Commitment Good behaviour sets a proper example to the Each individual in the team must be fully public and gives them confdence that they are commited to the best interests of the whole being protected by an ofcial organisaton. team, otherwise the team cannot functon correctly. If one individual is not fully commited Discipline it could create serious difcultes and even loss Discipline is important for both the team of life on operatons. and the individuals in the team, it has to be understood by all. The discipline that is taught Identty will help both the individual and team come Each individual must identfy with the team and through difcult periods. understand all aspects of the team. This identty improves the performance of the team. Problem solving Members of uniformed organisatons ofen Loyalty have to deal with emergency situatons. If The leader of the team must be loyal to the they can use their initatve to solve problems individuals in a team. The leader must be able quickly, situatons are quicker to fx and easier to support and protect them in a fair manner. to keep under control. Team members must be loyal to each other and the leader. Confict management If confict can be avoided, there is less risk Teamwork of injury and damage. It is always worth This means working together. Many situatons keeping calm and trying to fnd a soluton by cannot be handled by a single individual. The negotaton. coordinated eforts of other people, ofen with diferent skills, are required. Together Everyone Professional knowledge and training Achieves More. Members of uniformed organisatons are normally highly trained, ofen in specialist Punctuality & tmekeeping subjects linked to the role of their Service. To be efectve, working together needs These might include First Aid, fre-fghtng, coordinaton. If an individual is late, the whole water rescue, navigaton, crowd control, operaton might fail. marksmanship and confict management. 3 Unit 1 - Teamwork and Communication Skills Communicaton Co-operaton A team cannot functon without Diferent teams will ofen have to work together communicaton. Essentally everyone needs to and this applies to individuals within a team. know what is happening. Communicaton is vital A lack of co-operaton may result in a lose of from the top down to the individual, from the efciency for a team or teams. individual, between individuals and from the team to a higher level. Leadership A team cannot functon without leadership. An individual has to command the team, otherwise mistakes may be made and lives may be lost as the team will lack directon. 4 - Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community Resource Book