Basic Skills Online - Level 1 - Working with Others Standards

In this unit your students will show how they can work with others.

The skills they will need to demonstrate will show that they can:

• confirm what needs to be done to achieve given objectives, including their responsibilities and working arrangements
• work with others towards achieving given objectives, carrying out tasks to meet their responsibilities
• identify progress and suggest ways of improving work with others to help achieve given objectives.

In confirming what needs to be done and who should do it, they must feel confident about being able to:

• work with others (e.g. one-to-one with their workmate, in a group) to:
• check that they clearly understand the objectives they have been given for working together (e.g. by their tutor, supervisor.)
• identify what needs to be done to achieve these objectives (e.g. to make something, provide a service, carry out a project), including:
  1. straightforward tasks to be carried out.
  2. resources needed (e.g. materials, equipment, tools, help from others.)
  3. deadlines for doing the work.
  
• suggest ways they could help (e.g. by finding out information, getting materials, using their practical skills.)
• make sure that they are clear about their own responsibilities (i.e. what they can and cannot do.)
• check that they know where they will be working, with whom and when (e.g. start, finish and break times.)

This is what they have to do to demonstrate these skills:

• check that they clearly understand the objectives they have been given for working together
• identify what needs to be done to achieve these objectives and suggest ways they could help
• make sure that they are clear about their responsibilities and working arrangements.

These are the type of tasks that will produce this evidence:

They will have opportunities to develop and apply their skills in working with others during their studies, work or other activities.

For example, when:
1. working on a project or group assignment
2. planning and doing a job for a customer or client
3. making something or providing a service to help others.

They can record how they have applied their key skill of working with others in a progress file or other record of achievement.

When working with others they are likely to use other key skills.

• For example, they will use communication skills when discussing with others what they are going to do.
• Carrying out tasks may involve problem solving, information technology or application of number skills.

What can they use as evidence?

• records from someone who observed their discussions with others, or audio/video tapes
• notes of the objectives, their responsibilities and working arrangements.

In working towards given objectives they must feel confident about being able to:

• obtain the resources they need to carry out straightforward tasks (e.g. materials, tools, equipment, support from others)
• work in a way that is safe for they and others (e.g. to avoid accidents, health risks, offending others or disrupting their work)
• follow the working methods they have been given (e.g. the correct ways to use tools, equipment and materials, make something, behave with customers or visitors)
• ask for help from an appropriate person (e.g. a group member, tutor, supervisor, health and safety officer, first aider, trade union representative) when they need it (e.g. in using equipment, if they have a disagreement that is hard to sort out, experience harassment or discrimination)
• offer support to others when appropriate (e.g. provide information, share resources, help to overcome disagreements).

This is what they have to do to demonstrate these skills:

• carry out tasks to meet their responsibilities
• work safely and accurately
• follow the working methods they have been given
• ask for help and offer support to others, when appropriate.

These are the type of tasks that will produce this evidence:

They will have opportunities to develop and apply their skills in working with others during their studies, work or other activities.

For example, when:
1. working on a project or group assignment
2. planning and doing a job for a customer or client
3. making something or providing a service to help others.

They can record how they have applied their key skill of working with others in a progress file or other record of achievement.

When working with others they are likely to use other key skills.

• For example, they will use communication skills when discussing with others what they are going to do.
• Carrying out tasks may involve problem solving, information technology or application of number skills.

What can they use as evidence?

• records of how they carried out tasks to meet their responsibilities
• notes of the help they were given and the support they offered others
• these records could include a log, statements written by others with whom they worked, audio/video tape recordings, photographs with notes.

In identifying progress, they must feel confident about being able to:

• identify what has gone well in working with others (e.g. ways they have carried out tasks successfully and helped each other)
• report any difficulties in meeting their responsibilities and say what they did about them (e.g. in doing tasks, overcoming disagreements)
• suggest ways of improving work with others to help achieve the objectives (e.g. by doing tasks in a different way, taking more notice of each other's feelings and ideas).

This is what they have to do to demonstrate these skills:

• identify what has gone well in working with others
• report any difficulties in meeting their responsibilities and say what they did about them
• suggest ways of improving work with others to help achieve the objectives.

These are the type of tasks that will produce this evidence:

They will have opportunities to develop and apply their skills in working with others during their studies, work or other activities.

For example, when:
1. working on a project or group assignment
2. planning and doing a job for a customer or client
3. making something or providing a service to help others.

They can record how they have applied their key skill of working with others in a progress file or other record of achievement.

When working with others they are likely to use other key skills.

• For example, they will use communication skills when discussing with others what they are going to do.
• Carrying out tasks may involve problem solving, information technology or application of number skills.

What can they use as evidence?

• statements (written or recorded) from both they and others on progress
• records of their answers to questions about any difficulties and what they did about them
• notes of ways to improve work with others.

Evidence must show they can:

• provide at least two examples of meeting the standards.
• one example must show they can work in one-to-one situations and one example must show they can work in group situations.

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