Employability skill for CBE

HND in Construction & Built Environment (Civil Engineering) BCAS DOHA QATAR
Unit 59: Employability Skills Page 1
LO1 Be able to determine own responsibilities and performance.
1.1Develop a set of your responsibilities from the findings of your position in the current
job market. Brief about the performance objectives you will be taking as an
individual.
Own responsibility and performance management is related to self-management. Self-
management can be best defined as the ability of individual to provide most possible outcome
for their specific job. First two responsibility of management organizing and planning is related
with self-management. This topic helps individuals to determine their personal capabilities and
demand. Individual with good expertise on self-management hold some unique skills. Those
skills best represent their abilities to assess individual strengths and weakness (Curtis 2004).
Individual skill is very much important for the organization as it can bring competitive advantage
for the organization.
In this part of study the scope of self-management is discussed. People are ought to take
responsibility to prove the individual potentials. There are ways of proving inside potential of an
individual.
Summarize role of a Civil Engineer
Performance objectives of a civil engineer.
 Academic qualification - Degree holder in Civil engineering
-Well experience.
-MBA competed.
 Technical skills -Well in Autocad
-Well in Surveying
-Well computer knowledge.
 Good communication, writing and presentation skills
 mathematical mind and problem solving skills
Personal responsibilities
 Establishing and maintaining control networks in construction
 Setting out of vital sections of works
 Overseeing your surveying and engineering equipment on site undertaking calibration
checks
 Updating AS built records
 Costing and Pricing entire given work
 Developing clients relationships and new business.
 Work with business unit heads, consultants, engineers & architects in designing suitable
facilities

 Responsible of preparing permit drawings ,BOQs submissions for authorities and
obtaining approvals
 Ensure that projects are completed as per time plans and within budget.
 Project management –initiate, plan implement, control, monitor and evaluate the
projects assigned by the management.
 Planning and resource allocation as per project requirement.
1.2Evaluate your performance objectives for your chosen career path and show your
required actions (effectiveness) to achieve them.(Personal Assessment Of
Management Skills)
Individual have to evaluate personal effectiveness with the goals and objectives that are
assigned by the organization, so to evaluate individual have to proceed with a systematic
way.
Quality and acceptance of responsibility of self-job
 Job of individual will be accepted after fulfilling prerequisites for customer service,
quality work, use of resources and authority, here the level of work policies are
varied as per organizational policies
 Job scope of the individual should be safe and organized as per policies and
standards of organization
 Methods of quality measurements are used simultaneously as per methodical
progress of jobs.
Managing self-jobs
 Individual orders are accepted as per predetermined manner and examined against
accepted job quality and range
 Job weight is determined and prioritized as per allocated time limit
 Next job assignment is hand over to the correct individual which is determined as per
previous better performance.
Application of the knowledge and understanding of responsibility of Council
 Work of individual staffs determines the correlation among them
 Individual and staffs follow their duties and responsibilities as per organizational
policies and plans
Maintenance safety of society
 Danger of safety are determined and reacted in relation to possible healthiness of
society

 Crisis of society should be pointed out within shortest possible time and cured in
perfect manner
 Consequences of events are not similar on different customers, so consequences of
events on dissimilar on different customers are cared with due care.
 Individual need support from other staffs and community members and these
supports are responded and reacted to in line.
Managing changes
 To be developed and changed exterior change are occurred in organization
 Place of work is changed for individual work and it is acknowledged
 Predetermined changes in advance labor outcomes are placed into action
 To supply proposition for job exact ways are determined
 Proposals of job civilization are handled in a positive mind.
1.3.Create a personal development plan which shows your own performance objectives
as identified earlier and make recommendations to improve them. (Short & long
term objectives in career, learning and personal life).
Personal Development Plan ( PDP )
“Personal development planning is the process of creating an
action plan based on awareness, values, reflection, goal-setting and planning for personal
development within the context of a career, education, relationship or for self-improvement.”
James Smith, Author of ‘Personal Development Planning’ (2011).
 A Personal Development Plan is a structured plan used to identify and address goals
to be achieved overtime
 A PDP is used to plan your goals, further build on your strengths and managing your
weaknesses
 Goals might include:
To improve product knowledge
To improve attendance and punctuality
To work well within teams
To improve communication skills
To meet deadlines
To manage teams
 Goals can be related to :
Attitude
Education
Social life
Health
Career

Family
Financial state
 Identifying development needs within a work place
Self-assessment : What you consider as your own strengths and
weaknesses
Assessment by others - Strengths and Weaknesses that others see in you at
work place
 Formal reports such as an appraisal
 Customer feedback – e.g. questionnaires about the level of service received.
 Performance data – e.g. supermarket records of the number of
customers served by checkout staff
In Education -Your Lecturers/Tutors
Own
performance
goals Current Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Improvement of career goals
Short period Long period
Presentation
Skill
Competent enough
for
class room but not
professional
Confident
professional
presenter
Make a
presentation
and do it.
Make sure have
high skill in
presentation
before going
industry
Writing Skill
Taking own note and
writing repots are ok.
But have to improve
more in report
writing
Professionally Not
enough
Writing more
articles
Make sure able
write article
professionally
before entering
industry
Team Work
Skill Good in team work
Better but have to
improve more
Working with
class room
student.
Learn how to
handle different
type of people
Leadership
Skill Good in leadership
Manage the all
members who are
in
team
Take a leader
role in during
team work
Learning
management
skill to lead
workers at
construction
site.
Problem
Solving Manageable Good
Learn
problem
solving
technique
and strategy
Be fit to face
any kind of
construction
problem

1.4.Review what motivates you towards achieving your objectives (HND course)in a
better way. Review the outcomes of you get from the course and what motivation
techniques can be used to improve the quality of your performance. (Motivational
Analysis Worksheet)
Motivation to Pursue HND diploma
 Edexcel HND is a Degree foundation courses so it able to develop our career.
 It can be follow as a part time studies method.
 Person is a worldwide reorganize qualifications form.
 Civil engineer is a good professional job in society.
 For the job market any time any where we can get job.
 We can earn good money also.
Motivation techniques
 Before doing my HND I have to sure my financial stability so I’m going basic construction job
and able to manage my education expenses and other expenses…
 For that I motivate and I just come to Qatar.
 I am improved my English speaking and writing knowledge.
 Provide Meaningful and Challenging Work
 Set Clear Targets and Expectations and Measure Performance
 Give Regular, Direct, Supportive Feedback
 Design People's Roles So They Can Use Their Strengths
 Enable Input and Choice In How Work Gets Done
2.1.Develop solutions to adapt the way you communicate to handle different situations
(work based problems) by considering the many factors that influence the
effectiveness of your communication while doing the Team Work Activity e.g.
organising a Function, Other Events, Work Project and the any Class Trip.
Types of Problems encountered at the Workplace
1. Problems abound in every workplace due to various issues such as the need to
 Collaborate and work with various types of people
 Meet targets and deadlines
 Work within tight budgets

 Gain the endorsement and praise of supervisors
 Work within the norms and culture of the organization etc
2. There are specific problems which are common to every workplace because
workplaces are human institutions and human beings are the same every where
 Communication problems.
 Attitude problems
 Interpersonal challenges between supervisor and subordinate or among
your subordinates
 Ethical problems
 Poor performance
 Discrimination and/or harassment
Approach to problem solving
There are countless approaches that have been developed for problem solving, some very
simple and others complicated. Some of these include
 Trial-and-error method :one solution after another is tried until the
problem is solved or appears to be improving.
 Experimentation: a theory is tested to enhance knowledge,
understanding, or prediction.
 Affinity map: a tool used to identify problems.
 Problem solving models
The problem solving model
The problem solving model is a step by step approach to solving problems developed by
various writers and modified by many more. Some have it in 5, 6, and even 8 steps. The
approach is as follows:
1. Recognize that there is a problem and define it : What is the specific problem you are faced
with? Write this down in clear simple language and as objectively as possible
2. Gather information : Ask
 Who – is causing it and who does it affect
 What – are the visible signs of a problem
 When –does/did it occur
 Where – does it occur/have an impact
 Why – did it occur
 How –Should the ideal situation be?
3. Analyze the information: Analysis of past solutions
4. Develop solutions and choose the best:

 Identify all the features of an ideal solution, including the
conditions it has to satisfy
 Eliminate solutions which do not satisfy the
conditions/requirements
 Assess the risks associated with the 'best' solution
 Decide to implement this solution
5. Implement the solution: Take the appropriate action and monitor its effects
6. Evaluate the solution: Review the ultimate success of the action
Avoid making a major issue out of each problem
 Good planning can avert many crises
 Put each issue into perspective so that alternatives can be evaluated and an
appropriate amount of time can be devoted to finding the solution.
Avoid inappropriate responses to failure
 Acknowledge mistakes, but do not dwell and agonize over them. It is more important to
learn whatever lesson the mistake can teach, and then move on.
Remember to draw on easily available information
 Have some of the alternatives been tried before?
 If so, what was the outcome?
 Also consult with other colleagues in the organization or with outside
experts.
Beware of promising too much.
 Don’t make promises you can’t keep to your subordinates or your boss
2.2.Prepare a short presentation including inputs from the above task that
communicates as below:-
-What are the variety of styles used in communication
-How to recognize your own communication style
-How to use your communication style to develop skills, knowledge and acquire a better
understanding of tasks.

2.3.Identify how to improve your time management skills. List 3 strategies from the
activity which you could identify to be better at managing your time in HND. (Time
Management Quiz)
Managing time frequently asking questions?
1. Do you make to-do list?
2. Are you flexible with your plan?
3. How often do you accomplish what you plan?
4. Do you plan for things that are personally important to you?
5. Do you make plans in order to keep things in your life under control?
6. How often are your plans hindered by interruptions?
Basic Time management plans
 Step one: Set specific and definable goals for yourself. These goals should be
both academic and personal.
 Step two: Create a calendar that is reflective of your school terms. Begin by
drafting a term calendar; making sure you have reflected any major events
like projects, term papers, etc.
 Step three: Drill the schedule down some by creating a weekly schedule that
reflect all activities that you are responsible for on a weekly basis; including
classes, meetings, labs, club activities, meetings, etc.
 Step four: Create a to-do list for each day. This list should ideally be created
the night before so that there is no doubt about how the following day should
take shape.
One of the most common mistakes of scheduling is ironically trying to plan too far
ahead. This can be a serious temptation. Whenever possible, it is always best to plan
for only what already exists and then to add to your schedule only as events and
activities pop up and become known.
A schedule will only work if you utilize it. Simply committing a list of activities to
paper will not suddenly create a situation in which you can manage your time
better. Keep your schedule in a prominent location where you can see it daily and
refer to several times throughout the day.

3.1.Explain the dynamics of effective team working among your classmates by explain
the roles as played by each group member and how you all have managed to
complete the work during Fun Fiesta, House Events, Student Project &Team
Excursion. (Team Dynamics Analysis Worksheet)
In a team individual plays great role as individuals make it. The ways of role
Playing and work together under a team to achieve goals are described below.
Job requirements
 First have to requirement of job site and have to categorize the rules and
regulations. Than features and particulars of job site obligation have to be
categorized for accelerating management work process.
 Customers are the king of business, so needs and expectation of customers
have to be planned. Risk of job should take into account so that all OHS can be
classified
Resource allocation
 All necessary resources needed in team management have to be arranged for
practice and current requirements.
 Necessary resources and tools have to be arranged in time as per
requirement. To build up team, plant and tools should be tested
Group communication
 Confirm that certain job is allocated and programmed so that it can be
completed within the least possible time.
 Job should be distributed in group as per the capabilities of group members. It
is required because experts can complete the task within least possible time
than non experts.
 It should be kept in mind that licenses for jobs are valid and related to job
requirements.
Fulfill job requirements
 Requirements for job should be fulfilled by the human resource in a
appropriate approach. It is required to make sure that certain orders are
established, finished and implicit.
Training and job performance
 Training is very much essential basically for group work, because all of the
members are not well educated about the issue of interest.
 So first have to categorize gap in work force. Guidance of job should be
available and suitable.

 Available aid should be made to the human resource to assess the goal of the
team. At last relevant job appraisals should be made as per laws and regulation of
related industry.
3.2.Analyze how teamwork and team dynamics can be applied to solve problems or
achieve a goal in any role. Explore the roles played and methods applied by each
group member to assure the success in achieveing shared goals. (Team Dynamics
Analysis Worksheet)
 One of the most important aspects of team dynamics is communication. It can
lead, on the one hand, to a team being extremely efficient and successful, or, on
the other hand, inefficient and a terrible failure.
 Ineffective communication can be a source of discontent in a team. The purpose
of team communication is to enhance team performance; therefore, it is each
team member’s responsibility to ensure effective communication.
 Accessing each individual team member’s strengths and weaknesses as it
pertains to clearly expressing their views and opinions (once this information is
captured, then members will have a better understanding as to how to get all
team members to participate in discussing key topics related to team goals).
 Making sure that team members who are more expressive do not usethis as an
opportunity to dominate a more introverted team member.
 Encouraging clear objective conversations ( open discussions are a great way to
get to know your team members, and this will lead to team trust).
 Presenting information in a factual manner
 With effective communication, teams can easily excel in areas such as:
 Meeting deadlines,
 Accomplishing difficult tasks,
 Maintaining moral within the team.
 Successful relationship will emerge if team members help one another by
communicating ideas and tactics. Productivity will also increase with the proper
lines of communication.
 10 Team Dynamics that Get Results;
1. Identify a leader.
2. Establish roles & responsibilities. Plus discuss what everyone brings to the
table.
3. Establish a set of Goals & Objectives.
4. Establish an agenda for managing time to complete the Goal / Task / Meeting /
Decision.
5. Establish a method to determine how they will reach agreement.
6. Establish ground rules for their meetings.
7. Proper & timely use of quality tools.
8. Maladaptive behaviors are properly dealt with immediately & have
consequences.

9. Ability to get started on task / project / meeting quickly.
10. Ability to state what is working and how to improve.
3.3.Suggest other ways to complete the group tasks as an alternative. What can you
personally improve on to be a better team member? Name 3 things you could have
done better to achieve effective team goals. (Ref-Class Activity, etc.)
Since I feel flat on my face, I asked some of the team leaders that I really admire what they felt
makes a great team leader or to be a better team member, so I could work on those particular
skills. Here is what I learned from them:
1. Increase Your Total Self Awareness
To lead effectively, you need to be totally self-aware and this isn't identifying faults but
understanding the motivation, the impact, what your good at and where you tend to struggle.
When you are totally self-aware you will be building your team from a very strong foundation.
2. Know Your Decision Making Method
Everyone on the team is not going to agree all the time and with every decision that is made
but you will find that procrastination will frustrate everyone. Be sure with all major decisions,
you have a very clear criteria and method for making these decisions so that things always stay
moving forward.
3. Support and Encourage You Team
Sometimes we forget how hard it can be doing something for the first time or trying to do
something under new circumstances. Some team members will have no issues while others
can have some difficulty. As a leader, be sure you are supporting and encouraging your team
through good times and especially bad times.
4. Find a Mentor
A good mentor will guide you into becoming a great team leader. Find someone you highly
respect and don't mind learning from. But sure this mentor has the skill in which you wish to
acquire. Having a mentor in the same industry as the one you wish to lead is also extremely
helpful.
Doing these four steps will send you on your way in becoming a great team leader. Learning to
be a good leader is a lifelong process so enjoy it and be sure you are learning something new
every day.
There are few strategies alternative way for achieving goals
Share the Goals with 3 to 5 members

Not everyone needs this strategy with every goal but almost
everyone can benefit from it at some point. Finding supportive, positive
people is key because you certainly don't need anyone sabotaging your
progress.
Align the Goals With Your Values
If the goal doesn’t reflect your beliefs and character then
will have difficulty achieving it. And even if you do manage to get what is
want, you won't be very happy. Set a goal, which is meaningful to be clear
about the consequences of your outcome.
Complete at Least One Action Per Day
Consistent actions will propel you towards your goal. Even
choosing a small task will make a dent in your to-do list and may motivate
you to do even more.
4.1.Evaluate the tools and methods to enhance students reading ability to support their
learning during HND in CE.
To develop reading skills following steps can be carried out
BEFORE READING:
 Form hypotheses about the author’s purpose for writing.
 Make predictions based on illustrations, charts and subheadings.
 They consider what they already know about the topic or the genre.
 Set purposes for reading.
 Establish goals to help them pace their reading.
 Their teachers model the process of reading, which allows the ss to build a
repertoire of useful strategies.
DURING READING:
 Sort relevant and irrelevant information, they organize data to find the gist , or
main idea.
 Selectively use the three cueing systems: graphophonics (print- sound relationships),
semantic (meaning) cues, and syntax (language structure).
 Use decoding (Graphophonic) and context (semantics and syntax to construct
meaning
AFTER READING:

 Reflect on what and how they have read.
 Posing questions, evaluating strategies, confirming or adjusting predictions and
hypotheses.
 Writing or discussing responses, and summarizing.
 Use of metacognitive strategies after reading signals readers that thinking about
their thinking is important.
 The ideas they bring to a text are just as important as the text itself.
 Teachers have included the use of graphic organizers.
 If we can follow above mentions techniques following benefits can be get
 Instruction that makes the invisible processes of reading and thinking visible by
using Direct instruction and modeling.
 Teacher ensures that students become aware of the need to monitor themselves.
 Immersion in good literature, instruction and modeling, and attention to special
needs
 Strategies for Increase reading ability
1. Play word games.
2. Read aloud every day
3. Model reading as an enjoyable activity.
4. Put learning to use.
5. Listen to books.
6. Read to your child every night
7. Engage children’s senses while learning
4.2.Study the findings from the above task 4.1 and develop an appropriate reading
strategy for the HND Students to improve their reading habit and improve problem
solving. (Give examples for your solution).
 While reading following problems are haven encountered
 Students hate to read, they only read the required textbook in order to be able to set
for the achievement routine exams.
 Students lacked motivation to read, even if they read, they show negative attitudes
 For most of the learners, reading is an extremely difficult task that requires integrated
body of skills, which also does not get easier with the passage of time and the
accumulation of experience.
 Following reading strategies can be followed for lake of reading problems
 Teachers have very important role to improve reading skills to their students to
improve other language skills . They can follow some stages and strategies when
teaching reading text.
 Reading strategies are defined as the mental operations involved when readers
approach a text effectively and make sense of what they read.
 Teachers in order to enable their students to understand a reading text, without their
looking up every single word, teachers, should employ the pre-reading stage, as it is

important in building confidence and creating security within the learners before they
approach a reading text.
 The pre-reading stage also helps to make the next stages of reading more easily
adaptable for the reader
 To check the students’ comprehension and retention of the information of a text that
they have already tackled, teachers should employ the last stage-the post-reading
stage
 Problem solving Action Flow (PAID)
Set a Problem statement
Describe the problem
Develop a one sentence problem statement
Analyze the problem in detail
Analyze what is wrong
Analyze what is right
Identify likely causes
What’s different?
What has changed?
What are most likely explanation
Define Actual Causes
What is the most likely explanation
Can I prove it
4.3.Evaluate the likely impact on the college to implement your strategy for the HND
students?
5. Problem solving is a mental process which is the concluding part of the larger problem
process that includes problem finding and problem shaping where problem is defined as a
state of desire for the reaching of a definite goal from a present condition that either is not
directly moving toward the goal, is far from it or needs more complex logic for finding a
missing description of conditions or steps toward the goal.
6. Problem solving has been defined as a higher-order cognitive process that requires
the modulation and control of more routine or fundamental skills
7. Following problem solving techniques
1. Abstraction: solving the problem in a model of the system before
applying it to the real system
2. Analogy: using a solution that solved an analogous problem
3. Brainstorming: (especially by using groups of people) suggesting a
large number of solutions or ideas and combining and developing
them until an optimum solution is found

4. Lateral thinking: approaching solutions indirectly and creatively
5. Fractionalization / Divide and conquer: breaking down a large,
complex problem into smaller, solvable problems
Hypothesis testing: assuming a possible explanation to the problem
and trying to prove (or, in some contexts, disprove) the assumption
7. Means-ends analysis: choosing an action at each step to move closer
to the goal
8. Morphological analysis: assessing the output and interactions of an
entire system
9. Reduction: transforming the problem into another problem for
which solutions exist
10. Research: employing existing ideas or adapting existing solutions to
similar problems
11. Root cause analysis: eliminating the cause of the problem
12. Trial-and-error: testing possible solutions until the right one is
found
13. Proof: try to prove that the problem cannot be solved. The point
where the proof fails will be the starting point for solving it

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