TRANSFERABLE SKILLS AUDIT

Name: Isaac Pickett

Course: Business B-Tech Level 3

Year: 2016

Date:27/05/16
Section 1
Consider the skills listed below and rate how important you think each skill is for employment and how competent you are in
this skill. Consider how each of these skills may enhance your performance, and allow you to develop and advance further.
You may wish to discuss these with your advisor of studies. Alternatively, you may wish to ask a friend or family member, and
to compare and discuss your separate findings.
Once you have rated yourself, multiply the number in the column marked Competence with that in the column Job
Importance. So, for example, if you feel that you are not very proficient in verbal and written communication (i.e. you have
rated your competence at 4), but that these skills are very important for employment (i.e. you have rated it at 5), then your
overall total score would be 5 X 4 = 20.

Section 2

This section will provide you with examples of the types of evidence you can provide to demonstrate your level of
competence with each skill.

Competence How competent are you

Job Importance How important do
in this skill?
you think this skill is in Employment?
1. Highly proficient
1. Unnecessary
2. Fairly proficient
2. Not very important
3. Adequate
3. Helpful
4. Not very proficient
4. Fairly important
5. Unskilled
5. Essential

SKILL

COMPETENCE

JOB
IMPORTANCE

COMPETENCE
X
JOB
IMPORTANCE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
COMMUNICATION
Written:
x

I can write reasonably well, with being able to express

my ideas and thoughts through it. This can be shown
through my website which I have created.
http://isaacpickettcareer.weebly.com/

X 6

I can communicate and express my thoughts and

opinions in an informal manner. This can be show by
conversations I have with employers and colleges.
I have the ability to express myself in front of a group of
people. This is show by my participation in the Bradford
Pathways to Prosperity event where I was the compare
for the evening.

Ability to express self well in writing

Verbal:
Informal ability to network easily
with other people
Formal ability to express self clearly
and concisely to a group of people
Non-verbal:
Listening ability to attend actively to
others views and ideas and understand
their point of view
Body Language ability to match body
language appropriately to what is being
said verbally

10

I have the ability to listen to others and understand there

points of view. This is show by the appointment of me to
the Ambassador to the CofB4E. In this role I have to
listen to the thoughts and ideas to people and understand
why they want to change the centre.
I have no evidence or experience of body language in a
job like environment.

WORKING WITH OTHERS

Cooperation
Ability to collaborate effectively within
a team

I can work effectively in a team to achieve a goal. This is

shown by a tweet by David Green, Councilor for
Bradford

Negotiation
Ability to reach a mutually satisfactory
outcome through compromise
Sensitivity
Ability to respond appropriately to
individual differences, e.g., age, gender,
etc.
Leadership
Ability to encourage and motivate
others

SKILL

I have very little experience of this.

I have very little experience of this.

I can encourage and motivate others; this was shown

when doing my Duke of Edinburgh award. Encouraging
and supporting other, keeping them in a positive
environment so they competed this task.

COMPETENCE

Ability to supervise or direct work of

others
Ability to evaluate competing priorities
to plan ahead

JOB
IMPORTANCE

COMPETENCE
X
JOB
IMPORTANCE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

I have very little experience of this.

10

I have very little experience of this.

APPLICATION OF NUMBER
Calculations
Ability to use a calculator or PC to
make calculations
Interpretation
Ability to interpret descriptive statistics,
e.g. ratios percentages, means, standard
deviations
Ability to interpret inferential statistics,
e.g., confidence intervals, statistical
significance, effect size
Application
Ability to organise and present
numerical data in an appropriate manner

I have experience of this but it is not required by the job

description.

I have experience of this but it is not required by the job

description.

I have experience of this but it is not required by the job

description.

I have experience of this but it is not required by the job

description.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
File Management Techniques
Ability to create, store and retrieve files
Word Processing (e.g. MS Word)
Ability to use a word processing (WP)
package to produce a variety of formats
of documents
Spreadsheets (e.g., MS Excel)
Ability to use a spreadsheet to record
and manipulate different sets of data

SKILL

I can create, store and retrieve files. This is show by the

way I store and create folder and files in the college
system.

I can use word processing packs, this is show by all my

work being done on a word processor.

I can use spreadsheets to record and manipulate data, this

is show by some of my college work being done on
spreadsheets.

COMPETENCE

Databases (e.g., MS Access)

Ability to retrieve information from a
database
Ability to create a database
Presentations (e.g., MS PowerPoint)
Ability to create and display a
PowerPoint presentation

JOB
IMPORTANCE

COMPETENCE
X
JOB
IMPORTANCE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

10

I do not have any experience in this area.

10

I do not have any experience in this area.

I can create and display a presentation confidently. This

is shown by the presentation I did in front of employers
to compete my Unit 18 event management units.

I can send and receive email, this is shown by the many

emails I have had to send and receive in my time at
college.

Information and Communication

Ability to send and receive e-mail

Ability to send and receive attachments

by e-mail

I can send and receive emails with attachments on them.

This shown by the many emails I have had to send and
receive in my time at college.
I can use internet browsers such as Internet explorer.
This is shown by all my college work being kept on the
internet and not on a computer.
I can do this, shown by all the files I have had to
transferred across from the internet to my PC to do
course work.
I can do this skill, shown by the qualification I have
Level 2 in IT.

Ability to use an internet browser, e.g.,

Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL

Ability to download files from the

Internet and transfer to WP

Ability to use a search engine, e.g.

Altavista, Google

10

I do not have any experience in this area.

10

I do not have any experience in this area.

10

I do not have any experience in this area.

PROBLEM SOLVING
Creativity
Ability to generate new ideas or
conceive existing ideas in a new way
Organisation and Planning
Ability to set down a systematic
sequence of activities and carry them
through in an effective manner
Research
Ability to gather information in a
systematic way to establish certain facts
or principles

SKILL

Analysis

COMPETENCE

JOB
IMPORTANCE

COMPETENCE
X
JOB
IMPORTANCE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

Ability to understand and summarise

information
Initiative
Ability to initiate, take decisions and act
resourcefully

I can partly do this but would like some more

experience.

I can partly do this but would like some more

experience.

I am able to do this. It is shown by such things as able to

compete skills audits and compete the unit 15 career
planning.

I have the ability to learn from a range of situations. This

is show by the appointment of me to the Ambassador to
the CofB4E. In this role I have to listen to the thoughts
and ideas to people and understand why they want to
change the centre. I am them able to learn from this the
next time it comes around.
I can partly do this but would like some more
experience.

IMPROVING OWN LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE

Self Management
Self awareness ability to identify and
reflect on own strengths and weaknesses
in relation to:
Personal Development
Educational Development
Career Development
Effective learning ability to learn
from a range of situations and apply
learning in a variety of contexts

Reasoning skills ability to defend

argument using logical and systematic
thinking based on sound evidence
Reflection ability to reflect on and
critique own performance

I can partly do this but would like some more

experience.

SKILL

Study Skills
Ability to manage and prioritise time to
meet deadlines
Ability to identify relevant sources of
information, including people and
reference material
Ability to use a library to find books and
journal articles
Ability to take notes, organise them, and
integrate them with other sources of
information
Ability to reference materials using an
appropriate system, e.g., Harvard or
Vancouver

COMPETENCE

JOB
IMPORTANCE

COMPETENCE
X
JOB
IMPORTANCE

EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF

COMPETENCE

I can partly do this but would like some more

experience.
I can partly do this but would like some more
experience.

10

I do not have any experience in this area.

10

I do not have any experience in this area.

10

I do not have any experience in this area.

Identify your learning needs

Now pick three of the highest scoring skills from the above audit (by multiplying your scores as shown above) that you need to develop further.
List these below in order of priority.

Skill Area

Action Pan for Development and where you can access these

1. Reasoning skills ability

to defend argument using
logical and systematic
thinking based on sound
evidence

2. Ability to retrieve
information from a database

3. Ability to create a database

I have some experience with this skill already, but because this is a very important skill I require in the future. To
improve this skill I will learn how to listen to other people opinion, but also defend an argument while on
placement at University. By learning this skill this way I also will be able to think logically and systematically
when choosing a side passed on evidence.

I have no experience with in this skill area, and it is needed for the skills in my future career. So to learn this skill I
plan to take qualifications in Level 3 database searches. This hopefully will give me the relevant skill needed to for
fill skills for a job in the future.

I have no experience with in this skill area, and it is needed for the skills in my future career. So to learn this skill I
plan to take qualifications in Level 3 in creating databases. This hopefully will give me the relevant skill needed to
for fill skills for a job in the future.

As I can see in my tranferable business skills audit, there are some skills that I am very strong at and do not need any more improvments to my
skills. But however there are some skills which I do not have or have very little expirence with; this is called a skills gap. By the time I reach
employement I hope that all the skills that are neccisarry to learn for my future jod will be learned so that I am employable.