PDP/ILPR Level 3/Access Skills Audit/Analysis

Name:

Date:

Employability Passport Skills: Professional Development

What skills do you have?

So, what do you think are your main skills? Think about three specific areas at this stage: academic; interest related; work related
(if applicable). What are you good at? Write in the spaces below, an example has been given for each.
Academic : related to education and training; subjects or areas you feel are your strongest
Interests: related to your interests away from education or paid work
Work : related to any past or current work experience (if applicable).

Academic

Interests

e.g. Analysing data published in journals e.g. Organising events: five a side football
matches
Reading

Work

e.g. Talking to customers

Rugby
Propoganda

Writing

Musical Theatre
House of Fraser

Grammar

Which section has the least examples? This is an area you may wish to develop add to your strengths and areas for
development on eILP
Skills Analysis
This next exercise takes the process of skill analysis a step further. (If youre not sure what the example means discuss as part of
your study group).
Below is a list of specific skills. There are two parts to the exercise:
First, look down the list of skills that follow and put a tick in the boxes against 10 skills you feel are your strongest at this point in
time.
When you have done that go back over the same list and make up to ten asterisks * next to skills you feel you want or need to
develop or learn in the future.
Skill
y

Teaching, coaching, mentoring or training others

Organising people

Examining, observing, surveying; having an eye for detail and accuracy

Managing money, budgeting

Researching, gathering information

Designing things or events

Leading or directing others

Analysing, sorting or sifting through information Analysing, sorting or sifting through information

Keeping physically fit

Organising or classifying data

Using machine tools, e.g. power tools

Handling things with precision and speed (can include racket sports)

Building, constructing, repairing things

Diagnosing, looking for problems

Making catalogues or lists e.g. compiling an inventory or list of items

Following instructions, diagrams, blueprints

Improvising and adapting (for example, when things don't go to plan)

Creating, innovating, seeing alternatives to situations

Motivating people

Problem solving generally

Developing other peoples ideas; helping them be more creative

Hand-eye co-ordination, e.g. fast computer games; racket sports

Yy

Reviewing, evaluating

Working creatively with spaces, shapes or faces

Performing in a group, on stage, in public etc. (can include presentations)

Giving credit to others, showing appreciation

Listening to others

Sizing up a situation or person quickly and accurately

Manual dexterity (using your hands)

Memorising numbers or other information

Developing your physical strength & stamina

Taking first moves in relationships, i.e. to talk to strangers

Fixing, repairing things

Helping others

Assembling things (you learn quickly how to put material things together)

Drama, acting, role-playing

Conveying warmth and caring

Yy

Selling, negotiating, persuading

Working creatively with colours

Showing interest in other people

Using hand tools to make, service or repair things

Composing music

Using a computer

Helping other people to learn, change or develop

Conveying feelings or ideas through art or graphics

Finding out how mechanical or electrical things work

Writing creatively or imaginatively

Developing quick physical reactions, e.g. sport; driving etc

Manipulating numbers rapidly in mental arithmetic

Developing muscular co-ordination or physical stamina

Having insight, using intuition (e.g. you are good at guessing accurately what others are thinking or
feeling)

Showing sensitivity to other people's feelings

Reading for facts

Reading for ideas

Manoeuvring vehicle or other objects accurately in tight spaces

Shaping things or materials to look good

Is there anything missing from the list above? If you feel anything specific and important to you is missing from the above list, write
it in the space below. If not, continue to the next stage of this exercise.
CURRENT SKILLS
Now look again at the skills you ticked and list them in rank order of importance or interest to you in the grid below. You will notice
that each of the skills you picked out had a letter, either D I T or P attached to them. Make a note of the letter attached to each skill
in the left hand box of the grid below.

Letter
(DITP)

What do the letters DITP represent?

Skill Description

Employability Skill Category

Your skills audit result: (insert the category that appears the most often in your table)
Some questions to ask:

Do all your skills listed fall into one or two main groups, or is there a reasonable spread across the four categories?

Are any categories missing from your profile? If so, why?

The first three or four ranked skills tend to be the most significant. Is there a common thread or element between these?

Most jobs combine more than one skill; can you think of any types of work that combine the skills you have listed? If you
can't, then don't worry.

Add to your eILP strengths and areas for development and plans for the future