12LTW

Year 12 Licence to Work

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs D. Trent.

This course is all about helping young people gain the insight, confidence and skills to get work, keep work, create careers and be set for life. The course incorporates the Licence to Work programme so is run in conjunction with Taupo Pathways for Youth Employment. The course is aimed at those students who want to leave school at the end of the year and progress into employment or further tertiary training or alternatively students can pathway into the Year 13 Learning Hub.

The Licence to Work programme includes career planning, workplace visits, voluntary work, health & safety course and work experience. The programme incorporates an explicit and intentional sequence of learning activities to build competencies that employers want to see in young people. It's all about setting you up to succeed in the workplace by learning the employability skills that all employers look for. We also get set for life by covering topics such as pathway planning; job search skills; CV preparation; job interviews; employment contracts; budgeting; banking; tax; kiwisaver; buying a car; going flatting; buying a house; hauora; apprenticeships etc. These topics are sometimes covered by guest speakers. 

Course Overview

Term 1
Self Development and Career Planning
- Ko wai au? Who are you? - US12352
- Hauora - US12355
- Employability Skills
- Produce a plan for your own future direction - what do I want to do, what steps do I need to take to get there - US10781


Term 2
Jobs and Social Enterprise
- Workplace Visits
- Job Search Skills - US4253
- CVs - US4252
- Job Interviews
- Health & Safety Course
- Social Enterprise Project - US30906 (optional)
- Voluntary Work
- Apprenticeships

Term 3
Set for Life
- Budgeting - US28094
- Banking - US28097
- Taxation - US24695
- KiwiSaver
- Employment Contracts

Term 4
Set for Life/Getting Work Ready
- Buying a Car
- Going Flatting - US12354
- Buying a House
- Work Experience - US10780 (Optional)

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Plastic sleeve folder - 20 pages

Pathway

Entry is by interview with the HoF Vocational Pathways

Career Pathways

Assessment Information

There are up to 32 credits available across the course plus 3 credits (optional) on a work placement. You may also be able to get credits from outside providers.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 35 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 35 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
U.S. 4252 v9
NZQA Info
Produce a personal targeted CV (curriculum vitae)
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 2
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 4253 v8
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of job search skills
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 10780 v6
NZQA Info
Complete a work experience placement
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 10781 v7
NZQA Info
Produce a plan for own future directions
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 12352 v8
NZQA Info
Describe aspects of one's own whakapapa, heritage, and cultural identity
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 12354 v6
NZQA Info
Describe legal rights and responsibilities under tenancy law and means to prevent and resolve related problems
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 12355 v7
NZQA Info
Describe strategies for managing stress
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 24695 v4
NZQA Info
Explain taxation and other deductions relating to personal income
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 2
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 28094 v4
NZQA Info
Produce a household budget, set a financial goal and review and adjust the budget to achieve the goal
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 28097 v3
NZQA Info
Explain and select banking products and services in relation to personal finances
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
U.S. 30906 v2
NZQA Info
Plan and engage in an activity intended to benefit the community
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 35
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

POLICY
It is the policy of Taupo-nui-a-Tia College to have school-wide policies that inform parents and students of the criteria for administering all Assessments for National Qualifications.

Credits listed may change.