About the competition - Key Skills
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Entry Levels: Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced
Entry Deadline: 28 January 2008
Entry Type: Team competitors
Competition Type: Live
Who is this competition for?
This competition is for young people and adults of 14 years and over who are developing their key skills as part of their continuing education and training. Competitors do not have to be studying for key skills qualifications; however, they should have an understanding of the role and significance of key skills. The competition is for teams of up to 3 people.
What does the competition prepare you for?
Key skills are a range of essential skills that underpin success in education, employment,
lifelong learning and personal development. The competition gives you an opportunity to apply your
key skills to a project of your choice.
The key skills that the competition focuses on are:
- Communication
- Application of number
- Information technology
- Problem solving
- Working with others
- Improving own learning and performance
Employers and industry tell us that these skills are the ones that make all the difference to performance in business and industry. This is the case regardless of the chosen career.
What does the competition cover?
The competition is in two stages:
Stage 1: teams of competitors submit a representation of an interactive piece of
key skills learning and achievement, as set out in the competition brief. This is assessed by
expert judges.
Stage 2: the teams with highly scoring submissions are invited to compete in a
live presentation of their entry.
Each team’s presentation will be judged for its scope and quality in demonstrating the
development of their key skills, irrespective of the levels at which they are achieving them.
You will experience:
• Five days of intensive training with expert business plan trainers.
• Five months of action learning exercises to help you create a robust
business plan.
Four one to one coaching sessions to support your learning journey.
Further information
For technical queries about this competition please email competition.info@ukskills.org.uk
For general information about competitions please contact:
WorldSkills UK contact centre 0800 612 0742 or email
worldskillsuk@ukskills.org.uk.
Further opportunities
There is a City & Guilds qualification available for this competition.