Designing for a Client - Level 6 Sample Unit
VELS and employability skills
Designing for a client provides opportunities to assess students against elements of Level 6 standards and facets of employability skills as detailed below.
For further information see the Employability skills section.
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Strand |
Domain |
Dimension |
Element of standard |
Related employability skill |
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Physical, Personal and Social Learning |
Personal Learning |
Managing personal learning |
… allocate appropriate time and identify and utilise appropriate resources … to complete tasks, including learner-directed projects within set timeframes. |
… uses time and energy efficiently and can prioritise tasks. |
|
Interdisciplinary Learning |
Design, Creativity and Technology |
Investigating and designing |
… identify considerations and constraints within a design brief. … generate a range of alternative possibilities. … justify their preferred option, explaining how it provides a solution to the problem … … identify a range of criteria for evaluating their products and/or technological systems. |
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Communication |
Presenting |
… use subject-specific language and conventions in accordance with the purpose of their presentation to communicate complex information. |
Communication – Written … writes accurately and conventionally. |
For further information see the Assessment section.



