Grade 12 - Youth Work in Trades

YOUTH WORK IN TRADES 12

Curricular Competencies

Content

Big Ideas

Connect and Apply

Relect and Refine

Trades experiences outside of school expand our workplace skills and career-life options while providing opportunities for self-discovery

Understanding and applying one's personal rights and responsibilities as a worker builds a safer work environment for all.

Pursuing trade pathways involves an inquiry cycle of questioning, planning, reflecting, adapting, an inquiry cycle of questioning, planning, reflecting, adapting, and deciding next steps

Collaborate with teacher and employer to develop a trade-specific training plan

Further develop and apply trade-specific skills while working, as defined in the training plan, and demonstrate progression of learning

Use transferrable skills specific to the work placement

Explore further work placement opportunities to enhance potential futures

Develop skills to work respectfully and constructively, both independently and with others, to achieve common goals

Demonstrate knowledge of cultural sensitivity, workplace ethics and etiquette

Contribute to and describe care of self, others, and community

Access information and ideas on workplace safety prior to work placement to determine workplace safety risks

Identify, demonstrate, and incorporate provincially legislated safety and site-specific work-site safety procedures while at the work placement

Engage in ongoing reflection and documentation of work experience to identify strengths, employability skills, and areas for future development

Reflect on independent and collaborative problem-solving strategies implemented, specific to the work placement

Recognize career skills progression and refine their trade-specific training plan

Worplace Safety

occupational health and safety rights and responsibilities, including trade-specific hazards, risk reduction and the rights and procedures to refuse unsafe work

worker insurance

potential hazards in their occupation/industry sector

workplace incident and accident response procedures and protocols

injury prevention awareness

Workplace Skills

essential skills for a continually changing labour market

responsibilities and expectations associated with workplace ethics and etiquette, including the need for confidentiality

general and site-specific workplace expectations

cultural land use considerations and First Peoples knowledge

problem-solving and conflict resolution strategies, and interpersonal skills

self-advocacy skills and self-efficacy

apprenticeship pathways and requirements for qualification/certification for chosen trades

procedures for Industry Training Authority (ITA) documentation