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Unit 1: Education and Career
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ECVET Points: 36
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Learning outcome 1: Information/Resources
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Competences
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• The knowledge of education, training, and employment trends; labour market information and resources that provide information about job tasks, functions, salaries, requirements and future outlooks related fields and occupations.
• Knowledge of methods of good use of computer-based career information delivery systems and computer-assisted career guidance systems to help with career planning.
• Knowledge of special services and supporting structures (public and private) for different interest groups (e.g. young people, students, adult job seekers, drop outs, immigrants, returners, start-ups...)
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• Skills to search local and national labour market as to collect information on employability of different occupations.
• Skills to evaluate and see the advantages and disadvantages of different computer based career delivery systems.
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• Being able to identify clients' training needs to advance their career.
• Being able to provide relevant information on specific fields of study/training.
• Being able to use computer-based career information delivery systems and computer-assisted career guidance systems efficiently.
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Learning outcome 2: Career Development Program; Management, and Implementation
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Competences
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• Knowledge of designing career development programs in organization he/she works in.
• Knowledge of needs assessment and evaluation techniques and practices.
• Knowledge of professional standards and criteria for career development programs.
• Knowledge of societal trends and state legislation that influence the development and implementation of career development programs.
• Knowledge of planning public relation campaign.
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• Train youth about the appropriate use of computer-based systems for career information and planning.
• Escalate public relations campaign in behalf of career development activities and services
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• Being able to implement and administer career development programs for youth.
• Implement individual and group programs in career development for specified youth groups.
• Plan, organize, and manage a comprehensive career resource centre for youths.
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Learning outcome 3: Career Development Theory
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Competences
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• Knowledge of counselling theories and techniques, and models.
• Knowledge of individual differences related to gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and physical and mental capacities.
• Knowledge of theoretical models for career development and associated counselling and information-delivery techniques and resources.
• Knowledge of human growth and development throughout the life span.
• Knowledge of role relationships which facilitate life-work planning.
• Knowledge of changing roles of men and women in the society and the implications that has for career, education and family life.
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• Skills to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of different career related theories.
• Skills to choose particular techniques from different theories which are suitable for special client groups.
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• Being able to use counselling techniques, and models appropriate for youths related to career planning and placement.
• Being able to help clients by using changing roles of men and women.
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Learning outcome 4: Knowledge of supervision models and theories
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Competences
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• Knowledge of supervision models and theories.
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• Recognize own limitations as a career counsellor and to seek supervision when appropriate.
• Skills to utilize supervision on a regular basis to maintain and improve counsellor skills.
• Skills to consult with supervisors and colleagues regarding client and counselling issues and issues related to one’s own professional development as a career counsellor.
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• Competency to provide effective supervision to career counsellors at different levels of experience.
• Further training in competences, including interpretation of assessment instruments.
• Monitoring and mentoring their activities in support of professional career counsellor; and scheduling regular consultations for the purpose of reviewing their activities.
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Learning outcome 5: Ethical/Legal Issues
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Competences
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• Knowledge of current ethical and legal issues which affect the practice of career
• counselling with all populations. Knowledge of their roles, competencies, and ethical standards.
• Knowledge of current ethical/legal issues with regard to the use of computer-assisted career guidance systems.
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• Skills to comprehend differences between complying with ethical issues or not.
• Skills to clearly explain ethical rules and legal issues to the clients.
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• Adherence to ethical codes and standards relevant to the profession of career counselling.
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