Level 3 Key Competency
Self Management & Competitive
What is this unit about?
This unit is about planning and reviewing your learning and
improving your performance.
You will work closely with someone (e.g. your tutor, trainer,
careers advisor) to show you can:
agree targets and plan how these will be met;
use your plan, seeking feedback and support from others,
to help meet targets
review your progress and establish evidence of your
achievements
How do I use the information in this unit?
The unit has three parts:
what you need to know
what you must do
guidance
Part A
PartB
PartC
WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW
WHAT YOU MUST
DO
GUIDANCE
This tells you what
This describes the
you need to learn and skills you must show.
practise to feel
All your work for this
confident about
section will be
applying your skills in assessed. You must
working with others in have evidence that
your studies, work or
you can do all the
other aspects of your things listed in the
life.
bullet points.
This describes some
activities you might
like to use. It also
contains examples of
the sort of evidence
you could produce to
prove you have the
skills required
Part A
What you need to know
In agreeing targets
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO:
1. use various sources of information to identify ways to achieve what you want to do (
e.g. in your learning, personal life, career);
2. identify factors that might affect your plans ( e.g. finance, health and safety,
available opportunities, motivation, other commitments
3. agree ( e.g. with tutor, trainer, careers advisor etc) targets which clearly say what
you want to achieve, are measurable and achievable over an extended period ( e.g.
about 3 months)
4. identify action points for each target with timescales and identify the support you
will need
5. predict difficulties which may occur and identify alternative courses of action
In using your plan
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO:
6. prioritise action to achieve your targets;
7. deal with any difficulties in order to complete tasks and meet deadlines
8. make revisions to your plan to take into account changed circumstances
9. see and actively use feedback and support from relevant sources to help meet your
targets
10. select and use different ways of learning to include:
i. studying a complex subject ( e.g. in teaching, training sessions, tutorials)
ii. learning through complex practical activities ( e.g. following demonstration,
problem solving tasks)
iii. Independent learning ( e.g. use of written or IT based distance learning
materials)
11. use methods that suit different learning styles ( e.g. visual, verbal, auditory,
physical)
In reviewing progress and achievements
YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO:
12. provide information on the quality of your learning and performance, including what
you have learned and how you have learned
13. identify the factors that have affected the outcome ( e.g. the usefulness of
feedback and support, the situations in which you learned, how you felt about your
learning, problems you met);
14. identify targets you have met
15. seek information from relevant sources to establish evidence of your achievements
16. present your own views and listen to the views of others to agree on ways to
further improve your performance ( e.g. quality of your work, ways of learning, in
your career).
Part B
What you must do
You must:
Provide at least Two substantial action plans to meet the
following. One study based and one practical based task
Element 1: Agree targets
You must:
Agree targets and plan how these will be met over an extended
period of time, using support from appropriate people.
Your evidence must show you can:
a
seek information on ways to achieve what you want to do,
identify factors that may affect your plans;
b
use this information to agree realistic targets
c
plan how you will effectively manage your time and use of
support to meet targets, including alternative action for
overcoming possible difficulties
Element 2: Using plan and review progress
You must:
Take responsibility for your learning by using your plan and
seeking feedback and support from relevant sources to meet
targets.
Improve your own learning and performance by:
i.
studying a complex subject
ii.
learning through a complex practical activity
iii. study or practical activity that involves independent learning
Your evidence must show you can:
d
manage your time effectively to complete tasks; revising your
plan as necessary
e
seek and actively use feedback to help meet targets
f
select and use different ways of learning to improve your
performance, adapting approaches to meet new demands
You must:
g
provide information on the quality of your learning and any
factors that affected outcomes
h
identify targets you met and exchange views to agree ways to
further improve.
Part C Guidance
Examples of activities you might use
This unit will help you to develop a progress file or record of achievement. You
will have opportunities to learn in different ways, talk about what you can do as
well as collect evidence of your achievements.
For example when:
as part of your studies, training or leisure activities;
when doing a new responsibility at work
when making a career choice, or changing things in your personal life.
To meet new demands you will draw on your learning from other tasks.
For example knowledge and skills learnt on a course could be used to help solve a
problem at work.
You will need to plan for learning to take place over an extended period of time
(e.g. about three months). You will also need time to check your progress with
those who can help you to meet your targets.
You will need to think about the quality of your learning and performance and
check that your evidence covers all the requirements for this level.
Examples of evidence
Element 1: Agree targets
Records that show you obtained and used information to agree targets.
An action plan for each challenge showing an extended period of time
(e.g. about three months), including alternative courses of action and a
note of support needed.
Element 2: Use plan and review progress and achievements
A log of your learning, with notes of:
how you learned in different ways and adapted your approach
when you sought feedback and support and how you used it
any revisions made to your plan
Records from those who have seen your work which show you managed
your time effectively and completed tasks.
Records of information you provided on your learning and performance,
including how you used learning from other tasks to meet new demands.
Examples of work which show what you learned from studying and
independent learning.
Records which show how you established evidence of your achievements
and exchanged views on ways to improve your performance.
* If producing certain types of evidence creates difficulties through disability or for another reason, you may
be able to use other ways to show your achievement. Ask your tutor or supervisor for further information.