EDEXCEL BTEC
WorkSkills
Level One
Assignment 17
Unit 17: Working in a Team
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Assignment 17 - Unit 17: Assignment: Working in a Team
You and up to 5 other people are going to work as a team to take part in a project. The project
MUST have a sustainability focus throughout. Every member of the group should contribute an
idea and must be responsible for at least 1 task. The project will take on the form of making wild
life food balls and developing a sustainable community garden.
Sustainability means that you will have enough of something for the future e.g living within the
Resources of the planet without damaging the environment now or in the future. Recycling,
Sustainable farming, fishing, foresting are all good sustainable means for using resources from the
earth but ensuring there is enough left for it to reproduce more.
Task 1
1.1 Effective teamwork requires team members to behave in certain ways. Discuss in small
groups what positive behaviours are needed for effective teamwork. Using the table below explain
why three different positive behaviours are needed for teamwork to be effective.
Describe positive behaviours necessary for effective teamwork
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Task 2
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1.1 During a group discussion look at each other’s and your own strengths, skills and experiences
which may contribute to a team project e.g organising skills; practical skills, computer literate,
photography skills; previous experiences, experience of planning an event, communication skills,
multi-lingual, skilled writer, interpersonal skills, good listener, confident, punctual, reliable and
patient.
Strength
Skill
Experience
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2.2 Explain why some aspects of a particular task you think you could do well based on your
identified strengths, skills and experiences mentioned above e.g good spelling and language skills
suited to task of proofreading written work produced by team or organising skills suited to
drawing up a timeline for completion of the team project.
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Task 3
Within your group, discuss the roles and responsibilities of team members (including your own) in
relation to your given project.
3.1 Complete the table below describing what your task is about and what the team is working to
achieve e.g aim or aims of the team’s task, assignment or project; goals, deadlines, timelines;
particular quality or standard of work required.
Project title:
Describe what the project is about.
Describe what the team is working to achieve.
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3.2 Create a detailed PowerPoint or complete the table below describing your own role and
responsibilities and those of others in your team e.g own individual roles and responsibilities
agreed with whole team; individual roles and responsibilities of other team members. You will
need to refer to the chosen task and give clear details about the task and its intended outcome,
and the role and responsibilities of all members of your team.
Name
Role
Responsibilities
Intended outcome
What resources will be needed?
Resources
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3.3 Explain how your own role contributes to the work of the team as a whole e.g how own role
affects roles of others in the team or how own role affects overall team success. Present your
ideas about how your own role contributes to the work of the team as a whole to the rest of the
group.
Give at least two reasons why their own role is necessary for the successful completion of the
group project.
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Task 4
Being able to work positively as a member of a team takes skills, knowledge and understanding.
Complete the following 4 points explaining in detail and giving clear examples of how you and your
team work positively together.
4.1 Give examples of when you listened to the ideas and suggestions of others e.g paying attention
to and showing respect for the advice, ideas, suggestions or opinions put forward by others eg by
not interrupting, asking questions to clarify what was said.
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4.2 Give ideas and suggestions as to how the team might complete their task eg by participating in
group discussions, problem solving or ‘thought shower’ sessions, finding out information and
reporting back to the group.
4.3 Outline examples of when you offered to help or support other team members eg offer to help
other team members complete their task, volunteer to take on the task of a team member who is
absent.
4.4 Outline examples of when you accepted the help or advice of others eg try out ideas or
suggestions put forward by others, listen respectfully to advice from another team member,
accept help from other team members in order to get individual task finished on time.
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4.5 Complete the aspects of the task they were allocated, in line with the brief e.g complete task
to required standard and within stipulated timeframe.
A witness statement or observation will need to be submitted with this task.
Task 5
Take some time to consider your performance as a member of your team.
5.1 Describe which positive team working behaviours you demonstrated in undertaking the task
e.g listened to opinions of others, responded politely to questions, satisfactorily completed the
individual task assigned to them, helped others carry out their tasks or responsibilities, offered
suggestions as to how the team’s goals could be achieved, accepted advice from others, learner’s
own contribution contributed to success of whole task.
What Health and Safety did you have to consider?
5.2 Identify two ways you could improve your team working skills e.g. be more patient with other
team members, don’t interrupt when others are making.
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Describe how you could improve your team working skills
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Describe what went well and why?
What went well and why?
Using the table below describe what are the benefits of working one to one or within a group and
how might it affect your work?
Working
One to one
Benefits and affects
Group
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