Unit 1: Awareness
of Employment in the Creative Media Sector
Unit code: L/600/9037 QCF
level: 3
Credit value: 6
Guided learning hours: 40
Unit aim
The aim of this
unit is to help
learners recognise a range of
prospective employers and their
profiles and products. The unit
also helps learners choose an employer
in terms of own personal
interests, knowledge, skills
and job opportunities.
Unit introduction
Developing on awareness of the range of
employment opportunities in the creative media
sector is essential for learners starting their career as a creative. In
doing so, learners can identify
employers appropriate to their skills, the employment status appropriate to
their need the produce a CV and pitch to secure a position
in an appropriate environment. This unit gives learners a practical pathway to help
them to identify and analyse opportunities and create tools.
Learners will have the opportunity to
identify employment sources and the main types of
employment status within the creative
media sector. Learners will gain the knowledge to help them choose between the
main types of employment status.
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria
In order to pass this unit,
the evidence that the
learner presents
for assessment needs
to demonstrate
that they can meet all the learning
outcomes for the unit. The assessment
criteria determine the standard
required to achieve the unit.
On completion of this unit a learner
should:
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Learning outcomes
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Assessment criteria
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1 Know about
employment status in
the creative media sector
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1.1
Describe the main types of employment status within the creative
media sector
1.2
Describe the key legal
and taxation differences between main types
of employment status
1.3
Explain the main implications
of each employment status, in relation to job security, flexibility and working patterns
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2 Understand the creative media employment market place
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2.1
Describe a range of prospective employers and the
profiles and products of these employers
2.2
Explain how to
choose an employer in terms of own personal
interests, knowledge, skills
and job requirements
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3 Be
able to promote self
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3.1
Create and present
a professional standard
CV, with examples of own work, appropriate to a specific job application
3.2
Discuss strengths and weaknesses in relation to own work
and a specific job application
3.3
Describe and pitch a creative idea to an employer
or commissioner
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