1. Burns Careers Adviser North Berwick High
Introduce yourself to class and ask them your role within the school as Careers Adviser?
Hand out a Lucky Dip Job Card from the envelope to every pupil in the class, and ask them if they are happy? Explain that CAs do not tell you what career to do, but help you to decide what career you want to do and how to access it.
Brief introduction to SDS

2. What we are going to cover today:
SDS and what we do
Guessing game
Exploring different jobs and careers
Thinking BIG
Introduce yourself to class and ask them your role within the school as Careers Adviser?
Hand out a Lucky Dip Job Card from the envelope to every pupil in the class, and ask them if they are happy? Explain that CAs do not tell you what career to do, but help you to decide what career you want to do and how to access it.
Brief introduction to SDS

3. Who I am, what I do and why I am here

4. Skills Development Scotland
Activity!
Your future is your choice...
The next 5 slides will show you a photo of a person with some statements, and we want you to guess (shout out or write it down on paper) what job they do.
After discussion reveal next slide of same person in a workplace.
Skills Development Scotland

5. What does she do? Deals with customers Wears protective clothing
Has to diagnose and fix
Mechanic
deals with customers...
wears protective clothing...
has to diagnose and fix...

6. What does he do? works shifts responds to emergencies
works for one of Scotland's biggest employers
Nurse
works shifts...
responds to emergencies...
works for one of Scotland's biggest employers...

7. Skills Development Scotland
What does he do?
could work in other peoples houses
has a good eye for detail
Painter and decorator
could work in other peoples houses...
has a good eye for detail...
works to timescales...
works to timescales
Skills Development Scotland

8. What does he do? is very creative works in a cold environment
deals with demanding customers
Florist
is very creative...
works in a cold environment...
deals with demanding customers...

9. Skills Development Scotland
What does she do?
has over seven years training
responsible for other peoples lives everyday
travels the world
Pilot
has over seven years training...
responsible for other peoples lives everyday...
travels the world...
We want young people to feel confident to say... ‘I know I can choose the opportunities available to me regardless of whether I am a boy or girl’
We want to challenge any gender stereotypes / pre-conceived limitations that young people may have.
Skills Development Scotland

10. How can you choose a good career?
Introduce the themes…
SELF is about
understanding who you are and what you can do
knowing what is right for you
reviewing your life, work and learning plan.
STRENGTHS is about
understanding all about your skills, knowledge and experience
knowing more about what you can do
reviewing which of your skills are transferrable.
HORIZONS is about
understanding the world of work
understanding what options might be available to you
knowing which options you should choose
knowing what you need to do to make your choice
reviewing your links between life, learning and work
reviewing where you fit into the world of work.
NETWORKS is about
understanding who can help you
knowing how to make connections with those who can help you
reviewing your networks.

11. Have a look on My World of Work....
Start using to research the careers that are available to you.

12. Over to you – think BIG!
Get them to make a list of job titles of people involved in making this product and getting it to your breakfast table – e.g. farmer, agricultural scientist; food scientist; graphic designer; advertising executive; factory worker; lorry driver; retail assistant; buyer; shelf filler; crop sprayer; motor mechanic; nutritionist; botanist; chemical engineer;
How many jobs can you think up involved with this product?

13. Over to you – think BIG! Now arrange the jobs into
Get them to make a list of job titles of people involved in making this product and getting it to your breakfast table – e.g. farmer, agricultural scientist; food scientist; graphic designer; advertising executive; factory worker; lorry driver; retail assistant; buyer; shelf filler; crop sprayer; motor mechanic; nutritionist; botanist; chemical engineer;
Now arrange the jobs into
Job Families – and think about which jobs might suit you……

14. Rank these jobs in order of importance
Teacher
Police Officer
Electronic Engineer
Hairdresser
Astronaut
Skills Development Scotland

15. There are lots of people who can help you...
Your future is your choice....
There are lots of jobs available to you...
Reminder of what we have done today:
CAs don’t tell you what job to do and it is never too early to start researching careers.
All jobs are available to all people, regardless of gender.
With over 700 job titles to choose from, it is important that you don’t just choose the ones you know about (usually family and friends).
All jobs are important
Different jobs need different skills

16. Mick Burns
Any questions?