1. Unit 1 Fundamentals of IT
LO4 – Understand employability and communication skills used in an IT environment
4.5 – Job Roles

2. Lesson Objectives
You need to be able to know about the variety of job roles in IT industry
For example:
Network Manager
IT Technician
Programmer
Web Designer
Animator
You need to understand the key skills for these roles, both technical and non technical
You should have an understanding of skills required to be successful in that job role

3. Job Roles
Below are some examples of jobs with their roles and the attribute/skills needed to be successful
Network Manager
IT Technician
Programmer
description
Web Designer
Animator
Use this to search other IT related jobs to find the roles, attributes and skills involved:

4. Report Task
You will research into different jobs roles. Use the examples from the objectives but also gather more roles.
Create a report on the different IT job roles that includes:
A clear job description
Information on the tasks they carry out
The skills they need (technical and non technical; think back to your personal attributes lesson for ideas on non-technical)
TIP – Use job websites to help with looking at roles. They may give ideas on tasks the jobs involve and the kind of attributes that company might need.