Communications course

Communications course learning outcomes:

· Analyse a range of current issues in communications and information technology · Summarise the elements of legislation that must be observed in a personal and/or work context, to include health, safety and welfare at work and communications-related legislation

· Use appropriate non-verbal and visual communication in personal- and work-related settings

· Demonstrate verbal skills appropriate to working under general direction, to include making a case and presenting a point of view in group discussion, formal meetings, interviews

· Demonstrate listening skills appropriate to working under general direction, to include making eye contact, receiving and interpreting information, control of personal response

· Use reading techniques appropriate to a task, to include skimming, obtaining an overview, identifying key points, critical evaluation, in depth analysis

· Critique information from a range of complex written material, to include technical/vocational, personal, literary, and written and visual media texts

· Research a relevant vocational topic, to include use of primary and secondary sources, acknowledgement of sources, use of enquiry techniques and methods to establish validity and reliability

· Use drafting, proofreading and editing skills to write a range of documents that follow the conventions of language usage (spelling, punctuation, syntax), to include creative writing, business proposals, correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes, applications

· Demonstrate communications styles and techniques relevant to different situations in work and leisure, to include one-to-one and group contexts in conversation, interview, oral presentation, question and answer session

· Choose the appropriate communications technology to give and receive requests, instructions, suggestions, discussion and feedback in both work and leisure

Assessment: Portfolio 50% Skills Demonstration 50%

Progression Routes: FETAC LevelFETAC Level 6 Communications Module of all Major awards