Employability Skills

Important Employability Skills

Technology

• Having a range of basic IT skills.
• Having the OHS knowledge to apply technology.
• Having appropriate physical capacity.
• Operating equipment.
• Using IT to organize data.
• Applying IT as management tool.

Communication

Good at various kills such as

• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Using numeracy
• Sharing information
• Being Assertive
• Writing
• Empathizing
• Negotiating
• Persuading and 
• Networking.

Initiative and Enterprise

• Adapting to new situations.
• Identifying opportunities.
• Being creative.
• Generating range of opportunities.
• Transforming ideas into actions.

Learning

• Using a range of mediums to learn.
• Applying learning to technical issues and operations.
• Being open to new ideas and change.
• Contributing to the learning community in the work place.

Planning and Organizing

• Managing time and priorities.
• Analyzing/organizing information.
• Identifying contingency plans.
• Delegating tasks.
• Participating in improvement and planning.
• Develop a vision and a proactive plan.

Problem solving

• developing practical situations.
• solving problems.
• Showing in dependence and initiative.
• resolving customer concerns.
• using mathematics.
• Budgeting.
• Financial management.
• Testing assumptions.

Self-Management

• Evaluating and monitoring personal performance.
• Taking responsibility.
• Knowledge and confidence in personal vision and goals.
• Articulating personal ideas and vision.

Teamwork

• Working individually.
• Working in groups.
• Working in different situations.
• Working with diversity.
• Coaching.
• Mentoring.
• Giving feedback.
• defining team roles.