What are LINKup Employability Skills?

Personal abilities that enable a person to effectively apply their technical skills in the workplace (and life in general). An indicator of ‘work-readiness’.

LINKup Employability Skills include all the Key Competencies & Employability Skills (see Cross Reference Table below)

Download the LINKup Employability Skills & Performance Levels - Word file (50KB)

Cross Reference Table

LINKup Employability Skills	Employability Skills	Key Competencies
Initiative & Enterprise	Initiative & Enterprise
Self Management	Self Management
Learning	Learning
Communication	Communication	Communicating Ideas and Information
Teamwork	Teamwork	Working with Others and in Teams
Problem Solving	Problem Solving	Solving Problems
Planning & Organising	Planning & Organising	Planning & Organising
Technology	Technology	Using Technology
Using Information		Collecting, Analysing and Organising Information
Mathematical Techniques		Using Mathematical Ideas and Techniques

 

LINKup Employability Skills Performance Levels

What are Performance Levels?

The national ‘Employability Skills Framework’ specifies ‘facets’ which describe the performance features for each Employability Skill. Training Packages state that facets can be performed at different ‘Dimensions of Competency’ representing different levels of self directedness. LINKup has systematically organised the discrete facets into 3 Performance Levels (based directly on these Dimensions of Competency) creating a meaningful framework for analysing, understanding and performing these skills in different contexts. Students say this helps them ‘make sense’ of the different ways of applying these skills.

These Performance Levels represent levels of self-directedness in performing each Employability Skill. The higher the performance level, the more self-directed a person is performing.

Initiative & Enterprise
Level 1 - Performs constructive tasks voluntarily by following standard guidelines
Level 2 - Sees opportunities to make improvements and independently chooses strategies to achieve them
Level 3 - Envisions new and innovative possibilities and acts on them independently to achieve major benefits

Self Management
Level 1 - Performs effectively and behaves appropriately in routine activities
Level 2 - Chooses suitable ways to perform effectively and conduct oneself appropriately in challenging activities
Level 3 - Designs own approaches to perform optimally and conduct oneself appropriately in complex real-life tasks

Learning
Level 1 - Participates effectively in prepared learning activities to achieve required learning outcomes
Level 2 - Willingly chooses and applies learning strategies to achieve own learning goals
Level 3 - Eagerly designs and manages own customised learning process to achieve optimal learning

Communication
Level 1 - Communicates routine information clearly and coherently
Level 2 - Prepares information and communicates it in the most appropriate way
Level 3 - Interprets information and adapts communication to suit particular situations and audience needs

Teamwork
Level 1 - Participates with others to meet set goals using defined procedures
Level 2 - Collaborates with others to establish and apply strategies to meet agreed goals
Level 3 - Takes a leadership role in establishing and facilitating team operations

Problem Solving
Level 1 - Uses set strategies to solve routine problems
Level 2 - Chooses and uses the most appropriate strategies to solve problems
Level 3 - Uses initiative to solve problems and anticipate and respond to unexpected problems

Planning & Organising
Level 1 - Uses planning tools and processes to organise individual work activities
Level 2 - Applies planning and organising processes to manage multiple activities and/or people
Level 3 - Develops and applies comprehensive planning and organising strategies to manage and evaluate projects

Technology
Level 1 - Uses technology in accordance with clear guidelines
Level 2 - Chooses and uses the most appropriate technologies for the situation
Level 3 - Uses initiative to apply technologies to new contexts

Using Information
Level 1 - Collects and organises specific information using routine procedures
Level 2 - Clarifies information required and selects appropriate strategies to collect and organise it
Level 3 - Defines information required and uses initiative to collect, critically analyse and organise it effectively

Mathematical Techniques
Level 1 - Uses fundamental mathematical ideas and techniques for routine tasks
Level 2 - Selects, sequences and applies appropriate mathematical ideas and techniques
Level 3 - Selects and adapts mathematical ideas and techniques to new situations and contexts