Skills for Work: Understanding the Changing Labour Market
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg Pearson.
Understanding the Changing Labour Market is a Pearson Skills for Work unit in which learners research local and national jobs, explain what affects the labour market and write a career plan with alternatives if their first choice is not available. It is one 10 hour unit that learners combine with others into a Pearson Skills for Work Award, Certificate or Diploma, from Entry 1 to Level 2, and the centre sets and marks the assignment. Literacy carries the unit: reading labour market and careers information, stating, describing or explaining factors with examples and reasons, and writing a career plan with goals. Numeracy is light: Pearson's mapping mentions interpreting labour market data and comparing trends, but no criterion requires it.
- Corff dyfarnu
- Pearson
- Lefel
- Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Oriau dysgu dan arweiniad
- 10
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Canolig
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r uned hon yn cael ei hasesu
- Entry Level (Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3): One assessment criterion at each of Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3: state, outline or identify factors that affect the local and national labour market, suggest alternative job options and the skills needed to adapt, and at Entry 3 produce a simple plan showing how career choice and skills could change. The centre sets and marks its own assignment (Pearson's Authorised Assignment Brief is optional) and there are no mandatory evidence requirements; work is internally verified and quality assured by a Pearson Standards Verifier. 10 guided learning hours, graded Pass or Fail.
- Level 1 and Level 2: One assessment criterion at each level: learners describe (Level 1) or explain (Level 2) a range of factors affecting the labour market and their impact on their own job choices, and produce a realistic (Level 1) or detailed, personalised (Level 2) career plan showing how they will adapt to changing opportunities. The centre sets and marks its own assignment, with no mandatory evidence requirements, internally verified and quality assured by a Pearson Standards Verifier. 10 guided learning hours, graded Pass or Fail.
Y sgiliau llythrennedd a rhifedd yn y cymhwyster hwn
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Researching labour market and careers information
From Entry 2 learners complete basic research on the local labour market, at Entry 3 and above on the local and national market, and they research and select job or career options. Level 2 learners work independently to research, review and plan. The research is required by the essential information for assessment decisions.
Llythrennedd: Strategaethau darllen, Deall, ymateb a dadansoddi
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils scan a Careers Wales job profile to find the pay, hours and qualifications for one job and copy them into a fact card.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils skim three local news articles about new employers in their area and summarise in their own words what jobs each will bring.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils research two growing sectors in Wales from different websites and write a short summary of why each is growing and what jobs it offers.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit SfW 16, Essential information for assessment decisions, Entry 2 and Entry 3, page 83, Level 1 and Level 2, page 84; Levels of supervision, Level 2, page 85
“can, with some support, complete basic research to investigate the local labour market”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o strategaethau er mwyn dod o hyd i wybodaeth, e.e. cip ddarllen (sgimio) am yr hanfodion, llithr ddarllen (sganio) am fanylion.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ffynonellau cyfeirio/digidol i ddewis, crynhoi a chyfuno gwybodaeth, gan gyfeirio atyn nhw fel y bo'n briodol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu ymchwilio i amrywiaeth eang o ffynonellau cyfeirio a digidol er mwyn datblygu dealltwriaeth lawn o bwnc neu fater.
Rwy'n gallu crynhoi, cyfuno a dadansoddi gwybodaeth er mwyn magu dealltwriaeth fanwl, e.e. o achosion, canlyniadau, patrymau, gan ddefnyddio gwahanol ffynonellau.
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Explaining factors that affect the labour market
Learners state (Entry 1), outline (Entry 2), identify (Entry 3), describe (Level 1) and explain (Level 2) factors that affect jobs locally and nationally, using terms such as supply and demand and economic initiatives. From Entry 2 they give reasons for each factor, and Level 2 learners support their explanations with clear examples and reasoning. This is required by the assessment criteria.
Llythrennedd: Cynllunio a threfnu ar gyfer gwahanol ddibenion, cynulleidfaoedd a chyd-destunau, Eglurder a geirfa
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils write two sentences about a new shop opening in town, saying how it could change the number of jobs and why.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils explain to a partner, using the words supply and demand, why some jobs have many applicants and others have vacancies.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils write a paragraph for each of three factors, such as new technology, a factory closing and a college course, explaining its effect on local jobs with an example.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit SfW 16, assessment criteria Entry 1 to Level 2, page 82; Essential information for assessment decisions, pages 83 to 84
“They will support their explanations with clear examples and reasoning.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu ysgrifennu disgrifiad cynhwysfawr o bwnc, thema neu safbwynt.
Rwy'n gallu mynegi materion a syniadau'n glir gan ddefnyddio geirfa sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth ac enghreifftiau.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio crynodebau, trafod materion, rhoi esboniadau manwl a defnyddio rhesymeg wrth ymdrin â phwnc.
Rwyf wedi cael profiad o ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol, ac yn gallu ei defnyddio wrth i mi gyfathrebu.
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Writing a career plan with goals and alternatives
Learners suggest an alternative job and a reason at Entry 1 and Entry 2, produce a simple plan at Entry 3, a realistic career plan with activities to develop their skills at Level 1, and a detailed, personalised plan with short and long term goals, transferable skills and strategies to stay employable at Level 2. Each level also asks learners to recognise their own skills through a self-assessment. This is required by the assessment criteria.
Llythrennedd: Cynllunio a threfnu ar gyfer gwahanol ddibenion, cynulleidfaoedd a chyd-destunau, Diben
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils fill in a simple skills checklist, then write one job they would like, one back up job and one reason for each.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils write a short plan under the headings My skills, My first choice, My back up and What I need to learn.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils write a career plan with one short term and one long term goal, the steps to reach each, and what they would do if their first choice is not available.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit SfW 16, assessment criteria Entry 1 to Level 2, page 82; Essential information for assessment decisions, Entry 3, pages 83 to 84, Level 1 and Level 2, page 84
“develop a detailed, personalised career plan, showing current skills and career choices and setting realistic short- and long-term goals”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ac addasu gwahanol strwythurau yn fy ngwaith ysgrifennu, e.e. adroddiad ar ddigwyddiad, ymchwiliad neu arbrawf.
Rwy'n gallu rhannu, siarad ac ysgrifennu am fy meddyliau, fy nheimladau a fy marn gan ddefnyddio ystod o dechnegau i ddangos effaith.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu addasu fy arddull ysgrifennu, gan ddewis a defnyddio'r strwythurau gorau ar gyfer gwahanol gyd-destunau a dibenion, e.e. i ddisgrifio, esbonio, darbwyllo, trafod yn llwyddiannus.
Rwy’n gallu dewis a defnyddio strategaethau priodol er mwyn cynllunio a datblygu fy ngwaith ysgrifennu at wahanol ddibenion ac ar gyfer gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd.
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Interpreting labour market data
Pearson's mapping says the unit's numeracy is interpreting labour market information such as supply and demand and sector data, and comparing trends. No assessment criterion or assessment guidance asks learners to read or use numbers, so this sits in the separate teaching content, although learners may use figures as examples in their explanations.
Rhifedd: Dehongli data
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils read a bar chart of the number of people working in five local sectors and say which is largest and smallest.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils compare vacancy counts for three jobs over two years from a table and describe which is growing fastest.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils interpret a line graph of employment in a Welsh sector over ten years, describe the trend and say whether the graph's scale could mislead.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Annexe C, Unit SfW 16, page 121; Annexe B, page 117
“Interpreting labour market information (supply/demand, sector data); comparing trends”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu echdynnu a dehongli gwybodaeth o amrywiaeth gynyddol o ddiagramau, amserlenni a graffiau (gan gynnwys siartiau cylch).
Rwy'n gallu dod i gasgliadau o ddata ac rwy'n cydnabod y gall rhai casgliadau fod yn gamarweiniol neu'n ansicr.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dehongli graffiau sy'n disgrifio sefyllfaoedd go iawn, gan gynnwys y rhai a ddefnyddir yn y cyfryngau, a chan gydnabod y gall rhai graffiau fod yn gamarweiniol.
Rwy'n gallu archwilio tueddiadau a gwerthoedd eithaf (allanolynnau) ar gyfer setiau data.
Da gwybod
- The unit is SfW 16 and is worth 10 guided learning hours (Section 3, page 5), half the 20 hours of the WJEC unit of the same name.
- A learner achieves the unit once, at one level: "Learners can only achieve each unit once, at a single level." (Rules of Combination, page 6).
- Evidence can be written, spoken or visual: "there are no mandatory evidence requirements and centres can select the type of evidence" (page 83). Pearson's mapping suggests reports, posters or presentations (Annexe C, page 121).
- The teaching content is in a separate document: "This can be found in the Teaching and Learning Support document for this unit" (Unit content, page 83).
- Written work must be the learner's own: "If AI is used, the final submission must be in the learner’s own words and reflect their own effort." (page 85).
- Pearson's own numeracy mapping lists "SMART measurable goals and timelines" alongside interpreting labour market information (Annexe C, page 121), but the assessment criteria ask only for factors, reasons and a plan, so numbers are not assessed.
- The Skills for Work specification says "Every unit in our Skills for Life qualifications includes an Authorised Assessment Brief" (page 8), a leftover reference to the Skills for Life suite.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The WJEC Skills for Work unit Understanding the Changing Labour Market is a 20 hour unit with three learning outcomes; its Level 2 asks learners to judge bias, accuracy and reliability in labour market sources and it includes reading statistics. Pearson's 10 hour unit puts the literacy into explaining factors and writing a personal career plan with goals, and has no source evaluation criterion. Explaining factors with examples and reasons and writing a structured plan build on GCSE English Language and Literature and GCSE Cymraeg Language and Literature, supply and demand links with GCSE Business, and any work with labour market statistics links lightly with GCSE Mathematics and Numeracy. Within the WJEC Skills Suite, Personal Development Planning and Exploring Career Pathways also ask learners to set goals and plan.
Ffynhonnell: Pearson Entry Level 1 to Level 2 Skills for Work Award, Certificate and Diploma specification, Issue 1, August 2026, Unit SfW 16: Understanding the changing labour market.