LNF Cymru Literacy and numeracy for Wales

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Skills for Work: Working in Wales

Working in Wales is an Agored Cymru Skills for Work unit about why Wales is a good place to work, how Wales earns its living in an international economy through exports, tourism, trade routes, infrastructure, geography and culture, and which sectors, jobs, skills and qualifications are found across Wales and in the learner's own area. It is one 20 hour unit, offered at Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3, Level 1 and Level 2, that learners combine with others into an Agored Cymru Skills for Work or Skills for Life and Work Award, Certificate or Diploma, assessed through one centre-devised task under direct supervision. Literacy demand is medium. Every criterion is answered in words, rising from naming and listing at Entry level to outlining at Level 1 and describing at Level 2, and each needs a fixed minimum number of answers. Evidence can be written or spoken, because audio and video are allowed. Learners must also read sources and write their own reference notes before the task, with no AI and no redrafting. Numeracy demand is low: no criterion asks for figures or calculation. The unit's own cross curricular table lists Literacy but not Numeracy, and numeracy appears only in the mapping's mention of business growth in a financial context.

Awarding body
Agored Cymru
Level
Entry Level 1 to Level 2
Guided learning hours
20
First taught
September 2027
Amount of literacy work
Medium
Amount of numeracy work
Low
Specification
Open the specification
How this unit is assessed
  • Entry Level (Entry 1 CDS113 RF4E1CY002, Entry 2 CDS112 RF4E2CY002, Entry 3 CDS111 RF4E3CY005): Three learning outcomes at every Entry level: the benefits or advantages of working in Wales, Wales as an international economy, and job opportunities in Wales. Entry 1 has 6 criteria: name a benefit of working in Wales, name at least 3 things from Wales sold in other countries, name a place tourists like to visit, name a way people travel to Wales from a different country, and list at least 2 jobs in own area and 2 in another part of Wales. Entry 2 has 8 criteria: list at least 2 benefits, at least 3 goods and services sold abroad, 3 places tourists visit, 3 ways people travel to Wales, 3 ways to get Welsh goods to other countries, at least 2 job sectors in own area, 2 jobs in a sector, and name 2 skills and 1 qualification for those jobs. Entry 3 has 9 criteria: list at least 3 advantages, 4 goods or services sold abroad, 3 attractions, 3 ways to travel to Wales and 3 ways to send goods overseas, identify 2 job sectors in own area and 2 in another part of Wales, list 2 jobs in a sector, and identify 3 skills and 1 qualification. There are no prescribed assessment methods. One centre-devised summative task in the mandatory Summative Assessment Package, completed under direct supervision in no more than 60 minutes, with evidence as digital or written documents, audio, video or an e-portfolio. Internally assessed by the centre and moderated by Agored Cymru, graded Pass or Fail. 20 guided learning hours and 2 credits at each level.
  • Level 1 and Level 2 (Level 1 CDS110 RF41CY011, Level 2 CDS109 RF42CY034): Three learning outcomes, each with 9 criteria in total: the advantages of working in Wales, Wales as an international economy, and career opportunities in Wales. Level 1 learners know these topics: they outline at least 3 advantages, identify at least 2 sectors that contribute to the international economy, outline how infrastructure, geography and Welsh culture support economic activity, outline at least 3 employment sectors across Wales, identify 2 in own area and 2 jobs in a specified sector, and identify at least 4 skills and 1 qualification for those jobs. Level 2 learners understand them: they describe at least 4 advantages and 3 international sectors, describe how infrastructure, geography and culture support economic activity, describe at least 4 sectors across Wales and 3 in own area, describe 2 jobs, and describe at least 5 skills and 1 qualification. There are no prescribed assessment methods. One centre-devised summative task in the mandatory Summative Assessment Package, completed under direct supervision in no more than 60 minutes, with no AI and no drafting, and evidence as digital or written documents, audio, video or an e-portfolio. Internally assessed by the centre and moderated by Agored Cymru, graded Pass or Fail. 20 guided learning hours and 2 credits at each level.

Skills that use Interpreting data

  1. Reading figures about growing sectors

    Assessed: Taught, but not assessed

    Growing sectors of business is the example advantage of working in Wales at every level, and the mapping says the unit develops understanding of business growth in a financial context. Comparing which sectors are growing means reading simple charts and figures, but no criterion asks for data, numbers or calculation, so this is taught, not assessed.

    Numeracy: Interpreting data

    Getting pupils ready

    Year 7
    Pupils read a bar chart of the number of people working in 5 Welsh sectors and say which sector is largest.
    Year 8
    Pupils compare 2 years of jobs figures for a Welsh sector, such as renewable energy, and say whether it is growing.
    Year 9
    Pupils interpret a line graph of jobs in 3 Welsh sectors over 10 years, describe the trend in each and say which conclusions might be misleading.
    Show the specification wording and the LNF statements

    Where it is in the specification: Criterion 1.1 amplification, pages 57, 59, 61, 63 and 65; Numeracy mapping, page 67

    “for example, growing sectors of business”
    Progression step 3

    • I can extract and interpret information from an increasing range of diagrams, timetables and graphs (including pie charts).

    • I can draw conclusions from data and recognise that some conclusions may be misleading or uncertain.

    Progression step 4

    • I can interpret graphs that describe real-life situations, including those used in the media, recognising that some graphs may be misleading.

    • I can explore trends and extreme values (outliers) for data sets.

Good to know

Links with other qualifications

Describing how infrastructure, geography and trade support the Welsh economy uses the extended writing of GCSE Geography, and describing growing sectors, exports and cultural branding uses the writing of GCSE Business. Listing, outlining and describing jobs, skills and qualifications, in writing or on audio or video, uses the writing and speaking skills of GCSE English Language and Literature. Bilingualism as a workplace skill and the What Matters statement "Languages connect us" link with Core Cymraeg and Cymraeg Language and Literature. Within the Skills Suite, Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace and Business Finance are in the same Agored Cymru specification, and Exploring Career Pathways, Understanding the Changing Labour Market and Jobs of the Future use similar reading about jobs. Compared with the WJEC and Pearson Working in Wales units, both 10 hours, the Agored Cymru unit is 20 hours with 6 to 9 criteria per level, so learners write or say more, though each answer can be short. Like Pearson, it has no Welsh language outcome, unlike WJEC, and bilingualism appears only as an example of a skill. It is stricter than both on preparation, because learners must write their own notes, may not use AI and may not redraft.

Source: Agored Cymru The Skills Suite: Skills for Life and Work Specification, version 1.0, October 2026, Working in Wales.