Occupational Studies

Aims

• To give you the experience of work related activities

• To learn skills for working life, through an enjoyable hands-on approach

• To develop knowledge through practical tasks

• focus on occupation and employability;

• enable progression to other courses, training and employment;

• help to raise levels of achievement; and

• emphasise learning by doing, which helps learners to develop the transferable skills needed in a changing and dynamic working environment.

Staff

Mrs Jones
Mr Gray, Mr Pirie & Mr O’Loan
Mrs Todd, Mrs Brown, Mrs Parra, Mrs McGorman & Mrs Black
Mrs Bryans & Miss Watson
Mr Stewart, Miss Black, Mr Walker, Mr Uprichard, Miss Ritchie, Miss Greer & Miss Sykes

Key Stage 3

This subject is not available in Key Stage 3.

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Key Stage 4

Exam Board: CCEA, 100% Coursework

Pupils can choose one or a combination of subjects from the range of courses below.
For each subject chosen, pupils must complete two units from the same occupational area to achieve a qualification.

Each module consists of:

• Assesment Objective 1- 20%
  Recall knowledge and understanding of the specified content.

• Assesment Objective 2 - 60%
  Apply their knowledge, understanding and skills in occupational contexts through undertaking relevant tasks.

• Assesment Objective 3 - 20%
  Analyse and evaluate their work and make judgements about their performance, indicating where they could make improvements.

Construction

• Carpentry & Joinery - 50%

• Bench Joinery - 50%

Engineering

• Hand Fitting - 50%

• Sheet Metal - 50%

Hospitality & Catering

• Patisserie and Baking - 50%

• Contemporary Cuisine - 50%

Media

• Digital Imaging - 50%

• TV and Film Production - 50%

Sport

• Sports Leadership - 50%

• Running a Leisure Event - 50%

Skills Developed

• Problem solving: 

  • Thinking Creatively to experiment with subject specific materials. 

• Numeracy: 

  • Working with scale and measurements specific to the occupational pathway. 

• Technical Skills: 

  • Learning through hands on practical lessons. 

• Organisational skills: 

  • Planning & organization of work area following H&S guidelines. 

• Creative thinking:  

  • Working to a design brief to realize intentions in a final product. 

Careers

• Catering

• Sports coach

• Personal trainer

• Photo editor

• Film/TV production

• Joiner

• Engineer