Work Based Learning: Skills Audit, Personal Development Plan, and Future Career Planning

Work Based learning

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
1. Undertake and document skills audits and form this, produce a personal development plan. 1
2. Produce a short report that reflects on progress in planning for and undertaking the work
role...............................................................................................................................................1
3. Produce a short report that finds out the skills and knowledge you need for the work role....1
4. Assess and document the learning and progress with reflective logs and journals.................1
5. Include a short report for your planning for a future career role.............................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Work based learning is considered as an educational strategy for facilitating students with
several real life experiences so that it can able to use its current technical as well as academic and
also formed its employability. Moreover, this incorporates theories with activities as well as also
enhances understanding of tactical kinds of knowledge. For this report, Premier Inn is considered
as British Hotel chain as well as one of the largest brands of hotel along with 72, 000 rooms and
about 800 hotels. Also, this operates hotels into several of locations involving suburbs, city
centres and airports competing with Ibis hotels and Travelodge’s. Its headquarters is in
Dunstable, United Kingdom. The topics which are going to be discussed in this report are skill
audits, personal development plan, reflection upon progress into planning for and undertaking
work role. Moreover, skills as well as knowledge required for work role, evaluate learning as
well as progress with reflective logs and journals. Apart from this, short report for planning for
future career role is also described in this report.
MAIN BODY
1. Undertake and document skills audits and form this, produce a personal development plan.
Personal skills audit is undertaken as the procedures of developing contrast among capabilities
and competencies in context of abilities as well as skills which are needed in order to perform the
specific activities or role in effective way. Moreover, in it my personal skills audit that assists me
to evaluate my competencies for performing sales executive job role at Premier Inn are discussed
below:
Skills Personal audit questionnaire 1 2 3 4 5
Interpersonal
Skills
With aids of respective skill, I encouraged
and motivates person into firm.
*
Team development
Skills
With aids of respective skill I become
competent for performing as well as
implementing activities associated tasks in
much amended way.
*
Technical Skills This is essential for me as with aids of this I
may able to perform my various work
associated with business.
*
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Analysis Skills With aids of respective skill, I determine as
well as manage entity’s sales in particular
time duration.
*
Market Research
Skills
This allows me to determine the targeted
person’s desires which are not being
accomplish.
*
Creative-thinking Respective skill is vital for thinking
innovatively.
*
Notes:
1- Bad, 2- Not bad, 3- Average, 4- Good, 5-Excellent
As per the above performed skill audit, thus may be analysed that there are much gaps for
skill improvement as well as maximisation which would facilitates me assistance to obtain
essential skill towards sales executive job role in Premier Inn. Additionally, this personal skill
audit may utilised by me in order to conduct internal analysis with assistance of SWOT analysis
tool which would assists me to assess and clarify the areas in which development is vital for
sales executives job profile into respective hospitality industry firm.
Strength Weakness
 The interpersonal skill is my strengths
that aid me to motivate staff as well as
maximising effectualness of firm. With
assists of respective skill, I would able
to develop effective bond with targeted
person of entity.
 Also, my other key competency is
analysis capability that would assists
me to evaluate business sales.
Moreover, this facilitates me assistance
in determining firm’s profitability
margin effectively.
 Team development is my weakness
which forms problems for me while
implementing into firm. With
respective drawbacks I cannot able to
develop appropriate team that would
aids me in attaining regular base targets
effectively.
 in expansion to this, my distinctive
weak point is specialized abilities just
like not, at this point right in executing
my capacity and commitments by
means of method of making utilization
of new age and other programming
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