WorkBased Learning - Portfolio - Reflective analysis

Work-Based
Learning

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Undertake and document a skills audit and from this produce a personal development plan1
Produce a short report that reflects on your progress in planning for and undertaking the work
role in the context of any business organisation.....................................................................4
Produce a short report that identifies the skills and knowledge you require for the work role5
Evaluate and document your learning and progress with reflective logs and journals..........6
Include a short report for your planning for a future career role............................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Learning is essential at the workplace as it is helpful for individual to grow at personal and
professional level and this form of learning is referred as the work based learning. The work
based learning is an effective technique by which people is able to gain effective experience of
working and also develop their academic and employability skills (Morley, 2018). The present
report is based on the Hilton which is a five-star hotel based in London. The hotel is well known
for their premium services of accommodation, food and beverages and other services which they
offer to their potential customers. For this report, the employment role is project manager who
has responsibility of managing the present and new projects regarding their overall development
and improvement. The report shows the reflection of skills for which skill audit and PDP is
highlighted and also show the knowledge needs of the job role of project manager.
MAIN BODY
Undertake and document a skills audit and from this produce a personal development plan
Skill Audit
Skill audit is considered as an effective framework in terms of recognising that which
skills an individual need to possess and at what level of expertise they need. It will give me an
effective opportunity to analyse the new methods and approaches to enhance and improve the
areas in which I am weak. At the workplace, the skill audit will help me to develop the overall
skill base which will helps in enhancing my present skills in an effective and easy manner as by
this I will be able to meet my daily work and career objectives (Grollmann, 2018). It is also
beneficial for employer in terms of arranging the employee training and development session and
also by this, I will feel more involved, confident and productive at the workplace. The skill audit
of my skills are discussed as:
Skills 1 2 3 4 5
Communication
skills
*
Numeracy skills *
Management
skills
*
1

Time
management
skills
*
Leadership
skills
*
Presentation
skills
*
Critical thinking
skills
*
Organisational
skills
*
Personal Development Plan
Skills to be
developed
Current
proficiency
Target
proficiency
Success criteria
to be judged
Time period
Presentation
skills
My presentation
skills are very
weak according to
which I will rate
it around 1 in my
skill audit. This
represents that I
have poor digital
presentation
capabilities which
I must improve in
order to become
efficient in this
Presentation
skills are very
essential as it
helps in
representing
content in very
informative
manner. This skill
is highly required
at workplace
which needs to be
improved by me.
I have mentioned
My team mentors
will monitor my
improvement in
this skill by
providing
constant feedback
and rewards so
that I could get
motivation.
2 years
2