Work Based Learning Report: Skills, Progress, and Career Planning

This report delves into work-based learning, focusing on a skills audit and personal development plan for a sales executive role at Premier Inn. It includes an analysis of skills, such as interpersonal and technical skills, and a SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Th...Read More

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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application.
 Marketplace research ability is
additionally one in everything about
greatest basic deficiencies and it's miles
importance for me to advance my
interesting usefulness for executing as a
part of a deal director in administration
since it will help me in forming
objective people needs and wants.
Opportunity Threats
 With assistance of analysed skills, I
would become competent to obtain
various options as through this I would
able to ascertain sales enhancement in
efficacious way.
 While implementing sales executive
roles within entity, ineffectual
marketing skills would perform as
threats for me as because of it, I would
not become competent to analyse
consumer’s desires efficiently.
Personal development plan is considered as the invariable procedures of understandings as well
as obtaining new capabilities and proficiencies for implementing the job effectively by official
directing procedures as well as determining implementation of other staff. In addition to this, it is
also regarded as inclusive actions lists which are required for expansion in respect of developing
whole analysed skills and attributes for attainment of individuals career intent and objectives in
efficacious way.
Current Skills and
Competencies used in
personal and professional
plan
Goals Personal /
Professional
Development
Plan
ACTIVITY
Monitoring the
Progress
Evaluating the effectiveness
of Personal Development
Plan
Team development skill Short term skill
I require
developing my
By including
response from
By conducting this personal
development plan, I capable
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team
development
skill in future
within 3 months
of time so that I
can appropriately
engage in team at
my workplace.
For this, I will
attend sessions
and program
with the
professionals so
that I can
observe and get
to understand
how to perform
effectively in
team.
by my superior
and individual
of the team, I
capable to
analyse my
progress. In
addition to this,
according to
this, I can create
appropriate and
adequate plan of
activities for
team
development
skills (Car and
et. al., 2019).
to develop team working skill
(Partovi and Razavi, 2019). In
addition to this, I able to
execute in appropriate form
within the group as well as it
also support in attaining me
and my team member to
attainment me and my group
people in order to accomplish
set business aims and goals.
Technical skill Middle term skill
I want to
improve specific
skill within next
6 months as it
will support me
in using
technology in
appropriate
manner. In
context of
improve this, I
In order to
determine my
success and
development, I
can make
involvement in
online classes
and tests. It is so
as with the
support of it. I
can determine
By developing particular
skills, I able to use technical
equipments. effectively at the
time of presentation in front
of consumers or targeted
individuals. Moreover, it will
also support me in assessing
or helping my team member
or employee for utilising
technical equipments
effectively and efficiently.
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can focus on
online and
offline lesions
under the
professionals.
whether I
capable to
develop my
abilities or not
(Splichal,
Oshima and
Oshima, 2018).
Market research skill Long term skill
I need to develop
my market
research skill in
next 7 months so
that I can
conduct effective
investigation of
market. For this,
I can attain
classes within the
capable for 7
months as that
will support me
in developing
specific skill.
In order to
analyse this
skill, I can attain
test related to
market research
(Podschuweit
and Bernholt,
2018).
By enhancing this skill, I can
execute adequate study in
context of market that will
important for me in
understanding customers’
demands and needs as well as
their preferences. Moreover,
with the support of it, I can
also develop and take
efficient decision.
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2. Produce a short report that reflects on progress in planning for and undertaking the work role.
Based upon the above personal development plan, this may be evaluate that as sales executive
through forming development into my few skills. I may do progress into planning and initiate the
work responsibilities. Moreover, with assistance of team development skills, I may develop as
well as build an effectual team that would assists me in providing data related to sales and
attainment of targets that are determined through management of Premier Inn for accomplishing
into specified time duration. In addition to this, through doing improvement into may marketing
investigation skills into decided time frame, I might obtain data regarding customers’ tastes and
preferences as it would aids me in developing the profitability as well as sales of firm. While
development into technical skills would helps me in conducting job accountabilities in quicker
and simple way and also manage their overall sales records.
3. Produce a short report that finds out the skills and knowledge you need for the work role.
There are various skills that are needed to perform the responsibilities as well as accountabilities
of sales executive role. Therefore, some of the skills in Premier Inn are discussed below:
 Interpersonal skills: The effective communication skill is determined as much vital skill
which is required for specific job into business development. Moreover, the
communication skills are essential for particular job for encouraging individuals or doing
its task and attain gaols on particular time duration. So, a respective competency assists
individuals in encouraging their staff which is helpful in gaining much profit in Premier
Inn.
 Creative thinking skills: It is considered to be one of the effective skill which would
needed for the respective job role as with assistance of this individuals may able to think
creativity for facilitating services that assists in attaining competitive advantages upon
competitors within market area.
 Team development skills: Within Premier Inn, this is required for sales executive to has
team development for enhancing profitability of firm in it.
 Market research: This determined as the primary responsibility of person to perform
research in respect of to keep aware about customer’s desires that aids in enhancing sales
of Premier Inn in future.
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 Technical skills: Respective skill s required for particular job role as with assistance of
some software such as MS office it may able to maintain teh sales records and other
activities in much amended and efficient way.
4. Assess and document the learning and progress with reflective logs and journals
From the above mentioned information, it has been determined that with assistance of effectual
competencies, I could develops my few skills and capabilities. Such as, I have effectual
interpersonal skills that would assists me to gain various competencies as well as capabilities
such as leadership, motivational, communication that would aids me in forming interaction with
clients, lead team as well as motivate individuals so that they could do its work in much efficient
way. In addition to this, at the time for learning as well as progress, I also observe some gaps into
my communication skill that is incurred because of various language, ways of expression and
others. Therefore, within Premier Inn, there are various customers that visits into hotels are from
different countries and speak various languages while communication that formed an problems
for me.
5. Include a short report for your planning for a future career role.
For obtaining success upon the role of sales executives into Premier Inn, I would plan to do
improvement into my competencies, skills and experiences. So, for instance, initially I would
focus upon my skills such as research as well as communication as when I would has effective
communication thereafter I might become competent to interact with individuals or targeted
customers. In addition to this, it would also aids me in providing effective data related to the
desires and preferences of audiences. Moreover, This would also helps me in rendering services
based upon that as well as retain guest in entity for longer duration. Additionally, It would also
advantageous for my career development as when I would perform effectively upon my present
job role thereafter this would aids me into my success as well as development like obtaining
promotion. Apart from this, I also planned for learning various languages s upon my recent job
role, it is vital for me in future development. as with assistance of this I could simply interact
with several clients who speaks various languages as this would make them feel comfortable and
closeness as well as it may simple able to share its opinions related to facilities, hotels and
regarding its demands.
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CONCLUSION
According to the above report, this has been concluded that work based learning provides real
life understandings to their students related with for performing into it may used upon academic
and technical capabilities as well as formed its employability. Moreover, this also amalgamates
theory with practices as well as also enhances understanding related to tactical kinds of
knowledge. Additionally, within it there is a also explanation towards skills audit as well as
manage personal development plan. Apart from this, it also facilitates knowledge in respect of
short report which aids in determining competencies as well as capability that required in order
implementing task officiously.
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