1.3 Self- Exploration and Career Development

• Meaning of self-exploration as finding out own abilities, interests, values and personality
• Personal abilities and interests related to Pre-Technical Studies
• Evidence rather than opinion as the basis of an honest self-assessment
• Career opportunities related to Pre-Technical Studies
• Requirements for careers: school subjects, senior school pathway and training institutions
• Matching personal abilities and interests to career opportunities
• Developing a personal career plan

• explain the meaning of self-exploration in career development
• identify own abilities and interests related to Pre-Technical Studies
• identify career opportunities related to Pre-Technical Studies
• match own abilities and interests to career opportunities
• develop a personal career plan
• appreciate the value of self-exploration in choosing a career

“How does knowing yourself help you choose a career?”

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1. Four things to find out
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Abilities, interests, values and personality. Most people check only two.
2. Opinion is not evidence
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Every claim about yourself is testable. Your marks, your work and your free time.
3. Where this subject leads
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Six families, and artisan, technician and engineer levels within each.
4. The route from here
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Pathway first, then subjects, then TVET or university. Not a job title.
5. Matching yourself to a career
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Score it on ability, interest, subjects and access. The columns are not equal.
6. Writing the plan
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   A plan names a pathway, the subjects, the evidence, and a second option.