Job Preparation and Maintenance

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Course
CAEP 0202
Discontinued
No
Course code
CAEP 0202
Descriptive
Job Preparation and Maintenance
Department
Career and Employment Preparation
Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
202020
PLAR
No
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
12
Contact hours
70 to 90 hours per semester, depending on disabling condition.
Method(s) of instruction
Tutorial
Learning activities
  • instructor presentation
  • class discussion
  • written assignments
  • self-awareness exercises
  • on-the-job experience
  • tours
  • videos/films
  • guest speakers
  • use of DC Career Resource Centre and Library
  • role play
  • interviews
Course description
This course is designed to prepare adults with a disability for employment by increasing awareness of those factors which affect job maintenance. It will include exploration of employee/employer attitudes and expectations, development of self-management skills and work related communication skills. Students are expected to demonstrate appropriate work habits, as learned.
Course content
  1. Work habits. (Punctuality, attendance, dress, etc.)
  2. Following instructions.
  3. Communicating with employers, supervisors and fellow workers.
  4. Giving and receiving feedback.
  5. Negotiating change.
  6. Strategies for handling stress.
  7. Maintaining emotional and physical health.
  8. Development of support systems.
  9. Employee/employer attitudes and expectations.
  10. Development and maintenance of self esteem.
  11. Management of money and time.
  12. Payroll/deductions/benefits.
  13. Employment standards/employee rights.
  14. Unions.
  15. Labour trends.
Learning outcomes

1. To learn and practise appropriate work habits (punctuality, attendance, dress)

2. To learn the skills of listening to and following through with instructions.

3. To learn methods of solving problems on the job.

4. To learn skills for discussing and resolving problems in work situations.

5. To develop and practise self-management skills, to maintain energy and emotional health on the job or during further training.

Means of assessment

A mastery model of on going evaluation will be used.  A student will have completed the course when he/she has demonstrated through satisfactory completion of exercises and assignments that the course objectives have been achieved.  Where formal tests are used mastery will be defined as a score of 80% or more.

 

Progress will be monitored on a regular basis by the instructor in consultation with each student.  The student will be expected to maintain regular attendance and progress, actively participate in all classroom activities, and complete assignments as directed.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

 

None

 

Topic-relevant material will be provided in handout form throughout the course.

Prerequisites

CAEP 0100

Corequisites

CAEP 0201, 0203, 0204, 0205.