Go Compare……. Consider these jobs. What are the benefits or challenges of each? Gas engineer Construction worker Surgeo n Customer Service Advisor Pay? Qualifica tions needed? Working hours? Inside or outside? Career progressio n?
Jan 29, 2016
Go Compare……. Consider these jobs.
What are the benefits or challenges of each?
Gas engineer
Construction worker
Surgeon
Customer Service Advisor
Pay?
Qualifications needed?
Working hours?
Inside or outside?
Career progression?
Go Compare Instructions
Learning Outcomes:
To broaden the students understanding of the range of roles and jobs available in the working world
To consider that different roles may offer different rewards and fulfil different motivations.
Opportunity to explore what happens in each job.
In small groups students consider each role and compare the jobs, location, hours, pay, prospects for
promotion etc.
BA to explain roles and provide salary and qualification info.
Jobs on display can be tailored to suit different sectors industries or roles related to the Business
Ambassador.
Key message:
People will chose these jobs for different reasons, each example is a reliable and steady job but with
different qualification requirements and pay. Some people might want to take on lots of
responsibility or some people might want a job that takes them to a different place everyday.
There is no one right reason, just reasons that suit that person.
Go Compare Instructions
BA to talk about the range of reasons why someone would want different hours, more responsibility,
variety, routine, roles with clear expectations, same place each day or different place each day.
Earnings for each role:
Newly qualified engineer starts at £25,000 goes up to £32,000 for a technical engineer. Source
British Gas
Customer service adviser starts at £16,000 goes up to £18,000. source British Gas
Construction worker Starting salaries are typically between £11,000 and £15,000 a year. Source
CITB.co.uk
Construction site manager Salaries start at around £27,000, and will rise with experience. More
senior site managers can earn significantly more. (source : icould.com)
Surgeon £83,720 (source icould.com)
All roles would have a shift pattern outside of 9-5.