Introductory
Web-Quest

 

Activity 5

My Strengths And Related Occupations
This Web-Quest assignment involves taking one of your strongest skill areas that you identified in Activity 3 and determining what occupations require this skill. As well, you will be comparing the tasks listed in those occupations with related tasks you do in your everyday life.

Step 1:
Go to Website: http://www15.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/english/general/home_e.asp and into the “Student” section.
 
Step 2:
Find the section in the text that has the following information and follow the instructions provided:
“Find out how skills you are learning are used in the world of work”
Search using “Skills”. You can find out, for example, who uses geometry, who interprets graphs or who performs difficult writing tasks.”
 
Step 3:
Identify three occupations that you may be interested in. Review all the tasks associated with the Essential Skill that you identified as one of your strongest skill areas.
 
Step 4:
Complete the Web-Quest Chart for this activity.
 

Web-Quest Chart

When you are looking at related tasks in your life today, consider everything - school life, homework, chores at home, volunteer work, part-time jobs, etc.\

Essential Skill

My Name

 

OCCUPATION TITLE NOC TASKS RELATED TASKS
IN MY LIFE TODAY