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Career Discovery for year 6

Career Discovery resources have been created with employers across Wales. They introduce learners to different roles, organisations and industries.

About the resources

There are 18 employer videos and related activities. The videos show people talking about the job they do. Each video is 5 to 10 minutes long. 

There are resources for each of the 6 Areas.

Career Discovery aims to:

  • Support learners to begin to understand the links between learning and the workplace
  • Broaden the horizons of young learners
  • Introduce pupils to employers who can inspire, inform, and motivate them
  • Challenge career limiting beliefs around gender, race and background
  • Raise career aspirations
  • Address topics that include the Welsh language, rurality, and equality
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Video summaries and links

You can request access to the activities by completing a short form.


Expressive Arts

Freelance Creative Director

Hear from Klaire Tanner, an award winning Freelance Creative Director. Find out about her work specialising in Extended Reality (Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality) bringing visions to life for projects of all sizes.

Video: Creative Director (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: Creative Director (on Vimeo)

Activity: Design a virtual reality game

Spike the Blacksmith

Learn about Spike Blackhurst, who has set up her own business as a blacksmith and artist. Spike talks about her experiences of setting up her own business and the skills you need to work for yourself.

Video: Blacksmith (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: Blacksmith (on Vimeo)

Activity: Explore reasons for career choices and design a piece of art

Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre

Hear from Mared, an Arts Development Co-ordinator at Pontio. She talks about her dynamic and varied role working in a busy Arts and Innovation Centre in Bangor, north Wales.

Video: Pontio (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: Pontio (on Vimeo)

Activity: Create an advert to highlight skills needed to work in the Creative Arts

Surfability UK

Hear from Ben, founder of the only full-time adapted surfing school in the world. Ben talks about what motivated him to set up his business and the qualities needed to become an entrepreneur.

Video: Surfability (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: Surfability (on Vimeo)

Activity: What is an entrepreneur?
(Do this task before watching the video)

TATA Steel

TATA Steel Europe aim to be a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045. Join Morgan, Environment Liaison officer, where she talks about her job role and how her knowledge of Humanities is important in her day-to-day work.

Video: TATA Steel (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: TATA Steel (on Vimeo)

Activity: Biodiversity boosters around your school

Llandudno Museum and Gallery

Take a look behind the scenes at working in a museum. Learn more about the fascinating world working with unique collections, with Richard Wakeman. Richard is an extremely enthusiastic, experienced museum professional.

Video: Llandudno (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: Llandudno (on Vimeo)

Activity: Design a museum exhibition

S4C

Discover how Lleucu, Senior Digital Content Officer at S4C uses communication skills in her role to produce content for social media platforms.

Video: S4C (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: S4C (on Vimeo)

Activity: Create a social media post

Bluestone

Hear from Jack, Guest Services Officer, talking about what his job entails, what Bluestone offers to holidaymakers, and how his role involves maths and numeracy.

Video: Bluestone (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: Bluestone (on Vimeo)

Activity: Work out the cost of activities

Cierco Limited

Hear from Ioan from Cierco, who install off-shore wind turbines. Find out about his job and how they need to use maths and numeracy in their industry.

Video: Cierco (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: Cierco (on Vimeo)

Activity: Calculate the size of a wind turbine

KLA

Learn more about semiconductors with Hefin a CVD hardware manager. Get an insight into his engineering career and find out about wafers and microchips.

Video: KLA (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: KLA (on Vimeo)

Activity: Create a marketing presentation for the sector

Target Group

Hear from Diana, an Application Support Team Leader at Target group talk about the languages involved in computing. Find out what technology changes have meant for her career journey.

Video: Target (on Vimeo)

Audio described video: Target (on Vimeo)

Activity: Create a database


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