You have already annotated a real Irish job advert and named the skills it asked for. Open that Job Description Annotation 1 document again and keep it beside you, because today you are going to test one of your own skills against it: does that skill actually travel from one place to another, or does it only work where you first learned it? You will record what you find in a Transferable Skills document saved in the same folder.
A skill that only works in one place is useful there. A transferable skill is useful again when the room, the people, and the task change. That is the claim this lesson will prove or break with evidence, not slogans.
You only need three terms today. Read them once, then leave the table open while you build the map.
| Term | What it means for you | Real example |
|---|---|---|
| Transferable skill | Can you point to the same ability working in more than one real setting? | Time management used for homework deadlines, a Saturday rota, and a role that needs you to finish tasks without being chased |
| Context | Name the place, the people, and the task; vague labels like "at school" are not enough | Chairing a GAA underage team talk versus presenting in Geography |
| Adaptation | Notice what stayed the same and what you had to change when the setting, audience, or stakes shifted | Listening carefully in both places, but switching from peer language to customer language |
The class fills the list at the bottom of this step with one real occasion for each place: school, home or a part-time job, and a workplace, placement or volunteering.
| A claim: stays off the list | An occasion: goes on the list |
|---|---|
| “I'm good at talking to people.” | “I explained the fundraiser rota to three people who had missed the meeting.” |
Your third line can be a bridge to the advert. Quote what the advert asks for, then say how you would adapt the skill to do that job. The quote on its own does not count, because the adaptation is what shows the skill travelling.
Your own skill goes in your own document, not in the class list. Create or open Transferable Skills: [Your Name] in your Strand 1.1 folder. Map your skill the way this example does, with your own occasions.
- The skill you chose
- Three real lines: school; home or part-time work; workplace, placement, volunteering or a bridge to the advert
- A closing sentence: what stayed the same, and what you changed. This one is required.
Bullets or a three-row table are both fine. You will use this entry later for Situation, Action, Result writing and your Portfolio in Action.
Only works in one place? Say so honestly. Finding that out is worth as much as the other answer: the skill is useful, but it is not transferable yet.
Communication across three contexts
Talk these through with the person beside you, then lock the wording in your Transferable Skills document.
- If one of your three contexts is empty or forced, is that skill transferable yet, or only strong in one place?
- What stayed the same across your three occasions, and what did you have to change for the skill to still work? Your closing sentence on this is required in the document; use the pair talk to check it is honest before you finalise it.
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