Employability Skills

Unit 1: Communication Skills - I

1. Demonstrate knowledge of various methods of communication

• Methods of communication.
• Verbal.
• Non-verbal.
• Visual.

2. Identify elements of communication cycle

• Meaning of communication
• Importance of communication skills
• Elements of communication cycle
  • (i) sender,
  • (ii) ideas,
  • (iii) encoding,
  • (iv) communication channel,
  • (v) receiver,
  • (vi) decoding, and
  • (vii) feedback

3. Identify the factors affecting our perspectives in Communication

• Perspectives in communication.
• Factors affecting perspectives in communication.
• Visual perception.
• Language.
• Past experience.
• Prejudices.
• Feelings.
• Environment.

4. Demonstrate the knowledge of basic writing skills

• Writing skills
• Phrases
• Kinds of sentences
• Parts of sentence
• Parts of speech
• Use of articles
• Construction of a paragraph

Unit 2: Self Management Skills - I

1. Describe the meaning and importance of self-management

• Meaning of self-management.
• Positive results of self- management.
• Self-management skills.

2. Identify the factors that helps in building self-confidence

• Factors that help in building self-confidence - social, cultural, and physical factors
• Self-confidence building tips - getting rid of the negative thoughts, thinking positively, staying happy with small things, staying clean, hygienic and smart, chatting with positive people, etc.

Unit 3: Basic ICT Skills - I

1. Describe the role of ICT in day-to-day life

• Introduction to ICT
• Role and importance of ICT in personal life and at Workplace
• ICT in our daily life (examples)
• ICT tools 9 Mobile, tab, radio, TV, email, etc.

2. Identify the various components of computer system

• Basic components of computer system.
• Hardware and software.
• Primary and secondary memory.
• Input, Output and Storage devices.

3. Identify various peripheral devices

• Various peripheral devices and their use.
• Examples of peripherals.

4. Perform basic computer operations

• Procedure for starting and shutting down a computer.
• Operating Systems (OS).
• Types of OS - DOS, Windows, Linux.
• Desktop of Windows and Linux.
• Files and folder.
• Keyboard and mouse operations.
• Common desktop operations.

5. Connect with the world using Internet and its Applications

• Introduction to Internet.
• Applications of Internet.
• Internet Browser.
• Websites and web pages.
• Email applications.
• Email accounts.
• Sending and receiving email.
• Introduction to social media.
• Blog.
• Twitter.
• Facebook.
• Youtube.
• WhatsApp.
• Digital India.

Unit 4: Entrepreneurial Skills - I

1. Identify various types of business activities

• Types of businesses - service, manufacturing, hybrid.
• Types of businesses found in our community Business activities around us.

2. Demonstrate the knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of entrepreneurship

• Meaning of Entrepreneurship development.
• Distinguishing characteristics of entrepreneurship.
• Role and rewards of entrepreneurship.

Unit 5: Green Skills - I

1. Demonstrate the knowledge of the factors influencing natural resource conservation

• Introduction to environment.
• Relationship between society and environment, ecosystem and factors causing imbalance.
• Natural resource conservation.
• Environment protection and conservation.

2. Describe the importance of green economy and green skills

• Definition of green economy.
• Importance of green Economy.