Understand the importance of continuous professional development.
3.1 Explain what is meant by continuous professional development.
When you work somewhere, if you consistently learn things on the job over the time you work there, that’s continuous professional development. For example, if you start a job in a cinema as a box office attendant, but then you learn how to work the snack counter, then moving on to the projector, that’s continuous development.
3.2 and 3 Create and justify a personal development plan.
When I started working for optimum I knew that the role I had was as a general apprentice, which consists of spending time with each department, getting to know how the whole company works. So bearing that in mind I want to make sure I get as much out of it as possible, by taking on as many roles as I could. When I started with home entertainment I wanted to make sure that by the end of my time there I would know the creative process behind releasing a dvd, something which I think I’ve got my head round. When I started in acquisitions I wanted to make sure I learnt how the department chooses films and scripts they want to put money into and how to properly write script reports, something I think I now understand and can do.
Understand the appropriate conduct for a particular workplace.
1.1 Describe and compare the cultures of different Creative Media workplaces.
If you work in for a formula 1 racing team, changing the tyres for example, its acceptable to talk all day about cars and engines, but if you are working for a golfing magazine, people might not share the same the enthusiasm if that’s all you talk about.
1.2 Describe examples of challenging behaviour and issues in the workplace
If you work with a colleague who doesn’t listen when you try to explain something to them, if you come find a way to engage them and hold their attention, that’s CPD, only with social rather than work skills. If over the time you spend in a job in a pub, you learn how to fix a blocked pump, correctly lift barrels without damaging your back, and how correctly to deal with rowdy punters, those are issues in the workplace you have managed to overcome.
1.3 Explain the role of the key people to inform in relation to these examples.
In the first example, if you were to talk to someone in a higher point of authority then the two of you and ask them to mention the lack of communication, that could help the situation. In the latter examples the best person to talk to would probably be the landlord, as they would have dealt with these situations previously, if not, someone at the pump company, preferably a technician, for the barrels, someone who works the barrel van, and for rowdy punters, someone level headed I guess.
1.4 Explain the impact of different behaviours and conduct in the workplace.
Depending on how people, in general, act in the workplace, different things are acceptable or taboo. If its normal for people to swear in the office, no one should pay attention to you for saying ‘fuck’, but if your working in an enviroment where swearing is unacceptable, saying ‘fuck’ would be a serious deal.
2 Know how to plan and manage your workload.
2.1Describe effective time management skills needed to plan workload.
You need to learn to organize things, prioritizing your work and keeping note on what you have to do, and what you have done, also taking note of how long things are going to take.
2.2 and 3 Describe how to specify and agree timescales, budgets and resources.
Work out exactly what you need to accomplish the task at hand, how you will get the things you need to accomplish the task, and how long it is all going to take, then distribute it all according to individuals skills and interests. For example, if you and some friends need to set up a firework display, there are certain things you need to prepare. You need to work out how many fireworks you need, how you will get the fireworks, where you want to set the fireworks off, and how long you have to get it all done. Then once you have worked all this out, work out who does what.
2.4 Explain the use of a contingency plan.
A contingency plan is pre-prepared course of action to take if things go wrong, from an evacuation plan in the event of a fire, to an economic bailout if money suddenly disappears.
2.5 Explain the importance of storing work, using version control and observing file naming conventions.
All the above points are conventions commonly followed to avoid frustration and loss of time and work. If you have stored all your work correctly, its easy to refer back to it and find pieces you have done.
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