T Level Creative and Design Route: Skills Targets

The employability and technical skills targets for the T Level Creative and Design route, covering the Craft and Design and Media, Broadcast and Production qualifications. Use these to set and track placement targets for each occupational specialism.

T Level: Craft and Design

Occupational Specialism: Ceramics Maker

Employability skills targets:

• Investigating: identifying sources, developing search criteria/queries, interrogating data, designing and carrying out tests.
• Recording: transcribing, noting, capturing, saving, storing.
• Communicating: active listening, use of visual, oral and written methods, engaging an audience, sharing, building rapport, adapting style and tone.
• Presenting: conveying information to an audience to stimulate discussion and/or secure consistent understanding.
• Self-managing: monitoring, reflecting and inviting feedback on own performance, managing time, setting personal goals, referring to others for advice.
• Working in a team: collaborating with others with different skills, expertise and experience to accomplish a task or goal.
• Physical dexterity: precise and controlled movement, agility, coordination, delicacy, appropriate application of force.
• Observing: self and situational awareness, monitoring and contributing where appropriate.
• Solving problems: applying a logical approach to identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Technical skills targets:

• Research skills to inform the development of the product.
• Calculating costs of products.
• Calculating shrinkage to determine the final size of the product.
• Developing appropriate glaze for production.
• Interpreting the requirements of working drawings and specifications.
• Calculating the quantity of materials required to fulfil the brief.
• Selecting and utilising appropriate tools, machinery and equipment.
• Handling tools, machinery and materials safely in accordance with health and safety legislation.
• Preparing products for the different stages of firing.
• Planning effective loading of the kiln.
• Presenting products to clients.
• Packaging products.
• Disposing of and storing materials safely.

Occupational Specialism: Jewellery and Metalsmithing

Employability skills targets:

• Investigating: identifying sources, developing search criteria/queries, interrogating data, designing and carrying out tests.
• Recording: transcribing, noting, capturing, saving, storing.
• Communicating: active listening, use of visual, oral and written methods, engaging an audience, sharing, building rapport, adapting style and tone.
• Presenting: conveying information to an audience to stimulate discussion and/or secure consistent understanding.
• Self-managing: monitoring, reflecting and inviting feedback on own performance, managing time, setting personal goals, referring to others for advice.
• Working in a team: collaborating with others with different skills, expertise and experience to accomplish a task or goal.
• Physical dexterity: precise and controlled movement, agility, coordination, delicacy, appropriate application of force.
• Observing: self and situational awareness, monitoring and contributing where appropriate.
• Creativity: lateral thinking, making novel connections, handling ambiguity, taking creative risks, forming ideas iteratively, future-proofing.
• Solving problems: applying a logical approach to identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Technical skills targets:

• Interpreting the requirements of working drawings and specifications.
• Calculating the quantity of materials required.
• Costing a design, for example wax to metal ratios.
• Handling tools and materials safely in accordance with health and safety legislation.
• Handling tools and materials competently in accordance with the creative brief.
• Employing technical skills such as cutting, forming, wax carving, soldering, cleaning and polishing.
• Maintaining tools and equipment.
• Presenting products to clients.
• Packaging products.
• Quality checking stock and stocktaking.
• Practising clean workshop etiquette such as safe and environmentally sound disposal of chemicals, effective preservation of metal scrap, and double-checking all gas-powered tools are off.

Occupational Specialism: Textiles and Fashion Maker

Employability skills targets:

• Investigating: identifying sources, developing search criteria/queries, interrogating data, designing and carrying out tests.
• Recording: transcribing, noting, capturing, saving, storing.
• Communicating: active listening, use of visual, oral and written methods, engaging an audience, sharing, building rapport, adapting style and tone.
• Presenting: conveying information to an audience to stimulate discussion and/or secure consistent understanding.
• Self-managing: monitoring, reflecting and inviting feedback on own performance, managing time, setting personal goals, referring to others for advice.
• Working in a team: collaborating with others with different skills, expertise and experience to accomplish a task or goal.
• Physical dexterity: precise and controlled movement, agility, coordination, delicacy, appropriate application of force.
• Observing: self and situational awareness, monitoring and contributing where appropriate.
• Solving problems: applying a logical approach to identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Technical skills targets:

• Researching fabric, yarn and other materials for durability and compatibility to inform the development of the product.
• Costing a product.
• Presenting ideas through portfolios using different tools such as toiles, mood boards, drawing and illustration.
• Producing technical drawings including measurements.
• Interpreting a technical specification.
• Creating technical drawings.
• Calculating the quantity of materials required.
• Measuring against critical measurement points.
• Selecting, preparing and operating equipment/machinery/tools and their attachments.
• Applying different techniques as appropriate to product requirements, for example stitching, repeats, pattern drafting, finishing.
• Preparing and assembling components, for example cutting, shaping, joining.
• Handling tools, machinery and materials safely in accordance with health and safety legislation.
• Fitting, measurement and form.
• Presenting products to clients.
• Packaging end products for different purposes.
• Quality checking stock, stocktaking.
• Maintaining equipment.

Occupational Specialism: Wood and Furniture Maker

Employability skills targets:

• Investigating: identifying sources, developing search criteria/queries, interrogating data, designing and carrying out tests.
• Recording: transcribing, noting, capturing, saving, storing.
• Communicating: active listening, use of visual, oral and written methods, engaging an audience, sharing, building rapport, adapting style and tone.
• Presenting: conveying information to an audience to stimulate discussion and/or secure consistent understanding.
• Self-managing: monitoring, reflecting and inviting feedback on own performance, managing time, setting personal goals, referring to others for advice.
• Working in a team: collaborating with others with different skills, expertise and experience to accomplish a task or goal.
• Observing: self and situational awareness, monitoring and contributing where appropriate.
• Creativity: lateral thinking, making novel connections, handling ambiguity, taking creative risks, forming ideas iteratively, future-proofing.
• Solving problems: applying a logical approach to identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Technical skills targets:

• Evaluating different materials in terms of performance, affordance, constraints, etc.
• Costing a project.
• Preparing technical drawings, keeping sketchbooks.
• Interpreting the requirements of working drawings and specifications.
• Calibrating measuring equipment and using it accurately.
• Calculating the quantity of materials required.
• Handling tools, machines and materials safely in accordance with health and safety legislation.
• Setting up and operating machinery as appropriate to the project.
• Preparing surfaces and finishing.
• Using materials and processes for the project in hand appropriately.
• Maintaining tools and equipment.
• Storing and disposing of materials safely and ecologically.
• Packaging products for safe delivery to clients.

Occupational Specialism: Upholstery

Employability skills targets:

• Investigating: identifying sources, developing search criteria/queries, interrogating data, designing and carrying out tests.
• Recording: transcribing, noting, capturing, saving, storing.
• Communicating: active listening, use of visual, oral and written methods, engaging an audience, sharing, building rapport, adapting style and tone.
• Presenting: conveying information to an audience to stimulate discussion and/or secure consistent understanding.
• Self-managing: monitoring, reflecting and inviting feedback on own performance, managing time, setting personal goals, referring to others for advice.
• Working in a team: collaborating with others with different skills, expertise and experience to accomplish a task or goal.
• Physical dexterity: precise and controlled movement, agility, coordination, delicacy, appropriate application of force.
• Observing: self and situational awareness, monitoring and contributing where appropriate.
• Creativity: lateral thinking, making novel connections, handling ambiguity, taking creative risks, forming ideas iteratively, future-proofing.
• Solving problems: applying a logical approach to identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Technical skills targets:

• Evaluating design features and researching different materials in terms of affordance, durability, constraints, etc.
• Presenting ideas using different tools such as mood boards, drawing and illustrations.
• Producing technical drawings including measurements.
• Interpreting the requirements of working drawings and specifications.
• Using measuring equipment to measure materials accurately.
• Calculating the quantity of materials required.
• Handling tools, machines and materials safely in accordance with health and safety legislation.
• Selecting, preparing and operating equipment/machinery/tools and their attachments, for example sewing machines, staplers.
• Applying different techniques as appropriate to product requirements, for example stitching, repeats, finishing.
• Preparing and assembling components, for example cutting, stitching, shaping, joining.

T Level: Media, Broadcast and Production

Occupational Specialism: Content Creation and Production

Employability skills targets:

• Planning: identifying discrete steps, estimating time and resources, prioritising, coordinating, sequencing activity.
• Communicating: active listening, use of visual, oral and written methods, engaging an audience, sharing, building rapport, adapting style and tone.
• Self-managing: monitoring, reflecting and inviting feedback on own performance, managing time, setting personal goals, referring to others for advice.
• Working in a team: collaborating with others with different skills, expertise and experience to accomplish a task or goal.
• Investigating: identifying sources, developing search criteria/queries, interrogating data, designing and carrying out tests.
• Recording: transcribing, noting, capturing, saving, storing.
• Creativity: lateral thinking, making novel connections, handling ambiguity, taking creative risks, forming ideas iteratively, future-proofing.
• Presenting: conveying information to an audience to stimulate discussion and/or secure consistent understanding.
• Observing: self and situational awareness, monitoring and contributing where appropriate.
• Solving problems: applying a logical approach to identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Technical skills targets:

• Assisting with the creation of project plans.
• Assisting with management, secure storage and transfer of content.
• Assisting with capturing content.
• Finding and utilising credible sources to research ideas and intended user, platforms and/or purpose for content.
• Assisting with identification of key resources, for example location, facilities, contributors.
• Presenting ideas to colleagues using appropriate tools and techniques.
• Assisting with the maintenance of information systems.
• Assisting with the collection of metadata.
• Updating and maintaining production documentation.

Occupational Specialism: Creative Media Technician

Employability skills targets:

• Planning: identifying discrete steps, estimating time and resources, prioritising, coordinating, sequencing activity.
• Communicating: active listening, use of visual, oral and written methods, engaging an audience, sharing, building rapport, adapting style and tone.
• Self-managing: monitoring, reflecting and inviting feedback on own performance, managing time, setting personal goals, referring to others for advice.
• Recording: transcribing, noting, capturing, saving, storing.
• Observing: self and situational awareness, monitoring and contributing where appropriate.
• Presenting: conveying information to an audience to stimulate discussion and/or secure consistent understanding.
• Working in a team: collaborating with others with different skills, expertise and experience to accomplish a task or goal.
• Solving problems: applying a logical approach to identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Technical skills targets:

• Connecting and setting up post-production editing equipment using appropriate cables and connectors.
• Performing editing functions necessary for the preparation of media and sequences for creative processes, or for mastering finished content for delivery.
• Identifying appropriate workflow hardware and software setups for creative projects.
• Entering and retrieving structured data from databases.
• Preparing assets for use across other media platforms and/or products.
• Performing catalogue, backup and archive processes accurately.
• Transferring data between devices and storage systems, applying virus checks, and verifying the integrity of data.
• Ensuring data integrity when moving media between storage and systems.
• Implementing the steps required to add a creative end user to a project and supporting the end user to access and participate in a project.

Occupational Specialism: Events and Venues Technician

Employability skills targets:

• Planning: identifying discrete steps, estimating time and resources, prioritising, coordinating, sequencing activity.
• Critical thinking: questioning, evaluating pros and cons, using logic and reasoned argument, synthesising and concluding.
• Communicating: active listening, use of visual, oral and written methods, engaging an audience, sharing, building rapport, adapting style and tone.
• Working in a team: collaborating with others with different skills, expertise and experience to accomplish a task or goal.
• Solving problems: applying a logical approach to identifying issues and proposing solutions.
• Assessing risks: assessing a situation, proposal, product or process for potential adverse effects.
• Observing: self and situational awareness, monitoring and contributing where appropriate.

Technical skills targets:

• Interpreting event/production documentation.
• Identifying common and potential hazards and risks.
• Using industry representative technical tools, equipment and techniques.
• Maintaining technical tools and equipment.
• Undertaking fault finding of components and systems.
• Preparing, testing, repairing and maintaining industry representative equipment.
• Maintaining the venue environment, inspecting, monitoring, keeping clean and free from obstruction.
• Assisting with record keeping of maintenance and repairs to ensure equipment is of the highest standard and functioning correctly before the next event.

Source document attached below.