Skills for Work: Working in Wales
Working in Wales is a Skills for Work unit about the job market in Wales: key job sectors and employers, how Welsh sectors link to the wider UK and global economy, why Welsh language skills matter at work and the role of the Welsh Language Commissioner, and the skills needed in sectors with high demand. It is one 10 hour unit that learners combine with others into a Skills for Work or Skills for Life and Work Award, Certificate or Diploma. Digital demand is low: no criterion requires digital work, which sits in suggested online research, source logs, comparison tables and presentations.
- Awarding body
- WJEC
- Level
- Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Guided learning hours
- 10
- First taught
- September 2027
- Amount of digital work
- Low
How this unit is assessed
- Entry Level (Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3): Three learning outcomes (jobs available in Wales, the importance of the Welsh language in Welsh workplaces, skills needed to work in Wales), with assessment criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3. Evidence goes in a portfolio, internally assessed by the centre and externally quality assured by WJEC. 10 guided learning hours.
- Level 1 and Level 2: Four learning outcomes (the job market in Wales, key employment sectors and their links to the international economy, the importance of the Welsh language in Welsh workplaces, skills needed to work in Wales), with assessment criteria at Level 1 and Level 2. Evidence goes in a portfolio, internally assessed by the centre and externally quality assured by WJEC. 10 guided learning hours.
Skills that use Evaluating and improving digital content
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Presenting research findings digitally
Evidence may be verbal, written, practical or visual, and the pack lists presentations of research findings and recordings of role plays or discussions as possible evidence. A learner could present their findings on Welsh sectors or the Welsh Language Commissioner as slides or a recording. This is one optional way to evidence the criteria, not a requirement.
DCF: Creating digital content, Evaluating and improving digital content
Getting pupils ready
- Year 7
- Pupils make three slides about a local employer, each with a heading, a photo and two bullet points.
- Year 8
- Pupils make a short slideshow on why Welsh helps in two jobs, adding images and speaker notes, and present it to a small group.
- Year 9
- Pupils record a two minute video or narrated slideshow explaining the role of the Welsh Language Commissioner, choosing images and layout to suit a Year 7 audience.
Show the specification wording and the DCF statements
Where it is in the specification: Sources of evidence, page 11; Skills for Life and Work specification, section 4.1, page 18
“recording of practical demonstrations of evidence, such as role plays or discussions”
Progression step 3
I can use a range of software to select, produce and edit a range of multimedia components for a purpose, such as:
- text and images, e.g. format text (bold, underline, italics, highlight); insert and edit text boxes; columns; use refine tools (spellchecker, find and replace); word wrap; crop; alter size and shape; alter images; add effects; trim and split sound and video clips; transitions; onion skin
- presentation, e.g. page orientation; animations; transitions; remove and alter images; use background; use action buttons to create hyperlink; embed objects.
I can ensure my output is appropriate for specific purposes.
Progression step 4
I can select and use a variety of appropriate software, tools and techniques to create, modify and combine multimedia components for a range of audiences and purposes, such as:
- text and images, e.g. explore and use effectively image manipulation techniques; explore and use appropriately the many aspects of document layout; use animation, video and audio effects such as echo, tempo, envelope, layering, frame rate, key frames
- presentation, e.g. use design tools; adapt themes and colours to suit the purpose; create master templates.
Good to know
- Each level has its own unit code: "Unit Codes S669E1" through S669L2, and the unit is worth "GLH 10" (Unit overview, page 3).
- No special equipment is needed: "Assessment of this unit should not require any specific resources" (Resources required for assessment, page 12), and delivery uses "standard classroom environments" (page 11).
- Evidence can be digital or spoken: "While evidence may be verbal, written, practical, or visual, extended written work is not required unless appropriate" and possible evidence includes "screenshots of research activities" (Sources of evidence, page 11).
- The portfolio "is not limited to paper-based materials" and evidence types include "video/audio recordings" and "photographic evidence" (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 4.1, page 18).
- Suggested assessment tasks "are not mandatory". Teachers may use, adapt or replace them (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 4.1, page 18).
- AI tools may be used "When properly referenced", but misuse includes "Failing to acknowledge use of AI tools when they have been used as a source of information" (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 4.6, page 21).
- Where a criterion uses a plural without a number, "a plural reference within assessment criterion refers to a minimum of two" (pages 5 and 7).
- Only the highest level achieved counts: "only the highest level of the unit achieved will count towards the GLH" (Skills for Life and Work specification, section 2.2, page 10).
Links with other qualifications
The pack names Rights and responsibilities in the workplace, Understanding the changing labour market, Fairness and inclusion in the workplace and Wellbeing in work (Wellbeing and work in the specification) as closely related Skills Suite units, and Jobs of the future and Exploring career pathways sit naturally alongside it. Work on sectors, employers and the Welsh economy links with GCSE Business. The Welsh language outcomes link with Core Cymraeg and Cymraeg Language and Literature. The key sectors named in the amplification match other qualifications on the page: construction with VCSE Built Environment, tourism with VCSE Travel and Tourism, retail with VCSE Retail and Customer Service, public services with VCSE Public Services, advanced manufacturing with VCSE Engineering, creative industries with VCSE Creative and Media Production and Technology, food and drink with VCSE Hospitality and Catering, and health and social care with GCSE Health and Social Care and Childcare.
Source: WJEC Working in Wales unit delivery and assessment pack, read with the WJEC Entry 1 to Level 2 Skills for Life and Skills for Work specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).