Transferable Skills for the Workplace

Overview

Transferable skills can be relevant across different roles even when the subject matter changes. This proposed activity focuses on identifying how you organise work, solve problems, collaborate and adapt through examples from your own experience.

The emphasis is on evidence rather than a list of personality traits. Describing a real responsibility makes it easier to explain a skill in an application or interview and to recognise what you need to practise next.

This is a proposed activity in the Career Development catalogue. The themes below explain its intended focus; they are not a confirmed session programme. Delivery format, dates, language, participation requirements and any costs will be communicated only after they have been confirmed.

This activity is planned. Dates, delivery arrangements and participation availability require confirmation.

What this pathway focuses on

• Map experience to skills: connect a project or responsibility with the actions you took and the capabilities involved.
• Explain teamwork: identify your contribution, how tasks were coordinated and what you learned from others.
• Describe problem-solving: explain the issue, the options you considered and your reasons for choosing an approach.
• Identify development needs: select a specific skill and a realistic situation in which to practise it.

Who this pathway is for

For people moving between education, community participation and employment, or considering a change of professional field.

Prepare your next step

Prepare two examples from study, work, volunteering or other responsibilities. Focus on what you did and learned, and identify one skill you find difficult to demonstrate. Any participation conditions will be confirmed separately; this preparation guidance is not an eligibility rule.

What you can work towards

How to register interest

1. Review the focus of this planned activity and identify the question or skill you want to explore.
2. Use Register Your Interest to share your goals and relevant background. Do not send account credentials or sensitive documents.
3. Wait for confirmed information from EBDA before making participation arrangements. An expression of interest is not registration or a reserved place.

Sending a request or registering interest does not guarantee participation, a place or employment.

About the provider

This pathway is presented in EBDA’s Career Development catalogue. Specific delivery and partner arrangements will be confirmed before participation.