Career and Life Coaching for Gerard Chan-Attong

Click on the following link for your: Vocational Style and Career Assessment for Senior Students of the Caribbean (VoSCA-SU) Click on the following link for the: O*Net Online Career Research Tool

Coaching Session #1: Tuesday 30 July 2019

You went to Fatima College and just completed Form 5. For CXC, you took the following subjects: Music, Chemistry, Spanish, IT, Physics (dropped), Maths, English A, English B. You would like to take a gap year to work and to figure what careers you would like to pursue. Careers that you have considered are: Doctor (2/10), Mechanic (8/10), Building computers (8/10), Psychologist (7/10), Music composition, Sketching I discussed the results of the VoSCA-SU assessment with you, specifically your scores in the various categories of Interests, Intelligence Types, Values, and Work Styles. Your scores can be reviewed in the report itself. Here are the careers that the VoSCA-SU assessment recommended for you and how you rated them in terms of your passion level (1 is no passion and 10 is the highest passion): #1 Potters, Manufacturing (1/10) #2 Quality Control Analysts (5/10) #3 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay (6/10) #4 Fabric and Apparel Pattern-makers (2/10) #5 Photographers (7/10) #6 Embalmers (1/10) #7 Sewers, Hand (5/10) #8 Surgical Technologists (1/10) #9 Landscaping and Grounds-keeping Workers (5.5/10) #10 Medical Appliance Technicians (5.5/10) #11 Medical Equipment Repairers (6/10) #12 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (5.5/10) #13 Painters, Transportation Equipment (7/10) #14 Radio Mechanics (6/10) #15 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial (5.5/10) #16 Maintenance Workers, Machinery (5/10) #17 Pattern-makers, Wood (5/10) #18 Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers (6.5/10) #19 Dental Hygienists (3/10) #20 Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners (4.5/10) #21 Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters (6.5/10) #22 Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines (5/10) #23 Crane and Tower Operators (2/10) #24 Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators (5/10) #25 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General (5.5/10) #26 Forest and Conservation Workers (4.5/10) #27 Model Makers, Metal and Plastic (1/10) #29 Tire Repairers and Changers (5/10) #30 Pattern-makers, Metal and Plastic (2/10) Acknowledgements from Session #1: I acknowledge you for for coming to these Career Coaching sessions to get a better understanding of what career you might want to pursue from this point forward. Takeaways from Session #1: You shared that you liked the process of doing the assessment and that you feel clearer about the process of career discovery. Action Plan from Session #1: - You agreed to review the VoSCA-SU report in more detail. - You also agreed to research on the Internet using the O*Net Online Career Research Tool (www.onetonline.org)the recommended careers which you scored 6 or more out of 10, and to document your research in this password-protected blog under the section at the end called "Leave a Reply". The careers on your shortlist are: #1 Painters, Transportation Equipment (7/10) #2 Photographers (7/10) #3 Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers (6.5/10) #4 Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters (6.5/10) #5 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay (6/10) #6 Radio Mechanics (6/10) #7 Medical Equipment Repairers (6/10) - You also agreed to see if any of the careers in the Related section under each of your recommended careers in the report catch your interest, and to put those in the blog as well. In particular, you should at least copy and paste the following sections from the O*Net site into the blog: Tasks, Knowledge, Related Careers, and Wages and Employment Trends. - You agreed to review videos on YouTube entitled "Day in the life of a ...", corresponding to the careers on your shortlist to see if your rating of these careers go up or down. - You also agreed to consider completing the Multidimensional Emotional IQ assessment, coupled with a Life Coaching session. After further research, you were able to refine your career shortlist as of 1 August 2019 as follows: #1 Photographers (7/10) #2 Film and Video Editor (6.5/10) #3 Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters (6.5/10) #4 Motorcycle Mechanics (6/10) #5 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay (6/10) #6 Radio Mechanics (6/10) #7 Medical Equipment Repairers (6/10)

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