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| Company objective & values |
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| Company role |
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site is the head office of a national company which
sources, stores, and distributes packaging to customers.
50 people are employed in the site and it is part of
an international packaging company called 'Pactiv' |
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| Key skills & competences |
- The Management team is fully qualified for their
specialisation. Skills are: Project management,
Strategic planning, Finance, Business Studies, Team
Management and HR.
- The Purchasing team requires strong IT and numeric
reasoning skills, as well as good communication
and report writing skills.
- The Inventory Control team requires strong planning
and IT skills.
- The Sales admin team requires good communication
skills and strong empathetic skills with the customer.
- The Field Sales team requires self motivation
as well as good communication and negotiating skills.
- The IT dept requires excellent computer skills
together with good communication and negotiating
skills.
- The Warehouse team require physical and IT skills
as well as a good understand of Health and Safety
risk assessment.
- The delivery drivers require driving and physical
skills as well as Health and Safety awareness.
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| Links with national curriculum |
| Useful |
Maths &
Numeracy |
Vital in all
areas and disciplines |
| Strong |
ICT |
Vital in all areas and
disciplines |
| Useful |
PSHE |
Team Working, Communication
skills & Health & Safety |
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| Areas that could be used in lessons |
| Relate
all areas of the business to Key Stage 2. Give an outline
of the business and skills required and stress the importance
of mathematics & IT skills in all areas and how
vital good verbal and written communication is. |
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| How could it be made interesting
and appropriate? |
- Interesting Powerpoint multimedia display made
in collaboration with schools.
- Interactive discussions with children and brainstorming
sessions
- Present packaging items and get children to use
them and make them up.
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| Background information |
- Visits to the school are preferred.
- To get the most out of the sessions, sufficient
development time with the teacher is vital in order
to make a meaningful presentation which is both
interesting and informative.
- No restriction on schools or number of children
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