Engineering & Motor Vehicle - Leeds City College

Where to start?For some people it’s easy knowing what tostudy. If you really want to be a Plumber, thenstudying Dance may not be the right choice...and vice-versa.If you’re not sure what you can do, want to door how to do it, we have a few tips to help youdecide.Consider the following when choosingyour course:• Your Skills and TalentsThink about where your strengths lie. You mightwant to list them or sit and talk them throughwith somebody who knows you well, like a friendor family member or a teacher.• Your Hobbies and InterestsThink about what interests you. Things areeasier to learn when we have a genuine interestin the subject area. Try to make links betweenyour hobbies and interests and the courses onoffer. Talking to your family or friends can behelpful here.• Entry RequirementsAll of our courses require that you can showwhat skills and talents you have to offer, andthat you can show a genuine interest in thesubject. For some courses you will need to havequalifications and be able to show evidenceof these. The entry requirements for all of ourcourses appear in the College Prospectuses, onthe College website and on the Leeds Pathwayswebsite.Please check that you meet the entryrequirements for the course that you apply for.• Your Career or Job IdeasIf you have a specific career or job idea, it isimportant to make sure that your choice ofcourse will help you to achieve this. Somepeople choose their career first and thisdetermines the course they apply for. Somechoose a course that they know they willfind interesting and then explore their careeroptions later. There is no right or wrongapproach to this but help and support isavailable.• Essential Skills Required for WorkWe want to make sure that everyone has thechance to improve or consolidate their skillsrequired for work and/or HE. All students whohaven’t achieved A*-C in Maths, English andICT will be able to study Functional Skills orGCSEs in these areas at a level appropriate toyou. Employers tell us that these are essentialto work. They will also have the opportunityto develop their ‘employability’ skills – selfmanagement,team working, problem solving,business and customer awareness, positiveattitude – as part of their learning programme.leedscitycollege.ac.uk | course.enquiry@leedscitycollege.ac.uk | 0113 386 1997 21