Chapter 3

• Interests

  Interests refer to what you want to learn more about.
• Abilities

  Abilities refer to the things you can do well.
• Talents

  Talents refer to the natural abilities you were born with.
• Strengths

  Strengths refer to the things that you are always good at.
• Weaknesses

  Weaknesses refer to the things you are not good at.
• Job

  A job means you are employed and get paid for working.
• Occupation

  An occupation is the work that you do.
• Career

  A career is an occupation that you have for a large part of your life.
• Career field

  A career field is a grouping of occupations.
• What are the requirements for the National Senior Certificate (NSC)?

  • Two official languages: one at the Home Language level and Additional Language level. Minimum: 40% pass rate.
  • Mathematical Literacy or Mathematics. Minimum: 40% pass rate.
  • Life Orientation. Minimum: 40% pass rate.
  • Plus 3 other subjects from the NCS-approved subjects. Minimum: 30% pass rate.
• What is a life domain?


  The different aspects and experiences of life that we consider as we age and grow.
• What are the three main life domains?

  • Being
  • Becoming
  • Community belonging
• Being

  Being means who you are. Three being domain main aspects:

  • Physical being: Physical appearance, exercise, hygiene.
  • Psychological being: Mental health, self-awareness, self-control.
  • Spiritual being: Values, morals, religious beliefs.
• Becoming

  Becoming means who you want to be. Three becoming domain main aspects:

  • Practical becoming

  Everyday actions you take to live: Going to school, paid work, volunteer work.

  • Leisure becoming

  Activities that lessen stress: Spending time on hobbies, watching TV, visiting family.

  • Growth becoming

  Activities to promote keeping up your knowledge and skills: Studying, reading, learning.
• Community belonging

  Community belonging means fitting in with your physical environment. Three community belonging domain main aspects:

  • Physical belonging

  Your link with your physical environment: Home, school, workplace.

  • Social belonging

  Your link with your social environment: Family, friends, co-workers.

  • Community belonging

  Your access to resources and services to community members: Health services, social services, education.
• What roles do community needs play in your choice of career?


  Working in a field that a person enjoys and with an organization that matches their skills and values helps to better ensure success in the career. To find jobs that can also be beneficial to a community, a person can assess what needs should be met to strengthen or sustain a community.
• What can you do to help you afford to study for this career?

  • Bursary: An amount of money given to a needy student to help pay for their studies. Doesn't need to be paid back.
  • Student loan: Money is borrowed from a financial institution. Does need to be paid back.
  • Scholarship: Some companies, businesses and organisations award a scholarship to a student who performs well in sports/studies.
  • Learnership: Allows you to earn while you learn. You study the theory at college and practise what you have learnt in a real job.
• Stereotyping

  Stereotyping is having a fixed idea that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.
• Accessibility


  You need to ask yourself:

  
  

  • How close are you to the institution?
  • If you have to travel, could you afford the transport cost?
  • Could you perhaps study this course through distance education?
• Impact of income tax


  Income tax is a tax that all individuals and companies must pay for what they have earned or for their profits. Three ways to pay tax:

  • SITE: Standard income tax on employees (SITE). Is paid by employees who earn less than R120 000 a year.
  • PAYE: Pay as you earn (PAYE). This tax gets deducted from your salary of more than R10 000 every month.
  • Provisional tax: It is paid 2 times a year. Tax is paid by people who do not have the same income every month and year.