Career Investigation

1. What is a Career Investigation?
2. Provide the Learning outcomes from the syllabus related to the Career Investigation
3. Careers Portal Website
4. Choose a career; log on www.careersportal.ie and identify
5. Relevant resources
6. Past exam questions and solutions relating to the Career Investigation



1. What is the Career Investigation, Click here
View this Powerpoint from the SLSS on the LCVP Career Investigation showing common mistakes made by students; Click here

Here is an overview of Career Investigation, click here

Mark your Career Investigation against the Check List here

Here are some Helpful Hints for the Career Investigation, click here

View the Marking Scheme for the Career Investigation, click here How good is yours?

Go over to the Skills and Qualities page and see which ones apply to your chosen career, click here

2. What are the Specific Learning Outcomes from the syllabus relating to the Career Investigation? Click here to find out.

3. Log-on to www.careersprortal.ie and identify a pathway – ensuring to describe the following:
  • Course Title ….Diploma
  • Entry Points
  • College name/Location …..no abbreviations
  • Length of course
  • Details of course: Subjects – summary
  • Qualification

Submit on a word document here

4.  Identify three Skills for this career and describe a skill in this document, click here

5. Log-on to www.careersportal.ie and list 3 benifits of using this website on this document: click here

6. Log-on to www.slss.ie and click on LCVP and view Assessment: Written Paper
 OR
A good idea is to view exam questions: topic by topic, Click here