Vg1 Healthcare, child and youth development (HSF01‑03)
Basic skills

Oral skills in vg1 healthcare, child and youth development involve the ability to communicate in a comprehensible manner with colleagues and people from different cultures and in different life situations. It also involves adapting language to the recipient, content and purpose, and listening to and showing respect for the person one is conversing with. Further, it involves the ability to use appropriate technical terms and to express one's own observations in a systematic manner.

Writing in vg1 healthcare, child and youth development involves the ability to speak about healthcare, child and youth development topics in a comprehensible manner. It also involves using accurate technical terminology and adapting texts for various purposes, recipients and media. Further, it involves planning and documenting professional activities, and using and combining various forms of expression, such as texts, images and symbols in an appropriate way.

Reading in vg1 healthcare, child and youth development involves being able to acquire new knowledge and insight. It also involves finding relevant information, understanding technical terms and assessing the content of texts based on subject knowledge, and understanding what is read in specialist literature, statistics, law texts and plans.

Numeracy in vg1 healthcare, child and youth development involves the ability to reason, use calculation tools and make financial estimates, and gather information from tables, statistics and diagrams. It also involves using various calculators and units of measure when working with health, nutrition and diet.

Digital skills in vg1 healthcare, child and youth development involves the ability to use digital resources in an appropriate and responsible manner, i.e. by using digital resources creatively when communicating and interacting with others, and by being able to critically assess information from digital sources, and use netiquette and develop digital judgement.