Purpose, Impact and Reporting
Work on reporting that has to be right. Prepare a charity's Gift Aid claim, count a company's electricity emissions and respond to an environmental test result.
Each module has short lessons with a check question, then a graded simulation. About 4 hours in total, at your own pace.
- Module 1: The Gift Aid claim and the owl project
Check two months of donations for the Gift Aid claim, then tell a major donor that the project she funded has been cancelled and give her a real choice, and report both to the fundraising committee.
- Module 2: Count the electricity emissions
Work out a food maker's electricity emissions for the annual report, both ways, with a site sold and a site bought during the year. Then stop marketing overclaiming renewable power, and restate the figure honestly when the certificates come in short.
- Module 3: The ammonia result and the twenty-four hours
A monthly ammonia result is above the permit limit. Decide whether the permit has actually been breached, get a notification signed before the clock runs out, and handle a report of dead fish downstream without guessing or denying.
Skills you will practice
- Assigning clear owners to actions
- Calculating carbon emissions
- Checking advertising claims
- Checking data quality
- Checking evidence and records
- Communication
- Compliance monitoring
- Customer communication
- Delivering unwelcome news
- Keeping records others can use
- Knowing your authority limits
- Managing legal deadlines
- Preparing a Gift Aid claim
- Preparing audit evidence
- Reconciling two sources
- Regulatory reporting
- Reporting sustainability data
- Root cause analysis
- Variance analysis
- Writing for the public
- Writing reports for decision makers
Frequently asked questions
What is a Skill Path?
A Skill Path is a short course built around real work. Each module has two or three short lessons, then a simulation where you do the job in a fictional company. Your work in each simulation is graded against a rubric.
How long does a Skill Path take?
Most Skill Paths take three to five hours in total. You can stop at any point and pick up where you left off. There are no deadlines.
What do I get when I finish?
When every simulation in the path is complete and graded, you earn a FinderK credential. It lists the work you did and the skills it shows. You can keep it private or share a link to it, for example on LinkedIn.
How much does a Skill Path cost?
Some Skill Paths are included with FinderK Plus, which has a free trial. Others are sold once at a fixed price and stay yours. You can read the first module's lessons for free before you decide.
Do I need experience?
No. Each path states its level. Beginner paths assume no previous experience in the role, and the lessons explain the ideas you need before each simulation.