10 Department of Education

National Capital Region

SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE
MARIKINA CITY

TLE-Industrial Arts
Carpentry
First Quarter-Module 1
Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies

Writer: Rian M. Lingat

Cover Illustrator: Christopher E. Mercado

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 This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the performance of Carpentry tasks. The
scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are
arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course
The module is composed of one lesson which is all about Personal Entrepreneurial
Competencies (PECs).

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify areas for improvement, development, and growth;
2. align your PECs according to your business/career choice; and
3. create a plan of action that ensures success in your business/career choice

Match the entrepreneurial competencies in column A with their meanings in column

B. Write the letter of the correct answer on a space provided.
Column A Column B

____1. Creative a. make a wise decision towards the achievement

of set objectives
____2. Profit-oriented b. displays strategic thinking and setting of goals
____3. Discipline c. showing trust in one’s ability
____4. Decision Making d. adaptable to change
____5. People’s Skill e. innovative – minded to enable one to have an
edge over other competitors
____6. Planner f. showing solid dedication
____7. Self-confidence g. skillful in record keeping
____8. Hardworking h. always sticking to the plan
____9. Ability to accept change i. working diligently
____10. Committed j shows effective and efficient communication,
and relation with people
k. always looking for income

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 Lesson
Personal Entrepreneurial
1 Competencies (PECs)

In this lesson, you will learn more about entrepreneurship and the
entrepreneurial competencies related to CARPENTRY. You will also have some activities
that will align your competencies with the competencies of successful practitioners.
Moreover, this lesson is designed to stimulate your mind to think about
entrepreneurship, its role in the business community in particular, and to the economic
and social development of the country in general.

In this lesson, you will learn some of the most important characteristics,
attributes, lifestyle, skills, and traits of a successful entrepreneur in order to be
successful in a chosen career.

Answer the question below by writing on the space provided.

1. As a student what do you think are your best character, traits, and skills?

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2. How do you apply those character, traits, and skills in your learning?

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Characteristics, Traits, Attributes of a Successful Entrepreneur
1. Hardworking: One of the important characteristics of a good entrepreneur is
being hardworking. This means habitually working diligently for long period of
hours. Hardworking people keep on improving their performance to produce good
products and/or provide good services.

2. Self-confident: Entrepreneurs have confidence in their abilities and own

judgment. They exhibit self-confidence to cope with all the risks of operating
their own business.

3. Disciplined: Successful entrepreneurs always stick on the plan and fight the
temptation to do what is unimportant.

4. Committed: A good entrepreneur accepts full responsibility for everything in

his/her business. He/she gives full commitment and solid dedication to make
the business successful.

5. Ability to accept change: Nothing is permanent but change. Change occurs

frequently. When one owns a business, he/she should cope and thrive on
changes. Capitalizing on positive changes can make a business grow.

6. Creative: An entrepreneur should be creative and innovative to stay in the

business and to have an edge over other competitor.

7. Has the Initiative: An entrepreneur takes the initiative. He/she must put
himself/herself in a position where he/ she are personally responsible for the
failure or success of the business.

8. Profit-oriented: One enters the world of business to generate profit or additional

income. This shall become an entrepreneur’s bread and butter, and for his/her
family as well. Therefore, you must see to it that the business can generate
income.

Listed below are the important skills of a successful entrepreneur.

1. Planning Skills: Planning is the strategic thinking and setting of goals to achieve
objectives by carefully maximizing all available resources. A good entrepreneur
develops and applies step-by-step plans to realize goals. A good entrepreneur
knows that planning is an effective skill only when combined with action.

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 2. People Skills: This is a skill which is very important to be successful in any kind
of business. People skills refer to an effective and efficient communication in
relation to people working in and out of a business. In day-to-day business
transactions, you need to deal with people. Well- developed people skills can spell
out the difference between success and failure of the business.

3. Decision - Making Skills: Successful entrepreneurs can think quickly and make
a wise decision towards the pre-determined set objectives. No one can deny that
the ability to make decisions is an important skill that an entrepreneur should
possess. Sound decisions should spring out from given facts and should be
towards the attainment of pre-determined objectives.

What’s More

Answer the following guide questions on the space provided.

1. Explain the importance of assessing one’s PECs before engaging in a
particular entrepreneurial activity.
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2. Are there other strategies or approaches which you can use to assess?
your PECs? Explain how these would become more useful in selecting a viable
business venture.
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3. What are the desirable personal characteristics, attributes, lifestyles, skills, and
traits of a prospective entrepreneur? Why do you think these are important?
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4. Why is there a need to assess one’s PECs in terms of characteristics, attributes,

lifestyles, skills, and traits before starting a particular business?
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Answer the following guide questions on the space provided.

1. I have learned that Characteristics, Traits, Attributes of a Successful

Entrepreneur are
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2. The important skills of a successful entrepreneur are

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Using the PECs Checklist, assess yourself by indicating with a check (/) mark in either
strengths or development areas column. Compute the results by counting the total
number of check marks in each of the columns.

Personal Assessment in
Personal Entrepreneurial terms of:
Competencies of an Entrepreneur Strengths Development
Areas
Hardworking
Working diligently
Self-confident
Being confident in one’s ability
Disciplined
Always sticking to the plan
Committed
Solidly dedicated

Ability to accept change

Adaptable to change
Creative
Innovative to have edge over other
competitors
Profit- Oriented
Always looking for income
Planner
Strategic thinking and setting of
goals
People Skill
Having Effective and efficient
communication in relation to people
Decision Making
Making a wise decision towards the
achievement of set objectives
TOTAL

Interpretation/Insights:
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Activity 1.2
To further enrich your knowledge from this module, read and understand the direction
below and accomplish the activities.
Online Activity: Video Viewing: To deepen your understanding of the lesson, perform
the following tasks:

1. Browse the internet on topics related to:

a. characteristics and traits of a successful entrepreneur.
b. important skills of a successful entrepreneur.

2. Write a reflection on what intensifies your knowledge of successful

entrepreneur.

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Offline Activity: Prepare a short narrative report about the discussed topics. You may
highlight the “aspect” that intensifies your knowledge of successful entrepreneur.

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 Scoring Rubrics for Essay Type Questions

5 4 3 2 1
CRITERIA
Excellent Very good Good Needs Unacceptable
Improvement
1. Content
• Addresses each
question and
all its parts
thoroughly

2. Understanding/
Application
• Demonstrates
deep
understanding
3. Original Thinking
• Demonstrates
original
thinking that
adds insights
to analysis of
case
4. Structure
• Response to
each question
is well
organized and
clearly written

5. Grammar and
Mechanics
• Response is
virtually free of
mechanical,
grammatical
errors

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 Development Team of the Module

Writer: Rian M. Lingat (SSSNHS)

Editors:
Rian M. Lingat (TLE Subject Coordinator- SSSNHS)
Lauro Z. De Guzman (School Head- MHS)

Internal Reviewer: Joseph T. Santos (EPS-EPP/TLE)

Illustrator:
Layout Artist:
Management Team:
Sheryll T. Gayola
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
OIC, Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

Elisa O. Cerveza
Chief, CID
OIC, Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

Joseph T. Santos
Education Program Supervisor-EPP/TLE

Ivy Coney A. Gamatero

Education Program Supervisor – LRDMS

For inquiries or feedback, please write or call:

Schools Division Office- Marikina City

Email Address: [email protected]

191 Shoe Ave., Sta. Elena, Marikina City, 1800, Philippines

Telefax: (02) 682-2472 / 682-3989