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Introduction
to Essential Skills Workshop, April 26-27, 2005
Douglas
College, City Center Mall, Surrey, BC
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Skills Resources and Tools
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Assessments
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Essential
Skills Website
The
Nine
Essential Skills are enabling skills that:
- help people
perform the tasks required by their occupation and other
activities of daily life
- provide
people with a foundation to learn other skills
- enhance
people's ability to adapt to workplace change
Essential skills are not technical skills
but rather the skills people use to carry out a wide variety of
everyday life and occupational tasks.
Essential skills are assessed on a
5-level scale. As an advanced society, the Canadian
workplace requires a Level 3 while 48% of the population is
functioning between Level 1-2. People with skill deficits
generally experience: greater frequency and lengthier periods of
unemployment, lower earnings and wages, limited access to
education/community participation, greater probability of health
issues, and difficulty adapting to new situations.
Canada's skills deficit has significant
impacts on organizations: low productivity, poor safety records,
and high error rates.
StatsCan Research indicates that a 1%
(5-point) gain in Essential Skills scores, on a per worker basis,
would increase Canada's GDP by 1.5% (or $18 billion per
year).
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Reading Text
Document Use
Writing
Numeracy
Oral Communication
Thinking Skills
Working with Others
Computer Use
Continuous Learning
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Employability
Skills
The
skills you need to enter, stay in, and progress in the world of work
--- whether you work on your own or as a part of a team. These
skills can also be applied and used beyond the workplace in a
range of daily activities.
Fundamental Skills are the skills needed
as a base for further development.
Personal Management Skills are the
personal skills, attitudes, and behaviours that drive one's
potential for growth.
Teamwork Skills are the skills and
attributes needed to contribute productively.
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Employability
Skills Assessment
Fundamental
Skills
Communicate
Manage
Information
Use Numbers
Think
& Solve Problems
Personal Management Skills
Demonstrate Positive Attitudes & Behaviours
Be
Responsible
Be Adaptable
Learn
Continuously
Work Safely
Teamwork Skills
Work with Others
Participate in Projects and Tasks
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National
Adult Literacy Database
Literacy
is strongly correlated with life opportunities - social and
economic. Today's changing workplace requires higher levels
of literacy. Literacy can be linked to a country's economic
success or GDP.
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National
Literacy Program
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Literacy
BC
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IALS
Findings
Tasks required within the 9 essential skills are rated at
complexity levels. The Canadian Workforce Distribution by
Level is:
| Level
1 |
23% |
| Level
2 |
25% |
| Level
3 |
32% |
| Level
4/5 |
20% |
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Literacies
Required for a 21st Century Workforce
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CTHRC
- Impact on Safety
Drivers
with Level 1 Reading Skills are 176% more likely to be involved in
workplace incidents than those at Levels 3 to 5. |
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HRDC
Research Study (1994-2003)
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Identified
9 Essential Skills used in most occupations
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Over 4500 interviews conducted across Canada to create
Occupational Profiles
- Over 200 Occupations NOC
Levels C &
D published on ES website
- Collection of Authentic Workplace
Documents for use by Trainers / Educators
- Development of
TOWES (Testing of Workplace E.S.)
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Essential
Skills & Workplace Literacy Initiative (2003)
The
Essential Skills and Workplace Literacy (ES&WL) Initiative's
goal is to enhance the skill levels of Canadians who are
entering-or are already in-the workforce. The Initiative does this
by increasing awareness and understanding of Essential Skills,
supporting the development of tools and applications, building on
existing research, and working with other Government of Canada
programs.
Essential Skills are the skills needed
for work, learning and life. They provide the foundation for
learning all other skills and enable people to evolve with their
jobs and adapt to workplace change.
The ES&WL Initiative is composed of
four areas of activity:
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Applications
of Working and Learning
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National
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T.R.A.D.E.S.
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Transferable
Trade Skills
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