National Adult Literacy Database

Series: Information tools - Now and Tomorrow: Excellence in Everything We Do

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)

Collection: Learning Materials

This fact sheet is one of a series prepared by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) to explain how Essential Skills are used in a particular trade.

In this document, the authors offer examples of the role Essential Skills play on the job for a sheet metal worker. For instance, the skill of numeracy is needed to measure distances, angles and temperature, while oral communication is needed to explain procedures to customer or other workers.

Added: 2013-01-11

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• Compétences essentielles des ferblantiers/ferblantières

Series: Awareness Tools - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)

Collection: Learning Materials

Steamfitters-pipefitters build, install, and maintain piping systems that carry oil and gas products, water, steam, chemicals, and other fluids. They may work in oil refineries, pulp and paper mills, power plants, food and beverage factories, the automotive industry, or other industrial settings.

This document offers examples of how a steamfitter-pipefitter might use Essential Skills on the job. It is part of a series prepared by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).

For instance, the skill of reading is essential to help a steamfitter-pipefitter interpret and refer to multiple professional codes to make sure that processes meet industry requirements and ensure that workers are safe. Oral communication is needed to talk to contractor or supervisor to obtain information about deadlines, to raise safety issues, or provide information about potential delays.

The series can be used by apprentices to understand the skills required in their trade and to plan their careers.

Added: 2012-11-08

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• Compétences essentielles des monteurs/monteuses d’appareils de chauffage

Series: Awareness Tools - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)

Collection: Learning Materials

This document is part of a series prepared by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) to help apprentices learn how Essential Skills are used on the job and prepare for a career.

In this fact sheet, the authors look at how each of the nine Essential Skills might be used on the job by a truck and transport mechanic.

For example, the skill of numeracy is required to compare the number of hours a truck was idle to the distance it ran to determine the amount of fuel burned. A truck and transport mechanic uses thinking skills to decide which repairs are most important to be done when a driver has only limited time available.

Added: 2012-11-01

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• Compétences essentielles des mécaniciens/mécaniciennes de camions et transport

Series: Information tools - Now and Tomorrow: Excellence in Everything We Do

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)

Collection: Learning Materials

This fact sheet is one of a series prepared by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) to explain how Essential Skills are used in a particular trade.

This document focuses on the role of Essential Skills in helping a welder do his job. The authors note that a welder needs writing skills to prepare a daily log and complete reports for supervisors, while the skill of document use is essential for interpreting diagrams on blueprints to determine engineering requirements.

Added: 2013-01-17

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• Compétences essentielles des soudeurs/soudeuses

Part of the Learner Skill Attainment Framework Initiative

Authors: College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC)

Collection: Research Materials

This document reports the results of a survey of faculty from Ontario colleges in which the participants have been asked to identify core skills and key tasks associated with students' successful transition to postsecondary and apprenticeship programs. This survey was conducted as part of the Learner Skill Attainment Framework Initiative, a project that has been undertaken by Ontario's College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC) to develop a framework for measuring learner skill attainment in three key areas: reading text, document use and numeracy.

This report includes the following sections:
- an overview of the Learner Skill Attainment Framework project and a discussion of the concept of "transition paths;"
- survey methodology, participation and results;
- conclusion;
- recommendations.

Added: 2007-10-29

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Series: Using Essential Skills and Apprenticeship Tools - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSDC)

Collection: Learning Materials

Apprenticeship training combines in-class learning with on-the-job experience. Having strong Essential Skills such as reading, document use, writing and thinking can help the apprentice succeed in this training.

The authors of this document provide tips and strategies to help the apprentice practise these skills so he will be able to prepare for in-class training; take effective notes; and understand and remember what he has learned.

For more information on the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program, visit http://www.red-seal.ca.

Added: 2012-08-17

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• Compétences essentielles liées à votre programme d'apprentissage

Authors: New Brunswick Community College (NBCC)

Collection: Learning Materials

This video is one of a number recorded during an Essential Skills in the Workplace learning event, funded by the Government of New Brunswick and held in Moncton in April 2012. It focuses on a presentation by two members of the Saint John Workplace Essential Skills (WES) team, which is part of the Community Adult Learning Services Branch of New Brunswick’s Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour.

They had been called in to help a group of six pipefitters who had all repeatedly failed the Red Seal exam, which is a national certification program that allows qualified tradespeople to practise in any province or territory. Each had 10 or more years experience in the trade and all were highly respected by employers and colleagues, but, if they didn’t pass the exam, they would lose their trade certification.

At first, the WES team focused on the skills of reading text, numeracy, and document use. However, they soon discovered that the pipefitters were already highly proficient in those skills.

The team realized that their most pressing task was to teach these men how to learn and, in the process, help them understand the importance of continuous learning. The team trainer spent a week talking with them about how memory works; learning strategies; test anxiety; and test-taking strategies. Then the men moved on to five weeks of upgrading.

At the end of the five weeks, all six passed the Red Seal exam with marks of at least 80 percent and, in one case, more than 90 percent.

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• Government of New Brunswick

Added: 2012-09-25

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Final Report

Authors: Canadian Labour and Business Centre

Collection: Research Materials

This document is the final report on a project on Essential Skills conducted by the Canadian Labour and Business Centre on behalf of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). HRSDC has defined a set of nine Essential Skills and has worked to increase the acceptance and use of this list of skills and in developing Essential Skills profiles by those involved in the basic skills and industry training, particularly in the apprenticeable trades area.

The objectives of the project were the following:

- describe the Essential Skills work in apprenticeship and skilled trades that has been undertaken and completed to date;
- enumerate the projects that are currently underway;
- describe the context in which the work was undertaken from the provincial/ territorial and federal governments, and sector councils’ perspectives.

Added: 2008-07-08

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NOC 7321

Series: Trade Essentials: More skills ... more opportunities

Authors: Trade Essentials

Collection: Learning Materials

The Trade Essentials program was designed to help clients improve their essential skills so they are better prepared to advance in their chosen career. The goal is to provide a seamless learning path to trades certification.

This manual includes a guide for assessing existing essential skills; curriculum framework and guidelines; and a guide for the essential skills curriculum instructor. While the focus is on the automotive service sector, the authors have also included information about adult learning and trades education in general.

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Added: 2010-07-21

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• Manuel des compétences essentielles : Mécanicien de véhicules automobiles

NOC 7272

Series: Trade Essentials: More skills ... more opportunities

Authors: Trade Essentials

Collection: Learning Materials

The Trade Essentials program was designed to help clients improve their essential skills so they are better prepared to advance in their chosen career. The goal is to provide a seamless learning path to trades certification.

This manual includes a guide for assessing existing essential skills; curriculum framework and guidelines; and a guide for the essential skills curriculum instructor. While the focus is on cabinetmaking, the authors have also included information about adult learning and trades education in general.

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Added: 2011-06-28

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• Manuel des compétences essentielles : Ébéniste