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Series: Using Essential Skills and Apprenticeship Tools - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSDC)

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

Series: Using Essential Skills and Apprenticeship Tools - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSDC)

In this booklet, the authors follow a journeyperson construction electrician and her work partner through a typical day to show how they use Essential Skills on the job.

They must use oral communication to clarify the installation process for a cable tray, then utilize numeracy and document use skills to interpret a schematic and calculate the length of cable required. They use writing skills to describe potential hazards on the job.

The authors have included a section with questions that allow readers to assess how well their skills compare to those of an experienced construction electrician.

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

Added: 2012-09-21

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• Utilisez vos compétences essentielles : Au travail avec une électricienne en construction

Series: Using Essential Skills and Apprenticeship Tools - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSDC)

The authors of this booklet follow a machinist in the aerospace industry through a typical day to illustrate how he uses Essential Skills in his work.

To begin his day, the machinist needs the skill of document use to deal with a work order to modify brackets so they can be used to attach airplane doors. He uses critical thinking to design a jig to hold the bracket in place, then employs his writing skills to prepare a note for his co-worker to explain how to complete the job.

The authors have included a section with questions that allow readers to assess how well their skills compare to those of an experienced machinist.

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

Added: 2013-02-15

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• Utilisez vos compétences essentielles : Au travail avec un machiniste

Series: Using Essential skills and Apprenticeship Tools - HRSDC

Authors: Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSDC)

In this booklet, the authors follow a sheet metal worker on the job to show how he uses Essential Skills in his work.

He begins his day by using oral communications skills to get more information from a client, then uses critical thinking to design a structure to connect two ducts. Numeracy skills are required to measure existing ducts.

The authors have included a section with questions that allow readers to assess how well their skills compare to those of an experienced sheet metal worker.

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

Added: 2013-03-26

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• Utilisez vos compétences essentielles : Au travail avec un ferblantier