Essential Skills Projects
Name of Group Title of Project Description
Nunavut Arctic College Pretrade Course - Baker Lake Upgrading English, Math and Science skills for students wishing to pass Trade Entrance Exam and become apprentices
Nunavut Arctic College Pretrade Course - Rankin Inlet Upgrading English, Math and Science skills for students wishing to pass Trade Entrance Exam and become apprentices
Operating Engineers Education and Development Inc. Workplace Integrated Skills Program The program pilots numeracy and reading curriculum with appropriate occupational and workplace themes. Training materials are developed specifically for the workplace, using workplace examples.
Operating Engineers Education and Development Inc. Phase II: Learning for Life Campaign The Operating Engineers Education and Development Inc. will launch a campaign to promote lifelong learning among OE members and motivate them to participate in its Workplace Integrated Skills Program; develop trade-based training materials; test the material; develop a basic skills assessment instrument and work to integrate the program into its ongoing training programs.
Operating Engineers Education and Development Inc. Basic Needs Assessment The group will ensure that people working in the construction industry possess basic skills sufficient to enable them to respond to workplace changes and will ensure that the industry remains competitive by gathering information in order to design an effective basic skills upgrading program as a bridge to OEEDI's ongoing training programs.
Operating Engineers Education and Development Inc. Essential Skills in the Workplace Phase III The Operating Engineers Education and Development Institute will solidify its work on literacy and the essential skills necessary for its occupations by creating a computer-based version of its operating engineers curriculum, train tutors to help overcome the issues of geography, pilot and gain provincial recognition for its curriculum, promote lifelong learning among members, and act as a resource and partner to others. The curriculum and the tutor trainer material will be available across the country.
Operating Engineers Education and Development Inc. Phase II: Learning for Life Campaign The Operating Engineers Education and Development Inc. will launch a campaign to promote lifelong learning among OE members and motivate them to participate in its Workplace Integrated Skills Program; develop trade-based training materials; test the material; develop a basic skills assessment instrument and work to integrate the program into its ongoing training programs.