In the workplace, you write:
- notes
- memos
- letters
- near miss reports
- work orders
- directions
- emails
- business plans
- technical reports
- training materials
- specifications
- journal articles
- marketing materials
- information circulars
- pamphlets
- meeting minutes
- accident reports
- shift reports
- log book entries
- grievances
- performance reviews
- production reports
- case notes
- proposals
Some considerations:
- purpose and content of the writing
- audience for the writing (including plain language principles)
- limitations (personal abilities, environmental, time constraints,
system constraints)
- the style and structure of the writing (including tone)
- the correctness of the writing (spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.)
Numeracy
Numeracy involves:
- the worker’s use of numbers
- a critical awareness which builds bridges between mathematics and
the real-world with all its diversity
- abilities that include interpreting, applying, and communicating
mathematical information in commonly encountered situations to enable
full, critical and effective participation in a wide range of life roles
- the worker’s being required to think in quantitative terms
- the knowledge and skills required to effectively manage the mathematical
demands of diverse situations
- an individual’s ability to identify, to understand, to make
well-founded judgements about, and to act towards the roles that mathematics
plays in dealing with the world, as needed for that worker’s current
and future life as a constructive, concerned and reflective citizen
- the confidence necessary to make effective use of whatever mathematical
skill and understanding is possessed
- the worker’s ability to manage a situation or solve a problem
in a real context, to respond to information about mathematical ideas
that may be represented in a range of ways, to activate a range of enabling
behaviours and processes
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