Remember:

The essential skills outlined above are not listed in the same order as in HRDC documentation. Instead, skills are listed according to ease of “teachability”, meaning that the essential skills at the beginning of the overview can be taught directly whereas those near the end of the overview are more difficult to address in direct terms. For example, reading (skimming, scanning) can be presented to trainees as an actual training topic, using materials learners will read everyday at their jobs. Problem solving and decision making, while possible training topics in themselves, are often not directly applicable to workplace contexts. This is evident in the “think outside the box” and “join the dot activities” widely used to address problem solving skills training. They do not have direct application to workplace-focussed technical or employability skills training, and their relevance must be made very clear by the instructor.

This overview can be used to identify general training topics (how to skim and scan, how to add fractions, working with schematics, using Microsoft Outlook, working with regulations, how to read different kinds of tables, plain language, etc.). It can also be used to address very specific applications (making entries into logbooks, achieving the right tone in email, reading a collective agreement, using a protractor, calculating GST, etc.)