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Essential Skills Research Project (ESRP)

• national HRDC research study (1994 – 2003)
• examined how the 9 essential skills were used in a variety of occupations and how to talk about these skills
• more than 3,000 interviews across Canada
• almost 200 occupations requiring a high school diploma or less and on-the-job training were addressed
• developed ways to measure difficulty levels (adapted the IALS scales)
• resulted in profiling methodology and ES profiles (posted on the website for use by trainers and administrators)
• collected authentic workplace documents for trainers

www.hrdc.gc.ca/essentialskills

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Essential Skills & Workplace Literacy Initiative

• launched April 1, 2003
• being implemented by HRSDC
• goal is to enhance the skill levels of Canadians who are entering – or are already in – the workforce
• responsible for profiling the A and B occupational bands of the NOC (trades and occupations requiring post-secondary education)
• profiles are being posted on the website

www.hrdc.gc.ca/essentialskills

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Essential Skills
HRSDC Classifications

• reading text
• using documents
• writing
• numeracy
• oral communication
• computer use
• working with others

• thinking skills
  • problem solving
  • decision making
  • critical thinking
  • job task planning and organizing
  • significant use of memory
  • inding information
• continuous learning

www15.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca

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Time to Take a Run At It...

Essential Skills Application (“Teachability”)

Essential Skills Use re: a form

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Activity:

• Look at the form (both sides) called “Van Isle Windows Ltd.”
• List all the skills or tasks you would have to address if you were teaching someone how to complete this form. (Use the answer sheet provided.)
• Indicate to which HRSDC Essential Skills category or categories the task or skill belongs.
• Be prepared to present your findings to the large group.
• Building transferability: SkillBuilder on entry forms
• Reflection: how to apply to your own training

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Essential Skills and “Teachability”

“What you Teach” Essential Skills (the skills that can be addressed directly as subject matter) reading text, document use, writing, numeracy, computer use

“How you Teach” Essential Skills (the skills that are addressed indirectly as delivery processes when teaching other subject matter) problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, working with others, job task planning and organizing, continuous learning

“Half Half” Essential Skills (the skills addressed both directly as subject matter and reinforced via delivery processes of other subject matter) oral communication, finding information, significant use of memory

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