Skill Build - Workplace Essential Skills

Essential Skills provide the foundations needed for success in work, learning and life. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada has identified nine Essential Skills, used in varying complexity, across nearly every occupation.

• Reading Text
• Document Use
• Numeracy
• Writing
• Oral Communications
• Thinking Skills
• Working with Others
• Computer Use
• Continuous Learning

Skill Build provides training of Workplace Essential Skills for the residential construction industry. All Skill Build courses utilize workplace documents for practical applications of Essential Skills development. The courses are taught by residential construction industry leaders to ensure the most relevant and current information is provided. Skill Build's objective is to help workers develop skills that are attractive to employers, while providing opportunities for continuous learning.

Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES) Assessments are also provided to measure reading text, document use and numeracy Essential Skills levels through questions that evaluate capacity to locate and use information related to workplace documents. They are also utilized to benchmark learning progress before and after Essential Skills course completion.

Encouraging employees to participate in Essential Skills training can benefit your company in numerous ways including, but not limited to:

• Improved retention
• Increased motivation and productivity
• Enhanced safety
• Comfort adapting to changes and new technologies
• Reduced absenteeism
• Achieving higher business goals and targets

Download a PDF of the Essential Skills Brochure

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