Essential Skills for Aboriginal Futures

Contribute to a Skilled Workforce

Essential Skills for Aboriginal Futures is a thirty day customized intensive program. By embedding the Essential Skills needed to match the employer's framework of particular business needs, the program will provide a Foundational Skills Learning Program at our innovative Essential Skills Learning Centre, for both new employees as well existing employees.

The goals of the program are to equip our participants and the existing partnering workforce with the Essential Skills needed to participate successfully in a knowledge based society, and to adapt to life and workplace changes.

Employers benefit from having access to a group of potential employees screened for your specific positions who have developed skills in crucial areas such as:

• Essential Skills pre and post testing
• 1-1 instruction based on TOWES results
• Workplace Etiquette
• Numeracy
• Reading Text, Document Use, and Writing as it relates to the workplace
• Oral Communication
• Computer Use
• Working with others
• Thinking Skills
• Interviewing Skills
• Continuous Learning

Essential Skills are Everyday Skills

How Essential Skills Training Works for You

The partnering employer and Human Resource team are integral in the customization and delivery of the curriculum. This means you can ensure program participants are getting the job performance skills your company requires to build a skilled workforce. We will provide 1-1 training for new employees and existing staff using customized learning plans in our Essential Skills Learning Centre, supported by our qualified Essential Skills Instructional Staff.

Employers are innovative partners who are committed to human resource issues and Essential Skills training. You may contribute by:

• Helping to ensure the curriculum embeds the skills needed for your industry
• Integrating authentic workplace documents into the trainee's support materials
• Sharing your knowledge and training advice to meet the needs of your organization.
• Being passionate about improving the existing workplace and responsive to addressing skills shortages
• Making guest appearances during the 30 day in class training
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