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W W Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide Day 1 SESSION 3: WHAT ARE ESSENTIAL SKILLS SOME ESSENTIAL SKILLS TOOLS AND RESOURCES Presenter: Chris Bates (Human Resources Skills Development Canada) Overview: Chris Bates leader of the Essential Skills Outreach Team with the Human Resources Partnership Directorate, Government of Canada provided an overview of the Essential Skills and Workplace Literacy Initiative and the Government of Canada’s Workplace Skills Strategy. He also explained why essential skills are considered so important and what the Government is doing to improve the essential skills of Canadians. Chris then described for delegates some of the many essential skills tools and resources available and provided information on how to access them. Chris pointed out that essential skills are not a silver bullet. They are also not the same as employability skills. • Essential Skills are the skills deemed necessary by employees • Employability skills are those skills identified as critical from the point of view of employers and tend to be more attitudinal in nature. Essential skills are not technical skills. Rather, they are nine transferable skills seen as integral to successful participation in life, work and community. It should not be assumed that essential skills are simply basic skills. Essential skills proficiency is a continuum, measured on a five point scale and at the upper levels of the scale (levels 4 and 5), essential skills are very advanced. One of the reasons essential skills have become so important in today’s workplaces is that workers, more than ever before, must be life long learners. For example, new demands have been placed on workers with the introduction of universal standards such as ISO and the pressure for Canadians to be more productive due to the global economy. Without the underlying essential skills, workers will have difficulty adapting to change and acquiring new technical skills. Businesses can address the Essential Skills issue more effectively by: • avoiding the word “literacy” when offering training • embedding essential skills training in technical training • approaching employers through other employers (stressing the competitive advantage of developing the essential skills of workers) • encouraging training partnerships and ensuring unions are involved 16
Slide 01 Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide Essential Skills Skills to Build On Les compétences essentielles Des compétences pour réussir Slide 02 What are essential skills? The 9 skills have been identified and validated through extensive research by HRSDC and other national and international agencies For each skill there is a 4 or 5 point complexity scale “Essential” was chosen carefully to avoid the negative connotations associated with “basic” Literacy, as per IALS, is defined as Reading Text, Document Use and Numeracy • There are nine essential skills: Reading Text Document Use Writing Numeracy Oral Communication Thinking Skills Working with Others Continuous Learning Computer Use • They are foundational skills used by every worker in every job • They are drawn from and applicable to Canadian workplaces • They are among the most transferable skills an individual has; both from job to job as well as from work to home • They enable people to evolve with their jobs, adapt to technological change, and advance professionally Slide 03 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) Fireworks in the Netherlands Victims of fireworks Number treated in hospitals In millions of Canadian dollars 31 Number 1200 treated in hospitals 1200 28 1000 1000 25 24 1992 800 800 23 22 600 1991 20 600 1990 400 400 1989 200 1987 1988 200 1986 0 ’83 ’84 ’85 ’86 ’87 ’88 ’89 ’90 ’83 ’84 ’85 ’86 ’87 ’88 ’89 ’90 Level 2 (Document Use) In what year were the fewest number of people in the Netherlands injured by fireworks? Level 3 (Document Use) Describe the relationship between sales of fireworks and injuries due to fireworks. Slide 04 Slide 05 Slide 06 Why Essential Skills matter • Link between Essential Skills and health and safety in the workplace (Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council, 2004) • 1% literacy increase = 1.5% GDP increase per capita and 2.5% increase in labour productivity (Literacy scores, human capital and growth, 2004) http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/89-552-MIE/89- 552-MIE2004011.pdf • Over 40% of working-age Canadians have low Essential Skills levels (levels 1 and 2) (International Adult Literacy Survey, 1994) Fédération des travailleurs et des travailleuses du Québec “A few years ago, we introduced new tools in a firm of 550 employees. The union thought thirty or so employees would need assistance. An inquiry revealed that 178 employees experienced difficulties, at different degrees.” Source: "Démystifier le rapport à l’alphabétisation," Le Devoir, September 6, 2003. The workplace is changing • Rapid pace of technological change requires life-long learning • Shift to a knowledge-based economy • Increased focus on industry credentials and standards (e.g. ISO) • Unprecedented global competition • Shrinking labour force (demographics) W W 17
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