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W W Slide 31 Slide 32 Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide Job design concludes with the development of a skills matrix Skills Matrix TOP IC, SK ILL, TASK EMP LOYEE Benc h Qu ality Inspe ct We ldin g EDM Skills Matrix Grinding Lathe Manual Plasma Plas ma Pr ep F.P .I. Sof t Bl ast Stre ss Reli eve Conve ntional Mill Seam We ldin g Cl eanin g O. J.T. Tr ainin g F.A.I Ma na gement Tr ain ing Bac k-up Ce ll Le ader No rm June-00 Mitch June-00 Nick June-00 Joh n June-00 Rick June-00 Jeff June-00 Todd June-00 T ravis June-00 Diana June-00 Brian June-00 Rick June-00 Blaine June-00 Ge off June-00 AC T U AL 7 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 0 8 2 3 1 9 2 5 3 1 1 0 RE QU IR ED 7 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 8 2 3 2 9 7 5 3 1 1 1 T O B E T RAI NE D 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 Control Systems Material Handler Pla nner DA TE OF NEXT EMP LOYEE DEVELOPMENT PLAN • The redesign team must consider all things that must be controlled with the cell’s boundary - production, material and information. 37 38 Slide 33 Slide 34 Rob Despins With high Process Ownership…. • Teams willingly accept accountability for their output. • Teams are empowered to make a wide range of decisions. • You can use Visual Controls instead of complex IT systems to prioritize and manage a team’s workload. • Product quality - and pride of ownership - is a natural result. – The most successful organizations on the globe today have team based work structure: – Autonomous team behavior includes: – the self-regulation by the group of work content, – critical self-evaluation of group work performance – self-adjustment to coupe with change 39 40 58
Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide Day 2 SESSION 5: TEST OF WORKPLACE ESSENTIAL SKILLS (TOWES) Presenters: Conrad Murphy (Bow Valley College) Overview TOWES is the “made in Canada” Test of Workplace Essential Skills (www.towes.com). It assesses individual ability in three of the nine essential skills identified by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada – text reading, document use and numeracy. These three key dimensions to literacy have been found to be closely linked to success in the workplace. They are basic skills that contribute to a foundation for satisfactory job performance, skills that are essential for learning new skills. The Test of Workplace Essential Skills is significantly different from other tests of literacy skills. TOWES uses authentic workplace documents – such as catalogues, order forms, labels, schematics, regulations and manuals – as the source materials for problem set construction. And, the responses required from test takers mimic actual workplace tasks. A TOWES test consists of 17- 20 problem sets in a pen and paper format which can be completed in 1.5 to 2.5 hours, depending on the difficulty level of the test items and the ability of the test taker. Each TOWES problem set is presented in two parts: a question page where the test-taker reads the question and provides a response, and a workplace document (e.g. a manual or a form) from which the test- W W Reading Text - the ability to understand and use information contained in prose passages. Document Use - the skills and knowledge needed to understand and use information from documents such as tables, catalogues, maps, and scale drawings. Numeracy - the ability to understand and use numerical information embedded in print materials. taker obtains the required information to respond to the question. The test-taker assumes the role of a worker who needs to use information embedded in documents to complete tasks. All TOWES tests are marked by specially trained evaluators, and rigorous quality control processes are in place. Scores are referenced to the requirements of the occupation(s) relevant to the test taker. TOWES reports scores using the same internationally accepted scales as the Essential Skills Research Project and the Essential Skills and Workplace Literacy Initiative (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) and the International Adult Literacy Survey (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). However, it should be noted that actual scores are less important than providing individual workers and educators with a meaningful interpretation of assessment results. There are sufficient items on a TOWES test to discriminate across the full range of skill levels demanded by jobs in Canadian workplaces. TOWES is a more accurate assessment of workplace literacy skills than conventional assessment tools. This is because: • standardized achievement tests tend to be created for children in school, not adults. • school-based tests look backward to the academic curriculum and miss workplace topics such as document use. • adult tests of basic skills generally reflect a community rather than a workplace-based context. • workplace tasks are not normed to grade level equivalents. 59
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