Essential Skills - National Adult Literacy Database
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<strong>Essential</strong> <strong>Skills</strong> and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide<br />
Reading<br />
Task<br />
Attention<br />
Level<br />
High<br />
Low<br />
Workplace Reading Tasks Require<br />
‘In the Moment’ Control<br />
Shift Start Shift End<br />
Attention Applied<br />
Attention Required<br />
Work Shift<br />
NATO Phonetic Alphabet<br />
A=Alpha<br />
B=Bravo<br />
C=Charlie<br />
D=Delta<br />
E=Echo<br />
F=Foxtrot<br />
G=Golf<br />
H=Hotel<br />
I= India<br />
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J =Juliett<br />
K= Kilo<br />
L= Lima<br />
M= Mike<br />
N= November<br />
O= Oscar<br />
P= Papa<br />
Q= Quebec<br />
R= Romeo<br />
incident<br />
Reading / Memory<br />
Task<br />
S= Sierra<br />
T= Tango<br />
U= Uniform<br />
V= Victor<br />
W= Whiskey<br />
X= Xray<br />
Y= Yankee<br />
Z= Zulu<br />
Managing Memory<br />
Were you in the moment for this reading task?<br />
� Did you re-organize the data?<br />
� Did you engage your senses through<br />
speaking, writing, listening?<br />
� Did you repeat the data?<br />
Visual representation of the importance for<br />
workplace readers to manage their reading tasks:<br />
attention applied should be greater than<br />
attention required.<br />
The visual works for employees because it<br />
separates them from the notion that “I don’t<br />
read!” and gives them workplace reading control<br />
and responsibility.<br />
The ability to effectively manage reading pays<br />
Due Diligence to industry safety.<br />
What does it take to be in the moment, to<br />
be an active reader?<br />
This reading/ memory task tests ability to<br />
manage workplace memory habits. The NATO<br />
alphabet is used to communicate messages over<br />
the radio in a variety of worksites.<br />
Divide into groups and do whatever it takes<br />
in 4-5 minutes to memorize the NATO<br />
alphabet. Realistically, time is money in the<br />
workplace and often there is not much time to<br />
read and act. Also, distractions are part of the<br />
workplace.<br />
Ask each group to phonetically spell a word from<br />
relevant workplace material.<br />
Being in the moment for reading tasks begins<br />
with AWARENESS of your: purpose,<br />
strategies, and habits.<br />
Being in the moment requires replacing<br />
passive reading with active reading.<br />
Almost all workplace reading requires some form<br />
of action.<br />
“adults lose sight of the fact that reading requires<br />
attention and energy.”<br />
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