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Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide
Preview rewards for trainers
� saves time and explanation
� quickly places reading in a workplace context
� reveals training needs of employees
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Previewing Rewards
Preview rewards for employees
� clarifies reading purpose and reduces stress
� aids comprehension and memory
� provides a strategy for large quantities of reading
�“I will use these reading strategies on the job;
it will help ensure the job is done right and safely.”
Syncrude participant
�“This is an excellent program. I wish had taken it 3 years
ago, before I started the OH&S certificate. I will use the
strategies at work as well as in my studies.”
OH&S participant
� “I learned new ways to approach reading. I will focus on
being in the moment. I will read procedures differently.”
Shapotowak participant
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Extra task:
Without looking…What is the biggest potential
emergency on site? How many steps? Who would
like to try to name all seven? If you can only
name a few, then remember that you were not
asked to memorize. And the preview is the first
strategy.
For the trainer:
a simple 5 minute preview can save time and
promotes greater understanding and confidence
for the employee. Encouraging questions from
the preview reveals levels of understanding that
may require further training or upgrading.
For the employee:
Previewing sets the stage for recall and
comprehension and reduces stress because the
reader sees the scope of the task quickly; we are
more stressed by what we don’t know. It is also
the first step in tackling a large quantity of
reading. Previewing is one strategy which keeps
the employee in the moment.
Syncrude Applied Math
�Foundation skills for business literacy,
trades specific math and everyday
use
�Program:
workplace specific math applications
trained workplace math instructors
individual assessment
small delivery
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