Skills for Success Trainings
Skills in Action is host to six Skills for Success training programs. There are more than 60 hours of online training that are designed to help Canadians upgrade their workers’ Skills for Success.
Getting Ready covers the following:
There are many uses for the skills covered in this module. For example, a worker is building a new refrigerator motor. They must understand instructions, decide on parts, and troubleshoot errors.
Here are the module topics in the Getting Ready training:
These four modules provide the foundation for tasks that need reading and numeracy skills.
Learners will earn badges when they complete a module and gain a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
Complies with accessibility standards WCAG 2.1 AA.
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- The ability to understand what is needed
There are many uses for the skills covered in this module. For example, a worker is building a new refrigerator motor. They must understand instructions, decide on parts, and troubleshoot errors.
Here are the module topics in the Getting Ready training:
- Analyze Tasks
- Analyze Questions
- Locate Information
- Validate Solutions
These four modules provide the foundation for tasks that need reading and numeracy skills.
Learners will earn badges when they complete a module and gain a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
Complies with accessibility standards WCAG 2.1 AA.
Reading skill refers to understanding sentences or paragraphs. In the workplace, it generally involves:
Reading can include print and non-print media, for example, text on computer screens.
Here are the module topics in the Reading Text training:
Developing reading skills makes it easier to complete tasks such as locating the answer to the question, “How many parts per million of H2S gas will result in the total loss of the ability to smell odour?” in an 18 page booklet.
Learners will earn badges when they complete a module and gain a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
Complies with accessibility standards WCAG 2.1 AA.
- Reading notes
- Letters
- Memos
- Manuals
- Specifications
- Regulations
- Books
- Reports or journals
Reading can include print and non-print media, for example, text on computer screens.
Here are the module topics in the Reading Text training:
- Use Key Words and Key Phrases
- Scan to Quickly Find Information
- Use Headings to Search
- Decode Indirect Information
- Combine Information
- Skim for the Main Idea
- Confirm Unfamiliar Information
- Follow Steps
- Integrate Information
Developing reading skills makes it easier to complete tasks such as locating the answer to the question, “How many parts per million of H2S gas will result in the total loss of the ability to smell odour?” in an 18 page booklet.
Learners will earn badges when they complete a module and gain a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
Complies with accessibility standards WCAG 2.1 AA.
Numeracy refers to the ability to use numbers, symbols, and graphs. In the workplace, it generally involves:
Numeracy at work includes using tools such as computers, scales and calculators and making calculations without a calculator.
Here are the module topics in the Numeracy training:
Developing your numeracy skills makes it easier to complete tasks such as calculating the correct amounts on supplier and customer invoices, including taxes, shipping and handling.
Learners will earn badges when they complete a module and gain a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
- Estimating with numbers
- Money math
- Scheduling or budgeting
- Data analysis
- Making measurements
Numeracy at work includes using tools such as computers, scales and calculators and making calculations without a calculator.
Here are the module topics in the Numeracy training:
- Numeracy Problems
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Percentages
- Conversion
- Numeracy Operations
- Advanced Numeracy Problems
- Measurement
- Calculate Orders and Requisitions
- Calculate Invoices and Material Costs
- Estimating
Developing your numeracy skills makes it easier to complete tasks such as calculating the correct amounts on supplier and customer invoices, including taxes, shipping and handling.
Learners will earn badges when they complete a module and gain a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
Digital technology changes the way we work, learn and run businesses. The Digital Skills module helps learners with using digital tools to do work tasks such as:
Here are the module topics in the Digital Skills training:
Learners will earn badges when they complete a module and gain a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
- Communicating with coworkers by email
- Doing research online
- Learning to create and access a user account on a website and protect personal information
- Learning to use tools of cloud computing
Here are the module topics in the Digital Skills training:
- Communicating by Email
- Viewing Documents Online
- Completing a Transaction Online
- Using Technology to Coordinate, Collaborate and Learn
Learners will earn badges when they complete a module and gain a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
This training program engages learners to use problem-solving tools such as PDCA, Brainstorming, 5 Whys, and Multi-criteria matrix.
Here are the module topics in the Problem-Solving training:
Here are the module topics in the Problem-Solving training:
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The Skills for Success training are partially accessible to people with disabilities, others will be available soon [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.1 AA]
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The Reading, Numeracy, Problem Solving, Planning and Organizing Work Tasks and Critical Thinking programs were originally developed in partnership with Bow Valley College (Alberta). The Coaching program was originally developed in partnership with the Center for Research and Expertise in Adult Multiliteracy (CREMA) at Collège Lionel-Groulx (Quebec).