ESSENTIAL SKILLS 

 

 

 

Prerequisite: Level 2 for 12 week program or Level 3 for 20 week program

 

Schedule: A.M./P.M. Depending on Capacity

 

Intake: Continuous

 

Homework: 3+ Hours Per Day (depending on number of class hours)

 

Timeline: Based on Assessment

 

 

 

 

Course Content:

 

 

 

What are Essential Skills?

 

 

Essential Skills:

 

• are the fundamental skills needed for work, learning and life

 

• provide the foundation for learning all other skills

 

• enhance people's ability to adapt to workplace change

 

• enable people to evolve with their jobs and succeed in the labour market

 

 

The Government of Canada and other national and international agencies have identified and validated nine Essential Skills:

 

 

• Reading text

 

• Document use

 

• Writing

 

• Numeracy

 

• Oral communication

 

• Thinking skills

 

• Working with others

 

• Computer use

 

• Continuous learning

 

 

 

 

What is Opportunity NOCs?

 

Opportunity NOCs is not a vocational program. Opportunity NOCs teaches clients the Essential Skills they need for virtually any occupation.

 

 

 

 

Opportunity NOCs:

 

• is based on HRSDC's Essential Skills Profiles

 

• offers 12 and 20 week Essential Skills training sessions

 

• can be adapted to meet the needs of Lower Level ESL/Literacy Learners

 

• Better, Faster and more Cost Effective for some learners than upgrading

 

 

 

 

Upon completion of their program, clients will be able to:

 

• read and comprehend at the complexity level required for the selected NOC

 

• write comprehensively in the format expected within the selected NOC

 

• perform the mathematical calculations required within their selected NOC

 

• use the computer to perform NOC related tasks, i.e. software selection, email

 

• develop an understanding of the vocabulary used within their selected NOC

 

• complete documents they may encounter within their selected NOC

 

• develop strategies for problem solving and working with others

 

• participate in continuous learning activities

 

• demonstrate the skills they need to do the job right!

 

 

 

Upon completion of their program, clients will be prepared for:

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• entry level or on-the-job training opportunities

 

• formal vocational training programs

 

• formal post secondary programs 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please Note: The recommended hours of instruction can be time-lined at the discretion of the funding agency; options include 15, 20, or 30 hours per week.  Clients benefit from the tailored programs and low student-teacher ratio that Pathways offers. Our standard student-teacher ratio is 3:1. Unless otherwise stated, quotes are based on an average rate of progression and include the cost of tuition, books, materials, fees, taxes, etc

 

 

 

 

Pathways Educational Services

 

519.772.1477