What are Essential Skills?

Essential Skills are the skills needed for all workplaces in varying levels of complexity depending on the type of work. Click here to the find out more.

Do this quick scan to help you determine if you and others in your organizations could benefit from a program to improve essential skills.

1. Do people in your organization need any of the following skills to do their job well?
   • Math, Reading, Writing
   • Speaking and listening
   • Using a computer
   • Using forms, manuals and other documents
   • Finding information
   • Making decisions, solving problems
2. Do the changes at your workplace require increased skills?
3. Has new technology been introduced in your workplace?
4. Do people resist new opportunities because they lack certain skills?
5. Would the right training help your business thrive?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, then a Workplace Education program may benefit you.