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1. Workforce Essential Skills: Putting literacy to work [Video - 7:46] (2010)
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By: PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs
This video focuses on the benefits of Workforce Essential Skills (WES) training. It was prepared by PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs, an organization whose mandate is to provide basic skills education, upgrading, job search, and related services to adults preparing for employment, training or further education.
WES training emphasizes skills related to tasks within the workplace, allowing learners to practise in the classroom things they will do when they move on to work. As well, it helps learners recognize skills they already have and realize how those skills can be transferred to a new job.
In the video, teachers explain that WES training is learner-focused and can benefit those who face barriers to employment or who feel out of place in a traditional classroom.
Added: 2012-02-03
2. Achieving our potential: The Plastics Industry to 2016 (2007)
Labour Market Update Project
By: Prism Economics and Analysis
In this report, the authors point to a combination of factors that add up to difficult times for the plastics industry in Canada. Some factors may be temporary, like the overvalued Canadian dollar. But others, like increased competition from China and India, are part of a new reality the sector must deal with.
The authors also note that a surge in interest in energy efficiency and environmental protection is driving consumer preferences and shaping government policy. Adapting to these challenges by altering products and production is a priority.
They conclude that the plastics sector will overcome its current problems but caution companies to prepare now in order to be able to take advantage of new opportunities as they emerge. A crucial factor will be the recruitment and retention of skilled workers.
The report was published by the Canadian Plastics Sector Council (CPSC), a national not-for-profit association created to explore and address emerging human resources issues in the plastics processing industry.
Added: 2012-02-02
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3. Pregnant? You Have Choices (2010)
By: Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI)
This is one in a series of booklets prepared by the Calgary-based Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI), an agency that helps people with disabilities as well as the community at large.
The authors outline the options available in the case of pregnancy: keeping the baby, having the baby adopted, or having an abortion. They discuss factors that should be considered before making a decision.
The material is easy to read and the authors provide tips for pronouncing difficult words.
Added: 2012-02-02
4. Sexual health (2010)
By: Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI)
This is one in a series of booklets prepared by the Calgary-based Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI), an agency that helps people with disabilities as well as the community at large.
The authors discuss the nature of sexuality, sexual orientation, sexually transmitted infections, contraception, and safer sex. They also include suggestions on what to do if a disability makes it difficult to have sex.
The authors make the material easy to read and also provide tips for pronouncing difficult words.
Added: 2012-02-02
5. Preparing for Technical Training: Essential Skills for Water/Wastewater Operators - Answer Key (2010)
Series: Preparing for Technical Training: Essential Skills for Water/Wastewater Operators
By: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)
This is the answer key for a set of practice tests included in a course developed to train people for jobs in water/wastewater treatment facilities.
The tests covered a variety of material, including measurement conversions; linear, area and volume calculations; chemical measurements; hydraulics; and wastewater and electricity.
The 40-hour course is designed to be presented in eight five-hour classes.
Added: 2012-01-31
6. Preparing for Technical Training: Essential Skills for Water/Wastewater Operators – Practice Tests (2010)
Series: Preparing for Technical Training: Essential Skills for Water/Wastewater Operators
By: Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM)
This set of practice tests is one of the resources for a 40-hour course developed to train people for jobs in water/wastewater treatment facilities.
The document includes tests for material covered in five of the eight course modules: measurement conversions; linear, area and volume calculations; chemical measurements; hydraulics; and wastewater and electricity.
There is also a sample final assessment, covering all the course material. Answers are provided in a separate document.
Added: 2012-01-31
7. Casino Math: Essential Skills for the Gaming Industry (2010)
Series: Essential Skills for the Gaming Industry
By: Canadian Gaming Centre of Excellence, Judith Hayes, Dayna Hinkel
This workbook is part of a series developed through a two-year project initiated by the Canadian Gaming Centre of Excellence (CGCE), a subsidiary of Manitoba Lotteries. While the project focused on meeting the training needs of Aboriginal or new Canadians, the material could be relevant for any new or potential employees in the gaming industry.
Designed to be used by both learners and teachers, the document is divided into two separate parts. The first section offers a review of the underlying math skills required in most gaming jobs, including working with fractions; counting cash; converting currency; and estimating. For each topic, the authors provide a description of the skill; practice exercises for the learner; and teaching tips.
The second section deals with what the authors call “job families” and contains practice questions organized according to specific kinds of gaming and casino jobs. For example, learners who need to develop skills for calculating odds and payouts specific to table games will find relevant math skills exercises in the “Casino Table Games” section.
The seven workbooks in the series are available for download at this address: http://www.gamingcentreofexcellence.ca/essentialskills/downloadableresources.cfm.
Added: 2012-01-31
8. Training Needs Analysis for the Canadian Plastics Sector Council (2011)
Final Report
By: R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd.
This document contains the findings of a study carried out by the Canadian Plastics Sector Council (CPSC) to gather ideas from employers and employees about improving current training systems. The study included a literature review; interviews with industry stakeholders and employers; focus groups; and an employer survey.
Based on the results on the study, the authors recommend promoting the development of partnerships for training; developing a plastics training curriculum; developing a set of best practices for hiring foreign workers, who may need language and cultural training; maintaining an online inventory of current training opportunities; including industry representatives in the development of training strategies; and improving understanding of the benefits of e-learning.
CPSC is a national not-for-profit association created to explore and address emerging human resources issues in the plastics processing industry.
Added: 2012-01-30
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9. Accredited Online Colleges on the Rise (2012)
By: Nick Johnson
In this paper, the author suggests that distance learning is not only here to stay, but will have an unprecedented impact on the educational systems currently in place.
The promise of online learning is that it will one day deliver personalized content to every student, tailored to each individual’s learning style and presented at a pace determined by the individual’s ability and availability.
Whether such a grand promise can be delivered is a topic for testing and debate in the next few years, the author says. At the same time, because of the Internet, more academic information continues to become more readily accessible to more people at a lower cost, and that pattern is not about to change.
Added: 2012-01-27
10. Knowing When Enough is Enough: Comic Book (2010)
By: Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI)
This comic book is part of the Knowing When Enough is Enough resource, prepared by the Calgary-based Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI), an agency that helps people with disabilities as well as the community at large.
The comic tells the story of a teenage boy’s night of excessive drinking and the consequences it has, including finding embarrassing photos of himself posted on Facebook.
The authors have also included information about alcohol poisoning, binge drinking, and myths about hangovers.
VRRI is now called Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research (Vecova): http://vecova.ca/.
Added: 2012-01-27