The link between essential skills and success in apprenticeship training : Liens entre les compétences essentielles et la réussite d'un apprentissage

Council The work is divided into three phases: 1. The development of Essential Skills profiles; 2. The assessment of journeypersons current level of Essential Skills; and 3. The comparison of the Essential Skills levels required to complete training with the Essential Skills levels required to perform industry jobs. [...] However, based on the regions, trades or segments of the population parameters of the research work completed for this project, four Essential Skills were commonly Predominant sector identified throughout the list of 47 Essential The construction sector is strongly represented Skills/apprenticeship initiatives and also within among the 47 Essential Skills and apprenticeship the seven case studies [...] The purpose of the project was to develop a clearer understanding of the role of Essential Skills as an enabler to appren- PROJECT CONTEXT ticeship completion, and to demonstrate, through In 2004, the CAF-FCA commissioned Accessing the examination of key initiatives, the manner in and Completing Apprenticeship Training in Canada: which Essential Skills benefit the apprenticeship Perception of Barr [...] The Council work is divided into three phases: 1. The development of Essential Skills profiles; 2. The assessment of journeypersons current level of Essential Skills; and 3. The comparison of the Essential Skills levels required to complete training with the Essential Skills levels required to perform industry jobs. [...] In 1998, working on the premise of continuous learning, the CCQ integrated Essential Skills train- In the case of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation ing into the overall technical training component (OCN) – Essential Skills Upgrading Project11, the of the apprenticeship program.