Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Society
By Carolyn Rasiuk, a lead trainer for Skilling UP An instructor’s perspective When I first heard about the pilot project to bring Skilling UP’s Workplace Essential Skillsprogram into a manufacturing environment, I was definitely intrigued. I have more than two decades of …
Read about the exciting results we got with our essential skills training. Cosmetica Cosmetica Laboratories operates in Ontario and most of their employees at the time of the project spoke English as a second language. The company has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. Click the image below to …
2018 This resource was developed as part of a project which introduced employment counsellors to the essential skills framework. During the research phase we learned that many English language learners don’t have time for or access to face to face training. This was created as …
By Sue Grecki, Manager of Training and Development, SkillPlan SkillPlan specializes in workplace skill consultation and training for construction trades, mining, LNG, educators, & Indigenous groups to improve productivity and efficiency in Canada. A partner’s perspective The Skilling UP project framework was …
Read about the exciting results we got with our essential skills training. Chapman’s Chapman’s is Canada’s largest independent ice cream and frozen yogurt manufacturer. The company is family owned and has been operating in a small town in Ontario for more than forty years. Click the image below …
By Annamaria Rocco, Director, Human Resources, Cosmetica Laboratories Inc. Cosmetica Laboratories Inc. was a participant in the Skilling UP project and was the employer with the highest percentage of workers born outside Canada, and the highest percentage of workers who had a first language other …
By Cindy Messaros, Executive Director, Alberta Workforce Essential Skills The Original Skilling UP Model Skilling UP was originally conceived for two purposes: To examine the effectiveness of a Social Finance model in increasing essential skills in the workplace To better measure the potential return …
Join us at the Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton from October 12th to 13th where AWES will provide an overview of an exciting new resource targeting CLB 1&2 learners hoping to enter the workforce. https://www.atesl.ca/conference/welcome/