What is the Indicator?

The Essential Skills Indicator is a pilot tool that will help you gain a better understanding of your Essential Skills levels. It contains a series of short quizzes that will provide an indication of your skill strengths and areas that may require improvement. This information can help guide your future training and career planning.

Getting Started

1. Select a Quiz from the list below.
2. We recommend that you begin with Level 1, however, you may choose to start at Level 2 or 3.
3. Answer each question by typing your answer in the answer box provided. It is important that you answer each question. If you choose to skip a question it will be marked as incorrect.
4. At the end of each quiz, you will have the option to review your answers and make changes.
5. Once you select the Submit Answers button, the quiz will be completed and you will be given a summary of the results.
6. After you have completed an assessment, use the [Print Screen] button to copy your results page and paste the results into a Word document.  Show the document to your teacher or e-mail her the results at:  mrssmith[at] smithclassroom [dot] com (replace the [at] with “@” and [dot] with “.”) or e-mail it to my TDSB account.

Numeracy Skills Assessments

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Document Use Skills Assessment

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Writing Skills Assessment

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Adapted from:

http://srv108.services.gc.ca/english/general/news_new_profiles.shtml

http://www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/general/online_indicator.shtml

Introduction

Essential Skills are the skills people use to carry out a wide variety of everyday life and work tasks.

Essential Skills are not the technical skills required by particular occupations but rather the skills applied in all occupations. For example, writing skills are required in a broad range of occupations. The complexity and frequency of writing varies, of course. Some workers fill out simple forms every day, while others write daily or monthly reports.

Essential Skills enable people to do their work. For example, repair persons may have to read and understand written work orders before they can do the repairs.

Essential Skills are enabling skills that:

1. Help people perform the tasks required by their occupation and other activities of daily life.
2. Provide people with a foundation to learn other skills.
3. Enhance people’s ability to adapt to change.

There are 9 Essential Skills:

• Reading Text
• Document Use
• Numeracy
• Writing
• Oral Communication
• Working with Others
• Continuous Learning
• Thinking Skills
• Computer Use

Essential Skills Assignment

Due Monday May 31, 2010