Implementing Essential Skills Training
To address essential skills needs at Meridian Manufacturing Group, AWES delivered 200 hours of essential skills training without disrupting business operations. Participating employees strengthened their communication, document use, reading, and numeracy skills which resulted in fewer misunderstandings and errors. The…
Read moreBuilding on Investment
Building on the success of previous projects, AWES transferred a safety-training model developed for the manufacturing sector to the construction sector to create concrete, flexible and transferable programming. The result was a comprehensive approach to English for the Workforce development…
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WorkUp!
The WorkUp! project aimed to increase capacity for Workplace Essential Skills (WES) programming in Alberta by training instructors to become WES specialists. Six language and literacy instructors received training and facilitated their own robust workplace essential skills training programs in…
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An organizational needs assessment of Sodexo’s housekeeping services staff was performed to identify essential skills needs and inform a tailored workplace essential skills training framework. AWES provided 30 hours of essential skills training and workshops on intercultural communication and plain-language…
Read moreWaterworks
To better understand the specific complexity of tasks and the specific essential skills required to perform tasks successfully and effectively in the public works and utility sectors, AWES worked with water and wastewater operators in rural Alberta. Through several interviews…
Read moreSustainable Solutions
The Alberta Construction Association (ACA) contracted AWES to conduct a sectoral needs assessment and analyze ongoing challenges that employers in Alberta’s construction industry experienced with attracting, retaining, and developing workers. AWES supported the development of a new recruitment and retention…
Read moreDriving Investment
To increase employers’ understanding of the benefits and importance of investing in workplace essential skills and language training, AWES ran an employer-awareness campaign, and provided professional development to essential skills practitioners to increase capacity for workplace essential skills training in…
Read moreWorkplace Essential Skills Training in the Construction Sector
Medicine Hat Construction Association recognized a need for essential skills development in their supervisory level employees and contracted AWES to create training solutions. In partnership with Medicine Hat College, AWES developed a suite of training for the construction sector that…
Read moreBuilding a Skilled Workforce with the Alberta Council of Disabilities Services (ACDS)
Disability service providers and members of the Alberta Council of Disability Services (ACDS) work with staff and clients who have diverse physical and mental abilities, and various cultural and language backgrounds. ACDS identified a need in its member organizations for…
Read moreBridge to Project Management
Many skilled immigrants in Canada look for opportunities to apply their experience and training to the Canadian workplace. This project was designed to support immigrant workers’ advancement through training. Forty-two immigrant workers were given training on the language and essential…
Read moreEnglish for Workplace Safety
English language learners learn a lot of new information when they enter the Canadian workforce. Safety information, in particular, can be complex and difficult for newcomers to grasp. The English for Workplace Safety project created a four-module training program that…
Read moreBridge to Frontline Leadership
Advancing to leadership positions can be challenging for newcomers to Canada. To address these challenges and fill a need for language-appropriate professional development resources, AWES developed and piloted a leadership training program to support immigrant workers transitioning into supervisory roles.…
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