Sodexo
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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