Essential SkillsEssential Skills
Linking Apprenticeship and Essential Skills in Planning and Programming
Margeritt Roger, M.Ed.Essential Skills CoordinatorManitoba Apprenticeship
Why Essential Skills?Why Essential Skills?
To ensure that apprentices and trades qualifiers have maximum success through appropriate Essential Skills benchmarking and upgrade programs
Skills for SuccessSkills for Success
Essential Skills for the trade Essential Skills for technical training or
certification examination
Systems PerspectiveSystems Perspective
From Product to ProcessFrom Product to Process
Find ways of integrating ES into what we already do
Create clear pathways for our clients Build partnerships and grow new resources Create new infrastructure, expectations,
values Keep track of what works and what doesn’t
Apprenticeship Branch InitiativesApprenticeship Branch Initiatives
Awareness-raising Assessment Upgrading and
support services Capacity-building Policy and
procedures
Awareness-raisingAwareness-raising
Brochure Presentations Workshops
AssessmentAssessment
Trades-related ES assessment tools Upgrading recommendation forms Training of Assessment Administrators and
Referral Counselors
Upgrading and SupportsUpgrading and Supports
Inventory existing adult education system Develop and pilot prototype products and
processes Expand partnerships Identify standards
Curriculum and MaterialsCurriculum and Materials
Frameworks Teaching curriculum Support materials
Train-the-TrainerTrain-the-Trainer
Mentoring Peer professional development Learning by doing Workshops and training events
Policies and ProceduresPolicies and Procedures
Intake process PLAR process Assessment policies Best practices
Model ProjectModel Project
Opaskweyak Cree Nation
For more informationFor more information
Margerit Roger, M.Ed.
Apprenticeship Branch
1010-401 York
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0P8
(204) 945-3337 [email protected]